De Smet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (De Smet, SD)

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PEOPLE — what a crowd! People are faces, bodies, smiles, gestures, responses, but more than that. People at DHS are caring, feeling, sharing, working, celebrating, worrying, too. This school is a family. Everybody knows everybody else. Seniors actually talk to sophomores, and may even give them a ride to the Frosty Corner! In study hall juniors can be seen helping freshmen work out basic algebra problems. Teachers and students eat together, tell jokes, play ball and sometimes even go fishing together. Parents turn out in large numbers for sports competition, music performances, plays. The community's Booster Club spon- sors school events and awards. Business men give donations and spend advertising money to support school projects. It takes lots of cooperation to make any school work. At DeSmet this year, the head custodian, Don Schultz, helped build props and prom decora- tions. From the community came parents helping with the play, science fair, variety show, track meet. Students in typing class helped at a downtown business. English teachers helped judge essays in career ed class. FHA organization raised $400 for the March of Dimes. Sophomores helped juniors with the prom. Computer wizards of all ages shared expertise. There’s a friendly spirit at DHS! A Don Schultz Is caught relaxing, for once, with the morning Argus Leader. A group of senior boys get together one last time: Paul Larson, Keith Gross, Dave Wilson, Bill Blogg, Bryce Bell, Jim Behm, Mark Stoel, Charles Johnson. Cleaning on the last day of school means lots of Hefty bags for Greg Wallum, night custodian.

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Reflections of 1984-85 Motley Crue, Prince, and Madonna headed the list of popular singers for 1984-85. Favorite movies included Rambo, Beverly Hills Cop and Gremlins. These days it cost $3.75 to see a movie. Pizza and Coke topped the list of favorite foods. Trivial Pursuit and Dungeons and Dragons were popular games. As usual, the town put on the Laura Ingalls Pageant with many high school students participat- ing. Tourists from all over the United States came to watch the performance. On the state level William Janklow was finishing his last term as governor. Two colleges closed this year, including Yank- ton College and University of South Dakota in Springfield which became a minimum security prison. The Ethiopian Famine was one of the top stories on the international scene. USA for Africa, which was headed by many top celebrities made a song to raise money for Ethiopia. They sent three million dollars to their aid. For the first time ever, a woman, Geraldine Ferraro, was nominated for Vice President. Ronald Reagan was re-elected for another term as President. A DeSmet school bus bites the dust after a heavy rainfall. Tom Daschle, South Dakota Representa- tive to Congress, was in town for Old Settlers Day. The Ethiopian Famine dominates the news in 1985. 3

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Upper left: Joyce and Donna serve lunch to senior citizens before the thundering herd of kids each day. Upper right: Caryl Gehm escorts the seniors down the aisle on Graduation Day. Above left: How many excuses does Brooke Steele have for checking out of study hall? Lisa Muser accompanies the Dixieland Band at the Variety Show. Paul Jennings and Heath Marshall spend a lot of time catching up on typing assignments. 5