Burges High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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STAMPEDE At the year's end it is finally revealed that gar- gantuan wails heard near 101 sixth period were not signals for S. S. S. but merely indications that Stam- pede editors were squeezing the last ounce of ener- gy from weary staff reporters. The inexperienced staff worked hard this year and put out 11 issues filled with news and views. The first semester but one typewriter could be found. More wails and scraping. Second semester two an- tiques were donated. To no avail. Then the business department showed the staff what a typewriter real- ly looked like and even loaned them two. Things went more smoothly until the Hoofbeats staff learned what deadline meant. It was quite a corral, full of hoofing and stampeding kids. The newspaper staff made a good beginning and set the foundation for Stampede staffs to come, Here's wish ing them lutk, and at the same time, herels handing out medals to the now retired staff. Incidenrally, you may see these members during visiting hours at the Asylum for Mentally Retarded Stampede Wforkers. just looking! Someone said they were delivered this noon. The Staff one day were caught working. THF BURGES STAMPEDE Editor .,.....,................,.., .............,... B etty Kay Ward Assistant lfditor lieature Wfriters . . Sports lfditor , , . Sports Wfriters . Club lfditors . . .... Belle Huffman . judy Latta, Joanne Geurin, Margie Baird l'aust1no Pino .. ., Bob Dawson, jerry Davis Zena Garner, Beverly Collins -lr. High Reporter , .......,, ..,,....,.,, P hyllis Bernef Business Manager .. .. . .,.........,,,,,,, Judy Lflftfl lixthange Manager Advisor ....,,,.,,.........,.. City Reporter .... liiller Manager . . Phyllis Freeman Mrs. Sophie janet .. joann Geurin Gloria Wfilkin

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HOOFBIZATS Survival Staff Those not pictured, are either lying down, or strapped down. R. O. T. C. Sponsors' uniforms, in the event of taking forever and a day in arriving finally did so, which en lightened Grady Dyer to the extent he completely forgot to have their pictures taken. Margee Mcfflenahan chased senior boys ........ and girls all over school, so as to make picture appoint' ments for one and all. Some were rather elusive, as if they didn't want their mugs in our book, Advertising was the most fun. This is just a fancy word for disrupting half the respectable businesses in town. Everyone did his best at high pressuring except the editor who was too dignified. Redl' Gruendyke, our sleepy Ad Manager, and whose complexion sometimes matched his hair when an Ad was misplaced. survived the whole fran- tic mess and deserves a big hand . . . so . . . when you read this . . , please clap. juan was our official runner, which put him in great shape for track. He has odd shaped feet, explaining where the marks on the ceilings around school came from earlier this year. Margie Baird had the envied C?j job of putting on the Beauty Contest for Hoofbeats Club. Our very own double exposure brigade, often under the influence of K1-2A Tri'X, were constant enemies of many impatient students who thoroughly disliked picture retakes necessary as they were. Came near the last deadline, the camera shutter went on the blinkg they wouldnt shutter, so instant pictures were conjured up with the help of Big Deal's Polaroid, which saved his sports section too. Bill, by the way, was our one and only Senior Hi Sports lfditor, who did all sports work himself. All in all, HOOFBEATS was completed Cmuch to the surprise of allj with a sigh of relief. heard, we suppose, hither and yon. Mrs. Evelyn Nichols, a friend, especially in time of S troubles Oh, Exalted.

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1-93 ,J I I , A lwurgglir is mlleiieil hy Ci.lI'OllllC'S tales of Xxoe Ap the E i proxiiimtelx' 150 hooks .ire rhcikcd out ot' lihixirx' cnuh elm. The lihi-.ivy this ye.ir coh- Liiiif some 1000 hooks. 60 ililliereiit lN.1g.1Zll1CS .mil A iiewslmipers, two from out ol towii. .mil persiiiulerl to gixe up his .iiitisorial mreer-f GooLliiiglir, Ciroliiie' . No one knew exactly who was responsible lor the faculty piirty at ifliristiiias. The Pflllfllhll ic cncnnrfrxil XVilliiim II. Burges High School was L4 ileiliiiileal oh Sumliiv, March ll, 1936. On lhzil nliite thcrciwere approximately 1,789 Students zittcmling Burgas, l,'ivi0 iii grades four through nine ximl 3-I9 in high school. 5 lloim-iiiikiiitg students rceogiiizc uhilil dex elop- ixifil nrt al hi ment as . A . Il 1 ' t Cr Lourse. Gooil hiih- iis or play iihil study are lcariieil ex eii .il pru- si hool nge iii the nursery suhool here, 'X slive hows to her iii.i5ler's hiililiiij' iliiriiiy 5 1 the lIlllI.llIOI1 ol Litiii Clliih iiiemhers, Q A