Nazarene High School - Lair Yearbook (Roseburg, OR)

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The sports dessert was held Friday night, May 16th, with Tom Watkins as Master of Ceremonies. The athletes and cheerleaders were given awards for their participation in sports. Pie and cake: cookies and donutsg coffee and punch, were dev- oured by everyone present. The coffee kept everyone awake and the sugar kept everyone alive. Jerry Powers spoke about an ath- letes attitude. The perspective of a christian athlete in recognizing his ability. Mr. Powers is staff coordinator for Church of the Nazarene. Award certificates were presented by Mr. Watkins to the J.V. and Varsity volleyball players. The Varsity girls also received award letters. Mr. Adams presented certificates to Junior High basketball players. J.V. basketball players received certificates from Mr. Watkins. The Varsity basketball players received award letters from Mr. Richardson. The J.V. players gave the J.V. cheerleaders carnations for their support over the season. Maureen Farr presented the Varsity cheerleaders with award letters. Thank-you gifts were given to each of the coaches. Mr. Adams received a shirt labeled l'm the Coach. Mr. Richardson a beau- tiful yellow and red sweatsuit. Mr. Watkins was given a gift certifi- cate and a record album. . '- - R , Q -. 4 Exit 'iif New .,,, mi up-'gr' st. fi 2 . Sports Dessert X 95

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From all corner of our school echo the tones of the word GROSS frim lips of people of all ages. It has become a very popular adjective with young people. What do we mean and why is the word used so frequently? According to Websters Dictionary, GROSS means stupid, vulgar, and burly. Our roving reporter discovered kids agree to their meaning, sick and disgusting. Erika Foley said, l probably use the word more than I realize, it's a habit. There is no other word that fits better, GROSS says it all! On the choir retreat, for breakfast one morning everyone had scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and cheese all mixed together. Some smeared ketchup on top of the whole plate. Clara Gilbert became sick when looking at one persons plate and said, lt looks like someone blew chunks. That state- ment is gross! Larry Shields commented, I used to use that phrase but it sounds bad so I quit saying it. I think Clara stopped saying it too. Mr. O'Neal said, Gross is 144. Mrs. Mullins com- mented, l remember when the word gross counted for something, like a box of pencils or chalk. We ordered sup- plies bythe gross which meant twelve dozen. Students who got jobs this year learned very quickly the net income was a lot different than the gross. After taxes were deducted from the gross income, the net take home pay was a lot less money. Gross weight as painted on trucks means per ton or 2,240 pounds. Sandy Walker has this to say about the word gross. lt is a very poetic word describing some peoples inner personal- ity. Heather AlIen's comment is, I use it when something is sickening, vulgar or repulsive. Melanie Boggs says the word gross is easier to say than the word revolting. Annette Stone claims, lf I keep hearing the word over and over, soon it is drilled in my head and I don't realize saying the word all the time. Gross has different meanings to people and it seems overly used by young folk these days. The word is here to stay but I feel the sickening and disgusting meaning is a passing phase. During my research of this word I discovered several fami- lies with the last name of Gross. A thought occured to me, if we had a student with the family name, would we use the word as an adjective as frequently as we do? I think not. by Linda Lanning ' 1 ' ' ' . .. ii.. it 5 !.' ., 1.4, +I L, we ,AMW - . z . Q , : -.,. '-.fq fy, - Q '. 'xlfwii- 's' - I A . f i,4t.,,, .-- 41 1' 1 ,,..',-iff. 'I' if era-. -f '-1 Zn . ' . ' H-Mfr' Feature I 97