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

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Physical education teachers Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rohrbacher. Iunior Kim Gerke. Sophomore Don Wismer. Eighth grader Ieff Stearley. Iunior Barb Benckenstein, page 7. 6 Q :-ye if fx Q, X .1 ax ig. We

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Absurdity, Alice Reichard, and Steve Moore, play major roles in Chicken Delight. A part of us drifted along - happy, sad or just content to be ourselves. So young, mixing our innocence with momentary wisdom. Discovering our uniqueness created new responsibilities. Student authored plays appeared in March for those ready to listen. We reversed traditional roles and expressed our impression of theirs lthose older, wiser than ourselves?1. The exploratory teaching program became a means of expressing future capabilities. Students shared a bit of themselves, love and knowledge, for that's what teaching is, isn't it? Suddenly growing up didn't seem so far away. . . Many Seniors graduated in Ianuary to take a place in society, they worked or attended classes at the university extension. They tested their knowlege and grew. And grew, some of us saw no farther than ourselves, yet other -the idealistic, wanted to change the world. Perhaps we will.. . Homestead Iunior-Senior High, where we grew and established our authenticity. The North Central Association accredited us and acknowledged the validity we knew. Band members traveled to Washington on tour. Our athletic teams worked and suddenly found what it meant to be a winner. Homestead, our school together . . . EXPRESSING OUR EXISTENCE

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People, Homestead is people . . . People who dream, who care - about each other at least, looking for a place to go, to belong, a person to be. Already we have seen much of the world, good and bad . . . The racial problems and discontent of the Fort Wayne Community Schools reached Homestead in a series of incidents: flag stealing, vandalism, etc. We watched as 18 year olds voted for the first time and perhaps for a brief moment the country and community were one. Peace has come slowly but it has come. Our involvement in Vietnam ended officially on March 29, 1973. We were happy as a nation but not ecstatic. So tired of the tension and disunity it had caused, not many even marked the date. Waves of apathy swept over the nation catching Homestead in its sweep but what else could have been, after so much emotion was spent. It showed at Homestead, in the lack of involvement in clubs, in the dropping attendance at games but maybe these are only signs that the times are changing, people are more individualistic than those before them and we are searching for new ways to Express Our Existence