Garland High School - Owls Nest Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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students could attend, Park pep rally was the afternoon to 10 to the 1 X wma, SBW. halftime performance, and Paula Miller direct the bench gives Michael Wiliis the defense takes

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'V lg if To Longhorn fans there is only one college - The University of Texas at Austin. To local students, there is only one school - Garland High School. Just as many of their parents attended classes in the Spanish buff-bricked building, they too walk the same halls, sit in the same rooms and often listen to the same teachers. Members of the band and choir, they practice long hours, both at home and school, often arriving by 7 a.m. to perfect their marching at Williams Stadium or on the student parking lot. The time proves to be well spent when the choir gets a standing ovation after the final curtain of their spring musical or a Division I rating at contest. Just as the Debs, cheerleaders and athletes have found practice is a must, students have learned that extra time on an English paper, math problems or any homework assignment will pay off for them, as well. lt may not be applause from the crowd, a first place trophy or even a gold star on their paper, but they will see the results when report cards are distributed, parents smile with approval or that all-important letter arrives from the university saying, You have been accepted H Q thi K r ctti 4 2? fi Q ' y t , . U - if c - K ,, Coming from the GA building, tii wh V,f',,',!Y students are greeted by the Garland - . A g ff ' ' Olwl. - l ,R Q T f , ., l Q , M. , .Ai I , WV 1 f2,'f'v y I X fi ' 'i'l ,A i X c X ICQ Varsity cheerleader, Patricia Mc- !! H p ' Commas, a senior, tapes hall signs j , fl Q 3 lf, - ' lik lilly !,j M il lt Y. , before the Lakeview game. V , if V7 M My - ,fi , ,r J f X' 4 H, , ' 12 ff? if A4 , f f 1' iff U I, V' . A if' A .X f f, l give it r l

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. . .there is pride Their Alma Mater There is a special pride in the traditions established over the 146 years public education has been provided to the students of Garland. ln 1962 a group of spirited students purchased a cannon that was taken to the football games and fired when the Owls made a touchdown. ln 1965, the large bronzed bell presently used was purchased after the cannon was filled with cement following several mishaps. Students have sung the same Alma Mater for the past 30 years, after Carl Bolin, band director at that time, composed a new one and the original Alma Mater became the Fight Song. Like graduates before them, today's students have side-stepped the Owl in the GA foyer and therefore avoided cleaning it with a toothbrush. As they take part in club activities and special school events, students may, without even realizing it, be starting a new tradition that may be carried on for the next hundred years. Following the tradition of sidestepping the school mascot, underclassmen, Tony Gamino, Robin Knowles, Brian Elder, avoid cleaning it with a toothbrush. 4 opening fc.. aaa' K -5353?1e W'ii K -' Q-ggvfgii T359 Lee Blankenship plays Madam Ar- cati in the drama production of BIithe Spirit. 5 a