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

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ABOVE—Sensuous Senior tackle, Vicky Dauber, jogs out to fellow team mem¬ bers after breaking through the welcom¬ ing party. BELOW—Piecing together a human-linked snake dance, spunky stu¬ dents await the signal to go. ABOVE—HOMECOMING COURT— Front Row: Ruth Graves, Patty Hawes, Leslie Westbay, Mary Whitney. Back Row: Bob Ligda, Dan Quale, Evan Keene, Mark Smock. LEFT—Prior to the Powderpuff game, the Jiving Juniors ' practice strategic plays. 11

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BELOW—The big-headed Juniors take pleasure in overwhelming the underdog Sophomores in the first round of the tug ’o war. RIGHT—Jitterbugging to goldie oldies of the 50’s, Pam Beaham and Ruth Graves jive on Rock ’n Roll Day. 73 MAKES LAST BEST Kicking off Homecoming Spirit Week vivacity, Rock ' n Roll Day recruited antiquated skirts, pony tails, bobby socks, saddle shoes, and greasy kids’ stuff from the 50’s. By far, Jean Day proved to be most successful with student participation. “Everything and any¬ thing goes materialized on Clash Day which led up to Thursday night’s festivities. As always, the mighty Seniors overpowered the Juniors, the victors over the Soph¬ omores, in the tug ’o war. The tra¬ ditional snake dance made its annual slither around the square but went to pieces before returning to the football field for the GAA Powderpuff football game with the Sensuous Seniors vs the Jiving Juniors. The only touchdown came during the last seconds of the fourth quarter when Senior Deb Hunt plunged in for six points. The game ended with the score 8-0 after the Seniors completed the two point conversion. Diverging from tradition, amateur tricyclists then scuttled around the muddy cinder track for postgame enter¬ tainment. At the conclusion of the final hectic day of Spirit Week, Red and White Day, students scurried about completing last minute details on club cars and class floats for the fifth annual Homecoming parade. After spreading Home¬ coming bliss to the community, the spirited procession paraded the stands for scrupulous judging. First half play with the Lake Central Indians proved the Bull¬ dogs superior by the score 8-7, with Dan Quale scoring. Along with halftime came the long awaited announcements of Homecoming Queen, Ruth Graves; Class Spirit Week Winner, Class of ’73; Class Float Winner, Seniors; and the Best Club Car, Latin Club. Resuming the second half, the Bulldogs blew their opponents off the field with three touchdowns by Spencer Dennis, Jeff Hall, and Jim McFadden, finalizing the score at 30-13. Ensuing the victory, Home- comingsters attended “Shades of September’’ featuring Jacob Grimm. After the crowning of Dan Quale as Mr. Football, couples dis¬ persed to restaurants in the area concluding a week of anticipation and anxiety. 10

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THE CLOWN THAT RAN AWAY After several months of diligent but fun work after school and in the evening, the Drama Club presented the children’s show “The Clown That Ran Away.” The students, mostly amateurs under the direction of Miss Drucilla Stillwagon, learned vocal, emotional, physical, com¬ ical, and other important techni¬ ques of acting. Eventually they were all more than ready and willing to present their show to children and adults on Novem¬ ber 17 and 18. “The Clown That Ran Away” was more than just a play. Dodo, the star, had the youngsters participating enthu¬ siastically. At one point in the show Dodo said that he was hungry and one of the children actually threw a cookie on the stage for him. Humorous occu¬ rences such as this took a lot of adlibbing on the actors’ part, but made the show so much more worthwhile and enjoyable. The work, and even the playing, paid off, since the first two shows were full houses and the first one paid all of the play’s expen¬ ses. The show concerned a clown, Dodo, and his horse, Gla¬ dys, who ran away from a cir¬ cus. Soon afterwards Dodo met “The Most Beautiful Dolls in the World” from Frumpkins’ store. Dodo fell in love with the most beautiful doll, Gloria. Villains came one evening and robbed Frumpkins’ store and poor Dodo was assumed the culprit. Just in time Gladys saved the day by finding the crooks with the dolls, safe and sound. The performers from the show teasingly called it a “tear jerker” because Dodo and Gla¬ dys returned to the circus. In other words, Dodo didn’t get the girl, or the doll, or whatever you might call her. ABOVE—Dodo, Jay Dillion, has a snack before hitting the sack in front of Frump¬ kins’ store.