Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Below: Summer band practice took time out of many band students summer hours. Junior Betsy Huffman, sophomore Teresa Allgier, junior Kari Kelsey, sopho- mores Karen Stevenson, IVlary Beth IVlaexner and junior Jill Dye practice with the Pil ettes. Above: Sophomore Joanie Crowe and senior J= y Poindexter were members of the Gollywogs, a group of high school students that performed around the city during the summer. Below: A popular attraction for many high school students was King ' s Island, an amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio. 8

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Left: Freshman Susan Young displays true cheerleading spirit at a freshman football game. Center: Senior Erin Conard is momentarily amused by something at the semi-finals of the Marion County Basketball tournament. Top: A brisk Halloween night finds several ju- niors working in the concession stand dressed up in costumes appropriate for the occasion. Below: Members of the senior girl ' s powder puff football team sit on the bench in anxious antici- pation. The Seniors won the contest in a 6-0 sud- den death decision.

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Summer means different things to everyone. To most Pike stu- dents summer meant pleasant disruptions. Summer disrupted the routines that students had set for themselves during the regular school year. Long, hot days with many hours to fill took the place of the 7:45-2:15 school schedule. June days were the easiest for most students to find activities to fill their time. Just getting away from the books, students had many things to do and goals to accomplish. At the top of the list for many was getting a good suntan. Swimming and throwing out- of-school parties also crowded many Above: Mr. Stanley Ricks, band director, gives the band instructions in preparation for ttie 1975 Band Day contest at the State Fair. Below: Sophomore Amanda Barrow sits atop a rock on Eagle Mountain during a summer vaca- tion trip with her friends. Photo submitted by Amanda Barrow. a pliasaii i students ' plans. July brought a change again in many students ' plans. Swimming and all of the activities that students found irresistible in June began to grow old. Newer and more amusing activities were found to occupy student ' s time. King ' s Island outings, seeing the latest movies and going to Eagle Creek Park for picnics were some of July ' s activities. August brought boredom for many. Moviemakers realized the lull in activi- ties would be a good chance to make money— they were proved right after the release of Jaws. Several coaches started practice during the last weeks of August; students began to turn their attention back to school and its rou- tines after their imaginative minds ran out of things to do. g