McGavock High School - Etc Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Is Winning Really Everything? by Bill Sneed When does winning at all costs com- | pletely posses a person? Is the kill a high- er priority than the hunt? One of the greatest teachers and moti- vators of men ever to coach a sport was the late Vince Lombardi. He is so re- » spected in the football world that the tro- . phy given to the Super Bowl winner is named after him. Lombardi is best known |. for coaching the Green Bay Packers to ‘|, the first two championships of the Super Bowl. One of the most repeated quotes in the sports world belongs to Lombardi, “‘Win- , Ning isn’t everything, it’s all there is” , This is the attitude and philosophy of a i, man who was a winner both on and off the football field. ve Some people hold another point of “view, summed up by the old standard je “it’s not whether you win or lose, but Mi how you play the game.” ' ’ A clash of these two points of view f ‘occurred in the Gator Bowl between Clemson and Ohio State. The Ohio State Buckeyes, staging a comeback late in the game, tried a screen pass up the middle. The play was read well by Clemson player Charlie Bauman, who intercepted the pass to stop the Ohio State comeback. Bauman returned the ball several yards upfield before being pushed out of bounds directly in front of the Buckeyes bench. Bauman’s intercep- tion had about iced the victory for Clem- son. Ohio State Head Coach Woody Hayes, a veteran of 30 years in the col- lege football world, ran up behind Bau- man and took a swing at him. Did the pressure of winning at all costs drive Hayes to overreact? Like Lombardi said, ‘‘ ... winning is everything ... ” There is something to be said for the keep-on-fighting-til-the-end-humble loser type. Maybe we should look at our priorities on the athletic field or even on the big game of life. When does the final score keep you from enjoying the game? 17

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Touching acquaintances as the winds do blow Each day growing wiser yet weaker as time goes Involved in activities fluttering such Speaking muffly to the next saying much Joined firmly to the mother oak tree The capillaries of knowledge as we can see Loving, hurting and feeling against Other bodily features, emotions do quench Occasional events where dances are danced When storms brew and clouds past pranced As the rapidly changing season comes to a close And pictures of us together we pose The grip from the tree loosens and we fall Feeling quite scared yet proudly tall A space is left for a newer growth = And we are taken to the ground where our seeds are both The beginning of a new dimension of life And the ending of our youth, the slate is wiped : re It is us who are the leaves if és: ‘ a against the sky The developing students of McGavock Senior High. — Jackie Seely —

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SS ET WEGRE00 YavE BUY On weekends people come alive. They begin to do things they do not normally have time to do during the week. Especially the working people, who stay inside a building and never have time to do things they enjoy doing, except work. Weekends are a way of letting out ten- sion that has built up all week. Some people go to parties, go to nightclubs, go out of town, go skating, study for school or just have fun in different manners. People have different ways of having fun. One person may like to party and then another may like to just stay at home and have a quiet evening alone. The majority of people usually lead an open life. This means they meet people they can enjoy doing things with and in return that person enjoys him or her. Altogether I believe most people have the same idea in mind. That is to enjoy doing what JIGS ever they may do over the weekend. Right: Students enjoy a weekend night. Around 5 o'clock every weekday morning you wake up and wish you had not heard the alarm go off or your moth- er calling. As you get dressed you think about the homework you should have done last night. When you arrive at school around 7 o’clock, you terribly wish you had already graduated. Is this the hum-drum occurrence that happens to you everyday at school? Well, this should not be the case at McGa- vock, we have a lot of activities a person can get into without hindering their stud- ies, which should be your FIRST priority. All you have to do is think back (if there was ever such a time) that you always did your school work. People who are pre- pared do not have any second thoughts about facing a teacher about class work. This could be a first step to success and INVOLVEMENT: THE KEY TO SUCCESS later involvement. As far as clubs go McGavock has some- thing for every taste. One might use the excuse that their interest do not coincide with the clubs at McGavock. However, a club can be formed if there is interest and a sponsor. If your thing is helping the community, you should try Junior Civi- tan, which does a lot of worthwhile pro- jects for the community. Clubs like the chess and backgammon club can help im- prove your game. Being involved or asso- ciated with a group or activity is impor- tant to an individual. Whether you are academically or athletically inclined or just plain folks, McGavock has something that should interest you and make you a better person from the experience! Right: Steve and Diane get involved in computer programming class.