Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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TOP LEFT: Hug a Bagger! Whai? Susan Fendrick indicates that hugging a Bagger isn't such a bad idea. Karin Bennett seems to agree by hugging a green bag dressed in a Scotus jacket. ABOVE: Here Norm Svoboda and Todd Moon keep Cody Schilling all tied up in toilet paper. During one Stu-Co convocation, a toilet paper wrap was held in order to get more students involved in school spirit. LEFT: Roman times come to CHS as these Stu-Co members walk around in togas. Mark Wagner, Nancy Bloebaum, Teresa Kyster, Kelly Lovci, and Eric Abdullah model these togas during a convocation at the beginning of the year to promote Stu-Co activities. Convocations and Pep Rallies 13

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The 1980-81 school year brought many off-the-wall convocations and pep rallies to CHS. This year's school gatherings had differences that made them a bit more diverse than in years past. The pep club and student council got together and thought up ideas that would include people from all activi- ties, as well as those not involved in anything extracurricular. Stu-Co put on the first convoca- tion of the year. This convocation got the year going with a skit about Stu-Co's future plans. Some members of the club put on sheets to promote the Toga Dance, while another did a somersault on stage to promote Stu-Co's button sales. One ran out in a Lakeview jacket hugging a green bag dressed in a Scotus jacket, with another member holding a sign saying, Hug A Bagger. These plus other wild and crazy things went on during the convocation. An example of teamwork was shown in the Cong Show convocation. Members of the football team, pep club, Stu-Co and faculty helped to put on this project. Football team members put on cheerleading uniforms while the cheerleaders portrayed the singing group The Chipmunks . All of these performances were gonged by the faculty. Finally, Scott Goering and Chris Gellerman came out as the Blues Brothers. This duo did an outstanding job and received the grand prize. These were just two of the convocations that went on during the 1980-81 school year. Others like them were well received by members of the CHS student body throughout the year. TOP: Todd Robinson makes sure everything is going O.K. as he refs the arm wrestling finals between Gerry Poison and Sonya Mueller during a convocation. Gerry eventually won the match. 12 Student Life ABOVE: Sue Van Dyke presents the wrestling team with a victory cake for their successful season. Rick Podraza, Bob Wilhelms, Kelly Person, and Tom Woodward look on as Leroy Kreuger receives the cake.

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RS THE niGHT ROLLS on Life in the fast lane may be a fitting description of many CHS students' night lives during 1980-81, as activities were to be found for almost every person. Nights in Columbus were filled with action , particularly on Fridays and Saturdays. Generally, a basketball or football game was a good place to find out about the evening's activities. Occasionally the student council or some other organization would spon- sor a tape dance. More often than not, there were one or two heavily attended parties. Parties were held in every place possible for every reason possible. They served as an environment for students to talk, relax, get a little wild, or just mellow out. Cruisin' the mains was still one of the easiest and most popular ways to check out the action. Gas prices seemed to have an effect on this as more cars were seen in parking lots on the mains. This year, like years past, proved that anything that could be done to, with, or in a car would be done. Many students held jobs which took up to forty hours of their spare time, sometimes until 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. Most of these jobs were in restaurants or merchandise stores. Activities of students generally varied from tape dances and dates to just staying home and resting or doing homework. Night life for students at Columbus High was filled with at least one and usually many of these activities. At times the pace of it all may have appeared to be a little off- the-wall, but it seemed to be taken in stride as part of the life of a high school student. TOP LEFT: Suzi Averett gels into the mood of roller skating at the Flying Wheels roller rink. TOP RIGHT: Bob Soulliere and Clint Scheffler take a little break from cruisin' to say Hi . ABOVE: Frankfort Square is a familiar landmark to those who cruise the mains. 14 Student Life