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

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:nu-Q1 I 'r .-.an Above: The Varsity cheerleaders exhibit one of their many routines during a pep rally. tR. Tatei Right: CRAIG HILL and CRAIG HAMMOND vigorously play their trumpets with the band during a pep rally. tR. Tatei .i Opposite Page Top: HAL MAYO catches the , spirit as he yells for the senior class. tR. Tatei Far Right: The senior class seems exuberant at a pep raliy. tR. Tatei is-QL? X ga QW I 22 Pep Rallies

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I-IANGES NTENSIIZ EAD .Qt .. , 1,1 The year began with many changes. Two new administrators, Dr. Charles Blanton and Mrs. Lora Folsom, were perhaps the most prominent additions. Dr. Blanton, the new principal, brought mixed reactions from the students and faculty at first. But, after having time to become acquainted with him, they began to realize that he was a great asset to Newman Smith. Mrs. Folsom had been an administrator at Smith two years ago, and returned this year in the capacity of assistant principal. Most other changes affected school policies. The tardy policy was tightened exten- sively, allowing students one tardy before detention work was assigned, and two tardies before the student was referred to an administrator. Pep rallies were set up on a rotating basis in order to keep them from interrupt- ing the same class too often. Each class was shortened five minutes in order to create the thirty minute assemblies. The Odyssey was distributed free-of-charge as a new student service. Changes were also made in the appearance of the school. The new varsity football fieldhouse was the largest addition, but a covered walkway was also put up outside the gym. Although changes generally tend to upset the normal flow of production, the people who make up Newman Smith were able to benefit from theirs throughout the year. ff TWH-nn. ' t. c x in O 3 T T ,W W f ---lim, . T .. , , . A. Top: Pep rallies alternated class periods enabling more students to show their Trojan Pride. tK. Johnstonl. Center: Mrs. Borcherding and HENRY FERNANDEZ take a break after writing tardy passes for late students. tFl. Jonesl Above: The long-awaited fieldhouse was a welcome addition to the Newman Smith campus. tK. Johnstonl Left: KENNY DURANT gives NATALIE RUSSELL her free issue of the paper. tK. Johnstonl Changes 21

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Snirit Dose Pep rallies were changed this year from dominating sixth period to fluctuating between first and sixth periods. This idea pleased and upset certain members of the faculty. The coaches seemed somewhat upset because the football players needed to be fired up at the end of the day for the game that night. The rest of the faculty were somewhat pleased because their sixth period classes were not interrupted every Friday. The students had mixed feelings about the pep rallies. Of course the seniors were excited about having the pep rallies earlier so that they could attend. However, it was hard to rest of the students since they had to go back to class after the pep rally had ended. Dr. Blanton helped the spirit rise at several pep rallies by speaking and firing up not only the football players, but the students. For the first time in about a year, each class exhibited its spirit each week by continuing to stand during the entire thirty minutes of the pep rally. 5-5 .fifk-exft 94 -,, , K-V, N-.X KX .Nh xx. ,. ,K .NPK ., Q ,XKS ,, MZ. Kia -. . R. . ..... Pep Rallies 23