Fair Park High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Pow Wow editors, ( rain ami Allcnhauglt work late hours. year 1955-56 begins . . . September 6 . . . School starts with the smallest freshman class in years, just 101 of them . . . September 7 . . . Hard work for the teachers getting schedules lined up and outlining class work for the year . . . SEPTEMBER 8 . . . Half day of school for the students hut the teachers sta until 8 P. VI. to greet visiting parents . . . September 9 . . . The traditional game with Marshall opens football season . . . Indians scalp the Mavericks 20-0 . . . Fair Park Honor Legion makes its debut ... 121 girls smartly attired in horizon blue coats, scarlet red skirts, blue French Foreign Legion hats accented with white belts, gloves and leggins . . . Summer practice for hours in the heat pays off . . . Spectators are left spellbound observing the half-time show . . . September 12 . . . First full day of school . . . Recitation competes with noise of construction on new gym . . . September 16 . . . Football fans charter a bus to Rollon . . . The Indians add a second feather to war bonnet . . . Heat the Rears 21-12 . . . September 28 . . . Fair Park plays Haynesville on their own grid . . . The Tornadoes lose to the Tribe 27-19 . . . The third

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Group interprets student artivities. W. Roberts—Mardi Gras Herald. feather, kids . . . SEPTEMBER 30 . . . The Indians tackle a new adversary at Texarkana in the rain . . . The Itazorbacks ' scalp is strung on the Indians belt and the fourth feather is put in the war bonnet . . . Mud and rain didn’t dampen spirits with a win of 30-7 . . . October I . . . Senior girls appear at school wearing kitchen aprons . . . Gentle hint. “Come over and try my cooking some time . . • OCTOBER 11... Senior girls try something new this week . . . Wear red freckles on their noses . . . New use for map pencils . . . October 11 . . . The first issue of the Pow Wow for the year makes its appearance . . . Practically the only thing left in school besides a pencil that a fellow can still buy for a nickel . . . Ouachita Lions were chased into a corner tonight with a score of c . . . fair I ark Indians 18 . . . October 17 . . . Eleven Student Council members leave for the two day convention in Monroe OCTOBER 18 . . . Our band will march in the Texas State Fair Parade in Dallas . . . While there they will enjoy the Fair . . . October 19 . . . Austin Robertson presides at the Inter-City Council of the Student Councils October 20 . . . The funeral service in Ruston today marked the passing of one of Fair Park s most beloved teachers. Mrs. Annie Igoe . . . Many teachers and students are present for the service . . . Mrs. Igoe was active until the week prior to her death . . . October 21 . . . The Bossier Bearcats beat the Tribe 10-27 . . . Tears of disappointment were dried as Fair Parkers pre¬ viewed the Midway at the Louisiana State Fair . . . Pat Hokey -American Flag Emilie Wiping—State Flag Suzanne Griffin—School Fla Deanna Brown -French Flag 5 LA COLL F379 S4 S19 1956 .