Dover High School - Doverian Yearbook (Dover, DE)

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Bundled up for the chilly weather that Thanksgiving Day brought, Miss App took ticket money from a football fan at the Smyrna game, while his son watched closely. wie ae bs Cam Lift your heads up to the sky! Dover’s team is passin’ by! Leading the long car parade, W. Collins chauffered the screaming cheerleaders, concentrating on driving, undisturbed. The Thanksgiving Day game drew large crowds of both students and adults, causing a long ticket line. Although things ran smoothly, the line never seemed to diminish. While a bonfire of cardboard, soda-bottle crates and news- papers blazed, student spirits rose as J. V. and varsity squads led the cheer ‘Satisfied’ on the eve of the Smyrna game.

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“Star to the right and swing your partnerl’’ Alan Sokoloff and Terry Dyshere promenade to the calls of “Texas Star’’ in sixth period gym class. Girls joined the boys in the field house where they learned caller’s instructions and basic square dance steps, as ‘Honor your partner,” and ‘Allemande left’’. This a senior English class! Mr. Barrell’s first period class came to school garbed for the occasion— “Miss-Match Day’, November 24. They were only a few of the students who followed the idea of wearing grotesque clothing. Checked blouses, flowered skirts, tennis shoes, one high heel prevailed. oo ee or ie eg et

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Ce “ “Let’s give a rah for Dover High School sang the clapping students as band members led them in a snake dance on the tennis courts the night before the Brandywine game in Wilmington. Several of these night-rooting rallies took place before games during the football season, set up by the peppy cheerleaders and accompanied by cheering students and a group of enthusiastic band members. Cating Hot Dogs, Yelling G Go! G. - “Hey! Bring me back a hot dog!’ Winding through the streets in a weaving snake dance, piling into decorated autos for a car parade, or crowding into the bleachers, Dover fans cheered their squad on, each one trying to outscream the next. Who was going to win? Dover, naturally! Poised on the edges of their seats, hearts beat- ing like trip hammers, the students stamped and yelled cheers each time a fleeting Senator neared the goal posts. Rounding the corner at State and Division, the car parade wound through the streets of Dover, while cheering students spread their spirit everywhere, yelling pep calls until hoarse.