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

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and giues meaning to school life One of the newer traditions at Howe is the annual fun night sponsored by the P.-T.A.; this year a Hawaiian Hohday was held on April 1. The evening featured food, games, a style show, and a talent show, all based on the theme. Tradition touches almost every part of Howe school life. Swimming pool tickets, elevator passes, and other freshman paraphernalia fill the school every September. Well-loved Christmas traditions : the large blue star adorning the tower, Christmas decor around school, and the annual Christmas community sing are familiar to us all. The end of the year is filled with tradition con- cerning Honors Day, graduation and other end- of-the-year activities. In June the autograph party sponsored by the HILLTOPPER staff pro- vides a time and a place to record the memorable words of friends in the newly distributed year- books. Daily home room announcements over the P. A., assemblies, locker talk, theme-tablet decorations, standing in the bookstore lines, and waving to Elmer are a few of the everyday things that make this school special to all Howeites. Although it caused the postponement of the Hawaiian Luau, the March snow created a beautiful campus scene. Will you sign my HILLTOPPER? Katha Patterson asks Gary Steinhauer. Each June man Howeites get writers ' cramp at the Autograph P;nt sponsored b the yearbook stalT.

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Tradition buiMs special history Preceded by flower girl Michele Staton and crown bearer Richard Wood, Queen Betty Hart approaches Howe. In keeping with Howe ' s oldest tradition the stu- dent body welcomed the Violet Queen and her attendants at Howe ' s twenty-first birthday cele- bration. Legend has it that a Queen of Violets held court on Violet Hill before the school was con- structed. Every year in May the Queen returns to see if the student body has upheld her charge of trust. Pat Smith, president of the Student Council, officially greeted the royal court; and Philosopher Steve Spaulding crowned the Queen with violets. From her throne on the hill, Queen Betty watched the girls ' physical education classes present the traditional May Pole dance and other folk dances; and the choir sang songs dedicated to the Queen. These groups closed their program with a special tribute to the Queen by the Violet Dancers. The Philosopher reported on Howe ' s progress during the past year and the Queen renewed her charge of trust. To the words of the Song of Fare- well, tlie court left Violet Hill until Howe ' s next birthday. Senior Hi-Y members selected the Philosopher; and the Vihota Club selected the Violet Queen candidates from its membership of junior girls. The entire student body then voted for tlie Queen. Watching the entertainment, members of the royal court are (standing) Glenn Pride, Dave Harold, Pat Smith, Steve Spauld- ing, Gary Steinhauer, Jerry Fudge; (seated) Jeanne Goode, Judy Craig, Joyce Kockritz, Rachael Lee, Violet Queen Betty Hart, Dolly Davis, Brenda Halbrooks; ( far right ) Richard Wood and Michele Staton. Girls in pastel formals weave gaily colored ribbons in intricate patterns established by the Old English May Pole dances. To perfect the folk dances to be performed for the Violet Queen and her royal court, the girls practiced long weeks during their physical education classes.

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Dances provide Howeites with music. Brown Boy and Golden Girl for 1959 are Jim Hower and Saundra Jones, announced Principal Thomas Stirling. Ranging from casual to formal, Howe dances are always well-supported and much enjoyed. Efforts of the HILLTOPPER staff produced the biggest fall dance, the Brown and Gold. At this year ' s dance, 900 Howeites and guests helped ini- tiate the crystal ball, gift of the class of ' 59. The ball showered multi-colored lights on the dance floor and glittering blue skyline, creating the effect of a beautiful city at night. After a tense wait, Principal Thomas Stirling announced the reign of Saundra Jones and Jim Hower as Golden Girl and Brown Boy. Howeites ' spring calendar held two more all- school dances. In March Senior Hi-Y sponsored its annual Sweetheart Dance and crowned its Sweetheart before excited Howeites. Couples danced Under the Sea among colorful fish and sea horses at the HILLTOPPER ' s 1959 spring dance, the Turnabout Twirl, when girls paid all expenses. Juniors created a beautiful Evening in Paris for guests and members of the class of 1960, and the Indiana Roof lent its atmosphere to a memorable Prom for Seniors of 1959. Candidates for Brown Boy and Golden Girl were Pete Henshaw, Charlene Mundy, Saundra Jones, Jim Hower, John Townsend, Cynihia Bamctt. Sally Miller, and Mike McDonald.