Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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halTTime shows during The season. march- ing band perTormed more Times Than any oTher band. The maioreTTes were also honored when They appeared aT The opening oT The Dade CounTy YouTh Fair in March, locaTed on The campus of The Florida ln- TernaTional UniversiTy. Members oT The corps were: Yvonne ParTin. Karen BesT. Cindy Hennessey, Lisa 5udclaTh, Sally Mims, Shelly Cosper, Pam Yudi, Vicki Wilson, Vanessa Anderson. Wanda GuiTTon. Cindy Allen. Barbara CornpTon. and Kendra Bos. ShaTT and l JusT Wanna be Free were some oT The songs perTormed by The band aT The sixTeen pep rallies in The gym and Tour mini pep rallies in TronT of The school. OuTside acTiviTies oT The marching band were The Homecoming parade aT The UniversiTy oT Florida and lTor The TourTh yearl The King Orange Jamboree Parade. Under The direcTion of Dr. Johaness Liu, orchesTra began iTs TirsT year aT Kil- lian and SouTh Miami senior high schools. The TifTy-nine members perTormed as one during concerTs aT Killian lDecember 31 and SouTh Miami lFebruary 3l. Two Killian sTudenTs and Three Trom SouTh Miami were chosen To aTTend and represenT The All STaTe OrchesTra evalu- aTion aT DayTona Beach, January I3-15. Honored above any oTher chorus in Florida. ConcerT Chorale was selecTed from audiTion Tapes To perTorm aT The SouThern Choral DirecTors AssociaTion ConvenTion lSCDAl lasT November in Tallahassee. They again were honored by an inviTaTion To perTorm in The sTaTe SCDA Luncheon and The Florida Music EducaTors STaTe ConvenTion in DayTona Beach on January TourTeenTh. Miss Ann Duncan was direcTor. Teach- er. and coordinaTor oT The sixTy sTudenTs in ConcerT Chorale. Killian Singers. and Two mixed choruses. Wirhin The school The Chorale combined wiTh The Singers To perTorm winTer and spring concerTs and The annual iazzfrock show. OuTside The school. The ConcerT Cho- rale gave Three perTormances aT iunior high schools. They also parTicipaTed in The DisTricT Vocal conTesT, The Dade CounTy Choral FesTival. The UniversiTy of Miami SighT-Reading Honor Choir. and The Dade CounTy Honor Choir. SpecTacles of beauTy and grace domi- naTed Homecoming as Killian's TirsT black queen, Dolores Burch. was crowned on November l9. I97l. The courT. con- sisTing oT Cheryl Bogh. Sue McDonald. Yvonne ParTin. and Debbie STaTTord. reigned over The weekly TesTiviTies. Un- derclass princesses voTed on from sub- miTTed applicaTions were: Nena JusT liuniorl. Rosalyn HunTer lsophomorel. and CaThy PorTer lTreshmanl. Homecoming week, sponsored by The senior class. began November 22. Mon- day was cosTume day and sTudenTs were seen parading Through The halls in a vari- eTy oT cosTumes and make-up. ThaT eve- ning, Key Club sponsored a hayride where seniors piled among bales oT sTraw and sang Tolk songs. Green and Gold day Tollowed and The second annual bon- Tire was conducTed on The aThleTic Tield aT 7:00 pm. Flashes Tlickered ThroughouT The school as sTudenTs phoTographed Triends on camerafdress up day. AT 6:00 Wednesday evening. sTreams OT parTici- paTing paraders Tollowed The TooTball bus To Memorial Field. where The Cou- gars deTeaTed Miami Beach. 20-O. MeeT Those deadlines, wriTe ThaT headline, TRY AGAlNlll Words be- came cries oT help as deadline rushes drew near. Long hours oT sleeplessness and hard work were essenTial To creaTe a crowd-pleasing I972 CATAMOUNT. Co-ediTor Carrol Gullen was responsi- ble Tor The sTyle and Theme oT The book while co-ediTor Bruce Morris was phoTo coordinaTor. Advisor Mrs. Willa STone acTed as reTeree. warden. and oTTen Times moTher. NineTeen oTher sTaTT mem- bers including phoTographers were chieTly responsible Tor The book's con- TenT. Mark Losner. Harvey SmiTh, and Robin SweTman handled CATAMOUNT phoTography by working long hours in The school darkroom. PhoTographers were responsible Tor shooTing group shoTs oT clubs and aThleTics. The yearbook was divided inTo sec- Tions and assigned To sTaTTers. Carrol Gullen was responsible Tor Opening sec- Tion: Academics: Leonard Klingen: Clubs: Mary Hawkins and Linda Shank- er: AcTiviTies: Danelle Tucker and Linda

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Achvlhes Who's goT ThaT soul? Cougars goT ThaT souIl Screaming and waving shak- ers Trom The bleachers, sTudenTs gaTh- ered once a week during The TooTbalI season To express Themselves. AcTiviTies. including skiTs To hoax opposing Teams. broughT ouT The mosT in HCOUGAR SPIRIT. T I Led by STudenT 6overnmenT Presi- denT ScoTT CarTer, cheerleaders aroused animal insTincTs and behavior. FavoriTe cheers such as Have you goT ThaT spir- iT?, Cougar machine, We're ,number onel. and WHOOP WHOOP SIDE- HEADIIIH vibraTed Trom The walls, inTo ears, and back ouT The mouThs again. Though The biggesT boosT, To morale was a winning season,'Coach LamberT Reed was insTrumenTal in igniTing Tlames, As a Tinale. he broughT down The house Tor some soul dancing! The Homecoming bonfire, an evening pep rally. kindled memories oT old and dreams oT The TuTure Tor Those anTicipaT- ing an evenTTul year. Cheerleaders gaTh- ered in 'U' Torm around The burning Tire and led The crowds oT sTudenTs and alum- ni in TooTball cheers. WinTer and spring pep rallies were scheduled ThroughouT The remainder oT The year To keep spiriT ablaze in oTher seasonalsporTs - baseball, gymnasTics, swimming, and wresTling. Honored for The TITTI1 consecuTive year. marching band was given a sTraighT superior raTing 'From The Florida Band MasTer's Associafion. Mr. Dane Wills was conducTor and di- recTor oT Tour large bands. The highesT level band was ConcerT Wind Ensemble, consisTing of sixTy members. Marching band, including The ma- ioreTTes, conTained nineTy-six high preci- sion players. Mike Anderson was The band capTain: Twin drum maiors were Randy and STeve Allen: and Eileen EggerT was capTain oT The maioreTTes. Marching and playing aT all TooTbaIl as-VA 'DH' F Tv. S4 LW? W 1 fi., .g ,my ,arg ' , 'li-f'5l'1i', - 1- ' 1 ' ,f '-vi: i !3L'i' ' K Q., . i?jl,nfa,.,s. ,L iff. fi-, ,, ', 1,334 . .. T' ' i..f. ri s , ' T31 i X . Q. T Bfilf-lifi'v ,p.f,,.,,1::-,y. T, u 5 , ag Q . . :vs i'w1? : - if ' f ggi-9:.1f ' left

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Oompopci, Oompopo, Vasquez: Freshmen: KaThy Kendrick: Juniors: BeniTa Brown. Sharon Chandler. and Carol Henderson: Seniors: Donna Albury and Ellen Taylor: Sophomores: Chris Cowgill and Inez Hill: SporTs: Donna Black and Leah Robinson: and Closing: Bruce Morris. Business and ad- verTising managers, Debbie Losner and Donna Gordon. handled The selling oT underclass picTure packeTs, yearbook sales, and ofher business orienTed acTivi- Ties. Hard work and concern were The sTrongesT asseTs of The Cougar's Roar sTaTT helping The producTion To maTure Thump, Order! Do-re-mi, We're Number One! and circulaTion manager Colleen Morris were responsible Tor adverTising and mailing The Cougars Roar To oTher high schools. Responsible Tor reporTers' arTicles, page ediTors drew layouT and correcTed grammaTical errors. Veda Brown lsporTsl, Adele lsrael lnewsl, Peggy Morris lfea- Turel. and John Olsen lediToriall made cerTain ThaT all arTicles and pages were Turned in on Time To meeT The deadlines. PhoTographers Mark Losner. Robin SweT- man, and Harvey SmiTh phoTographed all candids To complimenT The wriTTngs. Senior STeve Taylor creaTed carToons inTo a newspaper direcTed Towards The TasTe of The sTudenT body. STarTing wiTh a Tresh ouTlook in sTyle, layouT, and paper qualiTy changed The enTire characTer OT The producTion. Edi- Tor-in-chieT Phyllis WolTeld exempliTied The ToTal appearance oT The paper. New ideas and sTories were ThoughT Through aT board meeTings, where The ediTors discussed and planned The TuTure issues. EdiTors wiThin The sTaTT were involved in Tinancial and organizaTional aspecTs OT The paper. Managing ediTor Lane GeneT ToTaled sTory poinTs and averaged grades while business ediTor Lori Walker Tor The ediTorial page To accenTuaTe Tal- lacies in The sysTem while Cherie LiCausi produced adverTising arTwork. Financial as well as spiriTual supporT was The sole purpose oT The BoosTer Club. They assumed The Task oT buying new equipmenT Tor The wresTling Team and supplying The soccer Team goalie shirTs. All The money BoosTer earned and raised was donaTed To fha' AThleTic de- parTmenT To help buy needed equip- menT. l SupporTing and organizing The Tund- raising acTiviTies were: PresidenT Mr. George Jasper, vice-presidenT Mr. Toni Caparelli, secreTary Mrs. Marilyn Wil- cox, and Treasurer Mrs. Rosa WhiTehead. ExecuTive board members Mrs. Shirley Searle, Mrs. EsTer Davis, and Mr. Jack Schneider served as The backbone oT The organizaTion. Earning money was diTTiculT and Took much Time and eTTorT. During breaks, BoosTer Club opened a Cougar Den in The caTeTeria - selling T-shirTs. spiriT buTTons, key chains, and socks. AT bas- keTbaII games, The organizaTion man- aged a concession sTand and Towards The end oT The year sold TickeTs Tor win- Ter sporTs. STudenT-TaculTy relaTions were an imporTanT TaceT OT liTe and The unsung hero OT This dilemma was The STudenT Congress League. Organized To esTab- lish communicaTion wiThin The school, The League aTTempTed To inspire spiriT. Mr. STeve WolT, American HisTory in- sTrucTor, sponsored The organizaTion, helping The sTudenTs and TaculTy To reach a beTTer undersTanding oT one anoTher's problems. One major achievernenT of The STudenT Congress League was The TwenTy minuTe break which allowed sTu- denTs To snack. associaTe, and relax. OTher addiTional changes were spring pep rallies and 'rap' sessions. Three racially balanced commiTTees meT every Friday aTTernoon To discuss and deal wiTh various problems in an eT- TicienT way. The STudenT Recommenda- Tions CommiTTee gaThered suggesTions Trom The sTudenT body .and presenTed Them aT meeTings while The STudenT ETh- ics and Human RelaTions commiTTees aTTempTed To harmonize sTudenT inTerac- Tions. Dr. E. J. Arahill, Mrs. MargareT Wilson, and Mr. Michael ExelberT repre- senTed The TaculTy aT every discussion. STudenT Congress League also aT- TempTed To insTill s'piriT Through spiriT buTTons and a cougar oT The week award. where The mosT spiriTed sTudenT received recogniTion over The public ad- dress sysTem.