Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Always ready to provide musical entertain- ment for athletic events, the Pep Band plays TSOP before a pep session. With over 5000 Valparaiso Community School students in attendence, Mr. Martin Miller opens the Bicentennial Convocation. Skits, music, and a talk by Superintendent James Risk highlighted the October program. Carolyn Schnure lights the candle represent- ing service during the National Honor So- ciety induction ceremony in February. Convos brighten doily routines It is second hour. The daily grind is getting to you and you already know today is not your day. You get up to give your speech third hour and then realize you forgot your notes. Now you’re struggling to show the class the correct procedure in solving an incomprehensible geometry prob- lem when you hear: Will teachers please take their classes to the convocation.” At that moment, a convocation seems to be a life saver — a break from the daily routine. This year’s convos included a wide range of programs, both educational and entertaining. Highlighting the year ' s programs were a bicentennial con- vocation and a performance by the “New Christy Minstrels.” Convos — 25

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After giving him a radioactive soft drink, guest speaker Mike Gehring tests Mike Gar- rison for radioactivity during an atomic en- ergy lecture. A member of De Kalb High School’s Conglomer- ation” leads the group in an hour of enter- tainment for VHS students. Support for the Viking football team goes farther than the confines of VHS as students and Valparaiso residents gather in the gym for a community pep session. 24 — Convos

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Juniors host Ritzy soiree Rrring “Hello?” “Hi Mary. This is Carol. Did you have a good time at prom?” “Oh, Carol, it was so much fun. You should have seen Dan in his tux — he looked like a stranger — a tall, handsome strang- er, of course.” “I heard the theme was An Evening at the Ritz Hotel. Did the gym look like a French hotel?” “It was beautiful — you wouldn’t have known it was the gym. There was a statue in the middle of the floor and along the walls there was a french boutique, some elevators, and a veranda with a night scene of Paris. The band was Games, and they were great.” How was post prom? Wasn’t it at the V.U. Union?” Uh-huh. The theme was Happy Days, and the Union was decorated in a 1950’s motif, including pic- tures of The Fonz. What did you do from 11:30 at night to 5:30 in the morning? “There was so much going on — the hardest thing was deciding what to do! We bowled, played pool, and had our handwriting analyzed and our palms read. Oh, we watcned tapes of Happy Days and some cartoons. There was a tape of the state championship football game, too.” “It sounds like you had a fan- tastic time. Are you and Dan going to the Dunes today?” “Yes, he ' s picking me up in a few minutes. I’m so tired — I can’t wait to go crash on a sand dune.” “Have a good time, Mary. Call me when you get rested up.” Okay. Goodbye.” “Goodbye.” Surrounded by the elegance of a French hotel, senior class president Bonnie Hen- sel, her escort Ross Marshall, junior class president Beth Vondran, and her escort Willie King lead 189 couples in the traditional grand march. As an added touch to the junior class ' s year- long project, Paul Conover and Joni Neeley check in for an Evening at the Ritz Hotel.” 26 — Prom