Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Seniors ' gem fdfkaf cad! added, We've come a long way since our first days at Howe. As freshmen we were notorious for walking into the wrong classrooms at the wrong time, but as sophomores we no longer received the kidding, but, instead, passed it along to the freshies. Our junior year we had our own Junior Prom, and on May 23, when we received our senior rings, we were just a short step from the biggest and best year at Howe ..................t......... our senior year. The first recognition we received as seniors was the choice seats in assembly, Having homeroom in the cafeteria was another of the honors given us grown up Howeites. The first thing on our calendar of senior events was the election of officers. After sev- eral days of balloting we chose the big five who were to preside over the class of '58 We soon found out how busy all the senior activities would keep us as we were all placed on a committee. Choosing our senior colors was an important LEFT- Charlie , measuring Frankie Nims for her gown, has many duties as senior sponsor, and is always on the job, MIDDLE-Many times seniors may be found in the senior office looking over the college notices on the bulletin board. Here Bob McLaughlin, Janet Cole- iob. Selecting the right band for our senior prom took a lot of discussing and considera- tion. The annual winter party was a lot of fun. Our class day and spring party were com- bined and held a few days before graduation. Mr. Charles Ruschhaupt, senior sponsor, kept us posted on college news and scholar- ship notices. College bound seniors found his advice helpful in making the big decision. Those seniors not interested in college were informed of job opportunities. After receiving our senior colors, we all pledged we would uphold the ideals that our colors stated, We chose brown, signifying the honor and good which we hoped to ex- tend to our homes, churches, and nation, coral, symbolizing the care we will extend to our mind and body, and, signifying the respect we hold for our school, we chose gold. Vespers were over before we knew it and graduation was here before we'd had a chance to say good-bye to all our friends at Howe. man, and Marion Archer exchange views about which college is best. RIGHT-After announcements are over it's study time in senior homeroom, but some seniors need convincing. Page one hundred four

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National Honor Society Zvwlewla dl March l5, l958, marked a big day for 96 juniors and seniors who were tapped at as- sembly to be the first members of Howe's chapter of the National Honor Society. Pur- poses of the society are to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to serve others and to develop character and leader- ship. Fifteen per cent of the senior class and ten per cent of the junior were nominated on the basis of these purposes. Mr. Robert Turner was named as the society's sponsor. At the March Z7 formal induction, Mr. A. R. Mahin, sponsor of the Broad Ripple Chap- ter, welcomed the Howe Chapter and Miss Margaret Coombs, co-sponsor, gave a brief history of the National Honor Society. Howe candidates were led in the society pledge by Charles Taylor, president of the Ripple chap- ter. Other Ripple members participating in the ceremony were Judy Heavenridge, John Sims, John Kingdon, and Marilyn Weil. By in- stalling Howe's chapter Ripple observed its own chapter's 2Oth anniversary. BACK ROW-Zoercher, Wuster, Winters, Whitaker, Waterous, Tempelmeyer, Sweany, Sutt, Schumaker, Simp- son, Sirrnin, Stone, Sulgrove, Tucker, Turpen, Vogt, Whiteley. SIXTH ROW-Stunn, Sturgeon, Stevens, Staf- ford, Shaefor, Reynolds, Pride, v. pres., Pratt, sec.-treas., A, Miller, J. Miller, Mueller, Pigman, Pope, Powner, Probst, Roberts, Rosser Jr, FIFTH ROW-Pluntz, Peter- son, Nicholas, D, Miller, pres., S. Meyer, Medlock, Mar- tin, Leavitt, Horton, Howard, Johnsen, C. Johnson, Kindley, Knauer, Lynn, Mabel, J. Meyer. FOURTH ROW Wwe After receiving her National Honor Society pin, Ro- berta Whiteley lights a bulb in the torch of learning -Kuonen, Koepper, Kendall, S Johnson, Jensen, Husted, Hunt, Hauschild, Elkins, Ellison, Freeman, Frey, Gelder, Gray, Harris, Headlee, l-leidelman, sr. rep. THIRD ROW -Gibson, Gaebler, Ford, Fisher, Dethlef, Dammeyer, Craft, Cox, Boren, Bowman, Carter, Clark, Conway, Cooke, Cordill, Dennis, Dame, Ecknor. SECOND ROW4 Abernethy, Applegate, Berling, Brown, Carmichael, Acree, Allen, Bellows, Bender. FRONT ROW-Coombs, Taylor, Turner, Sharp, Heavenridge, Sims, Kingdon, Weil, Lawson,

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I I I czalcaolfoed, and Quad if By the time the eighth hour rolled around those heels became unbearable, for the senior girls and the boys looked rather tired, but everyone was as good as new when the band started to play the first dance at the Winter Party. Seniors donned their Sun- day best to dance around the ladder which was part of the decorations for the Senior Winter Party. Held on Friday the thirteenth, we called it The Bad Luck Blast, l Page one hundred five