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

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COURAGE. . .With Spirits Top Left: David Gibson, like many other students, faced the challenge of giving a report in front of his class. Top Right: Students sought courage in talking to the administration to work out their problems. Bottom: Members of the Junior class taking the PSAT-NMSQT had confidence to take the test that would place them for college standards. Opposite Page: Top: Courage led the cheerleaders through many pep rallies and games. Bottom Left: The fathers of our country that signed the Declara¬ tion of Independence were courageous in leading us to freedom. Bottom Right: The Stingerettes per¬ formed routines at football games with many Byrd fans looking on. 8 GUSHER

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This Victory Will Be Ours The determination of students at Byrd has always proved essential in ach ieving the goal of making their high school the best - whether in scholarship, leadership, charac¬ ter, or service. Determination likewise proved necessary to ful¬ filling the first steps which led to the United States ' independence from Britain. Without this will and strength of character, the Decla¬ ration of Independence could never have been written, signed, or delivered, and the thirteen col¬ onies would have remained under England ' s care. This was the kind of force at Byrd that encouraged students to make the best of them¬ selves and, at the same time, make the best of their school. 1776-1976 7

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