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

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Spirit keep burning wo freshmen were over- heard talking: Going to the game? Sure, but I'm not going to watch the game. I'm going to watch the cheerleaders! . There's that certain mystique about the cheerleaders that raises the spirit in all of us. At least one kind of spirit if not the another. And there was a lot of spirit around Homestead, the burning kind of spirit. Athletic spirit, Christmas spirit- it could just be referred to as school spirit . You played a big part in the fiery spirit. Remember all the games you got fired-up about? Rememer the pep sessions, the spirit buttons, spirit weeks? Of course, they were around -you everywhere. Even if you happened to be in a bad mood, you could go to the game and catch that feeling that would make your day glow. It could have been called a spiritual lift. Everyone would yell together spiritual chants. Like, two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar- all for Homestead stand up and holler! Surely that's outdated by now, as the inflation rises the cheer is seem- ingly worthless. There were other favorites, such as Whomp 'em upside the head. Why didn't anyone ever take that seriously and bring along some boxing gloves, or at least some aspirin? But, even still, there were things going on outside the games themselves. Spirit Week, in preparation for a big game, F Spi rit's - Sake ,. was a good example. See which class can eat the most lollipops in one day. Who ever said you can't get sick of spirit- literally. During Homecoming Week we got to build floats for our little one-time parade. That sort of spirit meant nothing to any- one but us, and that's where it counted the most. During Sectional basketball week we had the opportunity to ovsm some of the flaming spirit during the annual slave sale. Mentioning spirit and not mentioning the Christmas can drive and clothing drive, spon- sered by the Student Govern- ment, would be a sin, as here, too, we showed that extra spirit we had. It was extra special spirit, in fact. There is no sight as beautiful as seeing a bus pull away from the school full of food items for the needy. Almost forgotten in the URES! Spirit keeps burning 9?-iffq-,'.'-7i1:'. . M . mighty onslaught of spirit was the intellectual spirit. You remember, the whole reason for being at Homestead- learning?! We all learned from this school in one way or another. Whether it was mentally or spiritually , we learned. Apathy is no longer a word at Homestead. BY SCOTT LANGFORIQ A DUMM Y burns fire which emblazes onlookers. SENIORS Kevin Painter and Brad Moore their participation competition. lf l

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Q!! Remember that storm. That scared the crap out of me! lt was exciting that's for sure. Remember the day we spent swimming in Oriana Lake? That was fantastic! Yea, that was my favorite day. I-low many people talk of scaling a mountain or canoeing a wilderness? Now tell me how many people actually do it! And yet, for the 43 students who went to Quetico Provincial Park and Colorado's Indian Peak THE beauty of the wilderness and wild flowers enhanced the awesome- ness of The Great Outdoors. , , i eeing the sight PORTAGES weren 't rest breaksg they were the most strenuous work done in the entire day. REFLECTION happened on the trip as well as after. Canoeing on a lake of glass allowed one to let his mind clear for a while. Wilderness their dreams became reality. Over the days the students paddled over fifty miles on six different lakes and climbed to the summit of Long's Peak, the 15th highest in North America. The most unusual thing that happened during the Canadian venture was that the group recieved a ticket and S25 fine for having too many people on a campsite. The maximum number allowed for one camp- site was nine the Homestead group consisted of 24! Many side trips of interest were taken including a rodeo, visiting the University of Wiscon- sin's Arboretum and riding gliders in Colorado Springs. Good things must always end and much too soon the students had to face the last days of their excursion. Whether they canoed in Canada or backpacked in Col- orado each group would agree the end brought floods of mem- ories that will never leave. Even- though the students' days in the wilderenesses had come to a close and within two days theu close and within two days they would be scattered and no long- er a group, they all would share the memory of the challenge of a wilderness forever. .nn av. , I 1' 14-FEATURES! Seeing the sigh ts