North Lamar High School - Yacht Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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Halftime entertainment: Band members present their ffinished product at the football game with Bonham. 18 0 September Celebration: Panthers rejoice after receiving an onside kick fumble Sulphur Springs. The break came too late, though, as time ran out in the season with NL behind 17-14. Practice to make perfect: Majorettes Shew, Shannon Armstrong, and Wall attempt to learn a toss during practice. game with game of the

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T Summer Ends for Football Team, Band Three Weeks Early as Preparations for September Fill the First Weeks of School g Although school wasn't to start for three weeks yet, band members and football team could be found on the school campus preparing for football season. Majorettes put rou- tines learned at camp to band music, and the new flag corps learned to work with the band. Football players went through the pain of getting muscles back into shape while the cheerleaders worked on the yells that would support them during the actual games. All of these students, though, experienced the pain of working under the hot August sun where it wasn't unusual to see one sway and suddenly find himself on the ground. Most of the student body, though, began school with registration and picking up schedules. l For the most part, the first weeks of the new school year were filled with preparations for the football-volleyball sea- son. Where's the ball? Volleyball player Vicki Chapman waits for the ball at afternoon volleyball practice. nv. mwgy-'f fag .19-e ,g gnu Crowded office: Teachers, students, and exes alike crowd the office dur- Let's see, what comes next? Senior Class members await elec- ing The fifsf days Of SCNOOI- tion of the next class officer at the first Senior Class Meeting of the year. August U 'I7

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School Year Comes to Life as Football Season Swings Into Action The hectic preparations of the preceding month had to be finished by September 8, when, at Sulphur Springs, the first game of the '78 football season got under way. A slightly nervous NL varsity put up a good but not quite good enough effort against the AAA team, and a slightly terrified marching band lived to tell about their first real 8-5 corps-style halftime show. Also under way was the organization of the numerous clubs and the addition of the Spirit Club, sponsored by Annie Perry and Tommy Eads. New sponsors were seen elsewhere as Tommy Eads and Lillian Hickman took over leadership of the Beta Club from Joyce Johnson. The Math Club began work on their first project of the year - a school flag - and Tri-Hi-Y held a homemade ice cream supper before the New Boston football game to the delight of many avid Panther fans. To add to the confusion of everything happening at once, school pictures and senior portraits disrupted classes and schedules for four days. After school practices of almost every imaginable kind could still be seen daily going until all hours as volleyball and football players, cheerleaders, majorettes, flag corps, and band members worked hour after hour through the almost unbearably hot afternoons to ready Senior pictures: Senior Stacy Tucker poses for her cap and ,gown picture. themselves for the next game. l've Got it! Kelly McAllister gets under the Volleyball to get it over the net during a game. Two bits . . Varsity Cheerleaders Brenda McKinney, Denise Arnett, and Linda Short lead the student body in a cheer. - September 0 19