Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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TRANSFORMATION IN A DAY. Trying ro moke fhe gym less like o gym for Homecom ing. Uso Thompson and Debbie Norrker create o conopy of srreomers over rhe bleachers Student council members were released from doss rhe doy be fore rhe donee ro prepare rhe gym STOMP ON THE maroons OUT ON TOP. During holfnme of rhe Homecoming football gome, rhe floor of rhe Senior doss received rop ratings MEANINGFUL MEDITATION, rtobt ? tkelne and Jeff Morshol shore in o moment of prayer prior ro rhe Morroon gome Teom proyer before every foorbol gome is o special rroditon among rhe othleres or Don vdle High IN the Swing of Things 19

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Preserving The Past Conremporaires carolling through rhe halls or Christmastime .. . dosses compering in rhe tug-of-war contest during Spirit Week .. . rhe parode of the Homecoming queen and her court during halftime of rhe Homecoming game . . . rhe pep assembly prior to rhe Schlarman football game ... TRADITIONS .. . they were all around us and helped to provide a much needed stability to school life The tradition of rhe Spirit Viking began 14 years ago Mark Ross, the most recent Spirit Viking, commented that acting as rhe Spirit Viking made me feel as if I were really participating in making memories ...” Reinstated after an absence of 30 years, floor building tools precedence over hall decorations during Spirit Week Floor building isn't as popular as rhe hall decorations for some students, bur rhe student parricipa rion did increase from last year,” remarked Senior class president Scott Burton A tradition that rhe sophomore class co- INTO THE LEATHER. Suiting up for rhe pep assembly Mark Ross, rhe 14rh of a long Ime of Spinr Vikings. purs on rhe freshing touches ro his uniform before he plants rhe choBenge operated in was rhe decorating of rhe 12 foot tree in rhe main hall. I don't think it should be stopped because it's something rhe sophomore class does that no one else does. This activity identifies our doss with rhe rest of rhe school and adds ro rhe Christmas season,” sophomore Lynn Eicken ex plained Providing holiday spirit ro rhe student body, rhe Conremporaires shared Christmas with others Chrisrmos is a beautiful rime of the year We enjoy carolling through rhe halls ro rhe various runes of traditional carols and madrigal classical selections,” commented Conremporaire Chris Askam Announcing football games since 1956, Mr John Sanders felt that most of our traditions are lost becouse of rhe relatively new faculty Students in rhe 1960's and 1970's did nor believe in traditions, so most were given up ” When osked if rrodirions should be broken Mr. Sanders disagreed Trodinons are what holds this school together ” TINSEL. TREES. AND TEAMWORK. Shoring o joke Lynn Eicken and Reggie Chopmon carry on rhe oonuol rrodinon of decorating the 12 foot sophomore Christ mos tree which stood outs de of Mr Smith's office

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THE COLOR OF SPIRIT. Dressed m half maroon ond half whire. Shown Miller cheers on rhe Senior class in rhe rug Of-WOT Keyed-up Spirit! Ifeir rhe week gave srudenrs a chance ro express rhemselves by showing how creorive rhey ore The conresrs were fun, bur some of rhe differenr evenrs were kind of weird,” commenred junior John Dawkins. The full week of rhe “big evenr” consisr-ed of Senior, junior, sophomore, ond freshmen class comperirions Ir was promoted by rhe traditional floor — molding conresrs ond lunch-rime conresrs, like earing os many bananas os possible, swinging hula hoops, ond of course participating in rhe rug-of-wor and dress up days. “We were really rrying ro think of some original and enrerraining conresrs for rhe srudenrs ro do during rhe week ro promore spirit for rhe big Homecoming gome ond donee The Srudenr Council rhoughr rhe ideas were better rhon losr year's and rhor rhe srudenr body would like rhem and ger involved wirh more enthusiasm rhon in pre vious years,” explained sophomore class presidenr Reggie Chapman. The ourrageous outfits were well-received and were rhe mosr visible reaction ro school spirit The Hawaiian, Maroon ond Whire, opposite sex, ond Hor ond Shades doy were o hir wirh rhe newcomers bur hard ro handle since ir was rhe freshmen's SWIVEL HIPS. Trying ro keep his hulo hoop from falng around he onkles. Eric Felix uses h legs iBegoly for rhe hulo hoop conresr during Sp»r-r Week first year. The conresrs or lunch were reolly fun, bur nor many of us freshmen reolly gor inro rhem because we were frightened Ir was o differenr approach toward spirit rhon rhe hundrum pep assemblies, bur some of rhe doys were slighrly risque I rhink rhe week promoted spirir ro some bur nor oil,” viewed freshman Nici Montgomery As usuol, rhe Seniors rallied up more points for rhe annual victory “I love ro worch orhers and participate in rhe trivial evenrs, bur on opposire sex doy, my girlfriend wouldn'r be seen wirh me. Besides, I'm jusr playing ir cool ond keeping a low profile rhis year Otherwise, I'm oil for Spirir Week.” announced Senior Sr eve Blue 20 ATOP A CHAMPAIGN FLOAT. Sheri Wogner ond T»a Ingrum cheer on rop of rhe Spinr Week fkxw representing rhe sopho more doss or rhe Homecoming gome ogoinsr Champaign Keyed up Spirit!