Elkhart Memorial High School - Monolith Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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tt MOVING ONE STEP AHEAD IN MHS SPIRIT Student life at Memorial High School started before the first bell rang at 7:50 on August 28. It started with Pep Club members, led by sponsor Mrs. Janet Hales, decorating the cafeteria walls with an insignia for every fall sport athlete and marching band member. It started with students who went to a journalism institute at In- diana University to learn with other student journalists from around the state. It also started with athletic teams beginning practice as early as August 6 to develop a competitive edge. A low turn-out of only 12 cars for the caravan to the first home football game against powerhouse Richmond might have indicated that school spirit was to be low in 1985-86. ‘The caravan and pep rally for the Richmond game was a terrific idea, but the timing, so close to the beginning of the year and over Labor Day weekend wasn’t the best,’’ said Assistant Athletic Director Phyllis Tubbs. On September 27 at Freed Field, victory against Penn brought the football team out of a nine-year slump of losing to the Kingsmen. Seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmien scrambled over the fence to hug, congratulate and, in the case of a few exuberant seniors, to tackle their football player friends. Attending football games. was the most visible sign of student life in the fall of 1985, but many Chargers were in- volved elsewhere. Auditions for the fall children’s show, ‘The Pale Pink Dragon,” were the second week of school; Speech Team members practiced for events in which they would compete all year long; and Memorial's seven music organizations rehearsed for future concerts. Following a year when half of the student body had been new to Memorial, the surge of MHS spirit showed that Chargers were moving one step ahead. A car full of spirited seniors led the caravan to Rice Field for the foot- ball season opener against Richmond. Lifting their spirits for the Central game, the girls’ junior varsity spikers celebrate with pizza during the lunch hour.

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‘‘Memorial has consistently had more students enrolled in advanced science courses than many area schools. I’m not sure of the reason for it, but I am grateful for the en- thusiastic student interest.” Mr. Richard Lutey = Hope Gary and Yolanda Drill Team Co-Captain Dawn Jackson perform a skit, for Haynes tapes a flag that will be French 3, in which they play the used in the Crimson Charger parts of a French store owner Command’s opening halftime and customer. performance at Rice Field.

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“The fan support at “,the Penn game was ““, outstanding! In my - three years of play- 9 ing football for Memorial, that was the “i most spirit I have seen. In overtime, MHS fans were more enthusiastic than Penn fans were.”’ Tony Schmanske sri ‘+ . “ Varsity cheerleaders from both After a Friday night home football Memorial and Richmond have a game, George Smith enjoys mojos rare moment of relaxation during and pizza, two of Shakey’s most halftime of the opening game of popular items. the football season.