Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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No Empty Days For Them Alta a better place for all, each and every day, made all the work worthwhile. I think my day would be pretty empty without Student Council,” said freshman represen- tative Elise Allen. Each elected rep stood behind his class and attempted to represent them in the best ways possible. Freshman representa- tive Jeff Smith said, Freshmen get a lot of harassment, but we have as much spirit as anyone else. As every year, each class planned a special assembly of their own, and as each year, they attempted to make it a little better than the last, with each class trying to outdo the others. The 1982 senior class gift was decided over the summer between the senior class officers and the administration. It consist- ed of the bold cement letter blocks which were accompanied by the dug-out for the baseball team. A number of ideas were considered; for instance — a marquee (dis- missed because of the high insurance rates), lights for the football field (also dis- missed because of money problems — a cost of $10,000) and the cement letters for the visitors’ side of the football field. Final- ly the cost (about $1000) and the free la- bor, as well as the dug-outs as part of the deal, won the seniors’ hearts and they de- cided to go with the letters. Although the senior class was not directly consulted and some complaints did arise, the officers felt their decision was in the best interest of the class and the school. This was just one of the many decisions that class officers had to make as elected representatives of their classes. While the crowds cheer their approval. Chuck Cutler demonstrates his pride and loyalty to the football team by allowing his father to give him what has now become the traditional buzzin of the varsity team. This skit started the many to follow in upcoming assemblies. Down on their hands and knees. Trade Middleton and Steph DangerField. help senior vice president. Chuck Myers with one of the many posters required in student government class of the school leaders. Supreme Court Judges, Bindie Roberts and Polly Sieverts swear in students to be loyal to their school by picking up litter. Student Government • 71

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Bouncing, rolling, charging, yelling, running, jumping, and seating from both physical and men- tal exhaustion.. .no matter what the sport, they played, and played, and played until they thought they could give no more, and then they played again. It was the game that mattered. And it showed. Volleyball, football, cross country, bas- ketball, and wrestling all finished with excellent seasons. Oh sure, there were times when the teams lost, but those times seemed unimportant when one remembers watching the varsity foot- ball team decimate Davis in the semi-finals at the U , seeing another challenger pinned by the awe- some wrestlers, and going crazy at basketball games, where the fans won as much as the team. Spirit was often doubted, but who could knock those crazy hats, Yogi glasses, or the Alta rug that seemed to pop up at every sporting event, and the fans that often outnumbered even the rival sup- porters at away games. Sometimes a bit obnox- ious and a little radical, but it was the spirit of things that swept everyone up until they sweated, jumped, and screamed till they thought they could scream no more—and then screamed again.