Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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B-Day Reigns (Rains) for Two Days BRONC 27 B-Day 1977 was a little different from those in the past. This year, it lengthened its spirit by taking on two days, Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8. As ususal, the school day on Friday was shortened and an outdoor picnic was planned. But the weather had a different idea. Rain poured onto the stadium grounds and soaked the area into a lot of mud. Prepared for anything, however, the administration moved the picnic into the new gym, with serving lines set up in the old gym. Most students didn't mind because the food — chicken, salad, cake, and Pepsi — was only a dollar and the new gym was warm and, well, comfortable. On Saturday, a car caravan was organized, almost one hundred drivers decorated their cars, trucks, and bigger trucks in the 'most tasteful' fashion. Police cruisers es- corted the parade through north Billings, climaxing with the run through the BSH parking lot. Students were later requested to help re- move three bales of hay from the lot when several occu- pants of one of the larger vehicles let their spirit go a little too far. The Bronc football team also provided some Saturday evening entertainment for its fans. The gridders, however, managed only six points against a tough Missoula Hellgate team and extended their losing streak with a 38-6 defeat. Pep Club sponsored a casual dance that evening after the game. Most students showed their appreciation of the first dance of the year by turning out in good numbers. Also, the first royalty sel- ections for the year were made. Cheryl Cattaneo and Scott Stanaway were chosen as B-Day Queen and King.

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I 1) Scott Stanaway and Cheryl Cattaneo share their first dance as B Day King and Queen. 2) Julie Lemon and Dawn Wirth seem to need the but officer ... line just before the car caravan. 3) King candidate Darryl Weber says aloha to a flower from pretty Traci Miyagashima. 4) Darwin George and Ron Bruce escort Queen candidate Vicki Harriman to the flower shop 5) The ever present crowd chows down. 6) Jay Stovall and Chuck Blakeley seem to be looking for a contact lens. Maybe those legs mean something? 7) The Bronc mousekateers try their hand at an ancient Egyptian art. 5 26 OPENING

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Signs of the Times For all of you who just can't remember what year it was, when or who did what, we have prepared a summary of the year's events, of course, realizing that this year was the biggest and best part of your life and will be the only one you remember anyway! Words like parity, canal, and coal were heard for what seemed all over the nation. Farmers, in their struggle to gain a profit from their crops, were demanding 100 percent parity for their production. They argued that it was becoming a real fight to survive as profits gradually dwindled. A nationwide strike was called in early November and hasn't been definitely settled yet. The U.S. Senate passed by one vote, on two treaties to give up control of the Panama Canal at the turn of the century. Many disputes had arisen over the treaties and the apparent view of Montan- ans was a defeat of the treaties. The longest coal strike ever, lasting 110 days, reduc- ed energy supplies around most of the middle West as soft coal miners demanded better working conditions, higher salaries, and better health benefits. They got most of what they wanted. Two deaths left politics without the leadership of two of the Senate's most respect- ed members during the year. Senators Hubert Humphrey (MN)and Lee Metcalfe (MT) died on successive days-MeT- calfe on January 13 and Humphrey on January 14- prompting political action of particular interest in Mont- ana. Both Senators were aged 66 and had long records of service on the political scene. Metcalfe was replaced by Governor Judge's appoint ment of Chief Justice Paul Hatfield in February. School District H2 was introduced to a new superin- tendent in September with Dr. James F. Wisecup being hired for the job. However, Wisecup resigned in March and was replaced by action superintendent Virgil Poore. Billings was treated to a new hockey team and Senior High was treated to two of the Billings Bighorns' players, Harvie Pocza and Dan Earl ey, a senior and a junior. Finally, Senior High was livened up a bit when a molotov cocktail exploded near the journalism room on the second floor in the old building. Mike Strabel, an annual staff photographer, quickly extinguished the blaze by leaping through the flames to a fire extinguisher on the wall. Now that you're re oriented about what time it was when, let's see if the fads of the time will jog your memory even further.