North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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perpetual motion propelled by seemingly tireless energy punctuated by Pits of immobility In a recreation room typical of north side homes, Bill Hunt, Mary Hockett, Sharon Clarin, and Sandy Sutton relax after a chilly football game. Miss Harrison discusses English courses with a group of interested parents who are following a shoi ' tened version of their children ' s daily schedules during the annual Back to School program. 11

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OUR PARENTS SEE US AS North Centralites, as their parents see them, are jet-propelled young people whose energy, however, is often punctuated by fits of laziness. This lassitude generally extends only to such matters as keeping rooms clean and rarely interfe res with the heavy schedule of social, extra-curricular and academic ac- tivity most teenagers follow. To provide the best possible educational opportuni- ties for these unpredictable young people of theirs, parents are banded together in the Triangle Club. They channel their activities into providing financial assistance for extras not covered by the official budget, and they back the faculty and administration to a degree not always found in the average high school. Parental interest in the welfare of the teen- agers of the community stimulates the rapid growth of North Central since it interests other families into moving into the area. Capacity audiences at the Family Jamboree enjoyed The Music Man in which Bill Keller played the lead. Homework before housework is Judy Potter ' s motto, but as the pressure mounts she finds her room has become a shambles. 10

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WE SEE OURSELVES AS Stopping to greet friends and yet get to class on time makes the day interesting for Kathy Carr, Bob Hulett, and Jody Horst. Mr. Clones, Rick Roessler, Mr. A. Logan Steele, and Dr. Schwilck shared the head table at the annual Leadership dinner. Teenagers are people who eat like horses but don ' t get fat; who talk for hours but don ' t get hoarse; who have a fresh outlook on life and can understand it; and who can enjoy any task whether bad or good. So says a senior in the school and probably most North Centralites look at themselves the same way. Despite that fact that most of them live under pressure — pressure to make good grades for college acceptance — the average pupil is well- adjusted, happy, and proud of his school. He be- lieves that top grades are a status symbol; that North Central offers him advantages not found else- where; that the faculty is better than average; and that if he behaves like an adult he will be treated as one. He wants his school to be well-known nationally ; not only for the beautiful building but most of all for the type of accomplishment made by its people. 12