Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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- vw one VR was | 1%: a 1. During a football pep rally, members of the junior class stand and sing the school song. 2. Tuffy, Byron Barker's bulldog, supported the football Bulldogs at every home game. 3. During football season, Mr. White, clad in beanie and school colors, could be found fir- ing up student enthusiasm. 4. Spirit soared to its highest for the homecoming football game, involving more students than ever before. 5. The freshman football cheerleaders were at every pep rally showing their support for the Bulidogs. 6. On the day of the powderpuff game, these sophomore girls hang a sign showing their confidence of victory. 7. Spirit was still evident at the beginning of basketball season, but as the team’s record dropped, so did HHS's spirit.

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Spirit! .. . Spirit? What is spirit at HHS? Spirit is Mr. White in his red and black beanie leading the commons in clapping, stomping, and cheering. It's the large numbers of buses carrying screaming fans to the Bulldog foot- ball games. It's rowdy pep rally spirit stick com- petitions and Bulldog booster posters. Spirit is the year-long driving force of the school. HHS began the year with an abundance of this enthusiastic spirit. Unfortunately, it climbed to an early peak, and as the year wore on, the spirit wore

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Sycamore household | “4 highlights fall play Snakes in the living room, flies in the kitchen, and a crazy but lovable family brought the fall play, “You Can't Take It With You,” to life at HHS. With a father who builds firecrackers in the basement, a mother who writes plays, and a grandfather who keeps snakes in the living room, the antics of the Sycamore family gave the audience plenty of opportunities to laugh. The successful comedy was the first play at HHS directed by Miss Diane Risser. The larger than usual cast presented the play on November 17 and 18. 1. Taking advantage of an unusual quiet moment in the Sycamore house, Tony Kirby (Dave Rosen) and Alice Sycamore (Aimi Deibert) make a toast to their future plans. 2. Adding to the confusion of the family, Essie Carmichael (Robin McGee) uses the living room to take her dancing lesson from Mr. Kolenkhov (Scott Lancey). 3. Penny Sycamore (Tammy Ambuehl) rummages through a box of unfinished manuscripts in search of her play “Sex Takes a Holiday.” 4. In a normal evening at home, Paul Sycamore (Jeff Gehrig) dis- cusses his Tinker Toys with Grandpa (Al Silva) while an actress friend, Gay Wellington (Marie Bosche’), sleeps off another round with the bottle. 5. Mrs. Kirby (Barb Stieb) goes into hysterics as she realizes what kind of family her son is marrying into, while her husband Anthony (Greg Schwarz) tries to comfort her. 6. Mr. DePinna (Eddie Bircher) takes time out from making fireworks to pose for a painting in his Roman costume. ee i