John Marshall High School - Marhiscan Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Violence Disrupts Marshall October 2 — Cap, Sock, and Jersey day. That was the plan. Students and teachers were a laughing kaleido¬ scope of reds, blues, and yellows for two periods. It was a cold day for a pep session outside. Not all the students were ecstatic about treking to Sullivan Field. The pep session went well; how¬ ever, after the pep session, fighting broke out at the east end of the school grounds as students were filing back to enter school. The fights con¬ tinued into the main corridor, and a security guard sprayed mace to dis¬ perse the crowd. A public address message ordered students to their classes and warned that any students caught loitering in the halls would be arrested. During fourth period, fighting broke out again in the cafeteria. Food, dishes and chairs filled the air. The lunch students were dismissed, but not instructed where to go. Ambu¬ lances, police and parents who had heard radio and television announce¬ ments came to the school. Buses were called in to take students home and school was dismissed. At the conclusion of the day there were twelve arrests and twenty-two reported injuries. Seventy police offi¬ cers had been sent to Marshall as well as the canine corps and a helicopter. Only seven hundred and eighty stu¬ dents reported to their first hour classes the next day and attendance dropped as the day went on. It was feared that the trouble would reduce attendance at the homecoming game but it didn ' t. A large crowd enjoyed the game despite the 45-8 loss to Greenfield Central.

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Moments in Marshall History What other high school in Indian¬ apolis has a field trip to Florida’s Okefenokee Swamp? And baseball is a top sport even with the exciting Reds ' play in the Series. The Pats made it to state runner-up for the sec¬ ond consecutive year. The seniors — they continue to boost the scholarship total. This year they earned more than a quarter of a million dollars in schol¬ arships. As far as numbers go, Mar¬ shall ' s film production, the publica¬ tions and the evening school are among the largest in the city. Although this is only our ninth year, we ' ve changed in both physical struc¬ ture and curriculum. Our vocational addition which was completed last year is one of the finest. The curricu¬ lum is subject to constant revision to meet the changing needs of the stu¬ dents and the community. Going through the North Central evaluation this year, teachers and stu¬ dents soon learned that departments had made many improvements since the last evaluation seven years ago by the accrediting agency. Among the changes is the reorganization of the PTO into the PATS (Parents, Adminis¬ trators, Teachers, Students) to help broaden relations between the school and the community. m 1 ! 1 M mm |§ H fa '