Catholic Boys High School - Rocket Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Irf- E PLURIBUS Although there are many qualities that make a good student body, there are cer- tain traits that make a student body great. Dedication to academic work and a devo- tion to extra-curricular activities are com- monplace at Catholic High. Generosity of spirit is shown by the many students who make Catholic High a better place by sac- rificing their time when they work in the office, or help to sort and distribute the multitudes of text books each year, or more humbly, just mow the grass. Beyond these characteristics of a good school, Catholic High has what is possibly one of the most important traits of a great student body: unity in diversi- ty. Claims to diversity are widespread, but at Catholic High diversity is a truth. At a typical cafeteria table one can find a national-class swimmer eating lunch with a jeweler and a political activist. Even though most of our students are white, a black Student Body President was elected. Our students hail from Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Saline County. Catholics predominate, but we have jews and Buddhists and non-believers too. We have those who yearn for the latest wares of Ralph Lauren and Reebok, and there are those who couldn't care less. It is amazing though, that in a school of numerous independently-minded individualists and assorted cliques, each student first holds allegiance to Catholic High as a whole and then second as members of their particular class or group. When one freshman was asked what the most memorable moment of his first week was, he said it was when a certain popular senior looked him straight in the eye and said, Hey. It may not sound like much, but it hints at a larger truth. The feeling of oneness before exclusivity develops as one grows older. Senior Phil Kerr, elected at Boys State to the prestigious office of State Treasurer, said, There is a need as freshmen to join in cliques to make friends and learn to ropes, but as juniors and seniors we can break out of those groups and still feel secure within the class. Senior jason Hicks, a part time talk-show host for the radio station KLRE said, By remaining inside of the same group it is easy for a student to become a clone and to lose all individuality. Everyone has a story of how he and a few others became close because of a shared experience, whether it was surviving one of Mr. Marczuk's map tests or some- thing much later such as Senior Ring Mass. Senior Chris Gibson, whose interest in politics led him to run for and be elected as the Vice-President of the Saline County Young Democrats, summed it up when he said, Pull- ing together for a common cause seems to come second nature to an involved student. I believe we have more reasons to stick together than to work apart.

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5 Opening Shorts, a well-ventilated jersey, and a buzz indicate that Phil Kerr is doing his best to cope with two-a-days. Well, Beaker, if coach makes us do that again, 1 say we go on strike. Marvin Boyd encour- ages Kevin Bearden to follow in the footsteps of the NFL players. I came, I saw, I conquered. Caesar Divino relates a message of Rocket victory. .1 5.1.3. ,, .,, il' 1 ,vw an All W Wglivl , t ' it i wilt M, Mya M W X a 4,3 J ' 'X ii ti va q g zgf. ' el - 1 1 5 i 5555 3 A QQ-egg ,1-:2:3gf' I V fx 4 V , i-.,,.tN' w 5ta. ' ' ,,3f'j'fz. ia,4l'Sqw,,i3l'21ff3m - 1 it F Af XL vf 'SW - ' ' NWA .Ulf-: ---- P53 ,:sf:.:.,:r1fwm Here are the next ID. Rocke- feller and Woodrow Wilson - john Koch and jason Hicks. 'fi G . if hi 55 is 51 E 35 W' lj 3 E 2 2 E - ln V -J Sean Walsh spurs on the stal wart Chris Gibson at the open ing assembly, blissfully unawar of the role reversal that was tr follow.

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Student Life Could any coach giving a locker room pep talk ask for greater attention than that evidenced by Rusty Mooney and jerry Rumbach? Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Mike McCown contemplates matters of impor- tance.