Little Rock Central High School - Pix Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Tigei Spirit Vespites the loss of two major pep organizations, student spirit at Central High shows no declines Central lost two major spirit organizations this school year. These two groups were the Pep Club, which had been used as a training ground for girls interested in joining other spirit groups, and the Tigerettes, one of the state’s first high school dance teams. Despite the loss of these two organizations, student spirit didn’t suffer. I think we were just as spirited this school year as last school year or the year before,’’ student body president Elgin Clemons, a senior, said. A good indication that the 1984-85 school year was a spirited one was the popularity of the various dress-up days. We had tremendous participation in dress-up days prior to major athletic events.” Clemons said. Though spirit is often judged by student attendance and yelling at athletic events, it extended into other areas. In fact, it was evident in all phases of school life this year, according to Clemons. With her face painted in black and gold, junior Melissa Hobby (above) works on a Homecoming float. (Left) Varsity cheerleader Larken Pahlow leads a yell. Almost any product this school year bearing a logo of a tiger and the name Central High was a guaranteed success, such as the mugs (above) sold in November by the senior class. (Right) Junior Victor CqUiert and senior Rick Brunson dress as nerds” on a dress-up day in the fall. %'®» v (KLAL1w KIV) Performing a skit at sophomore orientation in August arc senior Debbie Truax and junior Chris Harris. Orientation was designed to get sophomores involved in Central and to promote Tiger spirit. Spirit—17 J-(co 1C 'tX • f . w $U nt? WdtOftS, Utfr T ff. r3u7 ve jJcv or- , VitrAA.., -gALun a wrier

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Encouraging the Tigers to win a home football game (right) arc seniors Paula Baker and Teresa Lawson. (Below) junior Terri Vandiver shows her school spirit after a Tiger pep rally. At University Mall, Tiger cheerleaders (right) do a yell. (Below) Four teachers were honored at a pep rally. They arc Mrs. Margaret Matson. Mrs. Mary Sulina. Mrs. Margaret Lanier, and Mrs. Marion Easter. Tiger cheerleaders direct spirited Cen- tral students in yell- ing for a Tiger vic- tory at a football game at Wilbur Mills Stadium. The Tigers won the game. 38-6. 16

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Dedication School honors late Roosevelt L. Thompsor at special auditorium dedication ceremony' Central High named its auditorium in memory of the late Roosevelt L. Thompson during a ceremony at the school on Tues- day. November 13. The ceremony also marked the opening of a campaign to raise SI00.000 for a scholarship fund named in Thompson’s honor. Thompson, one of the school’s most outstanding graduates, was killed in an automobile accident in March of 1984 as he was return- ing to Yale University in New Haven. Connecticut, to finish his senior year. He was 22. Principal speakers at the dedication ceremony were Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the state's First Lady, and U.S. Senator Dale L. Bumpers. He (Thompson) was a person admired by governors and senators and was sought out by them while still an undergraduate student (at Yale),” Senator Bumpers said. Mrs. Clinton said that Thompson’s life had been one of ex- cellence. She said the naming of Central’s auditorium in his honor would be a constant reminder to students to strive for excellence. Thompson graduated from Central in 1980. His list of accomplishments at Central is lengthy and impressive. During his senior year, he was president of the student body, an editor of the student newspaper, an All-State football player, a member of numerous clubs, and the winner of many state and na- tional awards. At Yale, his accomplishments were just as impressive—so im- pressive that he was named as Yale’s “most outstanding graduate of 1984. an honor that his father received in his memor)’ at Yale’s graduation during the summer. Shortly before his death. Thompson had been named a Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 selected for the honor. A committee consisting of many prominent Arkansans worked during the school year to raise the S100.000 to finance the scholar- ship fund in Thompson’s memory. The first donation was S5.000 and came from the Harry S. Truman Foundation. It was presented at the auditorium's dedication. At the ceremony dedicating Central High School's auditorium in memory of his son—Rooscsxdt L. Thompson, the Rev. C. R. Thompson speaks to those in attend- ance as student body president Elgin Clemons, a senior, stands by his side. A principal speaker at the dedication ceremony for the Roosevelt L. Thompson Memorial Auditorium (abote) was U.S. Senator Dale L. Bumpers. (Right) A large number of local and state dignitaries was seated on the stage during the dedication, including this row of people who appeared on the program. 18—Auditorium Dedication