Amarillo High School - La Airosa Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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We take part in many things. There are hardly any interests that cannot be satiated at Amarillo High School. There are numerous clubs, many with inter- esting side activities. These clubs spark the students to think for themselves and gain extra knowledges about their special interests. Cf V .4 ' ' ' 4 There are scores of things to do here at AHS. Hardly a week goes by that something new is not happening. There is a pep rally, or a football game, or perhaps an election or contest of some sort. We show enthusiasm in our activities. We let ourselves go and feel our present day problems slip away in the heat and excitement of the impending game, or in our special clubs. Often our futures are decided by our participation in an activity. A moderate interest can grow into a hobby and then into a life-time project. We often fail to realize how fortunate we are in having such facilities at our fingertips. In many places, in our own country, there is nothing to turn to but the street for amusement, and teens our own age have no way to release pent-up emotions. Youth- ful exuberance, undirected and undisciplined, can very easily take on the form of violence. The activities at Amarillo High School do not just keep us busy. They offer a constructive, respecting program. Our activities are not just a means of keep- ing us off the streets. They are offered to us in all sincerity to help us help ourselves. We are burning energy, yes, but we are burning it in a good, wholesome way. We are fortunate to have these ways of releasing our tensions in a socially acceptable way. Y Take Me Along 9 Gene Fowler uses song to express the extent of his feelings in the show

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Senior cheerleader David Smith leaps high during a football season pep rally. Pep rallies were held during basketball season also. They typify Sandie Spirit in motion. The cheerleaders sold Sandie car stickers during fall registration. Cathy Patterson sells one to Ronald Boyd and Leslie Owens in the main hall. Three senior boys, Harry Day, Ronnie Day and Billy Kirkwood, take ad- vantage of the snow for some frolic during their lunch period.

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In our athletics our spirit becomes most evident, It is here that almost all the school spirit we have manifests itself, vocally and emotionally. At a football game, the stadium rocks with: We want a touchdown! ..-Um At a basketball game, the cry is: Hit 'em black! Hit 'em gold! And at the pep rallies preceding a game, the auditorium is virtually shaken with almost hysterical abandon,: Victory! Victory! That's our cry! The Sandies many times have triumphed over al- most unconquerable odds by the sheer power of their undampened spirit, no matter how low things were. We have gained nation-wide prestige for this un- believable spirit. We lose well just as we win well. Our teams' sense of sportsmanship and values upheld despite all odds is something all Sandies can point to with pride. This is not to say we don't care what happens. There is a sense of desire and good-natured rivalry that is quite obvious. But we don't want to win to the point of resorting to anything dishonest. As far as desire to win tempered with good play is concerned, no Sandie team has ever lost a game. It is not the function of high school yearbook to quote cliches, but in this case, this one holds true in every Sandie game: It's not whether you win or lose that countsg it's how you played the game.