Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Assemblies lack spirit ▼Go Big Red! Where there's spirit, there's che ing and where there's cheering there's a group students rocking one side of the auditorium. Pop assemblies’ overall ef- fectiveness didn’t always reflect the games’ outcome. Believe it or not. sometimes the Raiders lost. B it t w hat did p e p assemblies have to do with football games anyway? Was there any connection with the games? Was that why most assemblies were scheduled the morning before a game? Regardless, football was supposedly the sole reason for the spirited Thursday or F r i d a y mornings. Because of lack of student participation, had it not been for the band’s music, drill’s performance, cheerleaders' cheers and Skvlites’ chants, there wouldn't have been a pep assembly, but merely a yell- ing session. “I don't think they come to support the team. said cheerleader Karen Young. They come to out-yell each other. Everyone didn't show for the same reasons. Some attended because they were in an organization, thus obligated, some to represent their class and still others to relieve classroom blues. I go to assemblies to get out of class and talk to my friends. said senior Mack Walker. Blank stares at cheerleaders jumping across the stage and the enthusiastic behavior of the class name bellowers” in various locations of the auditorium was proof that not everyone shared the same opinion concerning school spirit. Some people sat restlessly confined to their seats, glaring straight ahead as if to wonder. Why am I here? During an assembly, one rather uninspired student remarked. I'm here because it’s more exciting than my first period — civics. Though some students preferred assemblies as a shouting and jumping contest. Principal Frank Guzick wasn't in agreement. The wild, sometimes boisterous acts by some students were not accepted as proper conduct. This may have contributed to most students ▲Juniors! Juniors! |unior Brian Evans leads his fellow classmates in class calling as Anna Stredic devotes her attention to the action on stage. confining themselves to their chairs. If Mr. Guzick would allow them to have more fun. they might start to cheer with us a little more.” said Karen. And while Mr. Guzick stuck to his rules, students tried very discreetly to behave wildly anyway. You have to act wild to get up spirit. The name calling shows spirit for your class. That’s not what we're here for. but we do it anyway. stated junior Brian Evans. 10 Student life

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Another year of school and omework challenged students to iach for higher goals one step irther into the 80’s. Although learning was a very nportant factor to most, it wasn’t ard to believe that their lives 'ent beyond the classroom :ene. They learned by day and layed by night, experienced lings uncommon to the average igh school student and con- futed to the community irough various activities. Whether landing a part in a lovie as an extra, riding the bus t the Tyler Lee football game, artying hard or studying harder, ley were all a part of something ig yet a part of something bigger. Student life !t

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 • ◄Staring in amazement. Freshman |oc Cason gets involved in the assembly by paying close attention to the cheerleaders and clapping. ANo. it's not the Van Halen twins. Not necessari- ly enthused, freshmen Tommy Burroughs and Kevin Hammock sit confined to their seats during the North Mesquite assembly. If you go to any other school's pep assemblies you’ll see the same things. commented senior Michael Washington. So it all boiled down to two intangible words, school spirit. As senior Lance McCutchen summed it up. There's no spirit in pep assemblies. It’s just somewhere to go. And according to junior Stacey Belcher it wasn't even the place to go. They're too loud, there's too many people, and it gives me a headache. ◄Comparing cheering notes, BA cheerleaders at- tend the Mesquite pep assembly to discover the Raiders are noisy, too. Student life 11