Fort Stockton High School - Panther Yearbook (Fort Stockton, TX)

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The Spirit of FSHS is reflected day after day through our numerous activities. There are scores of things to do here at FSHS. There are pep rallies, various sports activities, dances, numerous club activities, and every now and then an election or contest of some sort. We show much enthusiasm in our activities. We let ourselves go and enjoy the excitement of a game or feel the tense emotion of a contest. Often, the participation in an activity will determine our futures. The participation in an activity can lead to a hobby and then grow into a lifetime project. These activities here at FSHS do not just “keep us busy nor are they just a means of keeping us off the streets, but they offer a constructive program. They are offered to us to help us help ourselves. We reflect our Spirit by our participation in these activities, although our spirit is most evident in our athletics. It is here that almost all the school spirit we have reveals itself, vocally and emotionally. At a football game, the stadium shakes with, We want a touchdown! “ At a basketball game, the cry is, Sink it, Panthers, sink it! And at the pep rallies the gym is virtually shaken with Go! Fight! Win! The Panthers have great spirit and we lose just as well as we win. Our teams' sense of sportsmanship and values, despite the odds, is something all Panthers are proud of. There is a sense of desire and rivalry that is quite obvious in all the Panther teams, and as far as desire to win along with good sportsmanship is concerned, no Panther team has ever lost. 9

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Today, in this age of anxiety, bomb shelters, and wars, there are many accelerated classes, and a much greater sense of challenge. Therefore, a student not only needs a good high school average, but high scores on various tests which most colleges require, and various creative abilities. It is no longer possible to do just what one wants to do nor to live on the reputation of the reputation that he might have made. Today, one must be able and willing to take orders from others. If he refuses, then he will never be workable or happy in the present day society. This is just the way we have to live in our modern times. Over a period of three years, we, the students of FSHS, become a part of certain groups and sections. We pick our friends with respect for one another's ideas. Some of our friendships are shallow and will last only until we have graduated, while others are long, lasting companionships which will last for a lifetime. Many things are experienced together. Deep feelings and seemingly important problems are revealed to a chosen few, while there are those whom we can really trust, and through crises, those who will always be there. We find a few, who, no matter what, will always be standing there, waiting to do any small thing to help. We have our trivial moments as well as our deep moments. We enjoy one another's company in our silly and wild experiences when we make the drag several hundred times or see who can drink the most Cokes at the Dairy Mart. We see each class working for recognition in the intramurals and each class trying to out yell the rest in the class victory yell in the pep rallies. As academic classes, we elect our own officers and class favorites, and compete, good-naturedly, against one another. These are our classmates who emphasize the Spirit of '68. Sports, Classes and Activities Reveal Panthers 8

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FORT STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL Alma Mater Live For Dear Old Stockton Fight For Her Colors True Floating High Above Us We will promise white and blue to reverence and honor you Loyal and together We our best must do Live for dear old Stockton She lives for you One of FSHS's National Honor Society Members, Doris Kellner, presents the valedictorian address for the graduating class of 1968.