Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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AS THEIR TEAMMATES battle Granite City, Seniors Anthony Carter, Scott Richards, and Chuck Crowder root for their friends as they anxiously await their turn to go in. iPhoto by M. Grygielj WITH A SUDDEN burst of energy, Senior Allison Wag- ner shouts a cheer of Fight, fight, fight! during varsity cheerleading practice. The cheerleaders were a part of every football and basketball game. iPhoto by I. Grygielj FULFILLINC NEW ACADEMIC requirements of 40 credits, junior Terry Majors heats a glass rod over a burner before bending it - a familiar experiment for beginning chemistry students. iPhoto by M. Grygielj OPENING

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'-'I I was excited and very honored to be named the first female athletic director in the history of D.H.S. This is a great motivator - I think I can do a lot for our school. There were many applicants for the job, both inside and outside the school district. I don't think my being a woman had much to do with my getting the job, but the interviews, which usually lasted about 90 minutes, did seem a little more scrutinizing, said Mrs. Nanette Mel- len. I asked Mr. Bonynge if I could petition Qagainst the policyj, and he said I could do what I wanted, but he made it clear that he had no intention of changing the policy. I got 668 students signatures, said Senior Diane Garrison. The greatest change in the community followed the death of Mayor David Palmer, as William Hardin Hawes assumed this leadership responsibility. Construc- tion crews gave Vermilion and Bowman Streets a face- lift, while architects made plans for the expansion of the Village Mall. These improvements showed the sur- rounding area that Danville citizens did believe and achieve. GET TI-IE PICTURE? E x I e2 ' 5 fx t ,K -iii ei Q, n I' I if On September 9, we fthe D.H.5. Marching Bandj performed in the i985 Labor Day parade. Although it was my first parade as a drum major, l don't remember being scared or nervous about all of those people watching me, And it was also hot and humid that day, but I managed to concentrate on the music. ,fy f ' - Senior Steve Beebe 6 OPENING gt We ti E

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or Danville's 2.100 students, the better part of life began with the awaited 2:30 bell. It was then that all could venture out into the community with the oppor- tunity to ENLARGE UPON LIFE. Life, for most, was filled with many different activities to add to the pressures of school. For the upperclassmen, life after school consisted of balancing a job with schoolwork and a social life. For the underclassmen, who were not yet old enough to hold a job, time was devoted to membership on the Radio Staff or one of the other 19 clubs DHS offered. Students of all grades spent many hours in perfecting the March- ing Band or one of the school's publications -- the Maroon and White or the Medley. In addition, a very important part of many students' lives was a membership on one of Danville's teams. If a student was not part of a team, then he probably spent many hours rooting for his favorite team. Most of this support, especially for the football and basketball teams, was given on the most impor- tant part of a student's life - the 65.5 hours between the end of school on Friday and the beginning of school on Monday - the weekend. This special time for students was a near paradise for the social life. On the weekend, DHS students were found cruising from party to party with a group of friends or spending time one-on-one with a special boyfriend or girlfriend. Also, a common part of weekends was reoccurring roadtrips to Champaign-Urbana for Illini games, to Market Place Mall, or to Campustown of the University of Illinois. For those not lucky enough to drive yet, time out was spent migrating between the movies at the Village Mall and McDonalds, while avoiding all the security guards possible. The pressures that built up as the school week passed because of jobs, academics, parents, friends, and themselves, were let out as quickly as the weekend began. The time students spent out on the town became a way of forgetting everything. As soon as one week- end ended, the anticipation for the approaching one was already building. Because of this need for the weekend life of students, opportunities for some activity were always present and always taken . . . GET THE PICTURE? 8 s.L. LIFE DIVIDER