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

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FooTball games, aTTer-game dances and The presiclenTial elecTion dominaTed The Tall season, keeping The sTudenTs on The move. Seniors sTaged a school-wide mock elec- Tion wiTh Vice Pres.idenT l-luberT Humphrey winning a pluraliTy oT The voTes, indicaTing ThaT if Burges voTing had reTlecTed The na- Tional Trends, The presidenTial elecTion would have been Thrown inTo The House oT RepresenTaTives. VisiTs Trom all Three presidenTial candi- daTes gave sTudenTs The opporTuniTy To parTicipaTe acTively, noT only Through inTer- viewing The candidaTes, buT also by acTing as Nixon and Wallace girls, As Nov. 5 approached, exciTemenT mounTed as The naTion awaiTed iuclgmenT on The candidaTe oT Their choice. and Tinal elecTion reTurns. P' ig , Seniors Mary Reyna, Diane Bingham and Pau door Tor a governmenT proiecT To promoTe T aiuLS3?,2l l Blades decoraTe Mrs. Alice Whi+es school inTeresT in naTional elecTions. Affer-game dances provided an ouTleT Tor vicTorious spiriT. Dances were sponsored by various service clubs and music supplied by local bands.

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,wg B1 As The chmax OT The evenTTul week, radianT Karen Day was crowned Homecoming Queen by Coach John Birkhead. The Queen and courT were enTerTained by The dance proclucTions oT Orchesis, a modern dance honorary socieTy. QPIIZH' IGNITEQ STUDENT BODY EnThusiasm sparked acTiviTies during The week oT OcT. I4-I9, To make Homecoming '68 a momenTous happening. Such spiriT signs as MusTang TerriTory, Purple Power, and Trample The Troopers adorned The halls and lawns on Edgemere, accenTuaTing The drive Tor vicTory. AT The pep rally on Friday, Mrs. Helen Ramsdale, English Teacher, accepTed The MOST OUT- sTanding GraduaTe award Tor her son, Dr. Dan Ramsdale, who was unable To aTTend. The game againsT EasTwood highlighTed The spiriTed week. The 27-20 deTeaT oT The MusTangs can besT be described as A blaze oT loyalTy Tor The Team which burns brighTly in vicTory and is Tanned, noT ex- Tinguished by The winds oT deTeaT, Queen Karen Day and her courT were presenTed aT The halTTime show and crowned aT The CoronaTion Ball The nexT nighT. HalTTime acTiviTies included The presenTaTion OT red roses To Karen Day 'from lasT year's Homecoming queen. JaneT JohnQ SON. her