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

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V Crazy Outfits Pick Up Week onald Duck, a giant M M, strangely dressed bagged i r people, guys in dresses. What did they all have in common? Each was just a crazy part of Home- coming week celebration. Although the dress -up days start- ed slowly with bag day, I felt mas- querade day really picked things up. I was very impressed with formal day; it made chapel more of a special occa- sion, stated senior John Feldkamp, co - chairman for planning Homecom - ing. Besides dress -up days, one of the most successful and exciting events of the week was Anything Goes, held at Zollner Stadium, Wed. Sept. 19. School spirit shone as a record 550 students attended, each clad in class colors. Faculty and students alike were rivaled with several new events, such as jello eating, balloon stomping and pyramid building contests. Since I was involved with Any- thing Goes last year, I already knew what had to be done, and with the help of others, everything was achieved quickly and efficiently, ex- plained senior Kirsten Roberts, com- mittee head. Hard work and dedication went not only for dress -up days and Anything Goes, but also to all the decorations which were hung throughout the school by volunteers from each grade. Kleenex was placed around and through the cage, while crepe paper hung both twisted and straight. With decorations being judged Wednesday morning, each class had only a limited time period Tuesday evening to plan and do something spectacular. Students could be seen running in and out of Belmont ' s with purchase orders and decorations all evening, said junior Kolleen Macke. — Laura Abdon Sucking pepsi with all his might, sophomore Kelly Johnson gives it his all in an effort to drain the baby bottle of its contents. De spite his efforts, the sophomores were not the first to finish this portion of Anything Goes. Showing her school spirit, sophomore Valerie Tharp creates a bright impression with her red trash bag outfit. Bag day was the first dress-up day of Homecoming week. 12 Homecoming Week

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Raising rCash Crop ell, sell, sell, sell ... As stu- . dents heard the motto of year- r book advertisements trail off the morning announcements, they wondered to themselves, Why do I have to sell things, What is the money needed for? Many items are sold throughout the year, big ' and small. From advertise- ments for the Lu-Hi Voice, to expen- sive automobiles at the auction. Mon- ey was raised from donations too. We now have $742,504 in pledges from 1302 people or institutions, said Mr. Dick Katt, a leader of the Golden Grace Crusade. Golden Grace funds were used to install the new bleachers in the gym- nasium, and new lockers for the lock- er rooms. More will be spent on resur- facing the parking lot, and other repair jobs around the school. These repairs were definitely needed considering this building is over 20 years old, said Katt. The annual cheese and sausage sale brought forth record-breaking sales, even without matching funds from AAL. Students earned over $10,000 by selling 5,800 units of cheese and sau- sage, which went toward new robes and risers for the choir. The senior class went about raising money for their trip by selling Cadet spirit bumper stickers and coupon books for restaurants. Several juniors earned $225 for their class by taking inventory at the Casual Corner in Southtown Mall for two hours. I thought taking inventory at the Casual Corner was a really good idea. It wasn ' t boring because you could talk to your friends, said junior class president Kolleen Macke. It was easy too because all you had to do was count. — Tim Klage While sitting in the student lounge, sopho- mote Becky Carter sells a sucker to senior Amy Pyle to raise money for gymnastics. As the football game battles on outside, a PTA member scoops out popcorn to sell to fans at a football game. JH Raisin ' Money 1I

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Portraying summertime Satah Owen and Polly Antibus check their maps for directions through the student lounge. Diving head first into a pan of jello, senior Michelle Buetow attempts to gain points for her team in the jello -eating contest at Anything Goes. Floats took time and hard work to design, not to mention the effort it took to actually make them. We spent long hours after school creating the best floats possible. Even though they were hard work, they were still fun to build and part of the enjoy- ment of Homecoming, ' ' said Donna Hern, class of ' 58. Homecoming Spirit Lingers A one-and-a-half story high bon- fire! Unbelievable! But believe it or not, it existed, along with many other exciting events of past Homecomings. The first Homecomings began in the early ' 40s and revolved more around the college alumni than the high school graduates. Even though this was the case, high school students were still very much a part of the Homecoming activities. The whole campus needed to be decorated and each of the six classes (four-year high school, two-year college) continually strived to make their assigned area impressive enough to win first place. Decorating the campus was a big part of Homecoming. Everything was adorned with something, and abso- lutely every class decorated, recalled Nancy Murphy, class of ' 54. The next task to tackle was build- ing the bonfire. The bonfire was a huge structure of railroad ties which gr ew to about a story-and-a-half high. After the ties had been piled up, trucks filled in the spaces with boxes and other materials, explained Ron Gersmehl, former coach. After the bonfire had been built, the challenge was to keep rival schools from setting fire to it ahead of time. I remember taking turns guarding the bonfire so no one could burn it as a joke. But sometimes it didn ' t help. Several times it had to be rebuilt be- cause it caught fire early, said Dick Reinking, class of ' 46. Then preparations were finished and the events began. Friday evening consisted of the crowning of the col- lege queen and her two high school princesses. The queen then lit the bonfire to signal the official start of Homecoming. Saturday included the Alumni Ban- quet and the awaited basketball game between the college and the alumni. Following the game was a square dance, the last event before Home- coming ended for another year. Although Homecoming changed from basketball to football and em- phasis switched to high school stu- dents after the college and high school separated, each year Home- coming still brought the same feel- ings. Concordia always had a spirit of unity and hopefully it always will. Homecoming just seems to bring it out more, said Gersmehl. — Laura Abdon A group of senior girls express their joy upon hearing the results of the Anything Goes com- petition. The seniors placed first overall, up- holding the ttadition in which the competition is won by the graduating class. Homecoming Week 1 3