West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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“Mort Plank IV” Play At Cheerleaders’Dance Victory was the key to the Cheerleaders' Dance, which was held on Scpteml cr 9. The Cowboys’ first game of the season was a 14 - 13 victory over the Southwest Indians. This created a joyful atmosphere, which was enhanced by green and white streamers and the familiar pep banners and pom-poms. The “Mort Flank IV provided rhythm, which was felt by every Westite there as he “whooped it up in typical West fashion. The current fad of lie.it daminn, or dam inn as one feels, is demonstrated here In’ Diane hdwards. a junior '.heerleader Mary Copouls wins out in Inns' tennis shoes

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(idling out the band uniforms for the first time excites sophomore | udv Goldman. I finds. feeling for a new eomhination, fell the story of the first day of school. Remember The Moods Of Fall... Confusion and hilarity marked the first days of school. Students played “musical lockers’’ as their numbers were changed several times in the first week. President of the Student Council, Paul Hinderlie, was taken by surprise during his first speech to the school as the American Flag fell on his head. But when these first few bewildered days were over and classes started to tall into a comforting routine, the activities which make fall fun began. Joining clubs brought a flurry of initiations, elections, and induction dinners. The football season was launched with high hopes and a series of enthusiastic pepfests. The first dance was a resounding success which set a precedent followed for the rest of the year. football game is seen not only on the field but in the faces of ihc spectators

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Crown in hand. Queen of 1965. Pam Brady, approaches, crowns, and the Homecoming Queen for 1966 is Sue Parrott! “A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To. . . .. the Coliseum! Transporting the audience to the Roman age of centuries past, this, the theme for West’s fiftieth anniversary Homecoming Auditorium, meandered through the various skits and left a pleasing effect on everyone. Emcees “Lindinc” Annoni, “Robus-Slavus” Elvin, and “Brucius” Herrmann spoke in their own version of fractured English to add atmosphere to the program. Directly after the program, the parade got underway in the drizzling rain. Since the float clean-up committee had failed to function in 1965, floats were not permitted in the parade. Instead, clubs decorated cars or had members perform as clowns along the shortened route which encircled the block of the school. Breaking the tradition of being held out of school, the dance took place in the boys gym that evening at 8:00. After the victory of the football team over St. Paul Central that afternoon, the programs during the day, and all the other festivities, this was the crowning touch to a thoroughly enjoyable Homecoming. 16 In the boy's gym. Westites dance to the music of the Rogues.