Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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The beauty and the beast: Valpo’s real life fairytale When you think of it, a beauty and a beast are so different. Yet, somehow, fate smacks them face to face, and it’s almost natural to find them together. For the first time in the history of VHS the beauty and the beast were found to- gether. Although a Homecoming beauty has been a tradition at Valpo for many years, this is the first year of recognition for a true beast, the “Ugly Man.” The Ugly Man Contest was created by Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) members and their sponsors. Coaches Skip Collins and Dale Ciciora. Pictures of “Ugly Man” candidates — six students and six faculty members — were dis- played before the student body. Student and faculty members voted by donating money to the fund of their candidate. After a week of voting, senior Craig McCarron was elected the ugliest beast on campus. Besides the “Ugly Man” contest, FCA sponsored other fund-raising activities in- cluding a basketball marathon, a chili supper, and a pancake breakfast. FCA is a national organization which is open to all students who are members or who plan to become members of an ath- letic team. Club meeti ngs were held every other week at the home of a member. While VHS students were voting an “Ugly Man”, they were also considering who the next Homecoming Queen should be. Homecoming is a major activity for Pep Club. To prepare the student body for the VHS Homecoming weekend, the Pep Club promoted Spirit Week, wich includ- ed a powder puff football game, a pep session, and a variety of themed dress-up days. The club’s new sponsor. Miss Elaine Bever. felt that all sports should be get- ting equal coverage. To enforce this idea she has stressed expansion on the cover- age of girls’ and minor sports. Food service staff members Mrs. Sharon Ham- mer, Mrs. Phyllis Hunt, and Mrs. Judy Hawes show school spirit participating in 50’s day during Homecoming Pep Week. To raise funds, FCA created the “Ugly Man” contest in which students voted senior Craig McCarron this year’s winner. 1(£N ' S , use rMi5 WJ 5 ficruKC ' CUN Lock SENIOR ttfF’ DEI ncCkkffcA A Picruk£ yj WTN fi Robert Kedforo Co OHLY CM Cmcit - ™ FUCM HCFt. . CMote ■ 28 — Pep Club FCA

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Dose of hard work cures condition of involvement A lthough nor forol, rhe disease rhor o few VHS students were offlicred with this yeor wos usuolly severe. The disease is commonly referred to os involvement. Diagnosed by symptoms of dedicorion and leadership, rhe porienrs usually remained in rhe serious store throughout high school. Characterized by excessive omounrs of decorating lodsers, preparing for donees, entertaining audiences, or organizing ond advertising school activities, these students in each club or organization compensated for rhe lock of porticiporion by fellow members. Though port-rime jobs dominated rhe free rime and determined the omounr of rime devoted to clubs, VHS hod 21 clubs and orgonizorions which were available to oil srudenrs. Although rhe clubs concerned with supporting ond promoting mony of rhe outstanding Viking reams were rhe most visible, eoch club hod o specific purpose ond task. The groups ranged from rhe honorory orgonizorions to which one must be seleaed, to service orgonizorions which worked with rhe community. Foreign Exchange Club still boosted rhe largest membership for ony orgonizorion, while rhe Fellowship of Christian Athletes, now in its fourth yeor, was rhe second largest. Due to present day orritudes of srudenrs, however, o few clubs and orgonizorions underwent major changes in membership. For example, w ith o 40% increase in porticiporion, DECA for rhe first rime in four years ploced successfully or store competition. Funding of dubs and orgonizorions underwent major changes olso, due to students ' orritudes toward rhe rrodirionol fund-roiser: rhe sockhop. As o result of rhe onri-disco movement, orrendonce or sock-hops and donees dropped so much rhor several olreody planned donees were cancelled. New rrends, such os marathons were another money-making alternative, airhoug. , most clubs and organizations relied on membership fees ond boke soles to fund their expenses. Clubs Division — 27

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FCA — First Row: J. Bratton. Second Row; C. Hillenbrand, J. Poncher, L. Lambert, S. Waymire, M. Mavity, K. Oglesby, R. Fleenor. Third Row; J. Gutt, J. Domer, M. Delumpa, E, Sachs, C. Hefner, D. Mandernach, S. Bard, S. Noonan, E, Doelling, L. Kenyon, D. Schueler, S. Philips. Fourth Row: Co- Sponsor Dale Ciciora, B. Dugan, L. Glenn, J. Nee- ley, P. Harbold, L. Lethen, K. Simon, D. Ciciora, L. Berkoski, J. Thomas, C. Vocke, D. Lewis. Fifth Row: C. McCarron, B. Boet el, B. Polizoto, M. Krieger. C. Collins, S. Watts, C. Husmann. Back Row: J. Philips, R. Lohmeyer, D. Brown, T. VanKep- pel, B. Lichtenberger, P. Niland, R. Sienkowski, T, Hayden, P. Gilynn, D. Hernandez, Co-Sponsor Skip Collins. Assisting Senior Ruth Lohmeyer with a kick-off at Pop Club’s Powder Puff Football Game are Seniors Mary Jo Anieitner and Lori Armstrong. PEP CLUB OFFICERS — Front Row: President Mindy Reinhertz. Second Row: Senior Vice-Presi- dent Sue Edwards. Third Row: Junior Vice-Presi- dent Angie Ranalli. Back Row: Secretary Treasurer Susan Vondran. Pep Club FCA — 29