C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Students With Spirit After the assembly, students got their schedule cards and began searching for their classrooms. At Baek-to-SchooI night, parents learned about various school activities and organi- zations, through displays in the front hall. Mrs. Marv McClanahan explained to parents how slu graded papers and tests. Bvrd s mascot, Jack the Jacket, was displaved in the hall for parents on Back-to-School Night. 21

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ORIENTATION Filled With the ringing of the 8:10 bell, Bvrd students rushed into the auditorium to see the skit performed by the Student Coun- cil. The skit pictured all aspects of student life at Byrd. Deciding upon which organizations to join was made much easier after the students saw the skit. Ending the assembly with ' We Are the Jack- ets,” the Pep Squad and band fdled the new Byrdites with spirit which would never leave them as long as they lived. The band, directed bv Mr. Shields, en- tertained the students w ith their livelv music. Rehearsing the skit for Orientation Dav, Joe Dover, Steve Culpepper, and Nyle Politz discussed their parts. In answer to Have ya got the spir- it?’’ members of the stage crew sang and danced to ' We Are the Jackets.” With the blowing of the majorette’s whistle and the beating of the drums, the Byrd High Pep Squad marcht‘d down the aisles of the auditorium. 20

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PEEP SHOW Drew Record Crowd Each year at Byrd the students have fun watching iheir friends get water-logged in the dunking booth, skin their legs trying to climb the greased pole, and try other games around the Carnival. The Drum Corps supervised the booths, with help from the Junior and Senior Pep Squad. The Peep Show skit, written by Barbara Ewing, Patti Mullenix, and Fran- nie Norris, was staged in the gym after the Carnival. The Pep Squad dressed the football players as members of the Harri- son and Moody clans, trees, and frogs. The theme was Romiet and Julio , or ff Who Stole the Pigskin?” At the White Elephant Sale. Celeste Ellis sold paper flowers and other arti- cles which students might want. 77 Dr. Shaw and Mr. Rife spent most of the time in the jail during the Carnival. A student reached for the top of the greased pole in hopes that he might get the prize money.