C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Honors Signify Dedicated Work A special assembly was held during Brotherhood Week while several made Several girlt from the Home Economics class prepere to eat the food they made. speeches. Alex Bell speaks for the Pro- testant faith. The arrival of the Gusher always creates excitement. Marcia Maher, linda Creel, Mary Lindsey, and Suzanne Bogan sell covers for the Gusher Staff. 22

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pride. The field of honor is a field anyone may contend upon. It is avail able to all, withheld from none. It is a symbol of the same greatness our country has been built upon. It is the reward for the worthy. Many of our students will in some way be connected with the legisla- tive, executive and judicial proceed- ings of our community. These impor- tant civic duties were carried on in the Victorian courthouse of 1912 just as they are in the middle of the downfow«pcinity today. Taking a loolt nto wne past are some of the horor recl ients of Byrd. First row: Carolyn.McCary, Vice President of the Nationaj Foi nsic League,- Maridine Wall, Outstahding Citizen at Pelican State; Vi West, Vice President of the Quill and Scroll. Second row-. Bob Dilworth, Head Prayer Group Leader,- Karen FtSer, National Honor Society Ti ' naUsi, Alex Bell, President of the National Honor Society.

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A.F.S. Promotes World Understanding Byrd students who are members of the American Field Service are: First row: Debby Shapiro, Lolly Tindol, Beca Bruening, Lide Cooke, Alex Bell, and Paul Drum- mond; Second row: Thomas Dixon, Jeff Dykes. In 1959 the Byrd High School chapter of the American Field Ser- vice was organized. It is jointly sponsored by the Student Body of Byrd and the Shreveport Rotary Club. The eight dub members meet with their sponsor, Mrs. Dorothy Hanks, once a month after schod to make plans for the program at Byrd and to study and discuss world affairs. A.F.S. strives to further understanding and good will among the peoples of the world. The members do this by bringing teenage stu- dents from abroad to live in American homes and to study in the high schools of the United States. American teenagers, in return, are sent to other countries to live with chosen families, either during the summer or for the year, to attend the foreign schools. Byrd ' s members of this national organization participate in the local screening program with the purpose of finding students to go abroad and families willing to share their homes for the school year with foreign students. All the members of the A.F.S. made posters to advertise the show- ing of slides which Jeff Dykes took while he was in Brazil this past summer as Byrd ' s exchange student. Those who placed next to the semi-finalists in the choosing of students for the Americans Abroad program out o f the fifty-three who signed up to participate in it are: First row: Sherry Beede, Elaine Ellis, Christine Hengy, June Anderson, Cathy Bailey, Marilyn Johnson. Second row: Joel Talley, Mal Morgan, Jeannie Meyer, Dorinda Bratton, Warren Wallingford, Rebel Johns, Sissy Masters, Cherye Riser, Henley Hunter. Alice Barnett, John Fulli- love, and Kay Mounce were also among these. The Dec-ettes were a popular attraction of the Student Council Talent Show. Much of the profit was given to A.F.S. for financing a Byrd student ' s trip to a foreign country and for paying the expenses of a foreigner to come and attend Byrd. Members of this group are: Susan Reynolds, pianist; Susybelle Lyons, Donna Lou Valliere, Polly Page, Pam Richardson, Lucienne Bond, Beth Washburn, Jean Traylor, Linda Burroughs, Charlcie Whitesides. 23