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1959 At left: These students are trying to crowd into the office on the first day of school to have scheduie mistakes corrected. This creates a major proh- lem for the office staff each year. Bountiful Summer Varsity football players Elton Brown and Hay Bur- roughs perform in the annual Peep Show, a money raising project for the pep squad. ■X Football plays an important part at Byrd in the fall. Here Jackie Beason dives for a Baton Rouge fumble after it has been knocked loose by Bill Crain ' s jarring tackle. At right: New students. awed by the bigness and strange- ness of Byrd, crowd around the school store on “Freshman Day.” 7
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HynJ students rhartcr huses to all thc out of town footliall gamcs to support thcir Yellow Jackets. This year fourtcen huses, including hand iiinl pcp sipiad. wcrc chartcred for thc Vl» st Monroc gamc. I his picturc sliows thc first six of thesc huses. The Beginning of School Ends a Happy, Mr. Tanncr and Sergcanf Murray issuc KOTC uniforms to Jcrry Baxter and Kandy Jamcs thrcc ' days hcforc the start of school. Baml mcmliers John Emliry, Ni w. ll l’u«h, aml Rotter Hox are liolisbinK inslrumenls afler a lonti. hoi practice. September 9, 1959 — school started at C. E. Byrd High School. And with its start a great period was ended in Byrd’s history — the period when freshmen attended our school. The fresh- men were missed for a short time, hut tlieir places were taken hy a tremendous sophomore class. A record 2225 attended Byrd for the 1959-60 term. Starting at the first of the summer, many of these students worked hard to make tliis year the hest yet. Conferences . . . workshops . . . summer school . . . football, hand, pep squad practice . . . issuing ROIC uniforms . . . student council work — these are examples of some of the pre- school activities that the citizens of Byrd partici- pated in. As the date of Septemher 9 approached, activities increased in numher and frenzy and centered closer and closer to the City of Byrd. Then on that day the huhble of suminer hurst, and the Heart ol Byrd hegan to heat, and the work, fun, and fellowship of the school year hegan in earnest. 6
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IVp rallies created tremendous excitement and anticipation for The Byrd Choir put on an inspiring program during their part foothall games. This one took place in the gym before the ° l e homecoming assembly. Baton Rouge game.
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