Washington High School - Hatchet Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Spirit, pride tell the history of teams The shouts from the crowd, the cheers from the cheerleaders and the coaches with pride on their faces, tell the story of the history of Washing- ton High School's teams. Spirit! No matter how many games were won through the five decades here, everyone enjoyed going to the games, or hearing about them the next week at school. Much time was spent into getting ready for the home games and even more for the Home- coming Game. Many are in the publics eye at these games, but the backbone of these few are those who make those shouts become heard across the field and out into the streets, the sponsors, coaches and the students. Spirit is what is held high in and out of the publics eyesight. Pride? So many people in this gen- NX . a K M .gt . ,W . . . ta W as Q . . - i nf, : i 4 K an . .,,. t . .. . eration don't seem to have the pride that those from earlier generations feel should be there, but way down in them there is the pride that no one can take away from them. They sup- port their school, in a way that has changed since 1931. There will always be a difference in how we should show our pride. X , . x Q g- K . . 3 - . 4 S , ' .i ff, W P -.r' A ..... s fr see.s as ' -Q . , S ...... l tg.. Q . . ,,.. . lg , Q, 1 ., ,. ...., va a S s - ,l'. : . :' ., i. i ' . . wi i n I 7 -11-,W--M f,,f-v -1---. vcrmiii 1 vnrs bfflpening fs N Far Above: Banner Carriers were the thing in the '5Ofs. Above: 1969 Senior football players pose outside school

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Inflation hasn't deflated the problems Gas prices have over doubled since Washington opened in 1931. Even though prices have soared, students still drive to school. Some students live too close to ride a bus, or else they have another reason for driving to school. No matter how students get to school, they help to make WHS have the best attendance record for this district. The students who wish to drive to school were required to reg- i l l s Lett StuCo member checks car stickers in the Above: Students clear the parking lot after a 6 s long day. of toda ister the make and year of the car with the office. The reasoning for this is that if there were any reason for towing the car, they could contact the student about it. After parking their car in the park- ing Iot, students can go to their classes without any worry about their car being stolen or being messed up. Although, when others come in the parking lot to park, who knows what can happen. Above: The parking lot on a normal day. 0 Lg , Q New

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Lett 1980-81 Varsity cheerleaders show how they keep splrlt in the stands, Below The srhools shlelrl shows prlcle, splrll and sportsmamshlp mth honor llf ,n ' I l -'A f3Aain5Mw g t tr rttr l ., , Q.. an-' V' 3 Q Q i-, .. , Lett: The once revered Wildcat head was placed in the hall just outslde the gym. ?i1Jffj'Qt x