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Tracks
of the Richwood Tiger
Spirit
Like
Princeton University, Richwood High School's mascot was the tiger
and our colors were orange and black. So we borrowed our alma
mater from that Ivy League school.
Although
Yale has always favored
The
violets dark blue,
And
the gentle sons of Harvard
To
the crimson rose are true,
We
will own the lily slender!
Nor
honor shall we lack
While
the Tiger stands defender
Of
the Orange and the Black. |
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1962,
page 60 (colorized)
Original
banner by Dean
Lindsay
At
RHS, the varsity players and cheerleaders were generally members of
the junior and senior classes, while the sophomores were "reserves."
1965,
page 50
Our
gym didnt have room on the sidelines for many cheerleaders, so
there were only four who cheered for the reserve games (in white
sweaters) and four for the varsity games (in black sweaters:
Sheila Ward bottom, Pat Hoffman center, Janet Sampson and Pat Ransome
top). During timeouts, they ran onto the floor for
choreographed shouting. I don't recall that this ever involved
forming the letter R. Presumably the girls above are in
formation for the photographer's benefit.
At
a pep rally my freshman year, we all received the mimeographed words
and clapping instructions so that we could join the cheerleaders in a
real hep chant. It was also reproduced on page 49
of the 1962 yearbook.
STOP!
Have
you heard about the burg
Theyre
all whispering about
Called
TIGERTOWN?
Theyve
got a mess of kids
And
they all like to shout
About
TIGERTOWN!
Theyve
got a real hep coach
And
a really neat team.
If
you want to win tonight,
All
youve got to do is scream
TIGERTOWN!
Tigertown!
Tigertown!
PET
PEEVES: CONNIE
CAMERON
Babysitting
for bratty kids |
1963,
page 65
1965,
page 50 |
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When
I myself was a sophomore, the reserve football cheerleaders were
obliged to wear generic black and white. Above are Pat
Livensparger, Connie Cameron, and Jo Ann Prichard.
By
my senior year, the reserve basketball cheerleaders had proper
outfits, including sweaters with the orange R and their name in
stitching. At left, from top: Deb Hoffman, Pam DeGood,
Rita Hamilton, Nancy Kyle.
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