Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Color and excilment marked the year in everything Andre Wake puts the finishing and a perfection touch on his hnoleum block in the art class.

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The huge complex that began the year as Northrop and a stranger grew to be Northrop and a friend. There was a niche for everyone. That is the real advantage of a large school. It gives everyone a chance to succeed. Scholars had the classroom, musicians had the band and orchestra, athletes had the sports, and there were just hundreds of special interest activities. There was photo- graphy, shop, literature, science, gym, history, an d dozens of other slots to find. We had roles for the leaders and for the followers, we had jobs for the bold and the bashful, we had chances for the quick and the slow. For those who wanted, there were even places for the apathetic and the complainers. It was a year that we were proud of... cross country, football, marching band, speech, choirs, hockey, drama, and dozens of other activities brough back trophies and honor to the school. And hundreds of others who did not get the gilt of trophies brought back honor with the way they had represented the school. There were thousands of students who showed that they were ladies and gentle- men and that their conduct and attitudes should reflect well on the school that helped teach them.. Nothrop is proud to share the pride of the parents in our people. Ilic viirsily loolball tt ' ;ini s;oos oiii against Snider ' s Panthers in tlie big SAC game of the season.

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Tourney tenseness strikes (.-oaches Bob Dille and Jim Keim as tliey try to help tliinl tlie ball through the hoop. Cindi Moon takes a break in her work. Living the daily routine gave us our perspective Nothing could be farther from the truth than to say that the year at Northrop was without difficulty. In the weather alone, the year was trouble. Snows and cold hit so hard that almost three total weeks of classes were lost. Then the energy scare disrupted the late winter and early spring. And people being people, there were contentions as to the best way to get things done. But it was in the solutions of these difficulties that a true successful year came out. The year can only be just a little measured in the problems that tried to disrupt the educational processes. It can be more fully measured in the opportunities for growth that overcoming these road blocks that the high water mark of the time is set. Things were posponed and delayed... extra work to get the schedule moving... this was the benefit. We were able to see that we could do what was necessary and that we were capable and strong. Obstacles were hurdles that were to be jumped, not barriers to hinder our climb. Now that these lessons have been driven home to us we know that we are better and stronger. We know that there can be no limits to our plans and ambitions but those we set for ourselves. Each of our plans is a part of what makes us unique and what makes us masters of our fate. Waiting to return lo llie cily champ- ionship game versus Snider. Toni Sal- keld lakes an an i(Uis glance at llic