Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Decatur Fest ' 87 New Traditions Begin Buttons, princesses and a donkey were all a part of the Hawks new tra- dition. The homecoming festivities began with Tuesday being Nerd Day, Wednes- doy being Button Day, Thursday being Fire-up Day, and Friday, continuing the old traditions. Blue and Gold Day. Also, Friday the highly-awaited selections of prince and princess for each class were announced. For the Freshman Class Eric Fisher and Colleen Taylor were elected. For the Sophomore Class Paul Thompson and Francie Taylor were elected, and reigning over the Junior Class were Tom Waites and Shawn O ' Connor. Later that night at halftime, the Senior Class king and queen were announced. Crowned king was Brian Harrington and queen, Amy Asher. Along with the crown- ing of king and queen came another new Decatur tradition — the kiss the donkey contest. Mr. Walpole was the lucky teach- er who got the privilege of kissing the donkey. As the night grew old, the Hawks grew stronger. Even with the loss to the Wildcats, 16 to 7, the Hawks fought alli the way to the end. After all the excitement of the Home- coming game, the first Decatur Fest Homecoming Dance took place. The dance was sponsored by Student Council, who supplied the disc jockey and arranged a hayride for all the guests at the dance. All of these new traditions, along with the old, brought joy and pleasure to all Decatur students. This years Senior doss elected Brion Horrington and Amy Asher os their Homecoming King and Queen. Mr. Wopole started the tradition of kissing the donkey at Homecoming this year. He was the recipient of the contest to help raise money. 18 Homecoming

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It ' s Hip to Be Square Nerds, red, buttons, blue and gold minated the halls of DC during Spirit eek. This year during Spirit Week the jdent Council planned many activities. To start off the week nerds were erywhere. Students came to school in a riety of costumes. Many of these cos- tnes consisted of plaid jackets, striped ints, and black-rimmed glasses. On Wednesday, Button Day hit DC. iidents wore all the buttons they could id. The button seen the most was lawks Make It Happen. That night the inior Powder Puff football team took on e Juniors with the Seniors being tri- nphant 24 to 20. Thursday was Fire Up Day. The stu- dents all wore red to show they were fired up with school spirit and pride. After school that day, the four classes competed in class games with the Seniors sweeping the games. Junior Shawn O ' Connor com- mented about the week, I liked the games the best and I think the Student Council did a good job of making it fun. Friday was the traditional Blue and Gold Day. Students wore all the blue and gold they could; some even went as far as wearing blue and gold hair paint. Sophomore Jennifer Burkhardt said, The whole school body displayed school pride. The exciting week ended with a spirit-filled pep session, showing that DC school spirit is always rising above the rest. School spirit is shown as the Seniors cheer at the pep session during Spirit Week. It was cool to be nerdy on the 2nd annual Nerd Day at DC. [Buttoned up with pride Junior Sean Jones lows what the spirit of Button Day is all about. Spirit Week 17

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The ' 87 Homecoming court included Juniors, Shawn O ' Conner and Tom Waites, Sophomores Francie Taylor and Paul Thompson, Freshmen Colleen Taylor and Eric Fisher. Senior Amy Asher showed great school pride by decorating her truck for the Homecoming parade which took place at half-time. To help raise spirit and morale from the au- dience, Junior Chris Bell yelled out cheers at the Homecoming football game. Aj p . - a yisl jt ujl A ' Ui - t -L ' jLjijijiJU ' ' U - ,iZ .r Homecoming 19