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

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Through the Eyes of an Oklahoman! pirited Days Do ya ' ll dress up for all this? How many people really do all this? Should I dress up? What should I wear? Are ya ' ll gonna ' dress up? ers went out of tiiere way tills year to dress up for Costume day, some even rented costumes. Teachers in OI lahoma ain ' t never did that. THCJRSDAYHawaiin day. Yes, even in These were my first questions as Spirit VJeek came ' round. Weil, ya ' see, bacl home sure we had spirit week, but it was always kinda ' borin ' . So I really didn ' t know what to expect. Here ' s what 1 saw: MOMDAV-Sweats, Shades day and Lick ' em day. Quite a few of ya ' ll had on your sweats and hats, and the cheerleaders sold us all suckers which kept our mouths puckerin ' all day. Them there suckers went a might fast. Dawn Dwyer sold 100 suckers before school even started! TUESDAY-Nerd and P.J. day. Not very many nerds were around, mostly people in their P.J. ' s. One big thing that was in, was them animal slippers! Every- thing from elephants, bear claws and bears to even pigs! Ya ' ll had on long nightshirts, t-shirts, shorts, and even bathrobes. Teddy Bears seemed to be in everyone ' s hands too. WEDNESDAYCostume day. Seemed more as sports day. We had football, base- ball and soccer players. We even had one Scarlett O ' Hara (Renae Clark). The teach- These people must think that they are really in Ha wail, they cant be smiling about being in school Could they? photo Tami Clark Oklahoma we all loved Hawaiin day! The day to sun the bods, wear florescent nose coat, grass skirts, tank tops, flowered shorts and shirts, and towels! People car- ried with them anything from beach balls to lawn chairs. The big thing were them lei ' s, which were sold in the commons for S.25. At that price, they couldn ' t have been no cheaper! FRIDAY-School Color day. Trash bags were given out before school and seemed to be on everyone. Truthfully, I ain ' t never seen no orange trash bag before! The 3rd hour classes with every person in there with a piece of bag on them somehow in someway, won a breakfast. Ya ' know what, 55 classes won! Then came the pep assembly, which was pretty fun. We had one interuptment during the day though, the seniors claimed School Color day as Toga day. But hey, you ' re only a senior once. Huh?! Friday night was even more excit- ing with the game and the Homecom- ing dance afterwards. The dance took place in the commons, which nine-hun- dred students filled up. Senior Class Presi- dent, Robin Dunn, commented on how she felt the dance turned out. I was pleased with the way the dance turned out. Usually a lot of the people who show up for the dance like to stand around and talk, but this year everyone seemed to participate in the fun. Maybe they enjoyed the D.J. I must admit to ya ' ll. Spirit Week here was better than Oklahoma ' s. I was really impressed! — Cheri Hinton © THE BEST OF TIMES

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Annie Sullivan (Megan Brown) is surrounded by the other blind students as they give her a farewell before she leaves for the Kellers honne in Tuscumbia. Ala- bama photo Watters Studio The Fall Play was very realistic iracles The Morthrop Auditorium was transformed from a regular stage into a houseiiold in Tuscumbia, Ala- bama during the 1880 ' s. This year ' s rave reviews go out to the cast of The Miracle Worker for their out- standing performance. The Fall Play, on November 5th and 6th, took a new twist with its theme and its realism. It was one of the best performances that this reporter has ever seen. The story revolves around the relation- ship between Helen Keller, played by Soph- omore Kelly Greene and Annie Sullivan, played by Senior Megan Brown. Helen Keller, a blind, mute child, and her life- long teacher Annie Sullivan are in complete conflict at the beginning of the story. Helen ' s parents, Captain and Mrs. Keller (Jason Keller and Kar- In Rittenberg), hire Annie Sullivan, who was at one time handicapped herself, to teach their daughter Helen to behave like a normal child. The Keller ' s are tired of Helen throwing tan- trums when she doesn ' t get her way, they know that she can be a disciplined child if only someone could teach her. Annie has more extensive plans for Helen, as we soon learn, she understands the need for lan- guage and plans to try to teach Helen. What Annie does not realize is that Helen is used to getting her own way, and the first thing she has to teach her is discipline before she can teach her language. What follows Annie ' s teaching lessons are a se- ries of physical confrontations. At one point Helen hits Annie in the face with a doll that Annie had brought to Helen as a gift, and later in the story she spits scram- bled eggs in Annie ' s face. When questioned by this reporter about what kind of padding she wore during the play, Megan Brown painfully stated, I didn ' t wear anything, Kelly had on knee pads, but I didn ' t have on any padding. Mr. Procter said it took away the realism . Realism was one of the many things that the Fall Play definitely had, especially Kel- ly Greene ' s performance as Helen Keller. Greene ' s performance was extremely real- istic for a school production, she practical- ly became Helen Keller. Another thing that the play had was the praise of Principal H. Douglas Williams. On Friday morning he made an announcement encouraging all who had not gone to the play to go Friday night, and promised to refund the money of any person who was not totally satis- fied. The set of the Miracle Worker was excellent, as can always be ex- pected from a Northrop production. The entire cast should be com- mended for their hard work and quality performance. Talent in the cast and crew, a money back guarantee, and real- ism, were the reasons that this years fall play was one of the best perfor- mances ever displayed by Northrops Performing Arts Department. — Robin Dunn and Kurlie Hitchcock THE BEST OF TIMES

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A blaze of orange, surrounded by excited Bruins, marks the end of the powderpuff championships. photo Tami Clark What day is this? Merd day. Hawaiin day. or Sweats and Shades day? Some people just can ' t contain their spirit! photo Tami Clark Oenior powderpuff coach and chemistry teacher, Bill Hollenberg. computes the percent error of the next play of the game. photo Tami Clark THE BEST OF TIMES 13