Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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STAINED-GLASS ART-WORK dominates the bock of the university chopel. The largest Lutheran university cho- pel In the country, the VU chopel was home not only to church services, but olso o wide voriety of concerts. 16 VU Feature

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Script challenges players by Christo Eichberger Often when the issue of science vs. hu- monity is roised, one speculotes os to the ex- tent thot certoin creotures con be exploited before things go too for. In their foil production Flowers for Algernon, Dromo Club mem- bers ottempted to provide onswers to some of those questions. The centrol messoge is cleor, stoted senior Poul Kroger, who portroyed the men- tolly hondicopped Chorlie Gordon, whose I.Q. is surgicolly increosed. The needs of humon beings con often be ignored in the pursuit of science. Under the direction of Suson Shurte, re- heorsols took ploce for over o month ofter costing. According to Shurte, the November 21-22 performonces chollenged the octors to ploy chorocters of mony different types, sociol levels, ond oges. Very often, high schools prefer come- dies becouse they drow bigger oudiences, yet this wos o chollenging script which pur- posely left questions unonswered, Shurte said. Mrs. Alice Gombel, who usuolly directs dromo productions, took o moternity leove for the foil seoson. She suggested the ploy be- couse she felt it wos well-known, required simple scenery, ond it would be inexpensive to produce, os the budget wos under $1000. Scenery chonges were minimol, ond the or- rongement wos of formolized stoge set-up. This procedure required levels ond or- eos of the stoge to be controlled entirely by lighting, which coused ottention to be direct- ed entirely upon the octing without other dis- troctions, Gombel exploined. Ploying Chorlie wos interesting be- couse it wos like two roles; one os o retorded person, ond one os o genius, ond it chonged bock ond forth, Kroeger soid. Flowers for Algernon wos definitely not just one more Dromo Club production. Di- rector Shurte ond the 27 member cost op- prooched the student body with o serious dro- motic subject which roised unonswered ques- tions ond required the oudience to think in or- der to fill in the missing pieces. Although the comedies ore olwoys enjoyed by the oudi- ence, this ploy hod the some success ond o little more to it. REMINISCING ABOUT HIS childhood. Charlie remembers the problems he (Ryan Hill) caused to his porents (Keesha Adorns and Dave Baker) and his sister (Allison Eogen). TEMPERS FLARE AS Professor Nemur ond Dr. Strauss orgue obout whether or not to take Chorlie to o medicol con- vention ofter the controversiol operation and treatment. jTti el Fall Play

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aiilL ' L ' UkLVi LL-L-L-ltt Dy Pete Speckhord From the Dig Apple to the Windy City, America ' s major cities have always relied an geographical location ond a wide cultur- ol voriety to maintain their popularity and distinction. To smoller towns, hich lock such in- ternotional significonce, a university can be a major attroction, drowing crowds from across the state ond providing welcome cul- tural exchonges. Volparoiso University (VU) has lent Volpo a certain prestige, and made it much more than just another small town. We ore extremely lucky to hove a university here in town. It acts as o link be- tween people ond culture, English teoch- er Judy Lebryk said. If you take any ad- vantage at all of what VU has to offer, it becomes hard to imagine what this town would be like without it, she added. Among the activities and facilities available ot VU were regular trips to Chica- go, use of the student union ond new gym- nosium, ond, of course, the opportunity to cheer for a hometown college sports teom. However, mony of the privileges were only ovoiloble to high school students if their par- ents were ossociated with the university. Most of the time I just go play basket- ball or raquetball, and no one cores if ev- eryone there has o foculty I.D. card or not, but sometimes they check, ond then you can only play with your friends thot hove cords, se- nior Jason Telschow soid. His father. Dr. Fred- erick Telschow, is a music professor at VU. Above all, the thing thot VHS students used the most at VU was the university library for help on vorious rep orts ond projects. If you really wont information on some- thing, the VU librory is often the only place to get it, senior Jeonne Kim said. Our library and the public library really don ' t hove that much compared to the VU library. Hoving VU here in town makes more of o difference than people think, Sid Reggie, social studies teocher, said. There is o lot more emphosis placed on education in a university town, which helps to moke our high school o top-notch place, he explained. Drowing students from all fifty stotes ond mony foreign countries, and offering many music, drama, and sporting events, VU helped bring a touch of culture to an other- wise normol town. THE SOCIAL-STUDIES BUILDING viewed from the Moelling library is typical of VU architecture. Most of the buildings on campus ore relatively new. but old-compus dotes oil the woy bock to 1859. iiaipnviiHo Unioefsity SITUATED ALONG HIGHWAY 00. the sign welcomes visi- tors to Volparoiso University. The torch ot the entrance to the university is olso o trodemork of VU. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF the resources ovoiloble ot the Moelling Library, seniors Kathy Drobeck and Stephonie Snyder find more thon wos ovoiloble to them bock ot the VHS or public libraries. VU Feature 1 7