Wichita Falls High School - Coyote Yearbook (Wichita Falls, TX)

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rs -f S, C Ns, NS' if e C C T T s . ' ,nf nr? s jx .. ff fi Q , T if w 5 R 5 gb' M, If has been our desire fo presenf, as fhe fheme for our i948 Coyofe, a few of fhe more familiar phases of ranch life which originafed wifh fhe early American cowboy and which are sfill pracficed foday. ln fhis way, we shall affempf, wifh picfures and words, fo preserve fhe remembrance of fhe old-fime cowhand and fo honor fhose of fhe presenf day. Alfhough fhe word cowboy originafed during fhe Revolu- fionary War days when bands of Tory guerillas called fhemselves by fhaf name, no credif is due fhem for making fhe wesf as if is foday, since fhe maiorify of fhem couldn'f even ierk a milk pifcher or rope a sfeer. To fhe old-fimers, fhe word cowboy brings 'ro mind fhe wild-ridin', gun-fofin' salfy dogs who roared info fhe plains and hills of young Texas and wifh fheir shoofin' irons puf windows in fhe skulls of all who sfood in fheir way. Acfually, fhe legifimafe cowboy came info exisfence around I82I, when fhe honesf-fo-goodness cowpokes followed fhe caffle info Texas. There fhey discovered fhe Mexican ranches and com- mercial possibilifiesin fhe herds of ownerless horses and caffle and seffled down. Those were iusf plain old bowlegged humans wifh hell in fheir necks who would heel a sfeer in a maffer of seconds and shoof fhe eyes ouf of a raffle-snake af forfy paces. The cowboy was careful fo choose his cosfume for ufilify and nof for picfuresqueness. Chaparaios or chaps lleafher- armor for fhe legsl profecfed him from fhorns, goring caffle and falling horses: high heels prevenfed enfanglemenfs in fhe sfirrup and fur- nished an anchorage for fhrowing a lariafg and a neckerchief drawn across fhe nose and moufh made breafhing possible amid fhe sfifling dusf in fhe long herd drives. Evidence of fhese appear in our division pages.

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PALMS GEMS

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TEX The wild Wesf is no more-af leasf fhaf porfion of if as por- frayecl in fhe Safurday nighf movies-buf sfill living are fhe many been polished and mounfed, b-oof sales are climbing daily, and a fen gallon haf is sfill an everyday sighf. A Texas fradifion which has been greafly publicized is fhaf of braggin'. There is scarcely a Texan fo be found who will deny fhaf Texas does ifs share of bragging, buf if is wise nof fo gef him sfarfed in an argurin' mafch, as he has plenfyof facfs 'ro back up his righf fo brag. Texas has 25,000,000 acres of grasslands for ifs caffleg if is fhe nafion's leading caffle sfafeg and fhe receipfs from ifs caffle and producfs in I945- fofaled S589,382,000. lf fakes a whale-of-a-lofi of Texans wifh sand and gufs fo handle Texas' 34O,8l8 farms and ranches. , A l Of course, Texas is nof composed enfirely of nafives. If is made up of people from all sfafes and nafionalifies who have seffled here for reasons of fheir own. Neverfheless, whefher he is a nafive of Texas or nof, living wifhin ifs borders long enough will insfill a cerfain pride in anyone: and evenfually he begins fo call himself a Texan. He gradually T feels fhe pride fhaf a frue Texan does when he sees fhe Texas flag or sings her anfhem. These are fhe people who give Texaseher proud name, and fo fhese regular Texans, nafive or nof, we dedicafe our I948 Coyofe. Texas fradifions. And alfhough mosf of fhe fhumb-busfers ' have