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

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Cheerleaders led victory songs at the flag-raising held after the Haughton game. 12 GUSHER

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Special Events Highlighted Daily Routine Mrs. Lee Lottinger collected P.T.A. dues from Mrs. Margaret Manry at Back to School Night. At Byrd each student establishes a daily routine which he usually follows without variation throughout the year. This routine includes one’s classes, the times one goes to his locker, and what halls and stairways he chooses en route to classes. Because o thers in the school take similar paths each day, it becomes natural to make new acquaintances. As the year passes, these new acquain¬ tances become familiar and new friend¬ ships may be established. Such daily routines are interrupted by special events such as elections, competition for honors, and membership in organi¬ zations. A combination of routine pro¬ cedures and special events make one’s years at Byrd complete. The boys’ gym classes practiced proper trampoline tech niques. Competition played a fundamental role in many activities at Byrd, as illustrated when Michael Patterson and Julie Jones participated in the Speech Department’s auditions held in the fall. BYRD —50 Years 11

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Campus Life Offered Numerous Activities Students spent spare lunch time talking with friends outside the cafeteria. Student life at Byrd certainly is not confined to the classrooms; a nearly equal amount of activity takes place in the area immediately around the school. These areas are frequently used by the general public as well as by the students at Byrd. Regular events on the campus were the frantic parking lot scrambles and the bus loading before and after school, while the banner dis¬ plays and victory flag raisings added to memories. One can understand through looking at old photographs of Byrd that as the surroundings have remain ed rel¬ atively unchanged throughout time, the students’ interests, challenges, and dreams have been unchanged for the fifty years of Byrd’s life. During the summer, the pep squad and cheerleaders practiced chants and cheers which were used during the year. BYRD —50 Years 13