Immaculate Conception High School - Postscript Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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Gentlemen, start your engines. The seniors wheelbarrow race had everyone rolling ,during Thursday's lunch hours. ad, Back-to-back running doesn't look too hard when performed by race winners Katie Kerrigan and Mary Kane at Friday night's pep rally. Kimmy Mayberry helps her fellow juniors lay the yellow brick road through, the G.A. the last day of Spirit Week. 'T PURPLE, RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN FILLED the eyes of the freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors during this year's Spirit Week. Though Spirit Week was a week earlier and a day shorter than last year, students were still ready to begin the week's activities. Games, the traditional penny drive, and button and T- shirt sales added more to lunch than just eating. Sue McCune, a new junior at I.C., never before participated in a Spirit Week such as I.C.'s. She commented, I couldn't believe the spirit everyone has. They are all so rowdy. I liked it a lot. On Thursday, bright and early, the halls were filled with people from every class decorating and trying to impress the teachers for votes. Every possible inch of each hall was covered with decorations, but the sophomores proved to be RED hot as they won the Spirit Day contest for their work on the third floor. When asked how she felt about winning, Lisa Berti exclaimed, Great! Great! After a long day's rest because of the Pope's visit to Chicago, students, alumni, parents, and faculty eagerly filled the gym for the 1979 Homecoming Pep Rally. The pep rally started off with a solemn funeral for the death of a St. Ed's player and an I.C. player. Subsequently, I.C. rose from the living dead. The Pom-pon girls, cheerleaders, and faculty put on skits in which Sr. Mary Catherine arose as Super School Spirit. Crowning the queen ended the excitement of the evening. Anxiety mounted as the rose was passed among the escorts. After the suspense, Laura Bach was awarded the rose by Pat Morgan. Compared to last year, the people who helped with Spirit Week '79 did a much better job. It's probably the best week of the school year, expressed Mary Burns. spirit week!13

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FATHER Iohn O'Connor presides at N the wake for the Living Dead in services held Thursday morning of Spirit Week. 1 nf???V' i12,ff2lvfJ' ,ima of YW 1 12!spirit week Sophomores got SPIRIT! proclaim At the sidelines with freshman football boisterous fans at the homecoming pep players, Father Wilkening waits to rally. deliver his talk at Friday's pep rally.

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Parade leads to win-site DANCING BLUE AND WHITE POM-PONS and ringing cowbells were the sights and sounds that filled the bleachers on Homecoming day, Saturday, October 6. The place was filled with wild and crazy people! exclaimed Kathy McNulty. The Resurrection began at 2:00. After obtaining a 22-6 victory over St. Edward's, the Knights, formerly pronounced dead by other conference coaches for a loss to Benelt earlier in the football season, proved that there is life after death. Halftime was filled with exciting activities. I was ecstatic and felt that all our hard work paid off when they announced at halftime that Seniors won the float contest, said Mary Ann Thallemer. The homecoming court members and their parents were escorted onto the field, and a new touch was added when the queen, Laura Bach, was crowned by her father, instead of by the football team co-captains. Many people were overheard saying the spelling out of the pom-pon routine was a big highlight of the halftime. The squad performed to Let's Go by The Cars. This spirit-filled day was the product of the homecoming parade, which began not-so- promptly at 11:00. Led by the band, it followed a winding route to Plunkett Field and helped make the day one that anyone would wish for, no matter what had happened earlier in the day. Homecoming Day, for me, started off badly, commented Trish Cassidy, because my car overheated in the middle of the parade, but after that, things improved. She, along with lane Carlson and N.H.S. President Marianne Grobe, represented the National Honor Society in the parade. At attention are the color guards who march with the band during half-time performances. The Homecoming Day festivities get un- derway as the parade leaves St. Peter's parking lot and marches to Plunkett, where the Knights were victorious over the Greenwaves 22-6. Gregg Peters makes his debut as the foot- ball teams mascot in a costume he designed and made hinfvelf. 14fhomecommg day M ,. 3 it 1 v A 5 l i . L Q bl 15 J im ffm- ' - . ,V , , : 2 1 A L