Alamo Heights High School - Olmos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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But beyond our local habitat was a world of many problems. A scandal called Watergate gave some an interest in politics and alienated others. A very short, secure peace we had experi- enced for the first time in our lives r i l BOOKS WERE STACKED faboyej on tables due to leakage which permeatedtheflibra1'y's roof. SAN ANTONIO RECORDED fabove rightj the heaviest amount of rainfall in its history this year, and fall was the wettest season. Many of the H20 molecules sub- sided in the familiar Olmos Basin. A PACKED AUDITORIUM CROWD frightb oohed, aahed and yaahed along with Alamo Heights '63 graduate Jim Collum and his Happy jazz Band. Jim played his first engagement at the Mulestall and this marked his triumphant return 10 years later. 16 following the truce in Viet Nam was interrupted by another war, this time in the Middle East. This helped trigger a fuel crisis which threatened to change our life styles.

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SPE CI A L A PPEARANCES fbelowj by visitors from a local brewery, Mars, and Barnum and Baileyls Circus highlighted Stu- dent Councills Halloween dressup day. J '32 virvr 3 get it , l' . s A' , Q OLNIOS HONORS-Every summer, the American Legion Department of Texas sponsors Boyis and Girl,s State, a government workshop. ln June of 573, Jeff Sugarman stayed in Austin, and Lisa Embs traveled to Seguin to find out what democratic govern- ments are all about. The 500 or so high school student representatives organized themselves into cities and counties and actually governed their Staten, Seminars and speakers also contributed to the week-long project, which is designed to develop young citizens' attitudes toward the demo- cratic governing system. NEW HEAD GUIDANCE COUNSELOR FRANK LACAVA fabovej explains to a junior English class how to use the College Planning Handbook that he assembled during the summer. 15

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Z: A SURPRISED LISA EMBS fleftj watches the remainder of the game from the side- lines after being crowned Homecoming Queen. SNAPPY TOM REFUSES fbelowj to let the Homecoming parade interrupt his siesta despite the persuasion of Heidi Harnisch and a worried Ann Worrel. ips: i i. if -wi fig' ,. VVVL A ,,,..,, ,,f- K Meanwhile, back at school, stu- dents were making last minute prepa- rations for their finals in mid- November. As the first quarter was ending plans for the second trimester were underway. Fall's last days were coming to a slow end, and students could think only of the 'Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays ahead. Chillier weather made us bundle up, and the end of one season became the begin- ning of another . . . EDWARD RILEY AND GLENN SZOPA Cabovej register their surprise at receiving final grades before Thanksgiving. 17