Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Chris Ewan was one of several juniors who crossed the line into predominantly senior classes. Sometimes the seniors gave me a hard time, but it wasn't my fault, said Ewan of trying to adjust to senior classes. Shannon McCoy managed to schedule band, orchestra, South Pacific and foot- ball at the same time. “Sometimes I'd have games that would coincide with play practice, but they scheduled around me, McCoy said. Although he was busy, he felt, “If you gave IOO per cent in one activity, it car- ried over to the others; you still gave all you had. In the gym, many students cheered for athletes participating in Ames' 18 varsi- ty sports while others sat upstairs in the IMC thanking God and Dr. Farrar for the extra time to do their homework during the pep assembly. Many students were forced to choose between supporting athletics and aca- n both sides f the line demics. If I had a test, I'd skip the assembly, said Gretchen Elder. Students found that daily situations as well as their long-range goals had two sides. Circumstances put them on one side or the other. The challenge was met, though, when- ever someone broke the barrier and ex- celled

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WM Ga E CERTUM $= ews СЫ PS 2 3 EE Rm me UU, Qum Seen 2-7 ӘБ. АДЛ Ыг 7 zi we I The crowd roared as kicker Brian Bo- f linger jogged onto the field. The ball Í was snapped, and the pigskin wobbled through the uprights. A lone three points stood on the score - Í board, but that was all it took. The team that had lost to Carroll-Kuemper spent three hours in pouring rain while their orange and black uniforms turned a LS Е - P ge s.. LET sd үү — ` i} Hy = Мору. г muddy gray and came back to beat sec- ond-ranked Cedar Falls at Homecoming. From one week of agonizing defeat to the next in joyous victory, the Ames High football team had been on both sides of the line. Teachers began checking the 1,136 stu- dents for attendance: stragglers slammed Situations fit more than one category their locker doors and dashed for home- room as strains of KCCQ warned of the impending tardy bell. The four-tardies-and-then-Restricted Study Hall policy sent many unlikely candidates to RSH. Sitting in Restricted Study Hall, National Merit Finalist Eric Lassila weighed the options between Yale and Purdue.

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DUAL PREPARATIONS, Participating in a high school sport as a freshman prepared Mari Wittmer as a swimmer and in taking the plunge into high school. KICK OFF. The sophomore football team opens the Carroll- Kuemper game. Ames went on to defeat the Knights for their third win of the season. Ч » dE hb RT ege Е Е f » , We [1 ' E 1 d L '4 = à d «=, EN . [y L E Г + б , B B we NU и a Fe CHECKING IT OVER. Jane Showers goes through post- checkout after her first bout with self-scheduling. Many sopho- mores were apprehensive about registration. 4 N | ) HELPING OUT. Kelly Burrell lets out a yell as she cheers along with the sophomore cheerleaders during a fall pep assembly. CROSSING THE LINE. D.C. Murphy gives his all in the final yards before the chute. гаиа ee Opening