Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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of Cooperation Among Students , Faculty (Left) Warren township custodial staffs cleaned up debris left by the fire. (Center) An overturned wastebasket shows a before-and- after view of the floors. (Right) Students had classes wherever there Firemen checked the building after the fire was out. A heat explosion during the fire shattered windows and cracked part of the outside wall. A temporary roof was erected until repa ' rs could be made. was room. Mike McGuire and Dianne Britt had algebra class in the teacher’s d ning room. Tempo ary classrooms were in use fo- onl a tew weeks. Later all but two science rooms were reopened. The fire left many pupils without lockers or books. Dave Hurt checks the paper sacks in which volunteers put sooty, greasy books damaged by the fire. Many of these had to be replaced.

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■f? )incy and Nancy Troyan help to clean out the sooty lockers in the building. Creasy smoke coated everything that wasn’t covered. Fire Ignites Spirit Warrenites thought they saw their world going up in smoke on February 8. Head custodian Paul Jennet discovered a fire at 6 a.m. in the science wing. Vol- unteer firemen from Warren, Lawrence, and Wana- maker quickly responded to the alarm, and shortly had the fire under control. The blaze started in a storage area off Room 214, a remodeled science lab in use for 8 weeks. Although actual fire damage was confined to one end of the science-math wing, water and smoke caused damage throughout the building. The crisis brought out the best in Warrenite cooperation. About 25 stu- dents helped with the clean-up. More than 300 had volunteered but weren’t needed. Students, teachers, and custodians pitched in to scrub floors, clean win- dows, scour lockers, and wipe sooty textbooks. The cafeteria staff prepared meals and snacks for clean up crews. Many classes had to meet in new locations. The wrestling room, student planning center, teen canteen center, teachers’ lounge and dining room were temp- orary classtooms. Later, all but two returned to their regular rooms. Representative of several hard-work- ing students who volunteered to help clean up, Dirk Reek and Rick Cuyer sweep water out of the hall. In ad- dition to the damage caused by the fire and smoke, rain all day Tuesday damaged classrooms which weren’t touched by the fire.

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i 3 From Routine to Remarkable Classes at Warren are rarely over-crowded since the 1535 just fill the 95 classrooms. These grammar students con- centrate on first research papers and The Good Earth in a Junior English class. A normal day at Warren starts with the unwel- come sound of an alarm and a never-ending race to beat the clock to school by 8:10 a.m. Once there, it’s a quick glance in the mirror, a trip to the locker, and then homeroom. Traditionally, every day starts with devotions sponsored and given by the Hi-C club over the P. A. system. Meetings or homework fill the period after announcements by Student Council President Jon Rood. A schedule of classes broken only by lunch fill everyday with food for fertile brains. But few days at Warren are normal. Report cards which come every six weeks bring mixed blessings to students and mixed emotions to parents. A “monster” family named Darcy, a singer named Charles K Ball State band, and religious services were few of the variety of convocations enjoyed i out the year. Winning the county championship in meant nine games climaxed by an all-school pep assem- bly in the gym. Whether a candidate or a campaigner, elections for cheerleader, homecoming queen Student Council provided all the nerve-straining ex- citement typical of partisan politics. These unusual ingredients in a Warrior’s life, mixed with the routine of a normal day, make Warren’s world hard o heat ng, the only a nough- ootball Most students have lockers assigned conveniently near the sixth period class. Roger Durham, Theresa Ashby, and Kay Reno make a final stop after school.