Polytechnic High School - Parrot Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Your zip code is . . . Senior Barbara Henry takes full advantage of math in her speech. Open your hymnals to page 135 . . . Sonny Wynne, sophomore, adds his unusual taste of variety to the election orations. With a limit of five posters, four small ones and one large one, students display original ideas for class officer elections. 28

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Faculty Supports Parent Visitation Under the lights A Typical Schoolday was the theme for the fall P.T.A. program. The curtain opened to students portraying classroom scenes in pleasant satire. Senior Jane Finley and Junior Terry Casburn then sang Summertime and a familiar tune Try to Remember. A group dance was per- formed by members of the speech class. To end the program a weary sophomore discovered the man with all the answers — Principal Gerald Ward. After the P.T.A. meeting parents were able to visit teachers and discuss various grades and activities. The visitation period ended at nine o ' clock. Principal Gerald Ward talks with recent Poly graduates during open house, sponsored by the P.T.A. Susie Maples, Lynn Osburn, and Merry Bowder add a delightful part to the P.T.A. program. 27

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irwi BUCK PO JERf i EME feLftCK -SE « . ■ Vibrant Cindy Brooks gives one of the many speeches during the run offs in the school auditorium. Steve Black employs current political issues in his campaign for senior class president while emphasizing his name. Colorful Campaigns Influence Elections Hopefuls for class offices received a petition which they then distributed among their friends to be signed. After fifty people had pledged to sup- port the would-be candidate, he turned in his peti- tion to Mrs. Emily Lunday, Parakeet sponsor, who then checked his grades. Once these preliminaries were passed, a general election was held. Three students qualified to run for each office. For three days candidates decorated the halls with posters and their friends with ribbons. On Thursday, Juniors and Seniors convened in the auditorium to listen to a three minute speech by each. Sophomores met with their hopefuls in the gymnasium. After all speeches had been delivered, students returned to their homerooms where they voted. Election results were published dramatically in the Parakeet. I am a star and I want to be your president ... Steve Putnam dons eye-catching attire for delivery of his speech for junior president. 29