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s tIJ i, Jeff. What’s for lunch?’’
r i “ Hi, Cathy. I thought you stayed
home today when you weren’t in first
hour. Sit on this side.’’
“ Oh, I had to go to the dentist.”
“ Well, you’re just in time for pizza.”
“ No thanks, I’m dieting.”
“ Were you at the pep rally this morn­
ing?”
“ How could you miss me? I was the
cheerleader with the sack over her head
in the second skit.”
“ No wonder I couldn’t find you. I have
to admit that the pep rally was pretty
interesting even though I couldn’t figure
out if you were there or not. Everybody
was so rowdy; it was hard to keep your
seat through all the excitement.”
“ That’s always been my favorite part of
cheerleading; the crowd getting all riled
up. You can just feel everybody rooting
together.”
“ I know the feeling. Our school spirit is
just great. Everybody comes together for
a common cause. Even the parents take
part with their Parent Booster Club.”
“ If it weren’t for our great school spirit
we’d be just like any other school.”
“ You’re wrong there, Cathy. I’ve only
been at Ralston for about seven months,
and I can see some big differences
between Ralston and other schools,
such as Ralston’s course offerings.”
“ What’s so different about our
classes?”
“ Not every school offers three different
foreign languages. With all of the spend­
ing lids, lots of schools have cut their
industrial arts programs as well as other
classes like driver’s ed and art courses.
Can you imagine taking nothing but read­
ing, writing, and arithmetic eight hours a
day?”
“ GAG ME! Can’t those schools send
their students to those special classes at
Boystown like Ralston does? Some of my
friends take classes there in the morning
and come back here for (continued on page 230)

Many school districts larger than Ralston are cutting back in their athletic pro­
grams due to spending lids and inflation