Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Assemblies are a major part of the curriculum activities at Austin High. They are many and varied, and each is planned in advance by R. V. Baker, vice-principal. Through assemblies, students become acquainted with the different people in their class when class officer candidates are introduced. The students also get a taste of the American voting system by listening to speeches given by the candidates running for president and vice-president of the Student Council. Opportunities to learn about other religions of the world are offered during brotherhood week. Helpful hints about courses, jobs, and future vocations are offered in assemblies. Red Dragons play a big part in making assemblies fun. They offer short scenes from each play, to give the audience just a sample of the plot. Red Dragons also work the lights and the curtains during the assemblies. The Student Council also does its part by holding a council- sponsored talent show at least once a year. For these shows, students try-out and then display their different talents to the assembly audiences. The choir and band make an annual appearance on the assembly program. These groups display the hard work and talent required for such a presentation. Assemblies are held during the homeroom period Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of each week. They are opened by the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, led by the presidents of the various grades. NZ '45 7' DR. FRANK ELSASS, nationally known cornctist, highlighted the band assembly with a beautiful rendition of La Manclolinatan and A Kiss in the Dark. l RED DRAGON FLAYERS present scenes from a play, Th Class Menagerie, starring joAnna Murray and Pat Whaley. 1444 ' nliaen

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Part of Homecoming activities called for Austin High to choose a Homecoming Queen for the iirst time in its history. Nominees were named from the senior class, and Io Henson, Joyce Smith, Colleen Woodson, Kay Kocurek, and Ianice johnson were chosen. Nominees were presented at the game during the half time as the Red jackets and Band made two interlock- ing hearts and the band played Let Me Call You Sweet- heart. The girls were escorted by Frank Neve, Terry Tally, Dick Boyd, Larry Bales, and Kenneth Lindgren. Name of the queen was not announced until the dance following the game. Then Ioy Henson was crowned the Homecoming Queen for 1958. The gym was decorated in maroon and white for the Homecoming Dance. Sally Anderson headed the decora- tions committee, while Linda Gilbert handled the public- ity. Martha Farmer, chairman of the social committee, arranged the entertainment. Roy Lyons and jerry Scar- borough were the graduates featured on the program. The Corvettes-a vocal group composed of Dan Sho- walter, Lee Mayfield, Frank Neve, Dick Gustafson, and Ioyce Webb-sang. jimmy Davis, who accompanied the group on the guitar, also appeared on the program. Mal Randle served as emcee. ..L ,,,....---- f- PART OF HALF-TIME ACTIVITIES is the positioning of the Red jackets 1 d B' d from i the stands bv in an up n Y officers, Tommie Sims and Janice john- son. 'I' ...WI l

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ua School fbaffi- Show. in ,f 5-,NX X . r N 96. '. I 1, fx il Q E S s E r i y it qi at f . .1 I? z U.-...f . -Q-.qws AN EXCERPT from the second play of the year, The Littlc Minister, starring Pat Rucker and Phyllis Ravel, is presented during an assembly. 'TNI AVAILABLE is sung lay the Flo Tones- Ioyce XVebb, Eva Maxey, Patsy Davis, and Martha Farmer-at tlic Student Council Talent