Amarillo High School - La Airosa Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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Amarillo High School has been known as Sandieland as a result of the school mascot, the Sandstorm. The main building was erected in 1926. Additions were made in 1935 and 1952. Pictured at right is the city skyline from the new expressway. QMJJW 4

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e There's something in the air at Amarillo High School. It's a sensation in the forearms. a tingling ofthe extremities, faces broken by grins filled with uninhibited joy. - ' It's something one can't .put a label on. We can't write it down or take a picture of it for describe it. Most people call it Sandie Spirit. What is this thing called Sandie Spirit? This feeling is pride- in a school that is no other school. It is pride inthe people who belong in Amarillo High School. It is pride in years off tradition and heritage of a sort, and pride in those who have gone before us. It's a feeling. It's a feeling we get when we hear the school song, a sparkle we feel when we know our school's done well, an unbounded joy we ex- perience when the voices at a pep rally swell so loud that we fear for the rafters. It's a feeling of belonging to something that we know to be good. There is no limit to the feeling. No one can experience it for us. We have to feel it ourselves. It has to come from within us. It can't be infectious unless we're willing to be infected by it. An example of this feeling is the way we felt when we saw our Queen of Sandieland, Michele LaMarCa,y being crowned by Principal Ross H. Larsen Qas pictured at leftj, during the traditional coronation ceremony held in October. This annual can't record the feeling. It can pictorially record incidents of an activity and things of an academic nature. It can't record feeling, but moments of feeling. The feeling must be recorded by the individual. We can't write it down or take a picture of it or describe it. Most people call it Sandie Spirit.

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. . . Huh Mom 6-19 In the opening section of the 1962 La Airosa, we show a number of pictures which we feel present a fair idea of how we follow our school motto, Scholarship, Sportsmanship and Service. - - - 0111 146511116 20-39 Many of us work not only during school hours, but after school as well, on various activities which we find interesting and constructive to our special interests. These hobbies Of f0dHV mav Qrow into the livelihoods of tomorrow. - - - 40-71 We find that our spirit is most obvious when we are displaying our interests in sports. Through our large attendence at all football games, our tumultuous voices at pep rallies, and our good sportsmanship, we all show a love for Sandieland. ' - - Gal 72,119 We show pride in our work as academic students as well as in other activities. Our accomplishments in these ways are something we can all be proud of. As the curriculums ar espeeded up, we step up our learning as well. ' ' - 0011 aEi 120-199 In our relationships with people here at Amarillo High School, we occasionally come across people who will become acquaintances. These acquaintances often grow into lasting and worthwhile relationships. - - - 49m gf! ' 1 200-256 Without the businesses which support us, even this annual would be impossible. We are grateful for the support of these patrons of Sandieland. We are proud of the record we at Sandieland have kept in our sales of advertisements through APT Publications. I 5