North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Touchdown! signals the referee. A cheer arises as six points are added to the lopsided score. Barbara Harrison, Lisa Schlickman, Joyce Myers, Lisa Taylor, Queen Kelly Graves, Chris Karapantos, Yvette Chapman, Tami Parker, and Judith Castator were all members of the Homecoming Court. ■ ' li ' ni Ji T i. • ' •Xi i. m ' » ' As the football team runs through the human N , the band plays a salute. Homecoming 9

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Homecoming spirit explosion becomes best in many years If asked to sum up ilomecoiiiLng in one word, the word wauM be spirit. The spirit of freshman, sophanores, juniors, seniors, faculty, and alunni is mixed to ether and the result is a spirit explosion. The spirit seans to flow through North Side during HcEECondng, and one just can ' t help but be carried alon in the wake. Senior Christine Dennis adds, It ' s really incredible how mxih enthusiasm can be generated by one word. Just about everyone gets invol- ved. Before choosing the theme of Spir- it Explosion to represent Homecom- injj and the activities involved in this very special week. Student Council must liave had a premonition. In this premonition they saw halls filled with posters; windows and floors painted with a variety of syiriDols; hats, shades, buttons, and leis; cowboys and Indians, red and white; women football players; chants Senior Rene Gerardot and Homecoming King Bob Noel share a special joke during the court ' s dance. O-o-o-o, ah-h-h! Fireworks add to the repertoire of Homecoming events. O-o-o, ah-h-h! Senior Kelly Graves gasps as the announcement names her Homecoming Queen 1982. story by: Kathy Smith and cheers; toilet paper soaring tlirough the air; the band playing Varsity ; an Indian called Chief Mac strutting the traditional war-dance; and over 16UU students stomping, clapping, and cheering. What all this boils down to is too nuch spirit to be contained in one building, so it flowed out onto the football field for the grand finale. Amidst the crowning of a Hcmecom- ing queen, fireworks, the signing of a special covenant, and spirit seep- ing out of the stands, the Redskin football team pulled off a Homecoming victory. Afterwards, when the Hone- coming dance was over, so was Homecom- ing itself. The happenings new became just memories to be recalled and smiled at, and Homecoming, well..., it was a week, a time, to be looked forward to when the spirit would explode, once again, next year. 8 Homecoming

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Would You Believe? by: Richard Fletcher Rifle Rarige If a graduate of k th Side from at least 30 years ago returned and asked to be directed to the rifle range, he may get a funr look. Redskins today may think it odd that North Side had a rifle range, but it did. Ihe range was located in what is now the cafe- teria, and the cafeteria and kitchen were located in what is now the 340 corridor. Dances were in the foriBer cafeteria. Outside Exits North Side seems to have an over- abundance of windows and doors that lead outside. A count last fall re- vealed 390 wLndcws and 36 outside doors. I Sports North Side has had a fine basket- ball record of three state finalists in 1933, 1955, aid 1965. The track team has had six state titles. They were in the years 1941, 1942, 1956, 1957, 1963, aid 1965. The cross country team had one state ti- tle in 1968. The football team was undefeated three times. It was ranked nythical- ly No.l in 1937 aiti 1941. Then it was ranked No.5 in 1979. In six years, 1936 to 1941, North Side ' s football teams won 44 mes and lost 4 with 2 ties. Like the Civil War, North Side beat South Side in 1935, scoring 26 to 7. Even the gynnastics team had two state finalists in 1977 and 1982. Even during the earliest years of North Side, cars lined North Side Drive as Redskins come to school. Freshman Mark Michaels looks discouraged as he at- tempts to get a seat in the cafeteria. 10 Odd Facts