Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Hanging blue paper and silver stars to show the change from Hades to Heaven is junior Sue Baker. juniors discover. Clowns and angels deck ’72, ’73 halls Meetings of executive board . . . final theme decided . . . work on Spirit Week begins ... all three classes participate . . . sophomores pick a circus theme . . . sophs dress as clowns . . . ’73 red balloon in middle of ceiling . . . Give ' Em Hades say juniors . . . junior angels walk halls . . . angel flies in skit . . . seniors Spirits are High . . . black cats, haunted houses . . . senior ghosts spook the halls . . . half- time Friday . . . seniors go wild . . . spirit Stick goes to Class of ' 71 . Using a theme by Bill Cosby, junior Ray Galati has the entire gym laughing with his Right. 27

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Sophomore Debbie Lazorik proves that class spirit comes before anything, including a sprained wrist. 26 Apes, knife-throwers and flame swallowers are circus acts that sophomores chose to use on their signs.

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Class of ’71 shows it has the most spirit Seniors Mike Hamang and Gene Christy find that many times it is necessary to stand on chairs and reach as high as possible to hang the many signs. Black cats, ghosts, haunted houses and bats are just a few of the many objects that could be found to show that senior Spirits Are High. As punishment for thinking the Pirates would lose, senior Dan Nellessen has his head ducked in a bucket of water by Jerry Curtis and Mark Langbehn.