Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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Members of the Blue Crew sot down front during pep ossembhes Since they rook their job of roising school spirit seriously Brod Stringer. Scott Roudebush. Scott Leflett ond Elmer Morris show their op- preciorion for Popcorn o yell thot the cheerleoders did or olmosr every ossembly Thot Altus Bond drummers beor out the codence to begin eoch pep ossembly Once the sound begon or the bock of the oudirorium, oil 840 members of the Mu- dent body come to their feet Drummers ore Edword Prieto, Brod Downs ond Koy Willis

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Everybody's Elite squad members of the Drill Teom often entertained with some fancy moves ot assemblies In football jerseys. Tino Kosrner ond Srocy Sproggtns donee to Jungle Love When Mr. Mike Copeland, principol. wos colled to the stoge during on assembly, he olwoys got something for coming up The Blue Crew members gave him o helmet but Wen- dy Reed presents him with owords the cheerleoders won ot summer comp or o voice wos silenr. nor o hand or foor srill os each wos rouched by rhe spirir The rhundering roor rhor re- sounded rhroughour rhe oudirorium each Friday morning before o foor- boll gome wos rhe combined efforrs of srudenrs os rhey shoured clapped ond sromped ro rhe rhyrhm of rhe drums “I rhink ir's greor ro be able ro hove o doy when you con jusr show off being o Bulldog, said senior Sherry Shriver. Alycio Fosrer said. I rhink ir's o good woy ro psyche up rhe foorboll players for rhe gome oheod know- ing rhe school os o whole srands behind rhem wirh rheir spirir.’' Afrer rhe iniriol bursr of spirir, srudenrs serried bock os rhe dromo ond speech srudenrs pur on o skir ro show how Bulldogs gor our of rough siruorions. Wherher ir wos o soop opero or o horem ocr. rhe Bulldogs rockled rheir opponenrs ond olwoys come our on rop The skirs were somerimes fol- lowed by o performance of rhe Drill Teom elire squod which wos olwoys well occepred by rhe srudenrs. To close rhe assembly, rhe cheerleoders come running our ro begin everyone’s fovorire yell, Borrle Cry Jumping up from rheir seors ro scream rheir cheer, rhe srudenrs filled rhe oudirorium once more only ro become serious os rhey joined rogerher ro sing rhe Almo Morer. The drums led rhe srudenrs bock ro class os rhey looked forward ro rhe gome oheod Afrer rhe ossembly. I olwoys feel good, rhe resr of rhe doy ond con r help bur cheer rhe cheers in my heod, soid Kim Colemon. 16

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Of Our L ives As Duildog puppies. David Cain and Betty Yeatts rry ro figure out whor hos come over their teacher who hos been token over by the Duncon demonoter In the first pep assembly skit of the year Doth Drama II ond Speech II students got together In the pep skit of the future. Yurko. o Russian beor. ployed by Shoron Lowronce ond the Beor's creation. Ryon Workman, stand up to Bork Dodgers. Mork Reimer os the Bulldog hero The John Morsholl skit was the final one of the season irred ogoinsr such freaks as a mad desert sheik, o crazy hypocritical woman, a computer nut, a bond of cavemen, a mod scientist ond various other diverse personalities ond forces, the Bulldogs always won. They did or least every Fri- day morning during football seoson when the dromo ond speech students presented skits during the assemblies. Students looked forward to Fri- day, not just because it wos the day the weekend srorted, but because that wos the day the en- tire student body come together to show spirit for the Bulldogs. The pep skits were highlights of the assemblies. Lori Huddleston soid, “The skits moke the spirit come olive ond qet everyone in the mood. They show the talent in our school ond the amount of spirit we hove here.” Ryan Workman, who par- ticipated in the skits, said, ”1 like to moke people lough ond hove o good time. Our skits always get o positive response from our oudience.” Severol members of the speech ond dromo classes were football players themselves. One of those wos Trovis Poromore who soid, I think it's great that we hove the pep skits because it lets us know that the school is behind us for every gome.'' Brod Pickett soid, ”1 really like the assemblies. They moke you feel o port of the school from the beoting of the drums ro the sing- ing of the Almo Moter.” j Hem