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

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remain in spotlight of many memories May Pageant Queen Jodi Dobbs is surrounded by her court and their escorts. The group includes Cassie Kamp, Richard Downey, Bev Totten, Joe Nelson, Julie Sanders, Dick Wood- To many Howeites spring means the return of the Violet Queen. lt is said that she once held court on Violet Hill, where Howe High School now stands, and that she returns annually to celebrate the school's birthday and to see what progress has been made during the year. This is the May Pageant of Achievement. Nominated by the iunior class and selected by the entire student body, Jodi Dobbe reigned as the T962 Violet Queen. Her attendants were Cassie Kamp, Julie Sanders, Bev Totten, and Carol Weav- er. Pages were Sue Carter and Connie Dennis, and the children of teacher Charles DeBow. Also par- ticipating were Principal Thomas Stirling, Student Council president Denny Wickes, and the philoso- pher, Mike Dugan. The royal court was welcomed by the Howe band and the choir playing and singing Hall to the Queen of the Violets. Tumblers and dancers from the girls' physical education classes performed for the Queen and others danced around the May Pole. The very first Pageant of Achievement was on May 26, l939. Since that time, twenty-four pag- eants have been held on the front campus, each portraying the work of the preceding year, and each ending with a challenge for another successful year. May Pageant dancers and acrobats sit back on the lawn and watch the other dancers perform for the Violet Queen. Folk dances and the gay May Pole dance are also presented. bury, Carol Weaver, and Jim Rubush. Sue Carter and Connie Dennis were pages. Kayann and Charles DeBow were the fiower girl and crown bearer, children of Mr. Charles DeBow.

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ight OH Classes Through classs Howeites learn methods of study, travel the pathways to knowledge, and gain practical experience for later life. Each department contributes to developing mind and body: eleven semesters of math are offered science classes spotlight the laws of nature, while business education students work to become the leaders of tomorrow. Art and music provide entertainment and development for specially talented Howeites, home economics and industrial arts tea-ch practical skills. English classes give students the basics ot grammar, foreign language shows the reality of o close-knit world. Much homework and test-cramming is accomplished in study hall, but some Howeites appear in the morning tired and red-eyed from study. Field trips, chemistry experiments, studies of Shakespeare's Globe, new.lBM typewriters, all add to courses by supplying answers to courious, delving Howeites, and by spotlighting classes at Howe.