McCallie High School - Pennant Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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Taking advantage of a break between study sessions, Paul Carr and Les Crater exhibit the frivolous fraternization of the senior dorm. ,di ' M-, Despite the perpetual clutter of books on his bed, Lee Pride manages to find a corner to study for his Calculus II test. Founders' Family The once prestigious junior habitat was recast as The Founders' Home for non-prefect seniors. Those forecast- ing a utopion conclave of mature scholars were sadly disappointed, as were those predicting a colonnaded re- incarnation of the Belk Syndrome. In its problems and also in the fraternity of its crew, Founders' vaguely re- sembled a family. Some special privileges, like 11 o'clock weeknight lights out graced the dorm, although few major policy changes were implemented. Unofficial privileges, or perhaps ex- cesses, emerged and developed like kudzu. Prefects, those rock-faced stentorians of earlier years, were ren- dered nearly impotent by peer pressure. Any prefect at- tempting to enforce lights out was likely to be drawn into a conversation with a room full of his tardy charges. Founderites roamed the campus, more often than not shunning the check-out sheet. Inspections were infre- quent and inconsistent, leading seniors to a state of per- petual unpreparedness. The age-old cat and mouse game of feigning sleep to wait out the teacher on duty became a thing of the past as lights out were universally defied. Founders' thus established a precedent for a series of common-law privileges. Although Foundermen gained these pseudo-privileges, they still lived in a dormitory. Founders', admittedly the queen of Campus Dorms, boasted a healthy roach popu- lation. Marty Henegar's Roach Hotels were so popular that there were rarely any vacancies. The heating, how- ever, was worthy of note -for its abscence everywhere. But whatever was lacking in creature comforts, Founders' made up for in the quality of atmosphere. Dorm behavior was, of course, less barbaric. Wops and raidings, the plagues of other dorms were declasse at Founders'. Vulgar language became merely verbal punc- tuation. Stemming from this standard maturation was a prevalent trust and spirit of camaraderie. Tempering the illusion of unity were the Nickels, the dorm family. Via Home Box Office, their living room became the Founders' cinema. Lance A. Dad Nickel was the acknowledged champ at the backgammon board. Not only the driving force behind dorm parties, Mrs. Nickel was also a prompt laundry service and late night typist for last minute papers. The Nickels unified and improved the Founders' family with a sharp eye for maintaining the dorm's fine Southern tradition. ln general, Founders' was much less a dorm than in previous years. Mr. Neal Neuenschwander, a teacher new to the faculty as well as to Founders', was impressed with the openness and close relationship that permeated the Founders' Community. Perhaps it was because many of them had lived together in Founders' for two years. Per- haps it was that maturity concomitant with seniority. For whatever reasons, Founders' was an easy place to live. As a dormitory Founders' failed, but as a community, maybe as a family, Founders' managed.

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.Nl- m. ,paint Taking advantage of the comfortable weather, Jack Ray eases into his Coach David Buck, one of the two new teachers in Founder's, gives Joyce Carol Oates. tutorial aid to Bill Gates. ,L ',,1 'fwvsaw Nightly bouts with the Dorm's T.V. often resulted in late night sweating sessions for Marty Henegar.

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ayl r's lue The week of October 6, 1980 began as any other week at McCallieg for students sauntered into Monday chapel, moving like zombies from class to class and catching up on lost sleep whenever possible. Life re- mained normal at McCallie. The only hint of aberra- tion might have been found on the varsity football field. Everybody knew what was going to happen, but nobody said it, until: Wednesday morning a sign bearing the message. Time to Beat Baylor appeared beneath the chapel clock. The first tiny trickle foreshadowed what would come. With the advent of Thursday, the student body stumbled in for another devotional, quickly coming to life upon viewing the chapel's overnight remodeling job. Posters declaring Baylor Gets Tangled Up ln Blue and McCallie Gets The Red Out adorned the walls and columns. An enormous BLUE TORNADO provided the backdrop for the stage. As the Head- master presented his annual speech on the Baylor- McCallie rivalry, students were reminded that neither G.P.S., Signal and Lookout Mountains, nor Riverview participate in the game. reminiscent of years past, Mr. McCallie warned, Anyone caught on the Baylor campus will be severely disciplined. With the excep- tion ofa few, most students heeded his warning. Baylor students exited from their final classes, sur- prised by a sudden shower of anti-Red propoganda. The precipitation appeared to have originated from a small plane piloted by a curly-haired McCallie senior. Before daylight Friday, six upstanding McCallie stu- dents attempted to deliver a gift to Baylor School. They were warmly received by Baylor's newly formed SSP CStudent Security Patrolj. Two hours prior to the start of school, the Headmaster censored posters which had been plastered on the walls only hours before. McCallie alumnus, Mississippi Congressman G.V. Montgomery, received an overwhelming applause from the student body due to the combination of his inspiring speech and the high spirit present in the chapel. In carrying the enthusiasm outside. the cheerleaders held a pep rally in the quadrangle. On game day, the Blue received the opening kick- off and bulldozed 73 yards in 13 plays to paydirt. Jim Woods plowed over from the two yardline for the first score. McCallie recovered a Mike Brookshire fumble to begin its second possession from the Raid- ers' 32 yard-line. Ralph Potter picked up the touch- down on an option play from the 16. Unable to move the ball on the next possession, McCallie was forced to punt from the end-zone, giving the Raiders the baii on McCallie's 37. Brookshire connected on a pass to Cory Phillips for the only Baylor score of the after- noon. Potter found Lee Pride in the end-zone, putting the Blue up 21-7 at the half. Gerald Gordon ran 33 yards to cap an 88-yard drive on the Blue's first pos- session ofthe second half. Potter was awarded most valuable player while James Key took honors tor de- fense. lt was an almost flawless gamefi commented Coach Pete Potter. , - Rob McKinnon Spirits flew high in the pre-Baylor game assembly, following a rousing speech by Mr. Sonny Montgomery. Glenn Baird collects money for continued anti-Red propoganda. Beaming, Ralph Potter is congratulated by an appreciative fan after he marshalled his troops to an undeniable victory.