Columbus East High School - Altis Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Homecoming queen senior Kathy Reedy and her escort, junior Todd Nelson, enjoy the free- floating style of Millcreek as the crowd parts for the official Homecoming dance. Impatiently waiting outside the gymnasium for the opening of the annual Christmas dance, students and their guests socialize, shar- ing their expectations for the evening. Exhausted after a winter night of dancing and gossiping at the Christmas dance, sophomores Jay Kiel and Patricia Shafer, decide to get a breath of fresh air. 13

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During the Christmas dance, chaperones Mr. and Mrs. James Richards fill students glasses to the brim with punch. Cold weather Sets the scene For two dances Winterland sets the scene for the Homecoming and Christmas dances. Snow warned travelers of dangerous road conditions but students and their guests kept coming. The Homecoming dance was memo- rable for those graduates who returned for the football game and the dance. Millcreek presented music to boogie down to and kept dancers bopping to the sounds. Murals that reminded students of the everlasting Christmas spirits deco- rated the gymnasium. Christmas reds and greens shone through the romantic lights as Lundin and Metzler provided the moody atmosphere of music by Fleetwood Mac, England Dan and John Ford Coley, John Hall and Dar- rell Oates, and others. Students and their guests partici- pated in the fall dances sponsored by E.S.A. which made the atmosphere en- joyable in every way. 12

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New generation of pygmies” Parade through crowded halls Even junior Dawn Jenkins is a short person,” but Dawn’s advantage leads to her gymnastic success. Invasion of pygmies? No, just a generation of shorter people! Short people haven’t been a great concern to the student body until the song Short People” by Randy Newman, from his recent album Little Criminals”, brought it to close attention. But also seeing a parade of short sophomores, the student body started to look down” upon the pygmies.” Although short people do have a few advantages over others, such as they stand so low and can maneuver easily. They are smaller and can squeeze into back seats of small cars. But often their problems sneak up on them be- fore they realize it. They need step lad- ders to reach the highest places. Short people are never seen until someone accidently steps on them”. Most short guys like tall girls until they take them out on dates. They’re called pee wee’s”, pyg- mies”, sawed-ofP’, and shorty”, but whatever name is appropriate they still are humiliated. But if one notices short people dress in stylist attire, enjoy sports and school activities, eat the same foods and have the same desires as you and I, So, maybe there really isn’t a difference at all! No matter how short or tall students are, they still fit into the cycle of our school’s modular system. 14 Student Life