Arlington High School - Colt Corral Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Wilder’s Play, Spirit Activities Set Early Pace “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every-every mi- nute? Saints and poets maybe — they do some. Saints and poets and Thespians learned how to pack a million actions into sixty seconds as they produced Thornton Wilder's Our Town after only four weeks ot preparation. With a cast of thirty, work was hard and the crew would have been depre- ssed if not for the selfless devotion shown by one of the bit characters. Howie Newsome's horse. Bessie, en- tirely imaginary but there in spirit, chal- lenged the actors to new heights of in- spirational fervor. Creating a turn-of-the-century New Hampshire town, the play revealed the 20 ACTIVITIES

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sophomores to the Howdy Day Dance. Now smile pretty . . Come on. you can do it. Remember-you're missing English. That's great! Beautiful!'' Photographers sometimes had to resort to subterfuge to turn gloomy juniors into budding Mona Lisas. Five ardent rah-rahers stood up and hollered their way to sophomore cheerleading positions. Sophomore elections chose Jay Hardy as president. Susie Einhaus as vice-president, and Lisa Stevens in the office of secretary-treasurer. Elected for social chairmen were Jeff Lambert and Shelli Stewart. (A) Kirk Pearson leads Brad Pierce. Kevin Moses. Cathy Bush. Dinah Dalton, and Shari Webber in the sophomore chorus. (B) Lori Peters makes a bid for a JV cheerleader spot. (C) Little Arlie makes new sophomores aware of the ever prevalent spirit at Arlington High. (D) Robert Kerbow jives to music at the Howdy Dance. (E) Kristy Cooley leads Mark Holloway in the Fight Song. (F) Marsha Guinn and Linda Barthold primp for the camera. (G) Bill Bunch delivers a speech. ACTIVITIES 19

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life bf Grover's Corner-er's in our growin' up. and in our marryin'. and in our livin', and in our dyin. Painting up a storm with a rainbow of colors, poster parties created the most loyal faction of AHS. Wednesday nights found green-speckled artists laboring under strain and sponsors. Paper and people were decorated lavishly, while sidewalks were tempera-ed with loving care. All for the love of football. Tonka toys gone awry screeched into the streets of Arlington as AHS' Car Caravan drove to the Bowie game. Three blocks of green - and - white cars competed for the judges' approval. First prize went to Danny Smith, whose Arlie-topped car blared the fight song straight from the horse's mouth. as the cars wound their way to the game. (A) Mr. Webb. Tom Ferris, answers question concerning life at Grover s Corner. (B) Por- traying Mrs. Gibbs. Dinah Dalton listens doubtfully as Mrs. Webb. Ellen Gorihey. praises her children. (C) Under the careful supervision of upperclassman Alan Haw- rylak. Junior Tammy Moore produces a mighty Colt spirit poster. (D) Leann New and Brenda Hamilton's combined effort pro- duces an award-winning entry for the car caravan contest. (E) Emily Webb sighs as she ponders her virtues. (F) Dinah Dalton listens as Jay Wegner talks of Grover's Corner. (G) Colt fans reveal their spirit. ACTIVITIES 21