Excelsior Springs High School - Tiger Yearbook (Excelsior Springs, MO)

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 Sophomore Jackie Dickey is one of many who find that humor lurks somewhere in daily classes. Seeing the lighter side of things relieves many otherwise tense moments. Mrs. Susan Jones, English and P.E. teacher, shows that teachers are human and kid around, too, while making this face for the camera. For the camera, cyclist Randy Asberry, a junior, demon- strates the great power of his motorcycle by ‘popping a wheelie’ for excited onlookers and fans. 5

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Individuals illustrate doing your own thing Turning on to the vibrations of soul and mind music. Killing time watching the clocks with the jumpy hands that sud- denly stopped at five minutes to twelve. Whooping with excitement as Linzy Teegarden crosses the white line. Cringing as Mr. Campbell walks in the room just after someone sent a paper wad soaring. Sighing with relief as that last daily bell rings. These moments combined to make the 1968-69 school year unique and unforgettable. Nothing especially unique happened to the group of people that make up ESHS. The cheerleaders yelled as a squad, sport competition was rated by success as a team and the yearbook was put out by a staff. But what made the year different and personal was the make up of indi- vidual persons. The most memorable highlights were the actions of individuals that “Candid Camera” has yet to catch. The memory of teachers who really cared about a student’s progress and the mem- ory of teachers that based a student’s progress on merely points. The memory of friends who listened when everything went wrong and the memory of friends who listened and told everything that went wrong. The memory of actions: a smile, a walk, an accent. The mem- ory of the individual . . . doing his own thing. Senior Kathy Harris is caught in the act of decorating the clock for Christmas. Senior Jim Lehew finds time to demonstrate his own thing by staring into the camera. 4 Junior Garry Yack, overcome by the work in his daily schedule, manages to squeeze in a rest period. It works, too, as long as the teacher doesn’t notice.

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 A rude awakening. Sophomore, Dennis Wood starts his day off with a clean shave. You can’t get bored in shop, there is always something to do. Volleyball intramurals helped a lot of ambitious tigers start their days off right.