Sanderson High School - Lakonikos Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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olympics or the student-faculty game. How many times have cheers of SHS is the best died on the second row of bleachers for the spirit stick? We seem to enjoy making rivals of acquaintances. To compete against those we know, is part of the fun. Do the upper- classmen really believe that the Sophomores fit their vivid de- scriptions inscribed on the bath- room Walls? Whatever hostilities we students do allow to accumu- late can usually find escape in the form of a grade A large egg. Sophomore is a Greek term meaning a wise idiot. The person who coined the phrase should be shot. Ioe Farrington '-....'.5 ::f 14. N., k

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VVI-IO'S THE BEST? Popeye vs. Brutus, Billie lean King vs. Bobby Riggs, the coyote vs. the roadrunner-all rivals, each trying to prove superior to the other. We at Sanderson witness a more famil- iar rivalry every day. Although Senior brutality and Powderpuff casualities can hardly compare to the blows of Mohammed Ali, the air is hardly less charged for a Iunior-Senior contest than for an Ali-Frazier fight. The popularity of intra- school rivalry is indeed on the increase. Many of the same stu- dents who cease to recognize the existance of a varsity basketball team obtain infinite pleasure from the language --...iq -N 24

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Of all the types of rivalry, ranging from faculty vs. students to Lokonikos vs. Sandscript, Class rivalry no doubt claims top priority. Class rivalry is the instigator of elevator passes and Homecoming Floats. It leads young men fwomenftj to risk suspension and sacrifice their Friday night to decorate the sidewalk with a bigger than life Class of 75 . Class rivalry is a common factor to Sanderson, born in 1969 and nourished in 1975. We are constantly clown- graclecl by upperclassmen but I think we're gain- ing recognition. chuck Ellison lsophj The 74-75 school year was launched into rivalry with Home- coming and the ducking and dodging of egg yolks and females on the football field. At the Powderpuff Game vicious, snarling, bruised and bleeding female football play- ers engaged in arm to eyeball, knee to chin, foot to stomach com- bat. Traditionally known for this type of rough-housing, this year's game was no exception. The Srs. defeated the Irs. by a mere 1 pt. All in all, it was a typical Pow- derpuff game, and that speaks for itself. I clidn't play Powder- puff football to kill until they fSophomores and Iuniorsj started the ruff stuff That is when Iwent out to get'em. Renee Foushee