Ouachita Parish High School - Roarer Yearbook (Monroe, LA)

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WM ' PARKING . PERMU ; 064. k BELOW: Deonne Fleming, Elections Committee Chairman, counts votes for the Sophomore Senate election. BOTTOM: Consulting faculty members is important to the Senators as they plan Ouachita Day. BOTTOM RIGHT: Bobby Ward receives advice from Miss Joiner, a Student Govern- ment advisor. BELOW RIGHT: Yvonne Crozier and Chuck Janes admire a parking sticker issued by the Student Government. RIGHT: Members of the Executive Council who serve as our school leaders are: $621th left to righD Diane Lee, Recording Secre- tary; Bobby Ward, President; Pam Mitchell, Corresponding Secretary; $tanding left to righU Jackie Jones, Vice-President; Teresa Sanders, Treasurer; Patti Henderson, Chaplain; and Jimmy Haynes, Parliamen- tarian.

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teachers,please excuse this interruption began the familiar voice of Jackie Jones as he made announcements each morningsjust one of his many jobs as Vice-President of the Ouachita Student Government. The Student Governments first task of the school year was to help the Sophomores learn their way around Ouachita so that they would not have to hear the dreaded words, ctReport to Room 1057 Next came the task of planning Ouaehita Day activities which included the Ouachita Day Preview, the planning of the location of the various displays, the crowning 0f the queen, and the Ouachita Day dance the following night. During the remainder of the year, the Student Government was kept busy working in cooperation with the Twin City Association of Student Councils, enforcing parking regulations, and RIGHT: Senator Pam Blakemore talks with Mr. Howell about using the ttSenior Spirit WagonH during Ouachita Day. FAR RIGHT: Miss Brett, 3 Student Government advisor, explainsiparking regulations to the Senate. BELOW RIGHT: Registering junior voters are Nancy Bruce, Kirby McGuffee, Pam Mitchell, and Patti Henderson. BELOW: ttAll this I promise? pledge Dennis Nichols and Clay Humphries as they are installed as Sophomore Senators. supervising the various elections held throughout the year. According to Senator Donna Barnhill, ttThe Ouachita Student Government serves as a government of the students7 by the students, and for the studentsfi Also acting as a sounding board for the student body, it listens to the studentsi ideas, opinions, and complaints, and makes these known to the administration. This year, the Student Government was guided by faculty advisors, Miss Joiner, Miss Brett, and Mr. Dalrymple as they continually strived to better Ouachita.

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we've got SPIRIT! This year, the Ouachita cheerleaders urged the spirit of the student body to an unusually high peak. Their year-round job began with a week- long summer camp and ended with the training of the new 74-75 Varsity cheerleaders. Displaying true Lion spirit7 the eight cheerleaders worked eagerly. While at Cheerleader Camp the girls won the ccspirit stick35 for display- ing Outstanding spirit throughout the week. They also received three superior and two excellent ribbons in cheering competition. In September, the cheerleaders com- peted with eight other area squads in the Twin City Mall and were awarded a second place trophy. Also in September, Ouachitaas Junior RIGHT: TTHold that line and fight temf shout the cheerleaders during the Ruston game. FAR RIGHT: The cheerleaders run on the mighty Lions to kick off the football season. BELOW: The JayVee Cheerleaders attempt to dance to the music of the band. Varsity cheerleader elections were held. This yeafs Junior Varsity cheerleaders were: Paula Blakemore7 Julie Johnson, Kay Duke, Donna Brister, Danna Brister, Rhonda Roy, Kayla Knox and Kathy Greer. They cheered at all Junior Varsity games and held pep rallies for the Junior Varsity team. The 1973-74 cheerleaders were truly devoted to the task of promoting school spirit and never letting it die.