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

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STUDENT IlllllllVEMENT Academically, athletically and personally we find ourselves, all too many times, on the spot. Whether in geometry class, on the baseball field or at home with our family, situations form that seem to complicate our plans and expectations. Anxieties over grades and credits develop, appearing to be relieved, at least momentarily, by friendly weekend get togethers at local pizza parlors or at after game parties. Inspiring crowds watched each of our athletic teams earn winning records. The varsity football team ended their season as county co- champions while a veteran starting five basketball team worked their way into the final game of the ACAC Tourney. Preparing to march the one mile around the Indiana State Fair race track, the band waits in attention.

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on the national' scene Watching for a steady line, sophomore Wendy Giffin tunes her flute on the strobe before class begins. Peering through the hole left in the wall, Mr. Ben Detterling examines the damages left by robbers to the school safe. During the year, our nation and it's leaders were forced to depend on another party, to be on the spot. An embargo on oil exports to the United States from Arabic nations slowed down activities from previous years and a new law was enacted on March 1, 1974, lowering the maximum speed limit to 55 miles per hour to con- serve what products we received. Gasoline to cruise the hot spots and to travel to Indiana University for concerts was not used as freely when prices rose to over fifty cents a gallon. Many teachers and stu- dents formed car pools, others rode bikes when weather permitted, while some gave up their driving privileges entirely to ride the bus. Homestead, along with businesses and individuals across the U.S., acknowledged the plea by President Nixon to lower the temperature in public buildings and homes to 68 degrees. In effort to overcome the coolness of the building, many students wore sweaters or coats, while some prayed for spring weather. Energy crisis became the term of 1974 as Watergate was in 1973. Under the direction of Judge John Sirica and Senator Sam Ervin from North Carolina, Watergate broke wide open. A frequent class discussion topic as well as a national one was impeachment and the question of executive privilege and just how much was the President entitled to.

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