Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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. Atop a fellow senior’s shoulders Wayne Pritt livens up a normal pep rally. . Standing before a congregation of spirited students and leading the cheers is ut one task performed by cheerleader Patty Morris. In another function, the AHS faculty applies a psychological ploy toward the ooper Cougars at the final pep rally of the year. With the Eagle Squad leading, students raise their clasped hands to mark the aditional end of a successful pep rally. Student life—23

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Student body spirit is uniting element Spirit, that sometimes elusive quality that unites a school, was visible at AHS. Not only the three major sports, foot- ball, basketball and baseball, were supported by Eagle spirit but also more unrecognized sports such as golf, swimming, girls’ volley- ball, and track. Cheerleaders, Eagle Squad, Bold Gold and band provoked waves of excitement. Involved senior men and women helped raise the volume level. Faculty also added a dash of color. But most overwhelming was the spirit of the student body. Eagle spirit came in many forms. Students participated in door decora- tions during the week of the homecoming game. Also the true-gold Eagle supporters joined in on days such as ‘Suspend San Angelo”, “Day of Mourning’, and ‘“‘Outclass the Coogs Day”’. As sophomores, juniors an d seniors joined in raising clasped hands, unity became visible among separate students and Abilene High School. 22—Student life

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Kean al-Yele aa' Bm (©) aal-tere)aall, aes October 14, the tension hee, and excitement had mounted to a climax. The previous week had been spent in prepa- : ration for that one night. . . that one eternal Arata bight ; Eagle fanaticism peaked when students “and. teachers packed the gym for the pep “rally. Exes returned to honor the school in te 5) which they had spent an important part of Bhagat: a their” lives. Their ‘reverberating claps and ae pees shouts: reassured the team of concentrated port. no matter the consequences of the oming game. Even though the game itself was lost, ctory came when Roxanne Reece was crowned queen. Her tears were the visual image of everyone’s feelings; the sorrow of » losing, the joy of being chosen above others, and the wonder of living that special event— . Homecoming.