Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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l'llllllElllllIillg BI'illQ5 The bonfire kinclles a spirit of enihusiasm. An empTy floor sTrewn wiTh fallen sTreamers and forgoTTen souvenirs, and The empTy chairs of The band were The only relics of The Home- coming Dance as The lighTs dimmed and The lasT sTudenTs lefT wiTh beauTiful memories of an unforgeTTable nighT. PreparaTions had begun weeks in advance. Homecoming meanT lengThy hours of prac- Tice on The fooTball field preparing for The all-imporTanT game, exTra drilling on The parT of The cheerleaders To perfecT each yell, and The work of The willing hands of many STU- denT Council members To execuTe The final plans for The impending dance. Thursday nighT was The prelude of The spiriTed acTivi- Ties. STudenTs gaThered on The Tennis courTs To give The girls a chance To show Their inTc:r- preTaTion of some of The fundamenTal fooT- ball Techniques, assisTed by members of The varsiTy fooTball squad. As a CenTerville man burned in effigy aTop a pole over The enor- mous, blazing bonfire, The roaring flames kindled a spiriT of enThusiasm and eagerness in every sTudenT in anTicipaTion of The game. AT The pep assembly, FrosTy WesTering, a former aThleTic direcTor and an all-Time FHS favoriTe, inTroduced The drum roll which broughT Tremendous sTudenT parTicipaTion. The pep assembly was concluded wiTh The Tradi- Tional march To The Town square led by The cheerleaders, Pep Band, and The queen candi- daTes aTop converTibles. Del and Judy lead The grand march. 'I4

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Recalling Schnnl Iluvs Parents visil home rooms. The annual ParenTs' NighT, held aT FHS on Tuesday, November 8, during NaTional Educa- Tion Week, was supplemenTed by The Parent- Teacher conferences, held on The following Friday, in giving The parenTs an excellenT opporTuniTy To discuss Their children's progress wiTh The Teachers. ParenTs' NighT opened wiTh an assembly in The audiTorium where Roger Lawson, Presi- denT of The STudenT Body, welcomed The sTu- denTs pro Tem and inTroduced Mr. R. C. Nor- man, PresidenT of The School Board. ParenTs were briefed on The conTenTs of The lowa TesTs of EducaTional DevelopmenT, so They could beTTer measure The acTual abiliTy and achievemenT of Their children. For The firsT Time, many parenfs saw The faces of Teachers of whom Their children had spoken so ofTen, as all The insTrucTors were inTroduced. Mr. Charles C. Joss, Principal, and Mr. S. War- ner Kirlin, SuperinTendenT of Schools, each exTended a hearTy welcome. Following The general session The parenTs adiourned To home rooms in which They received The schedule They were To follow for The remainder of The evening. STudenT Council members were sTaTioned in differenT parTs of The building To direcT con- fused parenTs as They scurried from class To class. Each class lasTed approximaTely Ten minuTes - iusT long enough To explain The course and iTs fundamenTals. AT The end of fourTh period, The parenTs wiThdrew To The dining room for refreshmenTs and conversa- Tion. The whole school Took on a new aTmos- phere as parenTs sTepped inTo Their childrens' shoes To roam The corridors of FHS. 1 My, how chemistry has changed! The evening encls wilh refreshmenis. 13

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Unforgettable Ill Judy Johnston reigns as Homecoming Queen. Queen Judy poses with her court. llIIlI'iE5 FairTield's vicTory over CenTerville heighTened The exciTemenT as The sTudenTs hurried home To prepare for The dance. Upon entering The gym, everyone was sTruck wiTh awe aT The beauTiTul decorations. Orange, brown, green, red, and gold sTreamers sprink- led wiTh autumn leaves carried ouT The Theme of SepTember Song. AT The norTh was The elevaied Throne draped in deep purple velveT againsT a brown, inTerlaced background crowned with shining gold leaves. A golden Trellis -en- hanced wiTh autumn leaves was The base of an array of golden encircled sTreamers. AT lasT The long anTicipaTed momenT arrived. Each queen candidate, escorTed by a senior TooTball member, was announced by Mr. Joss as she passed be- neaTh The Trellis. The crowd grew hushed as Coach Crew opened The golden leaves contain- ing The name of The nexT homecoming queen. After pausing before each of Them, he stopped in TronT of a short saucy, bruneTTe and crowned Judy JohnsTon as queen. ATTer being presenTed a dozen red roses, Judy, escorTed by 'Football captain Del Swan, led The grand march. The couples glided across The floor To The enchanting music of The ArisTocraTs. Behind The whiTe-pick- et Tence, which wound around The band, hung a mural displaying Indian summer along a counTry road wiTh a covered bridge. An enioyable band, beauTiTul decoraTions, and The handsomely dress- ed couples, all lent an air of gayeTy. FRONT ROW: K. Warner, J. Robinson, R. Coop, J. Ferguson, J. Cornelius, K. Smith. ROW 2: R. Miller, J. Harrison, E. Cremeens, S. Bonnett, R. Paul. ROW 3: J. Johnston. 'I5