Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Hopes, Jitters Accompany Fall Cheerleader Tryouts Last fall, thirteen girls performed for a panel of faculty, student senators, and student body members in tryouts for positions on the cheerleading squad. The feeling of nervous anticipation, an element that accompanies tryouts of any kind, hung heavy in the air as only six regulars and two alternates were selected from the entire group. The cheerleaders, once chosen, readied themselves for the upcoming basket¬ ball season, when they would exhibit their vocal attributes and gymnastic talents before the crowd at all games. 1. Three cheerleader hopefuls work at con¬ vincing the judges to vote for them during the pom-pom portion of the tryouts. 2. Wendy White applies all of her concentration and ability as she performs for the panel in her attempt to gain a cheerleading position. 3. Cathy Smith, a member of the judging panel, carefully evaluates a candidate for the cheerleading squad before marking her vote.

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Enrollment Lines Lengthen; Student Numbers Decline For freshmen it was a totally new experience; for sopho¬ mores it was another boring repeti¬ tion, but for everyone it was enroll¬ ment time. Surrounded by a mass of computer cards, schedule sheets, and general information booklets, students met with their advisers, hunted down necessary signatures, waited in endless lines and bought their textbooks, all within a matter of hours. Adding to the frustration of enrollment, tuition increased from six to eight dollars per credit hour to compensate for the rising costs of higher education. Final enrollment figures showed that BCCJC had 116 fewer students than first semester last year, a trend that appeared in most junior colleges across the state. 1. Mr. Ken Shaheen looks over the schedule sheets in an effort to work out the best possi¬ ble class lineup for Mike Keating. 2. Hoping that the classes they want have not closed, Steve Murray and Harold Samson exchange their schedule sheets for stacks of computer enrollment cards. 3. The cost of higher edu¬ cation is felt by several students as they pay their fees at the conclusion of the enrollment line, with the bill for textbooks yet to come. 4. After an afternoon of roaming from station to station, Kirby Conley stops at the financial aids table as Mrs. Virginia Bird makes sure his scholarship check is in order.

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Autumn Concert Features Burgundy Street Singers In an effort to provide more musical entertainment for the student body, the Senate sponsored the Burgundy Street Singers, a musi¬ cal group that originated at Kansas State University. Now nationally famous, the Singers represent the Anheuser-Busch Corporation in its advertisements and musical tours throughout the country. Held in the college gym¬ nasium, the concert was poorly attended, with an audience of less than 300. Regardless of the sparse turnout, however, the Burgundy Street Singers provided a variety of musical entertainment, ranging from explosive rock music, to nostalgic 1950 ' s tunes, to foot-stomping bluegrass. 1. Returning to the bygone era of leather jackets, ducktails, and bobby socks, the Bur¬ gundy Street Singers perform their rendition of Teen Angel. 2. Helping advertise the product which made them famous, one member of the group sings the often-heard theme song from Budweiser commercials. 3. Two Burgundy Street Singers display their musical abilities both vocally and instrumen- tally. 4. Despite a sparse audience, the Sing¬ ers provide another example of the talent that has brought them success. 22