E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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Bouncer Bruce tries to shoot over the defensive maneuvers of Dunker Dan Nielsen during an intramural game. Sometimes its better to l e .i part time player, for it allows for a bit more of cut-up time anti horseplay. So part-time basketball players can make like wrestlers with imaginary powerful bodies.

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Intramural football wa» capped as the winning league team tool: on the faculty flag team and defeated them 27-26. Don Ahlberg, one of the faculty stars, tries to elude student defenders. Part Time Players Have Fun in Their Own Way One of the fall events was an all school tennis tournament. Not all Cooper students can participate in interschool athletics because of school load, jobs or just because girls aren't allowed to play tackle football. So they become part time players. A part time player may l e an athlete who is getting in shape for the coming season, a girl who likes to keep active and trim or just some guy who likes basketball but can’t quite play well enough for the varsity squads. They all profit from the full and varied activities offered through the intramural program. The fall season saw' flag football flourish with a team led by Bruce Dormanen winning out and then defeating a faculty squad 27-26. Tennis for both boys and girls also gave many student athletes a chance to work out tenseness in fruitful activity. Basketball and volleyball were the main winter sports while softball, tennis a limtied track were all part of the program offered the students of Cooper High School. Always active, always moving, those students l e-came part time players. 18

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It Peaceful reverie accompanies bookstore display case. a stop at the Of course. it s practically impossible to concentrate all the time. A steady hand and a keen eye keep the physical character alive. Some students get absorbed in their work and lose all consciousness of time and place. Concentration Heaps Rewards It lakes something to l e one of the better students, one of the Isetter athletes. In fact., to l»c one of the better anything it takes determination, drive, and concentration. Dwell on that last word for a moment or two. How unnoticeable it may seem to we who are students. It is part of everyday we are in school and for those observant and heedful who practice it faithfully, there is the l enefit of a bounteous reward. In class after class we witness the strange communication between an individual and his mind, known in our high school world as concentration. Sports minded students know what that extra measure of alertness can mean to a team bent on winning. A misjudged movement and the game is over, leaving l ewil(lerinen( where victory might have l»ecn. We liecome so unaware of our own concentration that it's hard to l clicve how great a part of our day it really is. Like a flower, we water it and it sprouts leaves which we imagine as a cap and gown and finally a bit of a bud shows through and blooms. Good grades and a good team. Is that all we benefit from this, this concentration? The masses say no and I say no and I am the masses of Cooper.