Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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H Wasn'r1'rgrand7 usTle pusTle. Hurry To classlu Move over. 'TYou're in my way. T'Don'T shuT The loclcerlll Canl sTand here? Yell louderli' l'Can'T you hear me? ls everyone here? 'Tl won'T TiT. Can you come? Oh no . . . l'm laTel T'LeT's move downf' Clap now. Ticheer now. Cheer Tor a Touchdownlm Wasn'T iT grand To be shoved, pushed. moved, or sTepped on every day when you arrived To The crowded hallways oT good ole' NimiTz? lT would have seemed like mass conTusion To a ToTal sTranqer. buT Tor us, iT was an everyday Thing. We had our own liTTle crowd. and we were always TogeTher. There was always someone wiTh a new ioke, someone wiTh a hearTbrealc. and a Triend who was always There To lis- Ten. l'm going ThaT way, or al leasT ThaT seems To be The loolc Thaf comes Trom This sTudenT. Mindy Slerling, Susan Heine and friends walch a parTicipanT in The Greelc Olympics, perlorm The sTand and iump. Smiling 'faces and happy places include David Peiser, Sammy Wood, STeve Mayo and Their happy Triends in The courTyard. 22 STUDENT UFE lx

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A journey Through Thehaffs usT as The halls never seemed big enough Tor us To have room To do whaTever we wanTed wiThouT running over a Triend, so our liTe space in The world never seemed To TiT our sTyle, or give us enough Treedom To do whaT we wanTed. When we were small, sTill in grade school, Tiny, brighT halls resembled our lives which were Tied only To our parenTs, who always kepT a TighT rein on us. There was always someone older and wiser waiTing Mr. Curry wafches as sTudenTs hurry To Their nexT class. around The nexT corner To puT us back in line, Then came The noT so big, buT so imporTanT move To iunior high. Up anoTher sTep buT sTill on The boTTorn of The pile, as we moved on To new expe- riences. A liTTle more Treedom was enjoyed as mom and dad loosened The apron sTrings and Tried To leT us grow. As big as The halls oT The school, we never Though+ we would Tind our way around. Then we were on Top of The sTack and couldn'T waiT To move ouT of The Tiny space ThaT bound us during The day. We wenT on To high school. wiTh more and more halls To blindly Teel our way around, going in every direcTion, as were The ideas and dreams we all held so dear. SiTuaTions we never knew beTore, we walked inTo blindly, noT knowing which way was up or ouT. AlThough we had Trouble and shorTcomings, we always seemed To come ouT on Top and realiTy was pro- foundly richer Than any dream we ever had. hall wiTh Treshrnan. John Poder and Frank l-lamilTon have Tun in The Class is ouT, everyone is happy Tor Tive more minuTes. waiTing Tor The end of The day. running... PhoTographers ge-T curious glances and geshires Trorn passing sTudenTs. STUDENT LIFE

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AfTer building up Their nerve, a few Vikas per' form a rouTine on The cafeTeria Tables while all The sTudenTs sTopped eafing in order To waTch. , V .X . 'i we.. , T' is 9 During The inifiafion, sTudenTs suddenly glanced aT a few Vika members as They sing The school song, as commanded by one of Their officers. A'fTer a long, hard day of school, Two Vikas sigh in relief, now ThaT They have accomplished Their iniTiaTion. lT's all in fun oT iusT every day sTarTed off as normal as would have been expecTed aT NimiTz. Who could forqeT The spe- cial appearance of The Clone Viking aT The fifTies-day pep rally, WesTern Day when everyone dressed up like cowboys, or even The spiriT days wiTh funny haTs, colorful socks, and sTriped Ties, YeT, probably some of The mosT hilarious days were The funefilled days of iniTiaTions. These iniTiaTions carried on by various organizaTions were a way To welcome new members To Their club. One was The Cheerleaders' iniTie aTions in which The members wore Their ouTfiTs wrong side ouT, as well as The Vikas' iniTiaTions. To Top off The Vikasi ouTfiTs, each new member wore a rainhaT. Members of The drill Team had To perform various dances from Table Tops or on sfairways. These spe- cial days made The year aT NimiTz even more exciTing and differenT. Even The Track Team wore sweaTsuiTs all day long. All in all, iT was done in fun. Laughing in embarrassment Vika Sandra Ellis Turns from The camera. x STUDENT LIFE 23