Southport High School - Anchor Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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So we ended another nine months with some more scars on our brains and enough energy to propel us through the three months until school again. Juniors. Grab your shirt, sit on that hat, and for heavens sake hide your lettuce. The Juniors are on the loose selling everything and anything to get your hard earned buck. You betterhide yourself, teacher, cause this war's on and even a bomb shelter won't help you. Heading this atomic explosion was Jim Tom Kinnick, President, David Allen, Vice-President, Willene Adams, Secretary, Alton Dougherty, Treas- urer, Marlene Dougherty, Student Council, and our peace maker was Mrs. Ketring. With the loss of Catherine Allen, Ceamer Denny, Reba Rhude, and Mary Rhyrearson we were reduced to twenty one troubles. There was a different hit song for almost every month. Make Love To Me, Ricochet, That's Amore, and of course Too Young To Tango for almost every other hit was a tango. We make good use of those songs and hit a high social level by giving dance via Sunshine. Oh yes! The Juniors had their own private dance and made like bunnys with a few interruptions by the Hokey Pokeyf' That was the night one of the gym doors fell in -- Remember? The hit movie of the year was Magnificent Obsession. We cut typing and shorthand. Erasers flew fast and furious, chalk bombed from under the door into assembly, and chairs sailed out the window. The Juniors congregated in the office, basement, and Sunshine room during the fifth and sixth periods. And poor Miss Crawford about fainted when we came dragging Alton Dougherty in iodined and bandaged all over. The new building was in process and we loved to trespass especially when we could cut class and hide from the teachers. The boys took a day's vacation to Cincinnati to go to the zoo fthat's where some of them belongl and Ronnie Love returned with a gash in his head. The rest of them were smoke sick. But we had our serious side too. We slaved for the do-ra-me and even studied now and then. The Juniors sold sweaters, hangers, stationery, car stickers, magazines, and concessions at the ballgames. And while we envied the smooth Seniors we gave them some competition. Willene Adams won the I Speak for Democracy, Marlene Dougherty was reelected yell leader, and Jim Tom Kinnick, David Allen, Giles Eldridge, and Ray Kegley made the varsity team. Seniors. The beginning of the end --- the last of the most. Some of us are looking forward to graduation, others with regrets. lt's the living end and WOW! How things have changed. New teachers, new building, and new policies. Now there is an activity period, you don't cut classes, and the by-word is work. And there was plenty of that by-word. Ray Kegley was elected President, Jim Tom Kinnick, Vice-President, Willene Adams, Secretary, Marlene Dougherty, Treasurer, Janet Boner, Student Councilg and Mrf Oliver, warden. We lost three prisoners, Edith Harp, Joan Ott, and Vivian Johnson.

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Dear Diaryg Freshman. We're on our way up in this old world. This is the future fame of America writing on the assembly walls, running down the halls, and murdering the English language. Around the Pow Wow table was Alton Dougherty, Presidentg Ceamer Denny, Vice-Presidentg Jim Tom Kinnick, Secretary and Treasurerg Marlene Dougherty, Student Councilg and Mr. Hixson, Head Chief over the twenty three warriors. We started the year out in a gay mood with a party at Mr. Holeman's. And set a new world record of fourteen hamburgers for one person. Initiations. The upper-classmen out did themselves. The girls trailed an onion smell for days afterward and for once the boys objected to lipstick. Johnny Ray was bawling about The Little White Cloud That Cried and the Lions were crying victory over Whiteland in the County Tourney. Ivanhoe was the educational movie of the year but most of us pre- ferred a different education-- Too Young To Kiss. We were right up there pitching withthe pros when it came to activities. The Frosty Freshmen were well represented in band, chorus, Sunshine Society, Future Farmers of America, basketball, and baseball. Sophomores. The year of big events. From Here To Eternity was the box-office special--so was Marylin Monroe. Liberace Made his grand appearance but we preferred pops like Changing Pardners. And our back- fire to the teacher was I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me quote McCarthy. The mud fight between the Republicans and Democrats still splattered on even after the Republicans won. But back in our bend of the road life traveled at a slower pace. At the round table fwe're no squaresl was Giles Eldridge, Presidentg Jim Tom Kinnick, Vice-Presidentg Marlene Dougherty, Secretary and Treasurerg and Beatrice Beckley, Student Councilg with Mr. Ray as Dictator. As Sophomores always do, we studied when the teachers were looking and sometimes when they weren't. Mr. Holeman's room was still cold as Canada, Mr. Hixson's room was still smoky, and school still got dull at three o'clock. We still threw erasers and ran down the halls but even the teachers had to admit we were improving Qsome.l We were the biggest duck in the puddle. Us high pressure Sophs were in Sunshine, Future Farmers of America, chorus, band, baseball, and basket- ball. And we were proud as punch when Marlene Dougherty was elected yell leader. Our social life was sadly low but we did have one party at school. The boys played basketball and the girls played ping pong. We were at the anti- social age. Clark was the sectional champs and the pass word was Lions. We got a three day parole minus hard labor Qexams.l And shortly after the sectional the red letter day came. The day we ordered our class rings. It took us two periods to decide what kind of rings we wanted.

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Seniwn We started selling ads for our annual in September and planning for a representative to come to talk to us. Fat Boy came in October and in November we all became glue kids --- Sani-Flush! We tried to cram two years typing into one and in English we became a walking book of rules. Chess was almost as popular as basketball with some of the Senior boys. Those basketball suppers! The Spanish floorburgers and burnt chocolate. Cleaning up afterward didn't seem to appeal to very many of our classmates either. A friendly argument would start and lids, dish cloths and hot dogs would fill the air. We had a cake walk and in April a paper drive. ln December we had a Christmas party at Janet Boner's house. Jim Tom proposed to Willene and the boys hid Leroy's car. What about the mistletoe? Both Center Grove and Greenwood had their new schools completed and we moved into our new addition. Clark sold at the County Tourney at Center Grove with Whiteland reigning as champs. The Seniors were well represented at the Tourney with Marlene as yell leader, and Jim Tom Kin- nick, Ray Kegley, David Allen, and Giles Eldridge on the basketball team. Alton Dougherty was the student manager. We have a trip to New York all planned. But now we near the end and we'll soon be out fwe hope.j Funny --- but when you look back you remember all the fun and forget the hard work and troubles. Yes, we'll soon be march- ing upon the stage to declare our brains. Then we'll leave these ivy halls to the vandalism of the future generations and go out to make our fortunes. But we'll never hear the word Clark without bowing our head in silent medi- tation, never hear the word Lions without standing up, and never hear of the class of 55 without laughing.