Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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t Jj k l us VRING THE YEAR NBC ' s The Day After was not only a televi- sion special-but a national event. Forums, news and talk shows all discussed the probability of a nuclear war and its devastating results. Check out Yorktown students ' reactions, complete with sur- vival tips. I The Christmas spirit of giving was present this year as Yorktown students were treated to a Christmas convocation-made up of all faculty talent. I Happy Birthday to you-an event worth remembering in unique ways by Managing Editor birthdays Unsuspiciously feasting on the birthday cake your friends so generously baked for you, a jolly greeter with a fistful of balloons serenades you with a birthday song. Some find it a bit embarrassing, especially when they ' re from dear old Mom, but when a group of friends remember your birthday and let the whole lunch room know it at the same time-it ' s kind of special. When the balloon man asked for me, I got rather embarrassed. But it was great afterwards because everyone knew it was my birthday, admitted Sophomore Phil Starsky. This year ' balloon giving ' became the fad for birthday gifts. For ten bu cks you can purchase a bouquet of balloons and a song for that birthday person in your life. The balloon man traveled to Tiger Country 36 times during this 83-84 school year to contribute in the celebrating of birthdays for Yorktown students. Birthday boy Dave Tanner receives a hug, a song and a fistful of balloons from the birthday clown on one of the many visits to our lunchroom. During the year

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la Ml Oh, sure I think so. You mean all of the things we did that set US apart from the rest like... ...setting the scene for a Harlequin Romance novel in our lockerbays, with couples using passing periods for making passes... ...filing into McDonald ' s to shovel down more and still more of the over 40 billion served, or just to get a 15 f glass of water... ...taking bets on what ' s for lunch without looking at the menu before going through the line... ...juggling the file cards and TI-35 ' s that never fit comfortably atop our 8x10 college prep books... ...practicing at the crack of dawn to fulfill our daily ' mega ' lap requirements for Swim Coach Ettl. . . .and staying up all night, studying for tests, practicing for plays and complaining to your best friend about not ever getting anything accomplished. You got it! You got the whole theme idea! Yeah, and what ' s more, I ' ve got a condensed look at a year when Yorktown students Never Looked So US! Sometimes that Tiger Pride just wasn ' t enough to satisfy the hard work and dedication the students put into their activities. Band members Pam Somers, Maura Walsh, and Kim Kimbrough were not necessarily pleased with only a seventh place finish in the State Band Competition, nor was Tiger Okeley of the Varsity Football team appeased when 1 ranked Chatard took the Tigers in their first semi-state game on the Tiger field. But these disappointments were minimal when compared to the character building outcome that resulted in all of the trials of labor and love that preceeded the actual event. Opening

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The Day before the Day after A hypothetical situation. It ' s third hour and a basic ordinary day in November. The monotonous class atmosphere is shattered by the shaky voice of Dr. Secttor. He blurts out something about a nuclear bomb hitting the Delaware County area in 24 hours. What are you going to do? The definition of a nuclear holocaust was always in the back of our minds, but when a television depiction of a bomb showed the destruction of a small Kansas town, the defini- tion then became a reality. After the airing of The Day After, the question rang through our halls and class- rooms-What would you do? There would be nothing you could do, answered Senior Mark McKibben. Seniors Steph Bean and Bret Goodpaster agreed they would be with loved ones. Some took the matter in a lighter fashion. Jokingly, Scott Francoeur, senior, said he would ...order 100,000 White Cas- tles. On a serious note, Mrs. Joan Campbell admitted she would ...go to church with my family. Others didn ' t know exactly what they would do. What would you do if there was A day before the day after? 1, ft J t Double trouble in the form of Poetry Readers Dean Keith Spurgeon and Principal Jerome Secttor, along with Bag Dancers from the front office, Millie Barnhart and Jessie Odom perform during the Christmas Convocation. What would you do? What would YOU do if faced with the knowledge of a nuclear holocaust on a 24 hour notice? Following the television movie, The Day After, on a similiar theme, stu- dents, along with virtually thousands of TV viewers nationwide, battled with the reality of nuclear warfare during our lifetime. Start Digging. -Rick Harris, 12 Say goodbye to all of my friends and get married - quick! -Cheyneen Carpenter, 12 £ Rob a bank, so if it didn ' t happen I ' d be rich. -John Miller, 12 There is nothing you could do, but keep yourself busy and wait for it. -Mark McKibben, 12 Spend the day with my family... it ' s hard to say. -Charlie Owens, teacher Jay Ettl as Cinderfella delights the auditorium of students as the faculty band drummer Charlie O, trumpeter Rick Thomas and first chair and only chair flutist Joan Campbell, play a rousing rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. During the year 7