Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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spirit week brings students together Got spirit? . . . then let’s hear it! And Lew Wallace High School really heard it during the week of March 17-28, Spirit Week. Stu¬ dents showed their school support during this week by organizing gimmicks with their classmates and electing spirit queens. Begin¬ ning on’Monday, frosh wore colored socks and decorated the halls in the West Building. Sophs got together on Tuesday to decorate the third floor in the Main Building and to wear signs displaying sophomore spirit. Jun¬ iors wore blue jeans and decorated the first floor to declare the class of ’72’s spirit. On Thursday the seniors went all out to brighten up the alcove and the main floor to express their school loyalty for the last time. The class of ’71 wore hats and “dressed up” to look united. To culminate the week’s activi¬ ties, four girls were selected as class Spirit Queens” during half-time ceremonies at Fri¬ day ' s game. D- - Student Life

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for identity Through the move toward expan ded black awareness, blacks have become more conscious of their heritage and proud of their individual differences Integration at Lew Wallace is a rela tively new thing; many problems must still be solved before black stu dents can experience a sense of iden tity and equality within our schoo situation. An attempt was made this year to solve some of the distance problems keeping blacks from partic¬ ipating in extra curricular activities. With understanding and the desire to surmount any difficulties, more black students will find their special niche at Wallace. Student Life 27

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A Paulette Martin, Laurie Someson, Brenda Graves, and Claudia Pendleton are selected as Lew Wallace’s first Class Spirit Queens. B Instant identification during Spirit Week — weird socks = a freshman. C Freshmen attempt to “cover” the West Building. D Sophomores work overtime. E Could seniors be implying that high school is just a lot of Mickey Mouse? F Seniors realize that it takes skill to balance a bonnet. G Sophomores prepare in advance to come out in great numbers. Student Life — 29