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

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Alan Kretschmar (Twimble) explains to Ron Katz (Finch) that the only road to success is to do everything The Company Way (left). Players (below) rehearse the Brotherhood of Man, the finale of the musical. Jeff Buhse (Biggely) discovers a hobby he has in common with Ron Katz (Finch), namely knitting (bottom). 23

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Larry Hoffman, Finch ' s nephew, (above) celebrates his triumph in an advertising ven¬ ture, part of his campaign to get to the top in the business. Ron Katz (Finch) and Jeff Buhse (Biggely) join in a chorus of Rip Those Chipmunks, the fight song of their alma mater (below). A Metracal can, a set of golf clubs, and even a half-knitted bird cage cover were a few of the properties needed for How to Succeed in Business With¬ out Really Trying which the Crown Point High School Choral Department put on for its annual spring musical This year instead of just one side of the stage being used for the audience, there were chairs set on two sides of the stage with bleachers. The stage was almost a theater-in-the-round. The musical takes place in the vari¬ ous offices of the World Wide Wicket Company. Wickets can be applied to anything you can imagine. In this satire it applied to any big business. People have different ideas about making it big in the bustling world of business. J. Pierpont Finch follows a book of rules, titled surprisingly enough How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The story revolves around the rise of J. Pierpont Finch from a window- washer to Chairman of the Board. Bud Frump, the nephew of the company ' s president Mr. J. B. Biggley, is deter¬ mined to stop Finch. Finch starts in the mail room where Mr. Twimble explains how he ' s lasted 25 years by playing it the Company Way on his way up the ladder of success. He makes the right friends and he wisely avoids entanglements with Hedy Larue, Mr. Biggley ' s friend. The zany antics conclude with Finch convincing Wall Womper, Chair¬ man of the Board, that there really is a Brotherhood of Man. The cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying prac¬ ticed four nights a week. They started practice March 1 for their debut on the 16, 17, 23, and 24 of May. Hard work and determination were added to good singing to put this production together. No matter what part each person had in the musical, they put together a unique play. ' HOW TO SUCCEED ' CAST WORKS TO PRODUCE A UNIQUE MUSICAL 22

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Pep sessions and the special Home¬ coming Assembly filled the assembly schedule for the first semester. Al¬ though low at the first sessions, as the year progressed, so did school spirit. The highlight of these assemblies was the crowning of Mr. Dickson by Lois Kacmar with a cream pie, and his countergesture at the next pep session. The Christmas convocation was held once again this year by the CPHS Choral and Band Departments. Guest speaker Rev. John Starr from the First Christian Church and the choir from the Lake County Retarded Associa¬ tion were featured at the Student Council sponsored Easter Convoca¬ tion. In other assemblies, Chuck Bis- set, founder of Project Outreach, a program designed to help teens to cope with their problems, entertained with singing, stories, and down-to- earth talk. Through the Choral De¬ partment, an all girl choir from Indi¬ ana State University entertained with all forms of music, from classical to pop, featuring solos, duets, and trios. Finishing the year were the Senior and Underclass Awards Assemblies. To some, this year ' s assemblies were just another opportunity to miss class or leave the school and to others, nothing but a drag. But to most, this year ' s assemblies gave a means of en¬ tertainment and involvement, and the administration deserves a thanks for making them possible. ASSEMBLIES UP STUDENT MORALE