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ra | a L a t ' s been a long time coming. After six years of planning and construction, 2727 Campbell St. has come into being. As front doors opened September 5, feelings of apprehension and excitement entered wearing baggies, jeans, and T-shirts. Students piloted down endless hall- ways, steering past construction workers’ 2x4’s, saws, and whistles. By the end of each hourly journey, they had been barraged with new places, faces, and rules. MEMO TO ALL TEACHERS: 1. Each lunch hour” will be 25 minutes in length with students eating during the A, B, or C time slot. 2. To accomodate the volume of students, three lunch lines have been established. 3. The economy plate lunch offers to the stu- dent: one choice of meat, two vegetables, and one dessert or one choice of meat, one vege- table, or two desserts, plain or chocolate milk accompanying. For those who did not think “plate lunch , the smoking area proved a hall away. While last year’s smoking stu- dents were not permitted on the grounds, this year they were situated in the backyard. Yet, cigarette smoke drifted from areas other than its des- ignated place: with butts being found from bathroom floors to drinking foun- tains. While enticing the students to attend school was a problem, getting them there was another. The only entrance, Campbell St., choked with traffic five days a week; 37 weeks a year. Intermit- tent bad weather mixed with construc- tion was a perennial threat. Yet, stu- dents converged at 8 a.m. via motor cycles, bicycles, cars, and buses. Early morning arrivals became less painful after VHS added breakfast to the curriculum. Rolls, corn flakes, and strained orange juice became brain food. In consulation for remain- ing past 11:00 a.m., the cooks hosted students at an Italian Village. 4:00 p.m. bus drivers replaced irate parents in retrieving students from a pep club meeting, Hobbit practice, or Valenian. The administration continued to make life easier. The installation of a coke machine in the cafeteria handled before and after school traffic. The student commons became a busi- ness district for ticket sales, money collection, or girl watching. And, noise pollution lessened when the bell system became obsolete. Students bought their escape from the rou- tine day for 50 cents to $1.00. Those economy prices enabled them to hear the Indianapolis Symphony or to see George Graves digest a microphone. mison Tim Festa
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The 1950’s proved to be a relaxing and freer de- cade at VHS. The skirts raised for the war were lowered again in the early 50’s. Bobby socks and saddle shoes at- tired the female popula- tion at VHS. White socks, loafers, and rolled-up blue jeans completed the boys’ wardrobes. Hairstyles at VHS, characteristic of all teen agers at this time, consisted of ponytails on girls and flat tops on boys. These styles marked the up-to-date student at VHS. Like today, prom was an important social event. The ' 57 theme, Our Blue Heaven, with Arnie Brown and his band, spun- out tunes for students to twist by. In ’58, Mr. Paul Miller taught biology classes at VHS. Though facilities were limited, students still could learn about anatomy or how to classify plants. With the ' 50’s coming to a close, things were be- ginning to change around VHS. An intense school spirit was on the rise, not only in sports, but in clubs as well. Y-Teens, the male counterpart of Hi-Y, held candlelight inductions for girls wanting to join dur- ing the early 1960’s. The club was quite popular when Miss Florence Craig became sponsor in 1960. The club sponsored the King of Hearts Dance and h e I d a mother-daughter banquet at the end of the year. The only silent moment for ' 60’s Pep Club was during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner.” Otherwise, it was enthus- iastically backing the Vik- ings. White beanies and gloves donned the 400 members during the bas- ketball season. The club’s duties included decorating goal posts, the football hoop, and sponsor- ing Homecoming. Styles and appearances were also altered in the 60’s. Shorter skirts and white boots appeared in VHS halls during the late 60’s. Boys’ hair grew be- low their ears, a length never before imagined. Students fought the dress code and in the early 1970’s, it was abolished. 1970-72 were exciting years in more ways than one. The ' 70 football team completed its second con- secutive 10-0 season un- der the coaching of Mr. Tom Stokes. The ' 71 Hetero, an un- derground newspaper pub- lished by a group of VHS students, portrayed stu- dents’ changing opinions on Viet Nam, the dress code, and hair length. A quote from Hetero il- lustrated the radical changes occuring at VHS: “Did you ever wonder why the school rules are not written down and passed out to students? Why a dress code is part of the educational process at VHS? Why a teacher would claim he’s God? Why any- one bothers going to a school where attitude, class status and dress comes before education? Why some political speak- ers are banned from the school? Why Hetero is necessary? We did. Students in faded blue jeans and sandles began cropping-up in increasing numbers throughout the ' 71 school year. To accomodate the opinions of the student body, the birth of Student Faculty Senate occured in the last months of 71. Is- sues ranged from student pregnancies to the smok- ing policy. The rise in enrollment began to break the seams at VHS. Overcrowdedness and limited facilities hin- dered students, fac- ulty, and administration throughout 1972. It was clear, something had to be done. by Janet Bochnicka Kim Wellman Above: Twisting at the 1957 prom Left: The 1971 undefeated football team Right: Flat tops and pony tails; distinction of the ' 50s
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