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

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I ' m splitting! Helga (senior Laura Guyer) in- forms her employer Mrs. Wheeler of her plans on leaving the dreadful neighborhood after two murders were supposedly committed. Nosey neighbor. Curtis Appleby (senior Jim Lyons) is intrigued by the entire state of the Wheeler affairs. His nosiness gets him into the most dastardly messes. Crafty Elaine. Elaine Wheeler gazes at her plant while contemplating her next move in the play Night Watch”. QO Living Fall Play

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Seniority claims firsts Who can lay claim to being the first class to have combined proms at the fancy new. Hyatt Regency, the first to have graduation at the State Fair Coliseum days after placing the first buffalo to proudly stand on Warren ' s roof ? None other than the class of 78. Wow! Look up there! Where? On top of the school’s roof a huge silent bu f- falo rested. Leave it to those seniors of 1978 to capture everyone’s attention while leaving their mark at Warren. The long awaited final year of high school arrived, nine months glided” by, and suddenly the good ol’ days came to a halt. Along with the everyday activities that consume a student’s life, seniors were privileged to take college en- trance exams, attend the prom, create chaos on senior week, and prepare for graduation. Days before the graduation ceremo- nies, in order to prepare a com- mencement address, graduate Bill Youngquist was named valedictorian after seven semesters. However, with an eight semester average, it was dis- covered that graduate Mike Morris was the official valedictorian. Graduation day arrived and slipped by. Seniors transformed into Warren Central graduates, bearing many great old memories but eager to expe- rience new ones. Anticipation. Mr. Charles Davis, career center principal, announces the names of the soon-to-be graduates who wait to receive their diplomas. Where’s the food? A group of students attending the junior-senior prom listen to the Senior Most Likely” winners. Living q -| Senior week, graduation, prom

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Keep calm, honey. John Wheeler (junior Tom Patterson) tries to console his frantic wife, Elaine (senior Mary Morgan) as his mistress Blanche Cooke (senior Pam Scott) looks on in disgust. Nervous jitters. Mr. Thomas Feit applies some theater make-up to sophomore Tom Cook, who meanwhile goes over his lines as Sam Hoke, policeman. Inspiration polishes melodrama A sparse crowd was surprised into explosive response by the performance of senior Mary Morgan as Elaine Wheeler and her supporting cast in the mystery ' ' Night Watch ” presented by Warren ' s Thespian Troupe. Even though illness and minor set backs” plagued the cast of Night Watch” they still managed to turn out a spine-tingling, professional perfor- mance. Their five weeks of rehearsal, cursed with casting, health, and set problems, made the cast members wary of what the finished product would be like. In the last few days of practice the company pulled their tal- ents together and proved what deter- mination and inspiration can do. Cast member, senior Jim Lyons said, Mr. Feit gave inspiration and showed the cast that they could come off with a professional production.” Student teacher Judy Masters di- rected and cast the leads of junior Tom Patterson, the business-like John Wheeler; senior Mary Morgan, the neurotic Elaine Wheeler; senior Pam Scott as the devious Blanche Cooke; and senior Jim Lyons as the nosey Curtis Appleby. Although on the stage for only a few minutes, sophomore Tom Cook delighted the audience with his dynamic performance. Sophomore Lori White had this to say about the attentive audience, The crowd was small, but quite responsive. Before production commenced, the cast members sat down with their di- rector and Mr. Thomas Feit to deliber- ate the plot and develop their charac- ters. They felt this was quite important to enrich the true qualities of the characters. In the final act, the Columbo-like suspense of the plot gripped the au- dience and revealed its true nature, a play on the mind. Living Fall Play