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

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looking ut blouses during a back-to-school sale at a store Is senior Shelly Carmichael, who said she was glad to start her final year. Starting School Smooth opening greets both students, teachers; enrollment shows increase over previous year With no major problems and very few minor ones, the 1986-87 school year opened on Monday, August 25. “It was one of the smoothest openings we’ve had in many years,” Prin- cipal Everett Hawks said. The enrollment at the end of the first week of classes stood at 1,982 students. Of this number, 756 were sophomores, 616 were juniors, and 610 were seniors. Racially, 59 per cent of the student body was black. This was the same percentage of black students as during the previous school year. Total enrollment in the Little Rock School District on the fifth day of classes was 19,020, an increase of 169 students over the previous year’s enrollment at the same time. It was the first time in several years that the Little Rock District had shown an increase in enrollment. Most Central students said they were glad to be back in classes. Seniors especially said they were happy to be back in school and starting their final year. It was the 59th year for Central to be in operation at its present location, 14th and Park Streets. Shopping for supplies to start school (above) are seniors Kimberly Armstrong and Verda Davenport. (I-eft) Students wasted no time In getting to work In their classes, including senior Carl McCrary who does an assignment in art. Opening —15

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Passing out books to an English class (loft) is Mrs. Tandy Cobb. (Kight) Sopho- mores pose after aback-to- school initia- tion party. At the end of the school day. buses (above) wait to take students home. (Right) Students enjoy a back- to-school dance at Pleasant Valley Country Club. (Below) Studying at lunch are seniors Mitchell Crisp. Shannon Weaver, and Heather Runshang.

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Supporting the Tigers at a football game (above) are these students. (Right) Tiger Lcttermen Ross Lester and William Clark raise their hands during a game at Quigley Stadium to signify that the Tiger football team was ranked No. 1 In state polls. (Below) Junior varsity cheerleader Coleen Dodson leaps high Into the air as she leads fans In cheering for a Tiger win In a football game at Quigley Stadium. Several Central students, including senior William Clark, got black eyes In a fight following a spirited football game with the Parkview Patriots at Quigley Stadium on Friday, September 5. It was the first game of the season and the Tigers were victorious. Fights following Tiger football games have been rare throughout the history of Central. A famous Tiger fai . One of the nation’s top university coaches was on hand at many of the Tiger football games to cheer for the Tigers. That coach was Mr. Barry Switzer (above), the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Coach Switzer’s son, Greg, played defensive back for the Tigers. Greg, a senior, was considered a top college pro- spect. A former All-American football player at the University of Arkansas, Coach Switzer became head coach of the Sooners in 1973. His teams won national titles in 1974,1975, and 1985. The Sooners were among the nationally-ranked teams in 1986. 16-Spirit