Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Due to lack of interest, the idea of having Homecoming was aborted last fall. Polls were taken and argu- ments were heard from both sides, but time was wasted and the season was almost over with yet no decision. With little more than a month left, several students got together and made the final decision for everyone else. The result was the drafting of a plan for Spirit Week, a week in which the students at Rogers proved to everyone that our school was one in which spirit wasn't lacking. After numerous meetings and some arbi- trating with the administration be- hind closed doors. Spirit Week was ready to be put into action. The week opened with Farmer Day (the image that seemed to have become the Rogers trademark) with the faculty proving to be as re- sourceful as the student body. Tues- day brought Decoration Day to the sacred halls and the Seniors, not to be outdone by the underclassmen, came in at 9:00 at night to utilize their creative abilities. The school week was concluded with a raving beauty contest during the pep ses- sion on Wednesday at which time the award for the best-decorated halls was shared by the Seniors and Juniors. The only dampening of spirits during the whole week oc- curred after the pep session when the decorations in the halls became shambles within five minutes. Since Thursday and Friday were Teachers' Institute days, the activity for the day became a combination bonfire and Junior Olympiad, high- lighted by a banana relay and an egg-throwing contest (which be- came exactly that). The closing day before the game against Elston brought a slight drizzle all day, but the cars could be seen on parade in ail their (runny) blue and gold crepe paper splendor. A tradition had been replaced. 24

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Smiling faces obscure cloudy skies and a dying tradition Mother Nature was not coopera- tive with the beach-party planning committees. She rained on the se- niors and sent jack Frost to crash the juniors' party. The party for the class of 73 was characterized by a lack of food and an abundance of partly cloudy. With plenty of encouragement from their classmates, a few brave souls ventured into Lake Michigan. Beach balls were used as fuel for the bon- fire instead of the customary wood. Juniors, too, had a fire, but it was quickly abandoned in search of the fabled party. They did a lot of search- ing in the parking lot as opposed to the beach. It seems as though the very basis of the traditional beach party has been abandoned. Will the party itself go next?

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1. With measurements of 50-30-45, Jim Yerby has a right to flaunt what he has. 2. See Chris catch the egg. The egg goes squish. Squish, egg, squish! 3. Putting the finishing touches on the halls. Senior Sue Ratcliffe displays determination while putting up a balloon. 4. For Farmer Day, Dan Squires and Mike Stoligrosz rise to the occasion in the trans- portation department. 5. Proving that teachers can contribute to the spirit of things, Mr. Ewing lectures 'in style 6. As illustrated by Kurt Catterlin, ideas were found, hashed over, changed, thrown out, fought for, and finally Spirit Week emerged.