McCallum High School - Knight Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Qbject Of the Game Is to Win Below: Mr. Sloan shows his spun? by wearing one of several spiril ribbons made available by lhe Blue Brigade. Rlqlli: Coach Acker exemplifies fhs real meaning of spirif af fhe Lanier game. Far righf: Donnie Wilfon shows his school spiril af a pep rally. Far bohom righh Blue Brigade and Brigadefies represenf mass spirit af Reagan pep rally.

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i l :aTheTic sTudenTs sTilI failed To aT+end The pep rally for beT+er :ings To do. The spirif sTreaming Trom The Reagan pep rally was such sTrong doses. ThaT The sTudenT who was possibly consider- ig an apaTheTic aTTiTude, could noi resisT. S+iIl one riddle imains unsolved - why aren'T all pep rallies like The Reagan ep rally? People diseased wiTh apafhy consider spiriT as a bad TasTing edicine. Yef This is The only cure To The apa'I'hy plague. Symp- pms of apaThy range from a disinTeresT in advisory acTiviTies, To Hreme cases of cuTTing school. IT is a highly conTagious disease, rid is hard To complefely recover from. However, prevenfive easures are available. ' i In The school newspaper. The Shield, an in-depTh sTudy of apa- iy in Teafure Torm was presenTed To The sTudenT body. lT was To grve as proTecTion, Trying To sTop The plague before iT goT iarfed. However, The medicafion didn'T reach iTs mosT needed afienfs, because They were so infecTed wiTh The disease, Thaf le school newspaper seemed a nuisance and was casT off . . . i i l i 1 , l For loff: As shown. crowds can be used as a measur- ing device in defermining spirit LQTT: Brad Timber- lake shows inner-spirif by confemplaTing The game aT Reagan pep rally. Below: WiTh smiles and con- versaTion, Coaches Raup, Sellers, and Dailey dis- cuss The spiriT aT The Reagan pep rally. As a resulf, a ToTal dislike Tor any school. acTiviTy was developed. Numerous examples show The eTfecTs of apeThy. Annually, class TavoriTe elecTions are held for yearbook purposes and Tor The beneTiT of The sTudenT body. Numbers Tell The sTory. OuT of a ToTal sTudenT populaTion of nearly 2000, l432 ToTal voTes were received. WhaT happened To The oTher 600? An inTeresTing side- line of The elecTion concerned senior parTicipaTion. The senior class numbers 606 yeT only halT The class casT ballofs. CongraTu- laTionsiseniors, you have conTacTed The apeThy plague. A real TesT oT spirif in The siaem body was slaTed wiTh The adopTion of The mini-mesTer program. FirsT. a doubTTul adminis- TraTion had To be convinced. Then, The sTudenT body was To defermine iTs Tafe. To The surprise of many. a spirifed reacTion occurred, including numerous course suggesTions. The resulT - The proiecT was a success. ApaThy is The easy way ouT. Spirif requires an eTforT by you, The individual. Weigh The Two againsT each oTher. Are you an apafhefic hood or spiriTed sTaTus? -lT's up To you. Opening! 3

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ObiecT of The game is To win. Winning is knocking off The num, ber one ranked Team. Winning is having The all imporTanT edge aT The end of The game. However, winning is also being able To endure losing wiThouT sacrificing always needed spiriT. As iT seems, losing is The failure of someone or someThing, wiTh The blame being placed accordingly. The guys iusT aren'T Trying hard enough, cry The all-knowing specTaTors. Ya'lI yell, demand spiriT organizaTion leaders. Think as They may, a yell is only effecTive in a confined area, like a gym, where The sound arises in uproarious cries of spiriT. On The fooTball field, wifh iTs vasT air space, The yells are losT and only an exercising of The vocal chords is achieved. While The sTudenT-specTaTor is aT home sTudying, sleeping. or iusT siTTing around, The high school aThleTe is aT pracTice. working his hardesf To achieve perTecTion: drills, drills, and more drills are pounded inTo his disTraughT. weaTher-beaTen body. FooTball and iTs players become one - a single mass of humaniTy possessing deTerminaTion, spiriT and a desire To win. Supporfed by boosTer organizaTions. The Team prepares for a sfrenuous, Trying and somewhaT bruTal conflicT wiTh an equally desTrucTive opposiTion. IT is now ThaT The inTerplay of spiriT is seen. SpiriT in aTTendance, spiriT in yelling and spiriT in The Team, all deTermine The final ouTcome of The game. BuT is iT all worTh iT? Does spiriT really make a difference in winning? Does iT spur The player on To vicTory? MosT say yes. buT declaraTions of apaThy. such as l don'T care, lT's Too much Trouble, and How will iT help me? seem To indicaTe-oTherwise.