Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Heto kind of competition What ' s our Mustang battle cry? V-l-C-T-O-R-Y! screamed the innocent freshman, boisterous sophomore, carefree junior and confident senior. This typical cheer heard at pep rallies, signified the constant class competition when it came to spirit. But this was only one of the many ways students showed spirit for their school. During Homecoming, a magical feeling enhanced everyone with spirit. Hippies and baseball players were seen walking the halls during Spirit Week, and almost everyone dressed in the traditional red and white on Friday. Signs were hung everywhere displaying the hope that Munster would beat Chicago Simeon in the big game. But besides homecoming spirit, other activities and organizations also chipped in their share of spirit. The Girl ' s Timing Organization (GTO) timed for the swimming, track, and wrestling teams and cheered them on to victory. During the games, half-times were loaded with yelling and clapping as Cheerleaders and Drill-Team performed routines and got the crowd caught amidst the spirit. Although the spirit seen most often at school was a total, unified effort supporting a team or event, the separate classes found themselves competing against each other, seeing who had the most spirit. Whether it was egging some other class ' s float at Homecoming, or trying to out-do each other when it came their turn to sponsor prom, class competition was evident. Pep rallies also brought balloons, toilet paper, and confetti streaming from the bleachers as the classes competed. Even though at times the students ' spirit seemed out of hand, the rowdie behavior helped improve the school atmosphere. Despite the commotion going on during Spirit Week, junior Tim McCarthy must still try to concentrate on his class assignments. As a Munster wrestler pins his opponent, senior Girl ' s Timing Organization members Kim Torok, Kathleen O ' Connel, Terri Long, and Kim Geiger yell and cheer with excitment for Munster, an important role of the organization. Spirit 19

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Active students hold up a sign to support their team and help raise enthusiasm and spirit during a pep session for the game against Highland that night. As the football players run out on the field, the cheerleaders lead a cheer for the team while the fans spell out Munster to display their school spirit. 18 Spirit W M Li r vf 1 ' While the toilet paper whips around in the wind, sophomores jane Rovai and Lori Dernulc hurriedly attempt to wrap up their team members ahead of their opponents during the Homecoming track and field day events. OK ULZ (Wl »

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First place winning float, Snoopy, lead by his creators, the Junior Class, enters into the church parking lot where the parade begins. As he gets the float underway, junior Woody Colclasure makes sure the chicken wire is on tightly before the flowers are tied on the junior float. I hadn ' t heard of Munster thus I decided tocheck it out Home here I was. World War I pilot, flying in the search of the Red Baron . . . Suddenly he was there! Diving right at me! As the Red Baron and I, Flying Ace Snoopy, began fighting with the zeal of two World War I fighters, I felt my plane jerk from a bad hit in the rear wing. My plane came whizzing down to the ground so fast that I was separated from my machine. At this point things got a bit blurry, but I remember landing in some mud in the middle of a high school. Not knowing where I was, I began searching and came upon a sign reading Munster High School. I hadn ' t heard of Munster, so I decided to investigate. I kept my senses keen at all times so that the Red Baron wouldn ' t catch me off my guard. Cautiously, I peeked in some of the windows, and I saw kids dressed up in different sports uniforms. Throughout the rest of the week, the kids came dressed in other outfits. There was a hat and sock day, a hippy day, a red and white day, and a jean and jersey day. Thinking this peculiar, I lurked around eavesdropping, and I found out that this was called Spirit Week . The students seemed to be preparing for a big event and since I was unable at that time to locate either my plane or the Red Baron, I decided to do some more spying around to find out exactly what was happening. On Thursday night, I followed a group of kids and observed them putting together a strange looking object, which I later learned they called a float. Some of the people stayed awake all night long working on this odd contraption. The following morning I noticed that many of the students walked around half asleep and that the whole school only stayed in session half a day. People were busy the rest of the afternoon doing all sorts of last minute things. Then at 2 p.m., I heard a loud banging of drums and other instruments. Quickly I darted to the street, and I saw many of the students in a big parade. Here again I saw the floats, followed by large groups of spirited kids. I saw one of the floats off to the side of the road, it read Linus Up For a Victory and I heard some people say that it was the senior float and one of the wheels had fallen off the float. 20 Homecoming