Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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lunior high students look on apprehensively as Mr. Terry Hippensteel, assis- tant principal, completes the final step in the one- time registration process by distributing school maps, locker combina- tions, schedules and ac- tivity calendars. Presenting the dedication speech is Dr. john 1. Pruis President of Ball State University. Other parti- cipants at the dedication ceremonv are Mr, Thomas Ponsot, president of the School Board, Mr. Perrx Clancy, superintendent, and Mr. Robert Bickle, in- vocation speaker.

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The 1893 Aboite Township school- house to the 1971 high school de- picted a sign of the changing times. The students who attended Aboite Number 2 encountered mile walks and one-room classes. Located only 300 yards away, one of lndiana's most advanced high schools has been developed. Home- stead has facilities nonexistent in Aboite 2 such as 17 buses to carry 945 students to and from school, and heating and cooling systems to keep the 82 spacious rooms in an ideal environment for the students and 62 staff members. Special facilities such as the Instructional- Media Center provided much more than could the one-room school. Building dedication and summer registration was necessary for a new school in the beginning.

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and YQ. Visiting Fort Wayne in an effort to gain support for Republican Congressional candidate Mr. Richard Roudebush, President Nixon speaks exuberantly to the thousands who awaited him at the Memo- rial Coliseum. Every year the world experiences new beginnings. People are reaching out to each other, striving to re- establish meaningful relationships. Flocking to rock festivals, some join students who seek to break down old barriers between themselves and to haveanew beginning. A popular poster of today ques- tions the credibility of the President. It poses an interesting question, Can this country be sure that even the President is worthy of its full trust? Few voters in the last elec- tion took Mr. Nixon's support of Mr. E. Ross Adair and Mr. Richard Roudebush to heart and decided that the country was in need of a new beginning. Advancing into a new era, Fort Wayne citizens have begun planning suburban villages such as the con- troversial Aboite City in the Homestead community. New struc- tures such as the City-County build- ing provide a beginning for a more cooperative local government.