Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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Practicing for those colorful minutes during intermission, the Monorchettes run through their routines on Volley's field. All together now. Let's give it the old college try! and Pom Messner leads the crowd in cr rousing cheer.

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Resurgence of Valley's spirit Valley's school spirit gains new momentum under yell king G ary Patterson Is school spirit thousands of voices screaming and cheering the team on to victory, yelling just as hard in defeat? Is school spirit a constant campus atti- tude or feeling of general agreement or friendliness? Or maybe school spirit is a student's individual thing, a personal sense of duty or obligation to make his school better than the next. Scholars and students alike have ana- lyzed these dozen letters and as yet, have not found one substantial answer. But one thing they all can agree upon is this: Of the three above definitions, only the first can be said to be an over-all campus project. True, any of the above could, would and will unify a school, but of them all, only the first can let all voices ring together in perfect unison to achieve this goal. Under the direction of Mrs. Ruby Zuver, the Monarchettes, Valley Col- lege's all girls' drill team, has helped make the school spirit something a little special. Although We are separate groups, We are still fighting for the same cause. We have tried, and I think to quite a degree of success, to Work together and yet alone, to help unify our school and make our spirit tops. These Words of yell king Gary Patter- son reflect the feeling of the three spirit groups of Valley College. The Monarchettes, the song and yell leaders have done an amazing job of promoting interest in campus sports. l've got to admit that it Was a little difficult to keep going during the foot- ball season when Valley lost all eight of its games. But considering our record, the turnout was quite satisfying and the general attitude was not that of winning -but of tryingj' Patterson added. Head song leader Pam Hoffman puts it this Way: Valley College is a school Where com- ing out on top, although of course im- portant, isn't the number one thing. The spirit here is to try and try Well. A spirit of hard, but clean, competition is the ruler of the roost, and l'm proud to be a part of this Way of conductf' Active, enthusiastic Gary Patterson, Valley's yell king, is one of the chief reasons for the resurgence of school spirit at Valley.

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Cooperation is the keynote of a successful school spirit It is easy lo see that work and fun can be combined. Ably assisting yell king Paflerson in keeping school spirif at its peak is Allan Bockal. Enlivening halftime al one of the football games are The high- kicking Monarchelles.