CHEERLEADERS Cheerleaders Spark School Spirit " At the very first we set goals and objec~ tives we wanted to accomplish," said Angie Hutchinson, capta in of the 1982 cheer~ leaders. " In the past it has always been three groups: the cheer leaders, the teams, and the student body. We wanted to unite the three." The cheerleaders' attempt at unification began within the squad. Senior Cindy Whit~ field of Jacksonville, Ark. ; junior Jeanne Chambers of Somerville, Tenn .; sophomores Vicki Peat of Pensacola, Fla. , Melanie Earnhart of Conway, Ark ., Charlotte Bray of Jay, Okla., captain Angie Hutchinson of Dallas, Texas and co-captain Lori Pittman of Proctorville, Ohio; freshmen Cheryl Corbin and Kellee Citty of Searcy made up the diverse group. The year's activities for the cheerleaders began a week before school started when they began preparations for the first pep rally. "We had devotional s, prayed, and grew stronger from each other," Lori Pittman said. "That's what really made the year so great." The next step in acheiving their goal started with a pep rally for just the football team and the coac hes. The pep rally proved really effective and relations between the team, coaches, and cheerleaders soon reached a high plateau. 160/Cheerl eaders "Those girls were as hard a working group as the boys on the team," John Prock, Har· ding's head football coach, said. "No one knows exactly how much work they put into the things they do. Our boys (the team) really admire and appreciate the effort they show in stirring sc hool spi rit. " With the assistance of several individuals and groups, what could have been the hardest step to unification became the easiest. "All we had to do was ask and they would be there to help," Angie Hutchinson said of the administration. She went on to praise the Bison Booster Club. " Others like Dr. Jimmy Carr, Dr. Jerome Barnes, Mrs . Kathryn Campbell (our sponsor), Mrs. Joyce Johnson and all the coaches' wives, and the S.A. came to our rescue. We couldn't thank them enough," she said. The squad's performance was enhanced when Emi l ie Bailey, a six~year~old charmer, and Jerry Trapp, a senior marketing major, joined the squad. "She's just really cute," Angie said of Emilie. "We thought she'd be a real crowd pleaser. " " Jerry just came in and swept everyone off their f~et, " Vicki Peat sa id of ' Bobby Bison.' 1
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