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

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Above: Senior Charles Brown (left) is the first recipi- ent of the Steve Harton Memorial Award, to be pre- sented annually to the outstanding defensive football player. The award is presented by the Harton family in honor of the former Howe all-state football player, who passed away of cancer a year ago. Presenting the award is Steve ' s brother Bob. also a fo rmer Howe athlete. Top center: After casting his vote in the mock elec- tion, senior Brian McDonald, a member of the Feder- alist party, steps out of the booth to wait for the election results. Top. far right: Senior Wanda Washington gladly takes a break from typing to engage in a friendly conversation. flight center: Howe ' s talented concert choir waits pa- tiently before they perform under the direction of Tom Lewis at the annual Pops Concert. Far right: Team unity gave this year ' s football team a winning edge. Seniors Keith Blazek and Dax Gonza- lez celebrate the upset victory over the sixth-ranked Warren Central Warriors. 4 Theme

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mfm ' i Fifty years filled with changes Thomas Carr Howe High School opened its doors in September 1938 with 433 students and a staff of 16 teachers. The school celebrates its birthday on May 28, the day ground was broken for the new school in 1 937. The school is named for Thomas Carr Howe, a former president of Butler Uni- versity who lived on North Audubon Road. His former home is now a part of the Irvington Methodist Church. The original blueprints called the school Ir- vington High School even though the wes- tern boundary of Irvington was Emerson Avenue. Irvington had been annexed to In- dianapolis in 1 902, with the promise that a hgh school would be built to serve the com- munity. The town had had a school, but it had been destroyed by fire in the 1 890 ' s. Through the first part of the twentieth cen- tury students from the area attended Shor- tridge, Maual, or Tech. In 1930 the school board purchased the original 10.9 acre site which was known in the community as Vio- let Hill because of the many wild flowers growing between Pleasant Run and the Conrail tracks. Other areas considered for the school had been the southeast corner of Washington Street and Audubon Road and the old Butler University campus at Butler and University. Mrs. Louis Bruck, a former president of the Irvington Union of Clubs and a school board membe, was instrumental in convincing the school board to approve building the school. She was given the honor of turning the first spade of earth at the ground break- ing in May 1937. Also present were stu- Upper left: The day each Howe student works for is graduation. The tradition of graduating on the Hill has changed but the goal of gradu- ating hasn ' t. Upper right: In the beginning Howe was considerably smaller in size but not dents from schools 57, 58, 62, 78, 82, and 85— schools which would provid e Howe ' s first students. The cornerstone, Icated on the east side of the Tower en- trance, was laid in November 1937 and contains the names of the first students; an American Flag; copies of the three Indiana- polis daily newspapers, the News, the Star, and Times; a coin; and a Bible. Charles M. Sharp, the first principal, served th school from its opening until his retire- ment in 1959. He was succeeded by Thomas Stirling, who retired in 1972. Frank Tout has been principal since that time. There have been four additions to the original building. In 1940 a cafeteria- gymnasium unit was added to replace the outgrown gymnasium — now rooms 227 and 229 — and the over- crowded cafeteria — now the Distribu- tive Education area, room 127. The east classroom wing was added in 1954, and the auditorium-cafeteria wing was opened in 1 963. The stadium was completed in 1966, with class- rooms added in 1969. The newest ad- dition, finished 1975, included a new media center, a new gymnasium, new career education laboratories and new offices. Howe presently is located on a plot of ground totaling 31 .35 acres. Ex- tensive remodeling within the present building has also been completed. More than 1 7,000 students have been gradu- ated from Howe since the first gradu- ation exercises in 1941. in spirit. Right: Standing tall and proud, Howe extends its opportunities to students in athletics, mu- sic, and academics. 6 Theme