Dumas High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Dumas, AR)

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Not Just A Year . A Classic! You Can Find lt Only At Dumas High lassic - anything that increases in value with time. We are not talking about Bach, Beethoven, or Model T's. We are talking here and now - the times that made 1987 at DHS a CLASSIC - somewhat different but overall the same. Where did the crowded halls go? ls this Dumas High? With the transfer of the Freshmen class back to junior high, we all felt a sense of a little more freedom and space. . . . Here's to you Alma Mater true. Mr. Reding is one of the constants of Dumas High School. The Dumas vs. McGehee game drew the biggest crowd since 1983. 2 The Bobcats, along with their fans pinned their hopes on a 10-0 season with revenge early over Dollarway, McGehee. and Dewitt. Though some changes seemed unimportant or trivial. they made this year one that will get better for us as time passes. Time. effort, and energy made DHS what it is, but it is really the people here that make it unique. Anyone that had classes with one of the three exchange students will always remember them. Those that were unfortunate to experience Alternate Classroom, will certainly have that memory. But the Germanburgers were still there along with Bar-B-Q beef on bun. Some things never change. And we were here, we lived our classic year, there will never be another like it But we can remember. ,C sv'-f' NN v Owls f :...' LAW

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Lots Of Changes But Still The Same. 1987 Brought New Faces And Lots Of Changes. lt was that time again . . . time to round up all of the prospective DHS'ers, carefree and happy during the blissful summer months of doing nothing. and put them back into the same old grind and the same old routine of another grueling school year. . .. l don't want to go to school. Mom! There's just nothing for me there. lt will be the same old, boring school! Why go? Nothing's changed! WRONG!!! With the opening of the 86-87 DHS school year things definitely were different! What?! No freshmen?! Correct! Due to the crowded classrooms and hallways at DHS. 9th graders got to spend another year at Junior High before leaping into the fast paced life of High FAME proved to be a real change, including only one oversized backdrop and a theme that fit today's modern life styles. Are we having fun yet? Not Mr. McHan's normal style. but very appropriate for registration day. Spirit filled the stands on Friday nights as Brad Chambless showed off his Bobcat paw . 4 School as sophomores. This not only gave upper classmen a little more freedom, but students could actually see their feet as they strolled through the halls. Another change made at DHS was Alternate Classroom a.k.a. as prison . Added to fulfill one of the requirements of the standards. students who otherwise would have been suspended were assigned there to spend their school day in isolation with tons of work to keep them busy. For the first time DHS'ers were confronted with the term Basic Skills . and told they MUST master them if they were to pass courses. As with many things. these skills were not new but simple the first time most had heard them identified as such. Teachers, busily and with many groans. compiled all the corralations to texts. student check sheets, and sponge activity sheets to get us through these and Mat-6. Three brand new faces also appeard: Ole, Mikkeline and Stefan, exchange students. DHS was certainly a change for them, but they quickly fitted in. They were also a change for us, as we found ourselves explaining things that we had always taken for granted. such as the rules of football or American History. lt was the same old routine . yet new in many ways. lt was a good year. a CLASSIC year: one we will always remember lima Mm UN ree ?