North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Athletic triumphs create spirited students The 1974-75 year was nof just a year of athletic triumphs, but also struck a victory for spirit. With a winning football team, attendance at the games increased. Not only did assemblies grow but their quality improved. Most everyone participated in one way or another by making signs, join¬ ing a spirit group or simply cheering in the crowd. Spirit at its best both at the game and the assemblies. Signs helped spirit groups win points.

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Above: Crossroads provided the music. Left: Mr. Lazear insists he ' s not stepping on Mrs. Lazear ' s foot. 18 Few attend Holiday dance Social committee for the first time being a permanent club took over the task of planning what they thought was a much wanted Christmas dance however ap¬ parently was to close to Christmas and had too many conflicts to be a success. With the help of pep club and student council they manage not to go so far in the hole. Crossroads provide the music and the semi-formal dance was held in the student center. Although the attendance was low , the dance was well planned and could may of very well of been a success. Above: Ken Pryor poses with his date Lisa Johnson. Below: The few that did attend appear to be having a good time.

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Above: The spirit was booming at this pep assembly as shown by the team and coaches. Below: The anxious student body awaits the team. Pep Assemblies produce spirit Due to lack of consideration and poor conduct by the student body there were very few variety assemblies. However, this proved to be the opposite in regard to the pep assemblies. There was a great deal of spirit and effort brought forth by not only the organizers but also by the student body and faculty as a whole. Each was in some way unique, but all were alike in regards to spirit and involvement. Every week a spark plus award was presented to the various groups presenting the most spirit, the cadets formed a tunnel for the football players and the faculty put on some great skits. With our small enrollment the auditorium was far from full, but the spirit that was presented by those present proved that although we were small in number we were proud of what we had achieved.