Newman Smith High School - Illiad Yearbook (Carrollton, TX)

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Starting the Year Early Heading for the Top . . . Wednesday, August 26th. We all wondered what that first day of school would bring. No matter what our expectations,we all knew that This would be the best ever! We were reaching for the top, whether the top meant passing all our classes or get- ting prestige in our district. We actually started on August 24th with registra- tion. Once again, there was a new way to do it.Jf we didn ' t like what the computer gave us, and most of us didn ' t, we got to go through the hassles of college-style registration. Not only had that changed, but new faces and new questions were prevalent. Some of the new questions were: Do you live north or south of Jackson? , Are you going to buy your pictures? and Do you want to buy an an- nual? After all of that, you were finished. Class pic- tures for the annual were taken at this time. The seniors got to skip that stop since they had theirs taken over the summer. Although the band, drill team, and football players had been practicing for almost a full month, getting back into the daily routine of school was arduous. We found that all 1,950 students had to be crammed into three lunch periods. The first Friday, we learned that pep rallies would be sixth period. That meant that most seniors would be unable to attend. Underclassmen were also dismissed at 2:45 P.M.! As a result, pep rallies were almost empty. However, we started the year with a win over Waxahachie. Our best pep rally and game resulted in a win over R. L.Turner. We had reached the top in CarroUton- Farmers Branch and planned to stay there. Another goal we had to reach for was grades. Pass- ing had been changed to seventy and most teachers were determined to make us work for our grades. In-class assemblies had been cut to almost none. One paid assembly, that had been planned a year in ad- vance, was allowed. Conduct grades were changed to U, N, S, and E. This thoroughly confused both students and teachers. Junior ANNE GRATIGNY predicts the defeat of the R. L. Turner lions ha nging a stuffed lion from the basketball goal. Photos by ]. Sigmon 7 MAN SMITH 1 f ' Sk, I ' -. 2 Opening

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J ' - ' X. - ,. , , , , , . .. EN AKCniMBAUD and JODIE Ms. Douphrate shows her school spint CHERINGTON exhibit the by decorating her window in green „„ ,, , , f, j j j- •„„ and gold. p . iS»r 4 DENISE ROSE, in a fashionable shirt, The Rolling Stones perform one of the perfects her twirling during morning most popular concerts at the Gotten practice. Bowl. Photos by }. Sigmon Openinf