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

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Jeffery Carter, Arthur Cilliam, and Isaar Hagins looked on as Mike Alexander linrd up a shol. Mr. Camp Floumey checked Ginger Kramer’s ring size for that very special senior ring. 7

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Athletic Competition Boosts Jacket Spirit Onr of ihc csscntial parts of Byrd is its athlclio drpartmcnt. Outsiders would most likrl say thal athletie spirit is found in the spectator stands, hut at Bvrd it is also in the plavrrs. driving thrm lo achieve a vieto- r . When ve are hehind, it is JACKET SPIRIT that moves us ahead. Sport specta- tors onlv see thr end results of the mult- itude of hours spent hy the ath letes in training. In the athletic sens ‘. Byrd m« ans ' Be t Kour R ival ' s Desire. This slogan stays in the mind of cach Jaekel athlete as hr faces eompetition and urges him to try his hest, win or tose. The winning touehdown made in the Hnal seeonds of the play; the eraek heard as the hall meets the hat; the hasket- hall whooshing through thr net; the urgenl grasp of the haton; the w inning point in thr tcnnis game; the hall that eireles thc holr. then drops in . . . these things are inspired hv JACKET SPIRIT. 6

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Jackets Excel In Academic Pursuit Jackets will lon : remcmber thcir classroom hours, which far outnumbcr those spcnt in any other phase of lile at Byrd. The tirnes vh ‘n tense concentration on a test was shattered bv the fire buzzcr or a near-wreck on Kings High- wav, the ringing silence of th College Board testing center or Room 301 lor Sophomore tests, the researeh papers which are now in teaehers llles or wastebaskets . . . tliese memories will remain with Byrd students for the rest of their lives. Jackels ihrough the years have established the sehool s exccllent aeademic record. Even in those not-so-long-gone years when Byrd dropped out ol ' the sjiorts scene, the school ' s academic record kept her up on lop. National Meril Finalists and Scmi-Finalists, along with the winners of other aeademic awards, have brought added recognition to B rd, showing just how far one can go when he has JACKEl SPIRIT. Morgan O’Brien got a pie in the face as Martha McClelland fulfilled one of her man goals. Assistant principal Ceorge Wilson. who enforced student rules among other dulies, discussed the Key Club parade with Jerry Pevton and Rooky Pope. 8