McCook College - Chieftain Yearbook (McCook, NE)

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THE INNER COUNCIL. Pep cabinet mem- bers are shown in meeting. Seated are Shirley Vap, vice-president, Miss Dutcher, sponsor, Betty Batterton, president, and Sylvia Vap, secretary. Standing are cheerleaders Jerri Murphy, Ruth Janisch, Linda Peterson, Mary Kay Stromp, and Mary Lou Bricker. YEA, McCOOK! Pep Club girls hear Coach Confer at a morning pep rally, just before the Fort Lewis football game played at McCook, October 4. LUCKY GIRLS. The five cheerleaders lead a yell, the day before homecoming. They ' re Mary Kay Stromp, Linda Peterson, Mary Lou Bricker, Jerri Murphy, and Ruth Janisch. TOO POOPED TO POP! Kay Andres, Janet Schuler, Sylvia Vap, Donna Allen, Sharron Mc- Bride, LeAnn Lindbeck, and Shirley Vap put on an amusing skit for Hallowe ' en convocation. WHAT A PUNCH! Tom-Toms serve punch at Homecoming. Around the table stand, Mar- garet Hand, Carol Ruppert, Marilyn Crawford, Sharon McBride, Mary Rayer, Margaret Ben- nett, LeRoy Sprague, Betty Batterton, and Max Moskal. mi:w i mi ' ' p¥ ' -

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Tom-Tom War Cries Boost Morale The Tom-Toms finished a very good year cheering the Indians on to many victories in football, basketball, baseball, and track. Betty Batterton, president, led the group in many activities advised by the faculty sponsor. Miss Flora Dutcher. The first thing on the agenda was the formation of a cabinet. The club met during the second week of the first sem- ester for the purpose ot electing officers and planning details for the season ' s first home football game with Trinidad. Betty Batterton, Shirley Vap, and Syl- via Vap, were elected respectively to the positions, president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. Next came the cheer- ing at the college athletic activities. The transition toward new uniforms was begun this year with the purchase nchi n S 2, f ' INDIAN MAIDS. Top row Karen Scott, Joan Hummel, Dolores Whitmore, Sylvia Vap, Le Ann Lindbeck, Betty Batterton, Ruth Janisch, Carol Ruppert, Shirley Vap, Kathleen Biggins, Beverly Schlager, Nyla Munson, Donna Railsbach. Middle row: Mary Kay Stromp, Sharron McBnde, Donna Allen, Jean Boyle, Velma Gartrell, Mary Rayer, Carol Kimball, Marjorie Taylor, Caroline Brahler, Karen Cushmg, Jeanette Larson Margaret Bennett, Geraldine Murphy. Bottom row: Mary Lou Bricker, Jean Kerst, Karen Johnson, Marilyn Brown, Marilyn Meyers, Rosanne Hassler, Marilyn Crawford, Karen Rippen, Judy Johnson, Roberta Simonson, Linda Peterson. of new sweaters. The cheerleaders have changed their uniform They now wear white sweaters with a blue M and blue skirts. Homecoming was the first major event of the season to be sponsored by the Tom-Toms. The Homecoming dance which followed the game was attended by several hundred alumni and students. February will be a grand month with attention centered on the Valentine Dance and nominations for the King and Queen of the Sweetheart Ball. The Tom-Toms replenish their treas- ury by selling food and drinks at the Sen- ates concession stands, members also pay dues. This income proves sufficient to finance the year ' s activities. A major function is the banquet for the college athletes.

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' M i DEMOCRATIC POW-WOW. Marilyn Meyers, Jim App, Claryce Allison, Clyde Butz, vice-president; LeAnn Lindbeck, secreUry-treasurer, and J. T. Harris, president. Betty Batterton, Lee Fortin, Kaye Andres, Ronald Hill, Katherine Sey- bold, Robert Modrell, and Mr. Hutt, sptonsor. Senate Is Student Governing Body Representative of the entire student body, the McCook College Senate has played a most important role in student social and academic affairs. The senate, under the leadership of John T. Harris, Jr., LeAnn Lindbeck, Clyde Butz, and Mr. Hubert Hutt, spon- sored the annual Christmas Prom. This formal, the big event of the winter season, was deemed a huge success. Concessions at all football and bas- ketball games were handled by the Sen- ate. The popular snack bar was a fund- raising project of the group. The Senate plans to sponsor and pro- mote another formal dance early in the spring. The student ' s voice in school affairs has proved the most influential organiza- tion in the school and one to which every student aspires. STAR-MAKERS. Senate members John Har- ris, Kaye Andres, Jim Nantau, Marilyn Meyers, and LeAnn Lindbeck cut out decorations for ' ' -IS Prom during their lunch meeting. SENATE SELLERS. Jim App, Kathy Seybold, Marilyn Meyers and Bob Modrell sell food and drinks to Don Crum, Albert Cuellar and Jerry Belknap during a basketball game.