Northfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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Leena, Jorge and Mara Receive Hearty Welcome at Northfield Left Leena carefully measures and cuts for that im- portant creative writing project. Below left Sitting prettily in the guidance office. Mara contemplates her life at NHS. Foreign Exchange Students 13

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Above Jorge and joe appear overjoyed with Jorge ' s stay at Northfield. Right Listening attentively to one of Janet Bidwell ' s jokes Leena smiles her approval. This year Northfield had the pleasure of welcoming three foreign exchange students to it ' s halls. The first of these to arrive was Leena Karikoski from Jy- vaskyia, Finland. Leena ' s American family for the year was the Lowell Karns of Urbana. Leena arrived at Northfield in September and was a member of the Senior Class. At home in Finland, Leena has one older and one younger sister. Af- ter graduation, Leena plans to go to college to study either math or a foreign language. In December, Northfield had the enjoyment of an early Christmas present. Her name was Mara Cidade and she stayed with the Donald Rice family in Lagro. Mara was from Brazil, South America where she lived with her parents and one older brother. She was a Sophomore at Northfield and hopes to go into Psychology after high school and college. The final exchange student to arrive at Northfield was Jorge Alcantara. He arrived in January of 75 and lived in the Aldolph Stieglitz home of North Manchester while in the states. Jorge was from Lima, Peru, South America and had two brothers and one sister at home. Jorge was a Sophomore at Northfield and hoped to finish school and go into Den- tistry after high school. 12 Foreign Exchange Students

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Though tap dancing was thought to be a lost art at NHS, the cast of the ' 30 ' s musical, Dames at Sea , soon changed the student body and a large part of Wabash countys ' minds. The curtain opened on Thursday night with a display of the tapping talents of Kathy Dyson as Mona Kent. As the oo ' s and ah ' s of the audience increased, the glitter filled musical proceeded to its finale tap number, Star Tar , fea- turing Jody Carr as Ruby and a chorus of 25 members. The play centered around a little girl from Centerville, Utah and her dreams of becoming a Broad- way Star. Playing opposite Jody was Gary Dale as Dick , an oncom- ing songwriter who, to his surprise, has caught the eye of one of Broad- ways ' arrogant, egotistical actresses, Mona Kent. Mona is played opposite Dan Gillespie portraying Captain Courageous. The cast is completed with a little Woo-Woo! from Joan, a particularly successful chorus girl played by Robin Elrod, Lucky , an easy-going sailor portrayed by Mike Swan, and a currently down and out Dames Our Broadway Baby Lower No one cries at this simple wedding, where ev eryone is married. director, Harry Hennessey, por- trayed by Randy Lewis. The musical was directed by the drama department ' s star Miss Durnbaugh and co-directed by Mr. Boggs. Choreography was done by Miss D ' Ann Teeters from Ball State University. Student directors and producers were Miriam Smith, Karla Eilts, Kirk Heflin, and Jan Gaff. Other crews were headed by Tom Heeter, Lighting, Dee Kopis, costume and publicity and Nancy Pretorius, program design. The backdrop was designed and painted by Janet Bidwell. 14 Dames at Sea Left The many faces of the mystical buddha look on as Lucky (Mike Swan) attempts to revive their hapless victim Singapore Sue (Robin Elrod). Right The Bcguine has begun with Ciiptain Cou- rageous (Dan Gillespie) and Mona Kent (Kathy Dyson)