West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Seniors welcome sophomores to West during the first aud, by displaying vorious bonners of affection. Cphoto by J. Morrissey? in K! Mr. Rettko rollies the students' spirit at on aud. Cphoto by J. . Morrissey? Time out from playing allows band members to watch the aud's Freddie Fillers '86, plays guitar during the air band finols ot the activities. Cphoto by J. Morrissey? Choirity Week AUG. CPVWOYO by K. Redekerb Channel Spirit Pep auds, for some, were just a woy to skip o class, or shorten classes, especially if homework wasn't finished. For most, the pep auds were a place to be rowdy and make o lot of noise! The gym, filled with nearly every West student, rocked with laughter at the sophomoric antics of seniors Bridget Foley and Jeno Betta. During the first aud, students were welcomed back ond the sophomores made to feel at home, as seniors performed a skit, portraying a sophomore and his mommy. Many successful auds occured during the year, as a result of Student Senate's effort. To channel all the spirit, a time schedule was created for each aud, lt consisted of precise lengths of time for each Octivity. Though many thought the opening of North High School would affect the spirit of West, the response of the student body proved them wrong. Mr. Rettko, the new principal with a booming voice, didn't need the aid of a microphone or megaphone to project his spirit. Amid all the commotion of the auds, memories were mode from the fun they generated. Cwritten by B. Speer? Pep Auds 'l9l as i,-s'ffi31??'s rf 1 ,

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Jeno Berto '86, pretends to be o sophomore during the first oud, os his mommy, Bridget Foley '86 ond Jenneil Arnold '86 look on. Cphoto by J, Morrisseyb , if Sq, lx QQ 'K S1 253 'W' fs ,0,, ,,,r s Wm Robert Horris of the Booster Club ouctions off pet Jeff Ryon '88, during Chority Week Aud. Cphoto by J. Morrissey? Steve Fowler '86, gazes wide-eyed ot the the wild behavior the oud generotes. I 18 Pep Auds

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The Crowd People seem to hove on obses- sion for cotegories. They cotego- rize other onimols ond eoch other. Animols ore cotegorized by their physicol troits ond behovior. Hu- mons cotegorize eoch other by physicol ond behoviorol troits, ond by ossociotion they moy hove with others. This fetish seems to monifest itself during childhood, when o young- ster is ploced in o school. lt is here thot cliques ore formed, ond cor- ried out throughout the rest of the yeors in school. Though people or their closses moy chonge, the originol stotus of the group re- moins. Their gools ond volues ore set by those who surround them. High school society consists of mony intertwining groups. The l'boundories of these groups ore fog-ridden ond ever-shiftingg never cleorly defined, but there never- theless, The joclss, populor, broins, loners, lsnown, unlsnown... infinite ore the divisions ond the individuol himself, who moy fit in none, o few, severol, or somewhere in between. The chorocteristics of these groups ore the some. They listen to music, comploin obout porents, hove mony of the some feelings ond problems, ond tolls of the some things in vorying degrees. Whot distinguishes between these groups is the stress on differences, not the similorities, until it is be- lieved thot the others ore reolly different. Cwritten by B. Speerb I 20 The Crowd