Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Pep clubbers leap for joy as Hellgate scores a point against Sentinel. A precision team of Hellgate Raisers burn a Sentinel student card. Hellgate Defeats Sentinel 86-76 Ron Cocchiarello demonstrates a knight's charm to the opposite sex.

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A search for angelic repose during a Hellgate Cantata practice. Drill Team intro- duces the flags be- fore the Hellgate- Russell game. Winter came late to Missoula. The weath- er stayed fairly pleasant through December al- lowing participation in the various forms of student life without much of the snow and cold. With the progress of basketball season, a group of junior and senior boys called the Hell- gate Raisers organized to help build solid school enthusiasm and formulate a healthy, competitive spirit and pride in all aspects of the student culture. They, indeed, brought a refreshingly original approach to the task. This was most readily apparent in their strong chanting at games, which was designed to stim- ulate their fellow students—especially males— to cheer. The winter season showed that Hellgate was outstanding in many ways. Hellgate re- ceived four of the six Elks Leadership awards. Speech and drama demonstrated willingness to compete cooperatively, and overcame many difficulties. In February the drama department with the aid of the music department staged the musical, Li I Abner. Student Council established a Rebeautifi- cation Committee to objectively upgrade cer- tain physical characteristics in the school, espe- cially the appearance of the halls. But the most outstanding single event of this season w as the first basketball game between Hellgate and Sentinel on January 22. The Knights were never behind the entire game, and defeated the Spartans 86-76. There were, indeed, many events which made up winter student life. It was a time of building the student character and forming the heritage of the building for the coming years. 13

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Dr. Wally Beebe compliments his patient Patty Nolan during THE CURIOUS SAVAGE.