Buffalo High School - Bison Yearbook (Buffalo, MO)

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GETTING THERE Cliff Hathcock. Sophomore, sporting the odd ’hot'' he creoted, ot o footboM gome. Philosophy Question 5 qs getting there half the fun; or was it more fun, once one hod gotten there? UUell, well, well ... To an- swer that philosophical ques- tion, one needed to listen and watch the philosophies we ver- balized and lived. Something was different during the school year '87-88. Vet, it couldn't be defined by single, pot state- ment summories; nor, could it be classified by o typical be- havioral observation. Maybe it was in the joy of seeing pocked home stonds at athletic competitions, whether we were losing in football or winning in girls’ basketball. Maybe it was in the creativity of students who dressed in odd moke-shift costumes to participate in student activi- ties. Maybe it was the fun of watching Stuco's lighted marque sign in the school’s lobby. The bigger lockers .. .? New environments like music's practice rooms, biology's green house, home-ec's up- dated kitchens, shop's ad- vanced emergency shut-down system, computers' non-glare lighting system . . .? Maybe it was within teach- er, Myra Glor's words, I feel like a 'real teacher' in a 'real school’, now!” Or was it in our student voices that went to other schools and bragged of 8HS's superiori- ty, (our tacit budding know- ledge that we were a Class School with Class Students that were intelligent, talent- ed being that could give 'em all a run-for-their-money — with the support, of course, of Class Parents and Class Patrons, that believed and supported this philosophy, too.) The answer to question 5 is within each individual interpretor. Vet, one thing could be observed. Some- thing was different. And the difference was within. UJithin the joy of seeing, discover- ing and believing our reali- ties - together, it is fun.

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 ©©TIMILIL Fans support no win efforts during season The 1987 Bisons come in with o bong this year making their first gome against Nixa a close one - 18-12! find the school loved it; Bison Pride was at its highest level anyone hos seen in a long time. Rick Crites. sophomore, hod this to soy about the gome: 'T thought the Nixa gome was the high point of the season. €ven though we lost, we ployed them close and we left there with high hopes for the rest of the season. But everyone's hopes soon started to fade after the next two gomes. Being beoten 40- 0 by Osage, then losing to Lo- gon Rogersville, who hod been the lost place team, decreased hopes even more. The more gomes we lost, the more hope the team lost; yet the crowds still hung in there. One pep bus could not handle the student supporters. Two Pep buses were required dur- ing the '87 season opposed to the one bus the previous year. Then Homecoming rolled around and hopes were high again. The bleachers were full of enthusiastic spectators that wonted to see the Bisons ploy. But we foiled to produce o win. fls o discouraged crowd look- ed on, Buffalo lost 20-0 to the Rsh Grove Pirates. During the season five star- ters were lost due to disciplin- ary actions; we were also ploying bigger and better teams, like Republic and Bron- son, who would loter go on to Stote. fls the season neared its end and we continued to lose, oil hopes turned to next year. Head Cooch Dole Mills, then commenting of the season, stated, €ven though we foiled to win a gome, the kids did everything we osked of them. They were o good group to work with, and we hove high expectations for next year. Trov Nimmo. junior, and Mike Dill, junior, look on os we lose another one Photo: M. Trent. Disappointment seemed to be the whole seoson for the Bisons, os we walked off the field ofter losing to 02ork. Photo: W. Newton. 18