Bishop David High School - Crosier Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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IA A A Busing was not something new for a lot of Catholic school students. Most students traveled several miles each day from Valley Station, Pleasure Ridge Park and from closer to the heart of the city down 18th Street. TARC was a lifesaver for these students, mostly underclassmen, who did not have a driver ' s license or could join a car pool. Students were also subjected to bus rides for field trips and, if they were members of an athletic team, rides to away games. Bus trips were also arranged for fans to football games at Manual stadium and the cost was included in the price of the ticket. However, in all these situations students never had to be guarded by National Guards- men although in the fall, because of some violent demonstrations up and down Dixie Highway, everyone was on edge. The only serious confrontation the school experienced was several bomb threats in late September. Other than that, things sailed smoothly at B.D. in an otherwise turbulant and controversy-filled year. iTfc On the afternoon of Sept. 12, 1975, the Falcon football fans went to Western and played a game under heavy guard. BELOW: Chris Noel boards a bus after school for a long ride through lively Shively.

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ABOVE: Through the dense fog, Cheryle Thompson is crowned 1975 Spirit Week Queen by her sister, Meloyde. BELOW: Exhibiting Falcon fever in the stands at a football game are: Terry Coplan, Phil Rausch, Eddie Siegwald, Kevin Dicken, and Craig Bartley. Spipi I was a dark, foggy night. Suddenly, but very slowly, the figures emerged from the dense mist . . . Sound like an Agatha Christie mystery thriller? Wrong! It was a thriller, but not by Dame Agatha. It was by Bishop David and it was entitled, Crowning of a Spirit Week Queen. The action took place at Manual Stadium the night of October 10, 1975 and the main characters were: Susie Burke, escorted by John Zinninger; Janet Eaton, escorted by Joe Milliner; Donna Hagen, escorted by Joe Clayton; Cheryle Thompson, escorted by Tim Kannapel; Ann Poston, escorted by B.D. grad Bob Kalkbren- ner; and Debbie Tuss, escorted by Mike Dale. The plot went something like this. To cap off other Spirit Week festivities, such as, Frosh Bunco Party and Button Day, the Angela Merici students picked 6 girls whom they wanted as Spirit Week princesses. Then the entire B.D. student body voted on their choice for queen. Then, as the plot thickened, on that fog- gy, foggy Friday night, while the football team was in the locker room at half time, the princesses and their escorts lined up on the field, anxiously awaiting the name of the winner. When the name of senior, Cheryle Thompson was called, everyone clapped and cheered. She was crowned by her sister, Melodye, escorted by B.D. grad, Dale Pike. Melodye just happened to be the 1974 queen. As in all good stories, everyone lived hap- pily ever after because the footballers beat Butler 22-0 and the queen and her court reigned in regal glory. JTfc SPIRIT WEEK

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Wcathc m It was like getting up in the middle of the night and going to school. When daylight saving time ended in October and the days grew shorter during those long November and December months, students and faculty members found themselves in the dark. Lighting the classrooms was a necessity for it seldom grew light until well into the first period classes. For students who were not fortunate to be left off at the door of the school by parents or car pool drivers, contending with the other elements like rain and snow was also a bother. The only ones spared these headaches were the teaching brothers whose residence was attached to the main school building. The elements never affected their trip to class. €1 o LEFT: The walk from the bus stop on Dixie High- way was always a long one on rainy mornings for sophomore, John Tucker. ABOVE: Students dodge the rain drops and assault the front entrance to the school. WEATHER