Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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think wliat a year ran bring IN FUN Fun can take place anywhere. It can be at a thrilling basketball game, at a coke-drinking and pizza- munching party, or at just about any place there are people. In the fall students laughed and marched in the homecoming parade and saw the crowning of Mr. Football and his queen; the Froshmore Hop, the prom, and events leading to graduation added flavor to spring; but memories weren’t limited to these alone. All year long Friday night dances and impromtu gatherings put final touches on school weeks. Page twenty-two

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As the lights go on, Mr. Football, Dean Cox, and Queen, Sandy Rippy, greet their subjects. Parties, dances The year 1960 has been filled with many phases of fun. Kings and queens reigned, new fads were introduced, and ever-popular pizzas were consumed. With the “beatnik” movement came the increased popularity of leotards and the use of new color combinations. Along with school events, C.P.H.S.’ers had fun at slumber” parties, hayrides, and skating and tobogganing parties. Going steady survived the Social Code, and its followers wore matching outfits such as bulky sweaters and matching shirts and shirtwaist dresses. Girls decorated their steadies’ rings with angora, tape, and fluffy powder puffs. Fu r was a rage this year, and most of the girls had winter coats with big racoon collars. During a basketball game in the recently erected gymnasium, seniors Dale Trump, Rayma Bailey, and Brian Spencer display their senior cords,” a long-time fad at C.P.H.S.