Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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A1 'Phe end of The game, Vikings old and new displayed fheir edmirafion for The vicforious Vilres. Anolher reminder of fhe fherne, Mickey Mouse graced fhe sophomore class officers' fruclr. A Glliceff A special promise of Tomorrow was per- formed by fhe Girls Choir. The iournalism deparrmenf promoted soles of L 1. fheir production by parficipafinq in lhe 'Fun of fhe Homecoming parade. STUDENT LIFE

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. . . A Disney producrion Affer The pep rally, The reTurning exes were honored aT a Tea held in The audifo- rium by F.T.A. members. Many familiar faces reTurned, unforgoTTen by Their Teachers. Tellow graduafes and underclass- men. l.aTer in The day, The Homecoming Parade helped counT down The hours unTil The game againsT Trinify. The parade sTarTed aT 2 p.m. from lrving Schools STa4 dium and followed The TradiTional rouTe down SixTh STreeT and Senfer, crossing Shady Grove, Turfher down SenTer, ending on The school campus. Every sTudenT could parTicipaTe, eiTher in Their organizaTions ThaT had a car in The parade, or by waTch- ing The spiriTed parade. AT 6:30 in The evening, sTudenTs refurned To The Nimifz baseball Tield To waTch The Torching of The symbolic V bonfire. The flames represenTed The burn- ing pride Thaf The sTudenT body feels for Their school, as The V sTood for Valhalla, VicTory, and mosT imporTanTly, Vikings. Vikings were enTerTained laTer ThaT N31 A n 'fp nighT aT Two showings of The Admirals Revue, a TalenT show sponsored by The choir. LasT-minuTe preparaTions were made for The Homecoming game and dance on SaTurday. November 4. Mums and bou- Tonnieres were picked up while suiTs and dresses were cleaned for The big magic momenf. The final momenf came aT lasT wiTh The Viking win over The Trinify Tro- ians, I4-7. HalfTime was a special momenf for The courT and all Vikings, wiTh The suspenseful crowning of Tina Taylor as The I979 Homecoming Queen. The Vikas per- Tormed a ladder rouTine To The band's ren- diTion of ZippiTy-Doo-Dah. AfTer The game, The special momenTs of Homecoming ended wiTh couples going ouf To eaT and going To The dance, which lasfed unTil I in The morning. Facing e crucial fourfh-and-short siTuaTion, The Vikes pick up The firsT down on a quarferback sneak and go on To deTeaT The TriniTy Troians. W 1 .1 a, ' .'-Z. 'T ' T as-59'-vf ' -.- sz i E -i i il Refurning axes visif The sighTs around Then The dance. .

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Hours spenf for s,oi'riT awaro' eTail The Tigers or Wrinkle The Rebels . l-Tours were spenT Thinking up These sayings and puTTing Them down on paper wiTh gallons oT painT. The person behind The brush painTed. while malcing sure each leTTer was even: ThaT each word could be seen clearly, so ThaT each person could undersTand The meaning behind The sign. ATTer signs were compleTed To The arTisT's saTisTacTion, They were leTT To dry unTil Friday morning - when They were hung To be viewed by all aT each pep rally. Sign painTing parTies served Two main pur- poses, They gave each class a chance To show Bernard Shauffer, senior Toreign exchange sTudenT Trorn SwiTzerland. conTribuTes his Time To sign painT- iusT how much spiriT They had, and They broughT sTudenTs TogeTher To enioy each oTher's com- pany while They worked. WheTher sTudenTs gaThered in The halls aT school. or wheTher They meT aT someones home. The signs never Tailed To geT done. Early on Friday mornings. while The cheerleaders were pracTicing and The band members were Tiling in, Those same sTudenTs who painTed The signs were up aT The gymnaf siurn hanging Them up. lT Took a loT of hard worlc To geT Them To loolr as good as possible buT iT paid oTT when The class was presenTed The SpiriT Award. Sophomores painTed signs Tor The Friday pep rallies ouTside Miss Piers room in The WesT Hall. il. ,nv Qavv-ow. unw- in STUDENT LIFE M44 Senior Cindy Sanford ouTlines a sign before painTing. Freshman Sharon Mason conTribuTed many aTTer-hours painTing signs Tor The pep rally.