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

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Seasons and semesters The 1981-82 school year began unofficially when the Marching Band and fall sports squads started conditioning just three days after the 1980-81 year ended. Throughout the long sum- mer days assorted Bruin bodies trained and sweated in the hot summer sun. On September 9th the school threw open it ' s doors to some 2700 students and officiallybegan the 1981-82 academic year. As the leaves turned on autumn here Bruin activity swung into full gear. While the football squad and marching band drew the most spectators, the other fall sports established the boundaries of Bruin Territory. As the north wind turned bitter and the snow fell (as record 73.4 inches which caused the can- cellation of 7 days of school) Bruin activity moved indoors. The blazing heat of a close bas- ketball game more than made up for the -70° wind chill factor outside. Throughout winters onslaught the pencils and calculators of Northrop ' s students never fal- tered. The academic year was in full swing and semester exams kept everyone ' s nose in a book. As spring and bearable temperatures re- turned. Fort Wayne found itself under water: 26.4 feet of it to be exact. School was cancelled and Northrop students aided in every area of the disaster from traffic co-ordination to sandbag- ging. According to President Ronald Reagan, who toured Fort Wayne. The kids of the com- munity stepped forth and saved this city. When the flood waters receded Northrop ' s school spirit shone through the mud and debris left there by the flood. The school paper devoted an entire issue to the Bruins who volunteered their time and energy during the flood. While March rains brought floods, April show- ers brought May flowers and once more Bruin activity moved outdoors. While the baseball team and track squad trampled the soft spring sod the tennis and golf teams kept the ball roll- ing ., , or bouncing as the case may be. Days grew progressively warmer the woods behind the school took on the light green of spring. Carwindows, closed for the duration of winter, come down and Coldwater road becomes a sea of dangling arms. School ended for the Seniors on May 28. The class of ' 82 graduated on June 2. The last day of school for underclassmen was June 11th. Three days later the cycle began again. These R. V.S. students are shown restoring an 82 years old house for a class project Photo by Charlotte A ther- ton Senior Wanda Brooks seeks information for her re- search topic Photo by Charlotte Atherton ALLEN COUNTY PUBIK LIBRARY FORT WAYNE,, INDIANA 2 — Seasons And Semesters

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BEAR TRACKS 1982 3enior Donna Pontius crie-. tear of joy when the Big Or mge Pride takes second place iuring the MBA Regionals. Photo by Charlotte Atherton Northrop High School 7001 Cold water Road Fort Wayne, Indiana 46825 Volume II Title — 1

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2195433 Dave Winn, Charles Crabb, Dave Henry. Nancy Burke, Sara Wood, Paul Lucas, and Todd Stanfield perform the classic water-drop experiment for their physics class. Photo by Jeff DeVille. Another digoul from the snows of ' 82. Photo bv Jeff DeVille. .y Seasons And Semesters