Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1972 volume:

Seniors take over teachers ' jobs for one day Selecting subjects they wanted to teach, a hundred-thirty seniors registered with Mrs. Barbara Loy for faculty posi¬ tions on Senior Teachers’ day. Guidance and administrative tasks were also as¬ signed to students. Seniors prepared lessons in their chosen subjects, taught what they had planned, kept order in their classes and dined in the teachers’ dining room at lunch time. Principal Lawerence Gehring’s post be¬ comes the responsibility of Curtis Spiller, president of Mann’s Student Council. Lee Gates, at Mr. James Cougias’ desk, confers with Sandi Nocum, who takes Mrs. Bernadette Fissinger’s place coun¬ seling students. Angel Pluguez checks roll in Spanish II, before beginning the lesson he has prepared for the day. Taking Mrs. Sara Nelson’s place, Angel Valentin goes through a Spanish dialogue. Reviewing a lesson in American litera¬ ture, Martha Espinoza teaches in Mrs. Ida Santaquilani’s class as John Bunnell lis¬ tens and waits his turn to be instructor. mm Michaelinc Smolinski teaches Mrs. Mar¬ garet DeLeurere’s Latin class. Dividing their team teaching assignment into discipline and instruction, Frank Wilderness promises one of his woodshop charges a swat as Dave Waddell grades their papers. Senior Carol Henderson checks quiz papers for Miss Alice Halpin’s Algebra class. Taking Mrs. Gladys Stanford’s place, Eddie Pagan assists student with reading. 3 Fourth of seniors combine employment, school Approximately a fourth of Mann’s graduates were employed in a variety of jobs during their high school years. Em¬ ployment was sometimes weekend work only, or four to five hours after the school day. Occasionally students were pro¬ grammed for a half-day of class work, utilizing the remainder of the time for the job and school work. Reasons for this strenuous schedule ranged from providing luxuries, usually cars to saving for post-highschool edu¬ cation or aiding parents in caring for families. Grocery stores, gas stations and Gary’s mills accounted for most of the employ¬ ment among the students, but hospitals, retail stores and restaurants also used teenage help. Charlie Davis, surgical technician at Meth¬ odist Hospital, readies a patient for an operation. Paula Wilson, teen reporter for INFO, news weekly, gets instructions from her boss about next week’s column. Sally Ivankovich, employed at Lincoln’s Carryout is taking an order for a steak sandwich. David Waddell, working in the records department at Shoppers’ Fair, holds up a few albums offered for sale. Carol Henderson, employed at Methodist Hospital, is very busy working at the switchboard. David Fogler looks tired as he returns several pairs of shoes to stock shelves at Lytton’s where he works. Debbie Wilson, employed at Lincoln’s Carryout, takes an order for a submarine. Ability groups phased out by administration Accelerated sections, long part of the English schedule at Mann, disappeared from all grade levels except senior this year. Special classes were retained. Seniors taking English IV read Greek literature, some of Shakespeare’s works such as HAMLET, writings of black authors, studied grammar, and wrote compositions and term papers. Miss Elea¬ nor Monnix was in command of five classes. Janis Mitchell and Dorothy Taylor become deeply involved in Bob Orlich’s discussion of the novel, SIDHARTHA, which they have just finished in Miss Monnix’ English class. Ophelia, played by Faith Spiller, returns gifts she has received from Hamlet (Ty¬ rone Davis). Mr. Rogers and Mr. Werner prepare the registration forms for the students. Alvin Smith fills several registration forms. In the background Debbie Wilson asks a question. For the first time in history eighteen- year-olds were able to vote in Indiana in national elections. Mann seniors were registered in their Government and Eco¬ nomics classes. Witnesses for the seniors were Mr. Dwayne Rogers and Mr. David Werner, instructors in these subjects. During this time senior Government classes studied the purpose of voting and characteristics a candidate running for a office should have. It was hoped that these analyses might be helpful to the new voters. Eighteen-year-olds set to vote in social studies Physics department acquires new textbooks New this year in the Science depart¬ ment was the set of books used by phy¬ sics classes. Published by Harvard Uni¬ versity, the collection consisted of six readers containing essays and fiction on scientific topics, a text and a laboratory manual. Students reacted to them favorably. Left: Instead of one text, a shelf of Using marbles, John Serwatka, Carl books provides Physics reading. Moore and Alan Reuter study molecular density. Laws of gravity studied by science classes Beginning with demonstrations of laws of gravitation, students elected phases of science to study. Working individually, Dave Fogler and Bob Orlich operated analog and digital computers. Rubin Maldonado and Larry Rosen diagrammed crystals. Gwen Mc¬ Daniel fabricated molecular models of organic compounds. Left: Bob Rodriguez visits Gilbert Wash¬ ington’s biology class on senior teachers’ day. Seminar-fashion, Mr. George Sanidas in¬ structs advanced science students. Math department chops accelerated program Lacking one teacher, the math depart¬ ment shortened the accelerated program. Students from Math lx transferred to Al¬ gebra 1 or Algebra II; Math IIx students went into geometry classes; Math IIIx, Math IV and Math IVx were combined into a class of eighteen. (Left) Unit circles are essential to Miss The senior math class takes a break as Halpin in explaining trig functions to her the teacher leaves the room. class. Discussion, readings used in psychology Stressing learning by discussion and current readings, junior and senior stu¬ dents took a semester of psychology with Mr. David Werner. Class members experi¬ mented in extrasensory perception, trial and error responses, and selective for¬ getting. In lighter vein hypnosis and working of the Ouija board were observed. (Left) Mr. Werner weighs a student’s Paula Wilson and Alice Lopez take in question about extrasensory perception. everything being said about trial and error. Students choose from tour foreign languages Maria Sepulveda tacks up some Spanish travel posters, one of many activities her Spanish II class has done through the school year. Miss Jones listens on as members of her French class read from their books. Part of Mrs. DeLeurere’s class gathers around her to read one of their lessons. Dividing the students into different sections allows advanced students to progress faster. Miss Bopp, German teacher, checks some homework papers she has assigned her students that day. Modern foreign language classes, French, German and Spanish, with fewer students enrolled, operated on an individ¬ ualized instruction basis. First-year students exchanged dia¬ logues. During second year grammar was introduced; third- and fourth-year stu¬ dents read and translated books. Miss Georgia Bopp taught German and French; Mrs. Margaret DeLeurere taught Latin; Miss Sally Jones taught French; and Mrs. Connie Barnes, Mrs. Sara Nelson and Mrs. Melva Zabarte taught Spanish. Fine Arts students search out new methods to express ideas Mann’s fine arts classes, which in¬ cluded art, speech and music, provided students with valuable experiences in ex¬ pression. Students chose subjects with which they found they were most at ease. Enrolled in graphic arts, pupils em¬ ployed themselves drawing with pencil, ink or various types of color paints. Speech classes practiced expressing thoughts through dialog, debate or coping with controversy. Many class members fought the old enemy, stage fright; some conquered. Vocal students worked at breath control, voice production and reading scores. Working at an easel, Victor Lopez sketches a still life for later painting. Ann Bynum serves as live model for everyone in Art 1 to sketch. Marilyn Vantrece is aided in her Art 1 sketch by ideas from Mrs. Shirley Shaevel. Singing the finale of the memorial program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Drama Club members join hands during the number to sym¬ bolize the dream of Dr. King’s life for his people. Business students enjoy new typing equipment Business students enjoyed three new typewriters that made front row choice seats in typing class. First- and second- year typist tried their skills on the new machines. Bookkeeping, Business Law, Typing, General Business, Shorthand, Clerical Practice and the Co-Op program were offered to students who planned to have majors in business when they have graduated. First year typing students spend their hour practice-typing their conditioning exercises. Seniors learn to produce as much as possible during the five-minute timed writing in Typing II class. Filing, calculating and operating adding machines keep clerical students too busy for clock-watching. 12 Cobp students Marilyn Malave, Janice Mitchell and Geraldine Guy close machines before going to their daily jobs. Cobp officers are Geraldine Guy, treasurer; Janice Mitchell, president; Angie Mariani, secretary. Coop students scan job vista in city offices Career day, October 20, introduced twenty Mann office practice students to daily business operations at Holiday Inn, Credit Bureau, the Police Station and the Bank of Indiana. After touring the businesses, girls from six public schools lunched together as guests of Holiday Inn and continued their inspection of occupations available during the afternoon. Angie Mariani, employed at Penny’s as a clerk, rings up a sale. Council runs examination of food markups Led by Curtis Spiller, Student Council organized a student exchange with Mer rillville, entertained their parents at din¬ ner and studied markup on food and clothing similarly to “Nader’s Raiders”. Hoping to demonstrate and encourage school pride, the group prepared an audi¬ torium program aired during March. Representatives on Inter-city student council were Pam Luna, Ruth Miner and Spiller. Book protectors showing the Mann building were sold. Mrs. Daisy Page was council advisor. Exchange students from Merrillville wait in the library for their visiting schedules. Mayor Richard Hatcher speaks to the Inter-City Student Council about school situations as Curtis Spiller and state sena¬ tor, Adam Benjamin, listen intently. 14 Senior Honor Society inducts; rite staged for members only s .. At a meeting in the library for mem¬ bers only instead of the auditorium cere¬ mony, Honor Society inducted seven members. Antoinette Bell, Roselyn Bur¬ leigh, David Fogler, Pamela Luna, Michaeline Smolinski, Faith Spiller and Dorothy Taylor were added to the roll. Current members were Rosemary DeLeon, Carol Henderson, Rubin Maldonado, Gladys Martinez, Robert Orlich, Larry Rosen, Curtis Spiller and Paula Wilson. Mr. Harris congratulates Roselyn Bur¬ leigh as Mr. Gehring watches. Above: Signing the register, Michaeline Smolinski reads past Honor Society mem¬ bers’ names. Right: Newly inducted members listen carefully as Mr. Gehring speaks on scho- Left: front row: Dorothy Taylor, An¬ toinette Bell, Faith Spiller and Michae¬ line Smolinski. Second row: Roselyn Burleigh, David Fogler and Pamela Luna. Troopers stomp Mann ' s homecoming, 44-6 Excitement and hope arose with Paul Ramos’ 20-yard pass to Rodney Williams who made good, delivering the ball to the post. Bu t Wirt Troopers prevailed, stomp¬ ing Mann 44-6 in the Homecoming contest. Half-time ceremonies featured the crowning of Beverly Howard as Home¬ coming Queen. Escorted by Donnell Chandler, Beverly’s court consisted of Cynthia Brown, Rosemary DeLeon and Paula Griffin. All the girls were presented with watches as gifts by Booster Club. Drivers in homecoming caravan line up their decorated cars for the brief trip to Wirt’s field. Homecoming court: Rosemary DeLeon, Frank Trevino, Cynthia Brown, Odell Webb, Queen Beverly Howard, Donnell Chandler, Paula Griffin and Paul Killins. Dancers circulate on gym floor to their favorite records at Homecoming dance. Hi—Y chooses Le Chambre Gazebo Under vari-colored chandelier orna¬ ments representing “Le Chambre Gaze¬ bo,” eighty couples danced to recorded music at Sweethearts’ Ball. Held at the Holiday Inn at Portage, the dance featured a chicken dinner and crowning of Cheryl Harris as queen. Hi-Y hosts presented Cheryl and her court with flowers and mementos appropriate to the occasion. Chaperoning the event were Mrs. Bar¬ bara Loy, Mr. James Ricard, and Mr. Harvey Clay, Mr. Duane Rogers, and Mr. Joshua Fisher, sponsors of the organization. Kathy and Calvin Glover dance to record¬ ed music at the Sweethearts’ Ball. Greg Hunt and his date, Guyla Johnson, try out the latest steps. Sherri Campbell, first runner-up; Cheryl Harris, Hi-Y queen; Debbie Gearring, second runner-up, and Doris Brewer, third runner-up. Inexperience bombs record for Horsemen Ending the season on the downswing to the tune of 0-10, the fighting Horace- men finished in the cellar of the North¬ west Conference. Returning this year from last year ' s Big Red Machine” were co-captains Robert Rodriguez and James Hazelett. Other starters were Vince Lopez. Ken Exom, and Fred Gates. During Horace Mann Homecoming game against Wirt, players make a dive for Hulian Terrell, ball carrier. Reserve and Varsity teams: First row: T. Bell, R. Alicea, M. Spiller, R. Myers F. Ortiz, W. Brooks, J. Phillips, H. Jones, R. Dixon, P. Ramos, Second row: Coach Kachaturoff, D. Williams, B. Rodriguez, B. Orlich, H. Terrell, S. Katie, C. Spiller, B. Malavozos, R. Harris, M. Edger, J. White. Coach Bob Webb, Third row: A. Rueter, manager; E. Gates, K. Exom, W. Kennedy, C. Snowden, R. Williams, M. Clark, J. Beric, V. Lopez, B. Matsey, S. Holmar, L. Feliciano, K. Jolly. Netters capture third place in city tournament Under a new coach, Mr. Gary Meyer, the Horace Mann tennis team ended the season with a 4-5 record. The netters placed third in the city-wide tournament with three individuals placing third. They were John Serwatka, Larry Rosen and David Fogler. Displaying his agility. Captain John Ser¬ watka backhands the ball in a tough ten¬ nis match. Front row: John Serwatka, Alfred Gar¬ cia, Steve Hernandez. Back row: Coach Gary Meyer, John Serwatka, Tim Hill¬ man. Missing are David Fogler and Larry Rosen. Undaunted, Alfie Garcia hussies to get the ball. Right: Cross country runners begin their long journey down the path in the city Below: Captain Porfirio Ramos receives last-minute instructions from Coach Carnahan. Exciting, scoreless season frustrates Mann ' s harriers Replacing Coach Jack Hobbs, Coach Elbert Carnahan led the cross-country team to a sixth place in the city tourna¬ ment. Guiding the team through a winless but instructive season was Captain Por¬ firio Ramos. Front row: Denosic McClatchey, James Hill, Frank Wilderness and Mike Wilder¬ ness. Back row: Captain Porfirio Ramos, Robert Perez, John Serwatka, Edwardo Luna and Steve Hernandez. 19 Cagers make slack record: win one game Horace Mann’s basketball team, train¬ ed by Coach Luis Thomas, formerly at Pulaski, picked up but little speed after a slow start. Inexperienced players and problems of team work caused an up¬ setting season with a record of one vic¬ tory to eighteen losses. Their sole triumph came when the Horsemen traveled out of state to Illinois to win a stunning victory over Momence. Score of the contest was 92-61. Carlos Smith replaces Marvin Smith for the first part of the season. Carlos Smith, Larry Webb and Mouric Davis crowd around the basket to see who will end up with it. Coach Luis Thomas watches his team from the side line, hoping for the best. 70 David Williams and Keith Bloonfield wait for the bouncing ball to come down. Larry Webb tries one of his best efforts against Wallace Hornets. Qwimmers lose first city title in four years Swimming better in individual events than in team competition, the mermen failed to score over their opponents in any of ten group events. Lane competi¬ tors making unblemished records at sea¬ son ' s end were: Porfirio Ramos, 400- yard freestyle; John Serwatka. 100-yard freestyle; Angel Trinidad, 100-yard but¬ terfly stroke. Tournament competition showed the Horsemen in second slot, where they needed a first to share the city champion¬ ship. Coach Carnahan began the training season, turning the team over to Coach Ector because of illness. Varsity swimming members: Faustino Rodriguez, John Colon, Coach John Ec¬ tor, John Serwatka and Porfirio Ramos. A.. £ Senior John Serwatka finishes the last lap of the five-hundred-yard medley during the city meet. Captain Faustino Rodriguez swims the one-hundred yard butterfly stroke which put Horace Mann in second place in the Gary high school swimming meet. During a home meet against Gary Roosevelt, John Colon jumps off the diving board with the hope of getting the maximum five points and a first place. Two Mann grapplers capture first in city Mann’s Wrestlers had a disappointing season although they had two city champions. Placing first in the city meet were Paul Ramos and Tony Cartagena; Emil Mariani, second; Hyrom Ramos, third. In sectionals Paul Ramos and Alfie Garcia placed second while Emil Mariani and Tony Caratagena placed third. Above—standing: Tom Binkley, manager; Michael Thomas, Jim Evans, Sam Trim¬ ble, Marcus Mercado, Richard Truit, Alfie Garcia, Emil Mariani, Tony Cartagena, Ray Santos and Coach Katchaturoff. Sit¬ ting, Paul Ramos. Far left—Captain Paul Ramos displays wrestling stance which makes possible his capturing the city championship. Left—Struggling to escape, Alfie Garcia keeps his opponent off guard. Mann ' s mile relay team sets new school record in 3:25.2 Freddie Gates watches a shows him the proper bai The mile relay team composed of Jin Evans, Dave Gullett and Rodney Williams in the back row and Lee Gates up front stop long enough to have their pictures taken. Cindermen had a tough but reward¬ ing season. Lee Gates, captain, was suc¬ cessful in the 100-yd. dash and 220-yd. dash, going down state. He ran a :09.5 in the 100 yd. dash for a second best time in state. He also ran with Rodney Wil¬ liams, Jim Evans and Dave Gullett in the mile relay which set a school record in a time of 3:25.2. For the third straight year, the 440-yd. relay team won first place at the Hammond Clark Relays. Track was coached by Bob Webb and Louis Thomas. Captain Lee Gates concentrates on the finish line ahead as he prepares himself. Mann ' s baseball players have winless season Mann’s baseball team, coached by Mr. John Ector, played only two games of a twenty-game schedule because of the teachers’ strike. In the first contest, the nine was overwhelmed by West Side and they went down in defeat with the final score of West Side 5 Mann 2. Although committing many errors, East Gary held Mann to eight runs, de¬ feating the diamondmen 10-8. Ruben Maldonado connects for a long base hit between the infielders into cen ¬ ter field. Coach John Ector discusses strategy with his team before the game. Middle right: Angel Valentine, Bob Or- lich and Larry Rosen take a break during their sectional game with Wallace which they lost in six innings with a 10-5 score. Right: Telling his team that they had a learning season, Coach Ector characteris¬ tically sticks his hands in his back pockets. 23 Juniors select A Time for Us as prom theme Dancing to the music of Billy Foster, 110 couples attended the Junior Prom at Marquette Park Pavilion June 7. “A Time For Us” was the theme of the party. Mementos given to guests with bids were tiny hour glasses. Jennifer Jones took charge of tickets, bids, band and post-prom plans. Ruth Miner arranged for chaperones and guest¬ book. Carleen Smith directed the decora¬ tions committee and William Wallace se¬ cured a photographer. Publicity campaign manager was Ronald Peck. Mrs. Inez Harris and Mr. Michael Kozu- bal, junior class sponsors, served as fac¬ ulty advisors. Junior class president Jennifer Jones and her date Ted Robinson lead the grand march. Belinda Lopez and Martha Espinoza, with their dates, take turns photographing each other. Senior Myron Virginia and his date pose for the photographer at the Junior-Senior Prom. 24 Deborah Gearring and Willie Raspberry dance to a favorite tune. Renee Smith and Anthony Stout move slowly toward the punch bowl. Anna Medina and Angel Torres discuss the prom decorations while enjoying fruit punch. Juniors Doreen Frymire and Otto Miller go on a search for pictures during the orchestra break. Boys become members of girls ' Booster Club Senior Booster Club members -Front row: Michaeline Smolinski. Wilson. Millie Ivankovich. Sally Ivankovich, Bruce Rhymes. Third Paula Wilson. Cheryl Harris. Second row: Porfie Ramos. Debbie row: Jarutha Fowlkes. Beverly Howard. Margaret Bryant. For the first time in Booster Club’s existence boys were admitted to membership. Varied money-making projects, bake sales, homecoming mums, booster pins and dances were held by the club. A can¬ dy sale, which made possible the purchase of new cheerleader uniforms for varsity and reserve squads, proved popular. Club members appeared in new sweaters with white emblems for which they raised funds. Booster Club officers were Cheryl Harris, president; Paula Wilson, vice-presi¬ dent, Becky Reuter, secretary, and Anita Bell, treasurer. Miss Jacqueline Dozier and Miss Benja Waugh served as sponsors. Booster Club sponsors Miss Dozier and Miss Waugh look through receipts be¬ fore they distribute Homecoming chrysanthemums. Couples dance at the Homecoming dance which is held annually by Booster Club. 26 Foreign language clubs ' enrollments decline German, Latin, French and Spanish Club had very small enrollments. Seniors held the offices of president and vice- president. The sponsors for the clubs were Miss Georgia Bopp, German; Miss Sally Jones, French; Mrs. Margaret De Leurere, Latin; and Mrs. Melva Zabarte, Spanish. German Club bought club sweaters for their members, earning the funds by hav¬ ing bake sales. The members also attended the National German Club convention. Latin Club enslaved their freshmen members, selling them at auctions and freeing them at SATURNALIA. Spanish Club held their annual friend¬ ship day when students and teachers bought red carnations for their friends. They also held a number of bake sales. The money from the bake sales and carnations was used for their trip to Ad¬ venture Land, amusement park in Chicago. German Club members: Doreen Frymire, Crystal Harvey, Sally Ivankovich, Donna Rimmer, Norma Arechiga. President of Latin Club, Michaleen Smo- linski conducts a meeting as Mrs. De- Leurere looks on. Senior French Club members Antoinette Bell, six-year French student, and Al Carey, three-year French student. Senior Hi—Y men form underclassmen ' s club HI-Y hosted the annual Sweethearts’ Ball this year at the Holiday Inn in Port¬ age. Cheryl Harris was Sweetheart Ball Queen, Sherri Campbell first runner-up, Debbie Gearring second runner-up, and third runner-up, Doris Brewer. As athletes, members competed in basketball with the men teachers, the faculty winning. The organization enter¬ tained at a number of sock hops and held a hot pants contest. President was Rodney Myers, vice president, Lee Gates. The sponsors were Mr. Harvey Clay and Mr. Dwayne Rogers. Senior HI-Y set up a junior HI-Y for underclassmen. Front row: Carl Moore, David Standifer, George Taylor, Al Carey, Bruce Rhymes. Sec¬ ond row: Charles Graves, James Hazelett, Malcolm Varnado, Mike Haynes, Richard Mcln- nis. Third row: Reginaill Hill, Lee Gates, Rodney Myers. Girl athletes ' group shapes up in various competitive sports Johnetta Archie watches her teammate returning the ball to the opposition. Believing in exercise as a way to at¬ taining sound bodies, members of Girls’ Athletic Association reported to gym or pool weekly for competitive sports. Mem¬ bers organized teams headed by captains for tourney competition. Games of wallball, basketball, volley¬ ball and swimming competition made the girls’ gym and pool noisy places after school as team struggled with team for status of victor. Miss Arlene Heward was faculty di¬ rector of the group. April Turner enjoys free leisure time swimming in the girls’ pool after school in GAA. Senior members: Sandra Grady, Jurutha Fowlkes, Diane Bailey, Margaret Bryant and Sherri Campell. Far left: Miss Arlene Heward demon¬ strates how to block in the game of bas¬ ketball. Members jump to get control of the ball in an inter squad basketball game. 29 Cheerleaders collect money for new attire Keeping enthusiasm high at football and basketball games, the Horace Mann cheerleaders were an inspiring team. The girls earned money having bake sales and car washes, selling candy and holding dances in the gym to raise sufficient funds to buy new uniforms for the squad. Sponsors Miss J ackie Dozier and Mbs Benja Waugh helped the girls stay in con¬ dition for the season. Left to right: Cheryl Harris, Anita Bell, Geraldine Washington and Paula Wilson dbplay thei r jumping ability, helpful in cheering for the teams. Kings and Queens Dance held at Gary YMCA Horace Mann’s 1972 Kings and Queens dance was held at the YMCA for the first time. About fifty couples attended the dressy-casual dance. Kings and Queens were voted on during senior English classes. After the nominations, there was a final vote. Booster Club tallied the Elected Miss HMS, Paula Wilson poses with Lee Gates, Mr. HMS by popular Pam Luna and James Hazelett are stu¬ dents’ choice as most feminine and most masculine. Diana Bailey and Bob Rodriguez are selected as the most athletic couple at Mann. 31 Kings and Queens elected by seniors to guide class of ' 72 Kings and queens not pictured were: Bob Rodrigues and Diana Bailey, most athletic; Rodney Myres and Vanessa Dan¬ cy, most dashing and charming; Curtis Spiller and Antoinette Bell, most likely to succeed; Bruce Rhymes and Glenda Blue, most humorous; Bichard Truitt and Cynthia Brown, best dancers; Don- Best personality: Cynthia Brown and Forrest Harris. nell Chandler and Denise Moore, best dressed; Stirman Rhondo and Jean Pow¬ ell, best voices; James Henderson and Pat Taylor, most popular; Billy Larkin and Pat Taylor, most beautiful eyes; John Alston and Paula Wilson, best groomed hair. Most school spirit: Cheryl Harris and Curtis Spiller. Bob Rodriguez, Michael Flores, Delia Perez, Jon Berich, Rubin Maldonado, David Fogler, Bob Orlich, Larry Rosen, Martha Narvaez (face hidden), Ray Alicea and John Serwatka gather around and enjoy themselves at the yearly dance. Best figure and physique: Carol Hender¬ son and Paul Ramos (not pictured). 32 Outstanding seniors acclaimed for constructive performances Mr. Lawrence Gehring presents James Hazelett with the Don Elser Award. Top right: Receiving Most Valuable Swimmer award, John Serwatka proudly accepts a trophy. Left: Most Valuable Cinderman award is given to Lee Gates by Mr. Gehring. Far left: with congratulations Mr. Geh¬ ring gives Paula Wilson the Tri Kappa, Alpha Beta chapter award. Rewarding both scholarly and non- academic achievement with certificates or plaques, faculty staged Recognition day for senior class members their last afternoon in school. Wearing red and white robes chosen by the group, seniors formed the procession arranged for Baccalaureate and Com¬ mencement. Nominations made by faculty and Dean were the basis for noting outstand¬ ing seniors. Choral Club entertains the audience with well-known tunes. Seniors troop to stage for honor, recognition Miss Elizabeth Ennis presents a plaque to Frank Merced for his achievement in speech. Carol Henderson wins cheers as valedic¬ torian of the class of ’72. Carol Henderson and Antoinette Bell receive their State Scholarship Commission of Indiana certificates from Mr. John Petrou for outstanding academic achievement. Bob Orlich, Lee Gates and Vince Lopez stay in line to receive their certificates from Mr. Petrou in Science, Hi-Y and art, respectively. V -arry Webb is awarded a trophy for his Alice Arreola listens intently to the pre¬ sentation of awards. Left: Cynthia Brown, Diana Bailey and Pam Luna are recognized for earning scholarships. Class of ' 72 graduates at Gary Career Center At Commencement ceremonies June 14, Mann graduated a class of 221 stu¬ dents. Rites were held at Gary Career Center. Cynthia Brown, senior class president, led guests and graduates in prayer. Carol Henderson, valedictorian, spoke on the topic “No Gifts from Chance.” Saluta- torian Robert Orlich’s talk was entitled “Between Two Views.” Mr. Lawrence Gehring, principal, pre¬ sented the class for the awarding of di¬ plomas and Dr. Haron Battle representing the public school administration congra¬ tulated graduates on their achievement. Mr. Fredrick Ford, member of the board of school trustees, awarded the diplomas. Baccalaureate services were held Sun¬ day, June 11, at Holy Angels Cathedral. The sermon was given by the Reverend Donald Parson. With a firm grip on his diploma, Gregory Hunt walks off the stage. Dr. Haron J. Battle, superintendent of instruction, representing the school ad¬ ministration, accepts the class of ’72 from Mr. Lawrence Gehring, Mann principal. As their names are called, Mann graduates walk across the stage receiving their di¬ plomas from Mr. Fredrick Ford, member of the board of school trustees. As he is awarded his diploma, Rubin Maldonado receives congratulations from Mr. Ford. 36 To the strains of Mann’s LOYALTY SONG graduates leave the exercises held in then- honor. Relatives and friends greet graduates in the foyer of the Career Center after the graduation exercises have ended. Sweet girl graduates at Mann traditionally carry a dozen red roses symbolizing Mann’s colors. Mrs. Bine Taylor hugs her daughter, Dor¬ othy, as her proud father watches. Seniors anxiously wait to enter the auditorium as the Commencement exercises start on time. Seniors begin frosh year under Maldonado Led by Rubin Maldonado with vice president, Janet Pole; secretary, Rose Morillion and treasurer, Pam Luna, the class as freshmen hacT many adjustments to make in their first year of high school. Besides becoming accustomed to a new academic atmosphere, classmates found numerous extracurricular activities to oc¬ cupy them. Tom Moore, Paul Ramos, and Greg Spencer as freshmen gridders, help tie the Homecoming against Emerson 13-13. Girls competing for the coveted title of Frosh Homecoming queen were Alice Lopez, Nancy Renta, Luz Torres, and Freida Hicks, who reigned. Rose Morillon won the bid to rule over the freshmen with two kings, Bob Orlich and Paul Ra¬ mos, who tied as winners. With bake sales at Buy Low and study¬ ing now and then the class concluded an active year. Picking up three hundred new class members transferred in from Froebel, the sophomore early began activities leading to a financially-sound Prom, a responsi¬ bility of their junior year. Elected sopho¬ more officers were Sheila Dyer, presi¬ dent; Bruce Pillar, vice president; Pam Hileman, secretary; and Janice Mitchell, treasurer. As juniors Pat Taylor and Cheryl Mays participated in Y-CHICAS; Cheryl Har¬ ris and Toni Bell labored in Booster club. Millie and Sally Ivankovich and Debby Wilson worked to make Turn-about a suc¬ cess for Girls’ club. Rodney Myers, Mal¬ colm Varnado and Greg Hunt signed up early as members of newly chartered Hi- Y. Millie Ivankovich, Jerry Raster, Pam Luna, Rubin Maldonado, Larry Rosen, and John Serwatka spent last hour on yearbook staff. Paula Wilson wrote for the school newspaper, MANN-U-SCRIPT. Climaxing the year, the juniors offered their prom, ORIENTAL AND JADE, staged at Marquette Park Pavillion with post-prom activities at San Remo’s restau- Curtis Spiller presided over the class as juniors with Pam Luna, secretary and Gwen McDaniels, treasurer. As seniors, the group came up with approximately two hundred twenty-three students prepared for graduation on June 14, 1972. Cynthia Brown led the class; Diana Bailey was vice president; Pam Luna, secretary and Gwen McDaniels, treasurer. Events of the year were Hi-Y’s Sweet¬ hearts’ Ball, Homecoming activities, the Kings’ and Queens’ dance and the Prom. It was the year the MANN-U-SCRIPT died and the MANNUAL became a small¬ er senior edition instead of covering the school’s four classes. But it was the year of Commencement, and the final graduation march. This is the story . . . but “We’ve only just begun!” Cynthia Brown, Diana Bailey, Pam Luna, Dalia Pastoriza, president vice president secretary treasurer Mrs. Faye Ison, sponsor Mrs. Barbara Loy, sponsor Mr. James Ricard, sponsor Mr. Dwayne Rogers, sponsor REINALDO ALICEA—Football, Baseball. JOHNNIE ALSTON-Afro Club, president. JOSEPHINE ARAGON ALICE ARREOLA JOHN ARROYO DIANA BAILEY KATHERINE BALANOFF-Student Council, Latin Club, Guidons, Sophomore class treasurer, Indiana Honors program. MICHAEL BARNES ARLINE BASCUM—GAA, Booster Club, Afro Club. LOUISE BEAUDREAU ANTOINETTE BELL—ROTC Drill Team, Junior Honor Society, Booster Club, Band, Human Re¬ lations Club, Student Council, French Club, Y- CHICAS. JOVAN BERICH—Football, Track. ERIKA LENEEN BLAKE—Home Economics Club, president, Booster Club, Afro Club. GLENDA BLUE—Office Education Association, Choral Club. BESSIE BOWMAN—GAA, Booster Club. Work experience profitable for Senior class MINN IE BROOKS ANN ELIZABETH BYNUM ABELCAVADA CYNTHIA ROBIN BROWN-Booster Club, Y-CHICAS, Concert Band, GAA, Varsity Cheerleader, Senior class president. SHERRIE CAMPBELL- GAA. MARGARET BRYANT-GAA. ANGELA MERCEDES CANTU NORMA CHAVEZ JOHN BUNNELL DONNA CARR-GAA, Concert Band, Junior Honor Society. AWILDA CINTRON ROSELYN BURLEIGH- Afro Club. ELIZABETH CASTILLO GLADYS CINTRON-Pan American Club. DONNELL CHANDLER 40 DEBORAH CLARK—GAA, Office Education As¬ sociation. SHEILA CLARKE-Student Council, Sophomore Class president. HILDA COLON JOHN COLON—ROTC, Swimming. MARIA COLON MARIA CRUZ VANESSA DANCY—GAA, Booster Club, Major¬ ette, Usherette, Afro Club, vice president. CHARLES DAVIS ROSEMARY ELIZABETH DELEON-Concert Band, GAA, Junior Honor Society, Homecoming court. ROBIN DENEAL-Booster Club, GAA, Band. DENISE DESROSIERS CARLOS DIAZ LARRY DILLON THOMAS DUNCAN-Hi-Y, Football. PAMELA DENISE EDGER—GAA, Booster Club. 41 Upperclassmen await spring graduation rites MARTHA ESPINOZA-GAA. TAYNA FARRINGTON—Afro Club, Home Eco¬ nomics Club, Girls’ Club, Student Council. ARNETHA FAULKNER—GAA, Girl’s Club, Afro Club. WILSON FELICIANO DAVID PAUL FOGLER-Student Council, French Club, Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Boy’s State, Junior Honor Society, president. JARUTHA FOWLKES JUAN GARCIA—MANNUAL Staff, Pan Ameri¬ can Club, president. ROSA GARCIA—GAA, Concert Band, Concert Orchestra. SAN JUANAGARCIA DELVERA GARDENER FRANCES GARI LEE DELL GATES—ROTC, Band, Track Hi-Y, Vice-president. RICHARD GINDER JAMES GOMEZTAGLE ANGELINE GONZALES 42 SANDRA ANN GRADY-GAA, Y- CHICAS. PATRICIA HALL FORREST EUGENE HARRIS—Wrestling, ROTC, Hi-Y, Booster Club. PAMELA HILEMAN CHARLES GRAVES- Hi-Y, Band, Basketball, World Affairs Forum. JUDY HAMPTON BARBARA HAWKINS GREGORY HINTON PAULA GRIFFIN— Homecoming court. SHERRI HARLES MICHAEL HAYNES STEPHANIE HOLLAND JOSE GUARDIOLA— Swimming, Baseball. TERRI HARLES JAMES HAZELETT- Hi-Y, Track, Basketball, Football, co-captain. PAUL HOSKINS-Hi-Y, Football, ROTC, Con¬ cert Band, drum major. GERALDINE GUY CHERYL HARRIS CAROL HENDERSON BEVERLY HOWARD- Booster Club, Afro club, GAA, Homecoming queen. 43 Seniors pick bright-colored graduation robes DEBRA HOWE GREGORY EARL HUNT-Hi-Y, Junior Honor Society, Football. MILLIE IVANKOVICH—German Club, Student Council, Girls’ Club, Clockstopper, MANNUAL Staff, Quill Scroll, Booster Club. SALLY I VANKOVICH—Student Council, Girls’ Club, Booster Club, German Club, Treasurer, MANNUAL Staff. AUBREY JEFFERS HENRY JOHNSON-Concert Band, All-City Band. MADISON JONES-Drama Club, Basketball, Track. WILLIE LARKIN SARA LAZO SHIRLEY LEWIS TERRY LIGON YOLANDA LOLLIS ALICE LOPEZ BELINDA LOPEZ VICTOR LOPEZ 44 VINCENT LOPEZ PAM LUNA-Student Council, MANNUAL staff, Quill Scroll, Junior Honor Society, Girls’ State Delegate, Freshmen class treasur¬ er, Junior class secre¬ tary, Senior class secre¬ tary. DEMETRIO MARQUEZ-Concert Band. ANTHONY LOVELACE-Hi-Y, Football, Track. WILLIAM MALAVAZOS ANDREA MARTIN DOROTHEA LA FAY McCAME-Afro Club, French Club. LULAR LOWE MARILYN MALAVE- Pan American Club. GLADYS MARTINEZ BARBARA McCURDY MARGARET LOZANO RUBIN MALDONADO-Student Council, MANNUAL staff, Quill Scroll, Baseball, Football, Ju¬ nior and Senior Honor Society, Freshmen Class president. HENRY MARTINEZ— ROTC. EDUARDO LUNA-Pan American Club, Cross- Country, Football, Bas¬ ketball. ANGELICA MARIANI— Office Education Associa¬ tion, treasurer. WILLIAM MATSEY- Football, Baseball. RICHARD McINNIS GWENDOLYN CHERYL DEON McDANIEL MAYES-Y-CHICAS, Usherette. 45 Teachers ' 22-day strike worries senior class SHIRLEY McKINNIE ANNA MEDINA-Of¬ DOROTHY JEAN CHRIS MENDEZ- LIRIO MARIA MERCADO FRANK MERCED fice Education Associa¬ tion, Parliamentarian. MELVIN-Office Edu¬ cation Associatoin. Safety Patrol. DENISE JOYCE MOORE- FRANSISCO CAROL REGINA JANICE MITCHELL CARL MOORE-Hi-Y, Junior Honor Society. Y-CHICAS. MORALES MICOU GALE GLAND MORRIS-GAA, Afro Club. RODNEY MYERS- Football, Hi-Y. MARTHA NARVAEZ- Office Education Asso¬ ciation, Historian. RICHIE NICHOLS JULIA NORA DEBORAH OWENS DALIA DOLLY PASTORIZA—Human Relations Club, GAA, Student Council, Senior class treasurer. EILEEN OBREGON JACQUELINE OVERTON CARL PAYNE ROBERT ANTHONY ORLICH-Junior Senior Honor Society, Football, Baseball, Stu¬ dent Council, Boy’s State alternate. EDUARDO PAGAN- Wrestling. MARY HELEN ORTEGA MARIA PANAGOTIS DANIEL PEREZ SONIA ORTIZ GERALDINE PARKER REBECCA PEREZ JOSEPH PEDROZA- Cross Country, Baseball, ROTC. Senior class buys mint green announcements LINDA PITTS LUIS ANGEL PLUQUEZ JEANN1E POWELL PAUL RAMOS—Football, Baseball, Wrestling, captain. PORFIRIO RAMOS—Booster Club, Pan Ameri¬ can Club, Swimming, Cross Country, captain, Student Council. FRANCES RECIO RONALD RENDALL RAMON REYES VICTOR REYES BRUCE RYMES—Hi-Y, Afro Club, Booster Club. NORMAN RICHARDSON-Hi-Y, Track, ROTC. SHIRLEY RICHARDSON—GAA, Office Educa¬ tion Association. DEMETRA CHARMAINE ROBINSON-Booster Club, GAA, Afro Club. EDWINA ROBINSON KAY ROBINSON 48 AMERICA ELAINE ROSS—German Club, vice president GEORGE SANCHEZ SAM NAPOLEON SELTZ-Hi-Y. FAUSTINO ROBERT LOUIS RODRIGUEZ-Tennis, RODRIGUEZ—Baseball, Swimming, captain. Football, co-captain; Boy’s State alternate. BRUNILDA SAEZ TULLA SAKES-Band, RAYMOND SANFORD Choral Club, president. LAWRENCE ALLEN ROSEN-Student Council, PORFIRIO SALAZAR MANNUAL staff, Quill Scroll, Football, Baseball, SANDRA SCURLARK Tennis, Junior Senior Honor Society. ANGELITA SANCHEZ GLADYS GERALDINE SELTZ—Choral Club, Booster Club. JOHN SERWATKA- MANNUAL staff, Chess Club, Quill and Scroll, Swimming, Cross Coun¬ try, Tennis, captain. CHARLETTA ROCHELLE SATISFIELD—GAA, Concert Band. REGINA SHEPHERD- Band, Spanish Club, Afro Club, Booster Club. 49 Senior class graduates with mixed emotions LINDA SILLS JAMES SMITH DAVID STANDIFER— Concert Band, Hi-Y, Junior Honor Society. ALVIN SMITH MANERVIE SMITH— Booster Club, Afro Club, Band, Student Council, Vice Pres¬ ident. LYNN STRONG—ROTC BETTY SMITH CURTIS EMERSON SPILLER—Football, ROTC, Hoosier Boys State Delegate, Junior and Senior Honor Society, Student Council, president; Club, Intercity Student Council, president, Junior Class president, Ecology Club. EDWARD SMITH- Hi-Y, ROTC, Basketball. FAITH SPILLER GEORGE TAYLOR- Hi-Y, Drama Club, Chess Club, Afro Club. HENRY JACK SMITH— Baseball, Football. MICHAELINE SMOLINSKI- Latin Club, president; Booster Club, Student Council, secretary, Varsity Cheer¬ leader, Hoosier Girl’s State Representative. PATRICIA LYNN TAYLOR- Y-CHICAS. 50 DOROTHY TAYLOR ANGEL TORRES-Wrestling. LUZ TORRES APRIL MAY TURNER-GAA. ANGEL VALENTIN—Baseball, captain. KENNETH VAN STORY MARILYN VANTRECE MALCOLM VARNADO-Hi-Y. DAVID WADDELL-Concert Band. ANTHONY WARLICK GILBERT ANTHONY WASHINGTON-Hi-Y. LARRY WEBB-Basketball, captain. FRANK WILDERNESS—Basketball, Cross-coun- ry DEBORAH LYNN WILSON-Guidons, Girl’s Club, Student Council, Booster Club, MANNUAL staff. PAULA PATRICE WILSON-Student Council, Reserve, Varsity Cheerleader, captain; Booster dub, Junior, Senior Honor Society, M-U-S, re¬ porter; Quill and Scroll, Girl’s State representative, DAR representative. TOBBI YOUNG 51 Cherchez-vous la Photographie Creative? WE SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES TO CREATIVE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY Photographers to Chicagoland’s Finest Elementary and High Schools photographers 1131 WEST SHERIDAN ROAD (� t 6400 North) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60626 TELEPHONE 761-5500 Patrons Boric Religious Goods Mr. 8c Mrs. John Ernst Mrs. Berniece King Mrs. Elsie Mellick Mr. 8c Mrs. Clarence Miller John Owens Florist Pete ' s Grocery COCA-COLA BOB WEAVER CHUCK WHEELER 7 32 Broadway 3650 West 5th Ave. 885-7405 883-6122 54 ROUND THE CLOCK 1 1 1 W. 5th Avenue REGENT FLORIST 838 W. 5th Ave. 88G-3322 LINCOLN CARRY-OUT 400 Fillmore Street 882-0253 883-1966 883-9852 INLAND STEEL 3210 Watling Street Qmall yearbook staff produces senior edition Failing to secure school support for their publication even though sales con¬ tinued into December, the staff set aside the MANNUAL for the year, publishing a curtailed edition of less than half cus¬ tomary length, featuring only the gradu¬ ating class. Each senior agreed to purchase a copy, thus making the book possible. A staff of ten students put their efforts into BEGINNINGS. Alfie Jackson left the staff at mid-term for a new school. Juan Garcia and Otto Miller, who attend¬ ed summer school for photography at Indiana State, provided a good selection of pictures. Seniors were photographed by Root photographers. Millie Ivankovich, Pam Luna and John Serwatka were two-year veterans. Other staff members were Sally Ivankovich, Debbie Wilson, Emil Mariani, and Sheri Rhines. After finishing the pages for the March deadline, BEGINNINGS staff members enjoy the newly-fallen snow. Sally Ivankovich writes copy for her foreign language page while Millie Ivan¬ kovich is busy thinking of a headline. 56