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

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Days and hours measure Northrop At 6:15 A.M. a sleepy eyed man dressed in blue walks through the dark, empty halls of Nor- throp. The keys that hang from his belt make a jingling sound with every step he takes. He un- locks the front doors and continues his early morning walk around the school, checking the clock. A few minutes later the first student enters the building wearing sweats and drinking Carna- tion Instant breakfast. Before long several Bru- ins in sweats are running up and down the halls. As the sun comes up, cars begin to pull into the faculty parking lot. The teachers, most of them drinking the coffee that keeps them alive, head for their classrooms, getting ready for first peri- od. By 7:15 the traffic on Washington Center and Coldwater roads increases noticeably. Long yel- low buses and every manner of automobile carry Northrop students to their destiny for the day. At 8:00 the tardy bell rings and an orderly, hour- ly pattern begins. In the cafeteria, the lunchroom staff begins preparing the 1800 lbs. of food consumed by Nor- throp students daily. The secretaries in the office turn on their typewriters. Meanwhile, in the classrooms, activity of an- other kind begins. With each succesive ring of the bell, books open to the lesson for the day. At 11:05 the first lunch mod begins. Hundreds of students devour the food the cafeteria staff has been preparing all morning. During the brief respite of lunch class goes on. By 1:,35 the last hamburger has been eaten and the lunch staff cleans up. At 2:.35 the dismissal bell rings and the Nor- throp bus people head for the long yellow ve- hicles in the parking lot. One after another the buses leave the school. But not every student has left. In H-hall the music students pull out their horns or put on their dancing shoes and begin another two hours of class. In the gym or the stadium the athletes don their sweat-suits and practice until their bodies ache with the repeti- tion. At 4:.30 p.m. a man dressed in blue walks through the empty halls of Northrop. The keys that hang from his belt make a jingling noise every step he takes. He locks the front doors and continues his early evening walk around the school. Just a few short hours later another man in blue will begin the cycle again. Each day, for nine months, the cycle goes on rega rdless of the season or semester. The Northrop Band fans are cheering on another victory for the Big Orange Pride. Charlotte Atherton Junior Erick Jackson finds open hole for yardage gam. The anxious junior powder-puff- ers watch as their teammates de- stroy the seniors during home- coming week. Charlotte Ather- ton Days And Hours

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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

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Homecoming Queen Tia DeWeese with her es- cort Ross Tims smile for the camera at the Homecoming game. Court member Shari Strahm and her escort Kevin Donnelly stand be- hmd. Photo by Jeff DeVille. Varsity cheerleaders frame the charging en- trance at the Big Orange Pride to the Homecom- ing game. Photo by Jeff DeVille. Days And Hours — 5