Homer L Ferguson High School - Mariner Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Confusion Gives Way To Spirit Toward Week'sEnd Last minute planning threw Spirit Week into mass confusion as plans had not been made until the end of the week before students were expected to participate in organized spirit events. It was not until mid-week that students knew what the theme of the day was and began regressing to child- hood by dressing in little kiddie clothes, complete with name tags bearing bus number or homeroom. On one very puzzling day, various “Two. of a Kinds’ were scattered through the school, having to leave their clones for Twin Day behind to attendclass. An addition to Spirit Week was Six- ty’ s Day replacing the common nostal- gia of the fifties. Instead of ‘‘Fonzies’’ and ‘“‘bobbie-sockers,”’ anti-war hip- pies, flower children and peace mak- ers strumming guitars all joined in to show their spirit. On Friday, class competition raged at the pep rally. Sophomores surprised juniors and seniors by winning the. spirit contest. After the cheerleaders and drill team performed, seven flasher seniors entertained Mariners by moon- | ing the crowd with the letters ‘“S-E-N-I- O-R-S,” embellishing their drawers. Juniors sported a class clown, and their Mariner-Maniac stepped out “Clark Kent style” in his Mariner cap and Cape. Hall decorations competition gave classes a way to show spirit. Juniors had to practically fight to keep their own classmates from stealing their bal- loons and decorations before their hall was judged. Sophomores, lacking experience in the event, left many areas of their hall undecorated. Finally, the Senior hall won the contest, which outraged juniors who called the sen- jor’s victory a decision by the judges to follow tradition by allowing seniors to win rather than judging on the merit of the decorations. Spirit week closed with the Blue and White Day and the Warwick football game. Greeting Mariners that morning as they arrived at school was “WHS is 1°’sprayed over most of the first floor doors and windows in Warwick's red school colors. Even the clock tower and front steps did not escape the van- dalism of the rival school who also ‘Sprayed profanity and obscene draw- ings on the building. School board estimates for cleaning the paint from the building ran from one to three thousand dollars, but the paint was finally removed. - LEFT PAGE — TOP LEFT: Recess calls s tarnny Wescott, Katy Phillips, JoAnne McNamara, Tracy Jones, Sherri Kolinsky and Laurie Zittrain on Lit- tle Kids Day. TOP RIGHT: Spreading peace and love throughout the school, Georgia Yamaki demonstrates her spirit for 60's Day. BOTTOM LEFT: Protest marches and the Vietnam War are two topics of discussion by Hippie, Burnie Wil- liams. BOTTOM RIGHT: Bobby Cooper gives up on Spirit Week's jello contest and decides to smear Y on oe Nelm’s face. ‘RIGHT PAGE — TOP: Spirited Seniors Caro! Leary, Mike Fail, Katy Wilcox, and Mary Loving prepare for Pep Rally. MIDDLE: Angry about the vandalism situation, Darryl Vines and Tonya Her- bert point out graffiti sprayed on the front steps to other students. BOTTOM: Displaying the tra- ditional colors on Blue and White Day, Arlene Pender and Elton Brown talk together before going to first period. Spirit Week 21

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