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

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Performing for the Violet Queen are Maypole dancers from advanced phys ed classes. Queen Dianna Crossland and her court, Marcia Earley, Dana Kovac, Donna Prell and Sue Scott enioyed the festivities. Probably the most well-established tradition at Howe is the May Pageant of Achievement. The legend which began the pagents says that before Howe was built on Violet Hill, a wise queen ruled over the land. Now, each spring, she returns to her domain, where the school now is, to learn of the school's progress during the year. On May l5, i963 Dianna Crossland, the third Crossland sister to be elected Violet Queen, returned with her court to Howe High School. She was greeted by Principal Stirling, the president of the Student Council, Dan Breckenridge, and Mike Nation, who played the court philosopher. Girls' phys ed classes, individual tumblers, the Choir, and the Girls' Octet performed for the Queen. ' After she was satisfied that the students will continue to achieve as they have in the past, the Violet Queen retired un- til this spring. M05 Pageant Dianna Crossland has iust been told that she is to reign as Violet Queen over the festivities of the annual May Pageant. Dianna, a senior, was nominated by members of her class and elected by the entire student body. Playing her role as Howe's Violet Queen, Dianna Crossland returns to Violet Hill as she ap- proaches the Tower. 11

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Howe girls always can find new and different styles with which to shod themselves. Some were the ever-popular flats, tennis shoes, saddles, boots and loafers. Other styles were knee-high and above- the-knee boots. Differing textures of materials were the order as suede, colored patents and grained leathers enioyed the fashion spotlight. The feet pictured belong to Lois Lynch, Paula Stanifer, Susie Hession, Irene Cottom and Betty Leach. ' emjogpopuRwv6ads,mmembwv ' , Girls' hairdos lost their rats this year, boys noticed thank- X fully. Now those males sitting behind girls do not have so much trouble seeing around the coifs. The girls began to dress with the collegiate look, as they wore V-neck sweaters, flats or loafers, and carried little purses. Some pinned their hair back with a barrette or a colorful headband. Corduroy dresses and blazers featured come-backs, as did saddle ox- fords. In spare time, girls learned to knit, rode bikes to keep their figures, or went ice-skating. Who did girls meet at the skating rink? They met their style-conscious friends, the boys. Men dressed in loafers that had to have smooth sides, tennis sweaters and un-pegged pants. Clothes for both boys and girls became more sensible, considering past years, in 1964. With the opening of Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler Uni- versity, teens began attending the Symphony and Ballet, as well as shows by Bob Hope, Roger Williams and Eileen Farrell. Barbara Streisand and the Chad Mitchell Trio were featured at other showplaces in Indianapolis during the year. Part of the space age, Howeites kept up with the times as they adopted modern fads ofthe day. Betty Cronau, Martha Connor, Janie Collins, Terri Catron and Katerine Bundy display the latest in cuts and styles of hairdos. Girls spend many sleepless nights to create a stylish appearance the next day. Senior Johnny Roessner spends his afternoons in fall and spring practicing his golf form at Pleasant Run Golf Club. Golfing, along with bike-riding and skating, became a popular fad with Howeites this year. 10

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.. me Lf.k V. . J frm ss.. . Each spring, the school recognizes those students who have been out- standing in citizenship and scholarship. The ceremony is called Honors Day. Principal Thomas Stirling congratulated each nominee for an award. WP At Howe, outstanding students are honored throughout the year, and are respected as much as queens or Iettermen, for they are royalty of a very important species. Five seniors last summer attended the Hoosier Girls' and Boys' State Institutes at Indiana University. Becky Fahrbach and Joyce Burris went to IU in June, and Steve Cox, John Cook and Ken WoIFf attended Boys' State. All were spon- sored by American Legion Posts, and all studied government and low. Both institutes had mock elections similar to that of the Indiana State Government. Membership in Quill and Scroll, an international honor so- ciety for high school iournalists, is the goal of members of the TOWER and HILLTOPPER staffs and the News Bureau. In ad- dition to the members taken into the society during the past school year, in December, sixteen new initiates were inducted in pre-Christmas ceremonies. They are Joyce Burris, Terri Cat- ron, Barbara Clark, Rose Cooney, Sylvia Fischbach, Lloyd Shaffer, Sharon Frech, Alice French, Bonnie Graham, Melitta Hanske, Carolyn Keetary, Christine Knecht, Betsy Krinhop, Sheila McBurnie, Jan Pirtle and Penny Prince. At the Honors Day ceremonies in May, l963, two then- iuniors were selected to represent the school as American Legion Good Citizens. Elizabeth Smith and Jim Pettee, the good citizens, led the I963 graduating class at Vespers. Dana Kovac, a senior, was chosen by the Altrusa service club as Altrusa Good Citizen, while Linda Elder, also a sen- ior, is The DAR Good Citizen. The American Legion sopho- more award went to Craig Carey, for outstanding scholarship and service. By virtue of various honors programs, the entire school rec- ognized its outstanding students. lw 'WMM Members of the Howe chapter of Quill and Scroll are CBACK ROWD Jennie Bradley, Martha Ellis, Ellen Bundchu, Jodi Dobbs, Bob Vicars, Eric Briggs, Steve Graham, Don Rennard, Dick Smith, Jean Tilford, Susan Hahn, Liz Smith, Christine Whitmore, John Stevenson, Moira Sugioka, Susie Campbell, Becky Fahrbach, Sally Slater, Carole Fields, Roberta Sammis, and Becky Zander. SEATED are TOWER advisor Mr. Stephen Carlson, Jimmy Billups, Margaret Surface, RuthAnn Tedrowe, RuthAnn McClure, and former HILLTOPPER advisor Mrs. Ellen Jenkins. Susan is president, Jean, vice-president, Susie, secretary, and Steve serves as treasurer for the chapter.