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

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Sophomore Preston Foster anticipates the race as he pushes his penny down the hall on Howdy Day. Vice Principal Wendell Lackey explains the new Stu- dent Code of Conduct and Saturday School. At the sophomore orientation, junior Brian Naughton remembers how he used to act when he was a sophomore. ACTIVITIES 17

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ack to basics Fourth grade view of High School World D'you remember, back in fourth grade, when you had to write a paragraph about “What 1 did in September”? Yeah, and it always included the standard stuff about the first day of school. Suppose you had to write one of those now. What would you put? Would it be something like this? I had a lot of fun this September. I was ex- cited about school beginning. The first day was hard. I had to go around and find all my new classes. I got lost lots. The week went by fast. On Thursday I went to school and saw a bunch of kids making other kids push pennies. I asked someone about it and they told me this was Howdy Day. They also said that there was a Howdy Dance Friday night. The week after that, they took us out of our English classes and sent the girls to the library and the boys to the auditorium. There, they talked to us and explained about something called Saturday School. That didn’t sound like fun. It was what happened to people who were always late to class. The football games and pep rallies started. The pep rallies were really fun. We jumped up and down, clapped our hands and screamed, “Colts!” During the month Principal Jerry Mc- Cullough announced the names of the National Merit Semifinalists, seniors who did well on the PSAT. Semifinalists were Scott Limer, Donna Crider, Will Bell, Robin Lyday, Chris Throckmorton, and Robin Coffelt. Sophomores also elected their class officers — Mike Watts, president; Karla Keathley, vice president; Angie Deller, secretary; Lisa Cope, girls social chairman; and Craig Patrick, boys social chairman. 16 ACTIVITIES

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F lurry of excitement Homecoming night climaxes day of traditions Now, who would dress up to go to a football game? Well, besides the football players. And their mothers. And the refs. Who else? Right. Anyone celebrating Homecoming, as the Colts did on the night of October 17. The crowd still retained the energy left over from the day’s activities. They still were hyped-up from the pep rally, the breakfasts, and the visits from old friends. The excited crowd cheered the Colts onto a good start toward their victory over Haltom for the first half of the game, and then halftime came. But it wasn’t one of those ordinary halftimes. Instead, it was a Homecoming Halftime . The time to get down to business had come. ROTC marched onto the field, as did the sophomore princess, Jer-Leigh Thompson, and Christie Conley, the junior princess. The nominees for Homecoming King and Queen came out and proceeded two-by-two past the ROTC ranks to the welcoming ap- plause of the crowd. The nominees were introduced. King nominees Byron King, Brian Rumsey, Chip Joslin, Mike Meyer, Kyle Kemp, and Baylor Witcher awaited the final decision along with queen nominees Ashley Arnold, Carol Estrada, Mandy Schaller, Melissa Hubbard, Tammy Layton, Karen Massengill, and Anne Marie Ruppert. Finally, reigning king and queen Bob Deller and Brandee Bush crowned their successors to the throne.” The new Homecoming King, Chip Joslin, and the new Homecoming Queen, Carol Estrada, stepped forward to receive their crowns. Then the game came back, and proceeded on In much the same way it had started. The Colts put the finishing touches on an already well-done game and proceeded to vanquish their foes. In other words, the Colts beat Haltom. 24-0. 18 ACTIVITIES