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

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Sensational Studies. Service ■YOU ' LL BE SORRY, Sergeant Matthew Lindsey tells West Point appointee. Gene Crouch, of the rigors of Army life. No-Doz and Tirend constituted the major por- tions of drain on the budgets of several enter- prising students in 1967-1968, as they vied for special awards. Danny Allie was chosen as Poly ' s representa- tive to Boy ' s State in Austin, while Shelia Beard won the appointnient to Girl ' s State. Cindy Brooks, last year ' s representative to Girl ' s State, is return- ing this year, in answer to a request that she serve as a counselor to the current representatives. Monterrey. Mexico, will be Karen Crook ' s home for six weeks this summer while she uses the $150 scholarshi]) that she Avon through her excel- lence in Spanish. Gene Crouch will, however, be travelling in a completely different direction in August, as he journeys to West Point. New York, to report at the military academy. Four students were named as members of Who ' s Who in Ainerican High Schools as a result of their academic achievements and their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Each of these stu- dents was either a finalist or holder of a letter of commendation in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Spring was the season for service awards to be presented. Kay Newell won the Altrusa Award, and Dixie Hensley, the DAR Citizenship Award. YOUR BILL was due three weeks ago. D. E. Award winner, Barbara Erisman, phones a cus- tomer at her desk in Edison ' s Credit Department. DID YOUR mother really heat you as a child? Kay Newell, Altrusa Award winner, analyzes Coach James Brewer. Her proposed career, psychology, was chosen with an eye for service. U 5 27

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THEN BOYS ' State annexes Girls ' State and ... Cindy Brooks, a counselor this year, shows current representatives, Danny Allie and Sheila Beard, her scrapbook of last year ' s activities. CHOSEN BY Who ' s Who in American High Schools, Judy Marshall, Pat Green, Les Smith, and Tena CoUey are dwarfed by the books that helped them. ■ ' $150? Scholarship for summer study in Monter- rey, Mexico? Karen Crook adds the finishing touches to cascarches after receiving one of the twenty-three letters of notification from the Pan American Student Forum of Texas. WINNER OF THE DAR citizenship award, Dixie Hensley is one of 24 awarded this honor in the Fort Worth area. 26

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PSYCHEDELIC painting of posters is one way that Chuck Harvey gets ready for the Follies. VOCALIST Pamela Jones received a warm wel- come with her performance of More. IN THE skit of Henry and Maxine, Linda Baker looks anxiously for Tony Santaumauro. FLOWER children, such as Barbara Cleveland were an impressive ad- dition to this year ' s production of the Follies. 28