Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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I :. Above: Friday nii;ht dances that the various clubs put on for the students are always chaperoned by parents of the club members. Here a group of chaperones watch students dance. Mr. Paul SpuUer, principal, listens as Rick Hawthorne accepts the nomina- tion for senior class president. Rick. sophomore class president, wanted to repeat the oflice as a senior. Cindy Dill, Caldr.m editor, and Don Ertel, assistant editor, are shown look- ing over rhe AH- American 9(i ' S Cal- dron to .get ideas before starting to work on the 1964 edition.

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13 ' 73361 Cenft$life$ be n ttek fhm h efetnsi font $e$$ons What are the activities it takes to fill the time of a Centralite during the pass- age of a year? There are many things Central students find to occupy their time. Some of these school-related activi- ties are continuing ones that continue from the past, through this year, and on into the future. Others are of a special nature but happen at least once each year. The most continuing experience for all Cetralites, past, present, and future, is that of learning. Although often taken for granted, this activity which begins in the classroom is the reason for the school ' s existence and it provides the basic structure for all other activity with- in the school. On these and the following pages are scenes and descriptions of the people, activities, organizations, and events which, when put together, made up life at Cen- tral, 1963-64. As the year passed through its eternal four seasons, each Centralite came nearer to moving up another rung on the ladder of life. During last summer they contemplated the year past and prepared for the year ahead. Herein the summer segment of the Caldron ' s story retells the events of 1963-64 in capsule form. In the fall a student ' s attention is drawn back to school life. And in the fall new students arrived at Central as freshmen or as sophomores. The Cal- dron ' s fall section reveals the faces of the incoming students and the opportuni- ties open to them as well as other fall events participated in by the entire school. Winter brings the dormant time of nature ' s growing activity, but it is a bustling time for Centtalites, especially for juniors and fans of Hoosier Hysteria, basketball. In springtime students ' thoughts turn to the end of school. But seniors spend some of this time being sure of having everything in order to graduate as well as of soon commencing a new life be- yond high school.

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Septembet hm hi 1,274 Cenft$l ' ite$ b$ek to school Study hall is where everyone does home- work ihey didn ' t do the ni.uht before or lessons for the next day, Sylvia Rose is reading the book Crime and Punishment. September brought many new Cen- tralites from the city junior high schools, the smell of brand new, colorful text- books, and unusually hot weather to Cen- tral to begin the 1963-64 school year. Beginning the new school term was offset by learning class schedules and locker combinations, receiving new text- books, and meeting new classmates. Among the new faces was Dr. Carl Bickley, the new athletic director; and Mr. Edward Schlecht, became boys ' dean. Principal Paul SpuUer welcomed 1274 enrolled Centralites and the faculty to another busy academic and extra-cur- ricular year in Tigerland. Friday night dances resumed with the traditional back-to-school dance, where everyone could dance, talk, and m a k e friends. One of the classes ' first activities was to elect their class officers that would lead them through the year ' s activities. One at a time, the classes assembled in the auditorium for nominations, followed by a week of campaigning, then voting. Getting back into the academic swing of school life, all students had at least one study hall a day or its equivalent. It wasn ' t long before everybody got used to where and when they had classes. New teachers v ere Miss Phyllis Blake- man, Mrs. Ann Fordeck, and Mrs. Ellen Rhodes. New textbooks and new facili- ties also added enthusiasm to learning. Sports-inclined Tigers participated in cross country runs and football games to begin the fall sports. Tiger fans followed the sports events through the rain, snow, and cold, cheering the thinliclads and teams on to victories. Junior Leonard Hairston. Tiger quartei- back, is shown as he was brought down in the Bishop Luers contest by two Knigh: players. Luers won by a 2V6 count.