Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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0 Rlayhe you didn't think we improved. hut we have some sole supporters that step out of the background at times like these, and they are us. Yes. the orchestra of Tucson High greatly improved this year, according to us. XVhat' caused the sud- den enthusiasm in the 'l'.H.S. Long Hair Association is unknown. Perhaps we responded better to Prof XY. .X. Sewell's expert waving. .Xt the iirst of the year we worked very hard getting the left hand to go with the right in the 'gtlverture to Orpheus in the Underworld and The Scherazade Suite and tinally played them in assemhly. .Perhaps we musicians tl use the word mu- sician looselyj look calm and serene on the stage, hut .lanet 'Ruggles certainly wasn't so when she discovered that Bob Baker had dropped her hass viol feom- inonly known as a dog housej and had broken it into ahout six pieces. l'rof'l solved the unnecessary noise problem hy having a Comstock fund to which ottenders had to contribute ten cents. .Xt Christmas time with the help of Nlrs. Sewell. we hought Prof a record alhum of Shotakovichys Gth symphony. 4 Jtlicers for this year consisted of president, Mary l.ee Grayg Secretary and Assist- ant Direct. .Iennie l.ou Knoxg l,ihrarian. hlanet Rugglc-s1 Concert Nlaster. 'lfalitha Volwcll. and l'crsonncl Manager, Mary Knaggc. The liligniticd Looking Orchestra ov -

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Kane! 'l'his year the marcliing squad was definitely out ol commission and so we were the ones who filled in that empty spot at the loothall games. lt took lots of coop- eration to figure out those clever and hilarius interludes twell, clever, anyhowj. 'llhat time -Xl Xliein and llenny tlloyer did their interpretation of Pistol Packin' Mania was truly rare. ,Xl looked kind of strange with all that lipstick on and his peroxided hair. But l guess he's used to the lipstick. NYhen Christmas came alonif. we 'massed the hat and houffht ProfU a new leather U h u , tis o . y oa 'o ,too..1 o' J s. . J. 1 . . l iet' 1 et Carr t 'nd tr m s'h l 'nd t cturte the lI lil1UtI1'll Plutt XV'1ter ete. Tucson lfligh School should truly he proud of Prof. hut we band fellows felt par- ticularly so because we were under his direction! Professor XYilliam Arthur Sewell wrote the VVAC song in honor ol l.t. Col. Betty Handel of the NVACS. tltlicers for this year were president. Ilarry tiling secretary and assistant director, tfhauncey Dobsoug librarian. Robert .Xrceg personnel manager, Donald Howard. It' was a super year for all ot' us. and we hope you will he turned into the same station next year at this time watching all of us get hetterllll The Militant Looking liauduneu

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pep Squacl lngrerlients: two iron lungs, one leathery throat. clash of school spirit, bushel of pep. Stir rigorously with seven snappy cheer leaclers. Pour into pep squad pen on lifty yarcl liueg top with bright red clothes anrl serve piping hot at basketball and football games. .Xll this makes up uswus. the loucl, bright colorecl twell, loucl anyhowl section that has the choice seats at stull' aucl things. lu the front row we have two people whose voices can excell all of ours put together. liven though these people are a wee bit unstrung, especially after a session of trying to make joe yell in unison with .lack and jim, they leacl everything we try to clo tsouncls nice doesn't itj. This cluo is Hob Schofield. big chief, aucl liuuuy Powers. assistant big chief. Then there are those kirls you all know, the cheer tfplease yell louclerj leaders, They are the ones who make spectacles of themselves at all our school func- tions. Those comprising this group are Clittorcl lieneclict. big head of the cheer- leaclers, Betty lilack. Margaret .Nun lleterson. llat Saunders, Jackie Stein, Bill lleltinstine, and Chuck McHugh. Now you know all about what we tlo :tml what our learlers clo, You must get acquaintecl with us l l l-LXR. The Noise Makers