Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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hi sis r 3 , 1 E 3 ..v.,..,..W... 5 , ls i... ,W ..f...,...m.'.. . . Q r 'cf' In 5 f. vs. ,L , ' , .sf Y wi img - x ,Q - - -xi f ...,.,, 4, - -,wif F' f is 11 ' si 2, u aa. -W is -f2'fg23f?2.s... s mis 5 2 T ill IvIembers.oT The Fellowship oT ChrisTian AThleTes gaThered around sponsor and Bible Chair direcTor, Jerry Lawlis, To inTormally chaT abouT pos sible services They could perform as concerned sTudenTs and communiTy members. PicTured wiTh Lawlis are ll-rl Richard ChrisTian, Kenny l-lar per, Tony Ryan, Rodney Fabre, Roger GoldsmiTh, BuTch Redwine, and Mike BeneTield. AThleTes Organized New FCA ChapTer On Campus OTTicers selecTed To represenT The Fellowship oT ChrisTian AThleTes were: lleTT To righTl Rodney Fabre, capTain elecT: Jack SuddaTh, secreTaryq Richard Chris- Tensen, capTain7 Roger GoldsmiTh, capTain elecT: and lvlilme BeneTield, Treasur- er. Jerry C. Lawlis, direcTor oT The Bible Chair, along wiTh baskeTball menTor Jim Spivey, made a muTual agreemenT aT The TirsT oT The year To sTarT a chapTer oT The NaTional Fellowship oT ChrisTian AThleTes. Because oT a Tull schedule oT evenTs, The organizaTion was aT TirsT slow in geT- Ting sTarTed. l-lowever, when The TirsT meeTing Time was seT, 20 inTeresTed members aTTended. Lawlis described The FCA as a service organiza- Tion ThaT is made oT persons who had been aTh- leTes or had aThleTic backgrounds. He also sTipu- laTed ThaT iT inTroduced To These persons a com- mon desire To learn more abouT God, The Bible, and To make beTTer persons oT Themselves. When underway, The FCA TirsT perTormed a deed oT inviTing Two orphans Trom The Boles l-lome in Greenville To spend an aTTernoon wiTh The Vilcing Team members. The orphans aTe The pre-game meal wiTh The aThleTes Then saT on The bench wiTh Them. OTher ideas were broughT up in TuTure meeTings buT none were acTually seT up. WiTh The guidance oT Jerry Lawlis and Coach Spivey, The organizaTion seemed To be on iTs way To a brighT and promising TuTure. 207

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a IN 'ff 574 ,gvwv r w ,, .,, , 5 'Sl Ft X M We WGVWT - - - lWO P0lnl5- . . . Oooooooh . . . All lhe way Big Vikingsll During anofher close one, head cheerleader, Prissy Smilh, fell all of lhe happiness, Tension and hearfbreak, buf never losl hope or spiri+. .N W Wxwsfs . .,.,9,'wM ffm, NW, Freshman cheerleader Sieve Wolfe hoisls Prissy Smilh in one ol lhe new Viking yells. Sleve is only +he second looy cheerleader in GCC's hislory. The lirsl' was Jim Bray in I966. Freshman cheerleader Mary Lou Dusek showed her lruslra- lion as lhe Vikings dropped anolher conference game. The Viking cheerleaders allended every game during lhe 7I-72 season and cheered lor The hard slruck Viking leam. There were many close ones and many losses buf lhe cheerleaders re- mained loyal fans and supporlers. Sponsor for fhe 7l-72 cheerleaders was Mary l-lamilfon. Sophomore Prissy Smiih served as head cheer- leader. 209