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

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Student Lift 5

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' 1 1 his year ' s slow start affected academics and student life more than anything else. The prolonged delay of the beginning of school, with the strike and flood, seem- ingly promoted apathy among the student body and also put tremendous pressure on teachers and students alike. But enough caring people got involved in activities to turn a year that got off to a bad start into a good one, both academically and socially. (LORI SMITH AND PATH STANLEY) TOP: Basketball fans show their spirit to the op- posing fans. RIGHT: Golden Girl Lisa Pruitt and her date Bob- by lones dance to lust the Way You Are, the theme of the 1979 Brown and Gold. FAR RIGHT: A student council member dresses up for the successful haunted house. i --, Jk i rvmn KL-M SSsSTV) ' !! R ' PQK, - US k ■? i JfmLft f fit Tm Skm V WiSf i J mI in? Caring in. STUDENT LIFE 4-Student Life

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Problems The end of summer is very rarely a fa- vorite time for students or teachers. For most it means the end of free time for warm weather activities and the beginning of the long school routine. This year ' s school beginning was more unpleasant than just the end of summer. It was surrounded by ques- tions and troubles that were both common and unique to Howe. The problems actually started a week be- fore school when most of the teachers in the city system voted to go on strike if their contract demands were not met. The pros- pects of not having any teachers had many students wondering about the first day of school and how the strike would actually affect Howe. As it turned out, registration day went well with only a small group of teachers picketing the entrances of the teachers ' parking lot and the intersection of Bancroft and Julian streets. One problem was with scheduling, as most people have come to expect. As usual there were many schedule problems during the first week of school; but according to Mr. Bruce Beck, vice-principal in charge of student scheduling, most problems were caused by students changing classes at the last minute. Mr. Beck also said schedule problems could have been avoided if stu- dents would have notified the school of problems when they got their list of classes in early August. TOP RIGHT: Sophomore Greg Cheatham takes the first step in registration by filling out the Medical Emergency Card. ABOVE: Students line up on the patio to get into the building on the smoothly run first day of school. RIGHT: Senior Frank Kime tunes up his car during the closing days of vacation. 6— Back to School