Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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The class of 1972 went through the usual excitement of choosing their announcements and caps and gowns. The steering committee chose charcoal colored announcements which were quite pleasing to the rest of the class who proudly sent them to their relatives and friends. For the graduation exercises the class planned to appear in an outstanding little number which was a blue-shimmer fabric with a black background. The finishing touch was red, white, and blue tassels. The Big Guys To the surprise of this fine class there were some disadvantages to being seniors. Most teachers had learned to expect a poor attitude among seniors every year, and so some members sat through from four to six critical lectures on the first days of school. However, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. During their last year, the group found they had their ties to the school slightly loosened. Seniors found a greater freedom in studies, and they were treated more like adults. One reason for this was that many of their classes contained only seniors. Also, schedules were much more versatile since many of the required subjects were out of the way. Several positions of student authority were held by seniors. This allowed for long dreamed of policies to become reality. Many seniors found to their dismay that the applications for colleges and scholarships were both tedious and time consuming. Others had been in search of a job for after high school. All in all, the class found that working for three years was really worth it when they finally got to be the “big guys” around school. Tom Barmes gladly models a gown for the rest of the Senior Class Steering Committee. 12

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reshmen Enter the World of Willkie High Early in the year, the Freshmen demonstrated their school spirit. As a class, they constructed a float for Homecoming. This was their first project they worked on as a class, one that needed the cooperation of everyone. The Freshmen whole-heartedly joined numerous clubs and organizations. The Freshmen went in for athletics; the girls participated in GAA and the boys in a variety of sports. They won the spirit stick at one of the early football pep sessions. Dave Abbott Babett Abner Carolyn Abplanalp Lavern Adams Ed Albers Kim Albers Chris Alfrey Carmelita Anderson Greg Anderson Keith Anderson Kenny Anderson Rick Antony Kurt Backer Dale Baldwin Mary Bannon Pam Barrett Jerri Beach Clifford Beeman 14