La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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The Homecoming Bonfire, feeding on effigies of fallen Vikings, manages to hum brightly in spite of the rain. Tracy Lipscomb and Nichelle Anderson seem ready to take on even the Chicago Bears as members of the Senior Girls' Powder Puff Football team. Tommy Wildhart and Jim Stoehr. both on the LPHS Boys’Swim team, give the world an example of their winning styles on Beach Day of Spirit Week. Twodedicated Freshman girls demonstrate their artistry and spir- it during Homecoming decorating before the game k MM®

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Junior Chris Malstaff seems to have chosen to combine two Home coming dress days into one during the course of Spirit Week He is outfitted in Joe Cool Beachwear draped in a toga-like manner Freshmen Kenny Nix. Ryan Garrett. John Petrosky. Jennifer El- pers. and Heather Wisnseski take charge of their class hallway during Homecoming decorating sessions. The Senior members of the LPHS Varsity Basketball team have a right to look proud in this picture. They won Sectionals this year for the first time since 1976. Angie Jeffries and Darrin Brooks are both completely caught up in the festivities of Homecoming interclass games Angie wins hands down for etiquette. 3

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LaPortc High School Sli- cers have traditionally made much of their Homecoming celebrations. Each year the entire week preceding the actual football game is dedicated to the building of “spirit . What exactly is this elusive and much sought after quality? Spirit, according to Noah Webster, is a spe- cial feeling or state of mind. To the normal teenager, it is also a loyalty to one's school. Plus, it is an attitude which makes the en- tire process of education much more exciting and stimulating than it might otherwise be considered. Spirit is. for most young adults, the essence of life. It causes individuality and exuberance to flourish amid the rather strict uniformity of an in-school community. In other words, it makes even the most boring classes worthwhile. One of the most specific examples of spirit that is to be found on any campus, college or otherwise, is without a doubt Homecoming. The preparations for this grandiose manifestation of student body backing for athletic competition encompass roughly one week's worth of work and one month s equivalent in planning. Each day of this spectacle is designated by a specialized type of wearing apparel. For instance, this year the week consisted of College Day. Beach Day. Toga Day and. of course. Orange and Black Day. In addition to the assigned clothing, competitions were held between the classes after school. There was a Powder Puff Football match as well as the traditional interclass games such as the tug of war contest. The pre-game festivities concluded with a night of wild decorating as each grade strove to create the most spirit-filled decorations for its given area. In the end. however, the Seniors managed to win the highly coveted Spirit Stick. Despite the minor problem of scheduling caused by a vacation day on the very Friday of Homecoming, each class triumphed in its own way. In doing so all students of La Porte High School proved once and for all that they arc the proud possessors of an immense quantity of school spirit. .V SLICES OF SLICERS Shane Valentin describet the Swimmers' float, which won the competition, thus: We went all out for our last Homecoming. We deserved to win. “ Homecoming decorators from the Senior Class of ‘88 pause from their creative pur- suits to pose for a commemora tn-e photo in front of a descriptive mural. Juniros too can become active in Homecom- ing preparations during Spirit Week