St Marys High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (St Marys, WV)

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TEAM CAPTAIN JOHN CARPENTER rouses enthusi- asm for fellow basketball team members at the Spirit Week thuse. SOME EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF VICTORY, oth- ers the agony of defeat. At the Spirit Week thuse Steve Canter- bury triumphs over competitors in the bubble gum chew. TOWERING OVER THE GYM, the Junior spirit wall sports posters of encouragement for the basketball team. For their efforts, the juniors were awarded first place. LINK BY LINK, seniors Trina Hendrickson, Pam Templeton and Phillip Morgan shape the paper chains to be used on the senior spirit wall. Spirit 15

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Spirit designed for everlasting style Current fashion forecasts suggest spir- it as a necessary accompaniment. Monogrammed sweaters, knit ties, the Prep- pie look, and add-a-bead necklaces are all fashion- able now, but will soon fade away. But there is one fashion that will never go out of style — the fash- ion spirit. Spirit was prevalent throughout the year in a variety of thuses and spir- it activities. Cheerleaders decorated lockers, spon- sored class competitions and cheered at thuses. One of the thuses con- ducted by the cheer- leaders was in conclusion to the annual Spirit Week. Denise Davis, head cheerleader stated, “My favorite thuse was the Spirit Week thuse be- cause we involved the stu- dents and I think the crowd really enjoyed it.” Spirit Week included an inter-class wall decorat- ing contest and dress-up days. Spirit was present not only at thuses but in the attitude of every student every school day. At ath- letic events, class plays, and dances enthusiasm beamed from the faces of SENIOR FOOTBALL PLAY- ERS Brian Barnhart and Mike Smith may have thought they were too old for blind man’s bluff but cheerleaders Tammie Davis and Serena Eddy show them otherwise. students in attendance. With the change in sea- sons came changes in the type of sports played. Still there was equal support for all. Not only in school ori- ented activities was stu- dent spirit felt, but also in community needs. Stu- dents and faculty support- ed both the heart fund and Muscular Distrophy campaigns. In the years to follow, spirit will not be a passing fashion, but a permanent and intrinsic part of the school day’s wardrobe. 14 Spirit

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Student actors put on ritz for play Seniors capture the mood of the 1920’s in ‘Any Number Can Die’. n a typical day ■ B at St. Marys High School it is difficult, if not impossi- ble, to find flappers, moxie, or a marcel wave. But on February 18 and 19, when the senior class presented “Any Number Can Die”, these things were very much in evi- dence. The three act comedy- mystery was set in Ra- ven's Head, a lonely man- or on an uninhabited island during the late I920’s. Ten people come to the decrepit manor for the reading of old, eccentric Cedric Russell’s will. Six of them are not who they should be and three of them should not be there at all. After someone dies, two elderly detectives match wits with a master criminal and against each other to solve the mysteri- ous murders. By the end of the play three have been found dead, one who was thought to be is not, and two detectives have fallen in love. Tryouts for the farce were held on January 13. Practices began the next day and continued almost nightly until the day of the play. Flats were painted by cast and crew members on January 29 and erected the following day. Props were brought in during the following practices. As was the case last year, Cathy Pollock served as student director. The technical aspects of the project were directed by David Snively. Mrs. Ann Bradfield supervised the project. 16 Senior Class Play