Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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BELOW: Crowd clapping stimulates fans BELOW: Joy, Inc. shares their method of in the pep session before the victory worship with Concordia students in over Northrop. chapel. m LEFT: Cheerleaders Dave Daggett and ABOVE: The football team cheers enthu- John Nommay attempt to follow the mo- siastically for Coach Massucci at the fall tions to the school song. sports pep session. GATHERINGS 21

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SPIRIT JACKS UP Gathering changes spark interest School gatherings reflected the attitude of students toward CLHS academic and social life. The various gatherings that pupils attended included chapel, led by Mr. Donald Luepke, pep sessions, and assemblies, organized by Todd Taykowski. Mr. Luepke commented, We tried to pro- vide variety and new interest in chapel services to counteract student apathy. Various methods of worship used attempted to stimulate fresh interest and participation in the student body. Cheerleading ABOVE: WMEE DJ John David Spangler presents the Team of the Week trophy to the football team following their vic- tory over Harding. advisor Mrs. Linda Nelson also utilized this attack to improve pep sessions. Pep sessions were shortened by the new schedule; consequently, we had to create short, snappy cheers to make crowd cheering easier, said Mrs. Nelson. The cheerleaders felt that school spirit vastly improved this year. The faculty and administration cooperated with Todd in sched- uling and conducting assemblies. Todd expressed his concern, Ever since my freshman year, as- semblies have decreased in number and quality. I decided to do something about it. Todd ' s goal was to schedule more as- semblies and interesting topics to spark new interest among stu- dents. A B 20 CATHERINCS

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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES Spirit week sparks enthusiasm The students really came through and displayed their enthusiasm! There was more homecoming spirit this year than in all the other years I have been here, Miss Shrubsall comment- ed. Homecoming meant dress-up days. Slob day brought torn holey dungarees and old flannel shirts. Slicked-back hair, black leather jackets, bobby socks, saddle shoes and ponytails character- ized Fifties day. Masquerade day appeared to be a mix between a spook house and a retirement home because of the variety of costumes. Switch day participa- tion was great, especially the male part, sophomore Jil Papin added. Students showed their eagerness to beat the Northside Redskins by wearing maroon and white on ' Kill Redskins Day. ' Vibrations shook the lounge the day of the powderpuff game. Orange and yellow-shirted girls shouted victory chants across the lounge and through the halls. Nighttime arrived and the stands were full. Junior powderpuff player Jill Brueggeman remarked about attendance, When I final- ly took a minute to look across the field, I was really surprised to see the large amount of fans that came to watch us. The seniors were ahead at halftime 20-0. While both teams were confer- ring, halftime gave sophomore Jerry Thompson a chance to de- vour his pie the fastest in the pie- eating contest. The cage ball literally rolled over the junior boys when the seniors con- quered them with a score of 5-0. The senior powderpuff team came back and scored another touchdown in the second half making the final score 26-0. Mar- die Macomber and Sheila Ram- sey scored the senior touch- downs. I feel that Homecoming was a great success, but the biggest success was the good response from the students and faculty. 1 have never seen so much school spirit before, said Homecoming committee head Rene Walpole. After reflecting back on all the activities I am sure that every bit of work put into Homecoming ' 77 was well worth it! ABOVE: Powderpuff cheerleaders Rick lems from their advanced mathematics Shedd and Rob Shugart calculate prob- book on Switch day. 22 HOMECOMING