Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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i 1 d ' Ours to Love ' My country loves the lovers of her land: ... The earthy men are those Who have America to love and keep: Her mountaintops, her daring clouds that scud Above the dappled carpets that we reap ; Her rain, her snow, her forest-fire, her flood. Her dusty winds, her tidal hurricanes. Her desert buttes, her lakes blue-eyed and deep; Her foaming rocks and shores, her silver veins. — Russell W. Davenport Page 26

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Fourtli Step . . o the Goal Culminating four long years of high school, 23 seniors solemnly marched down the aisle to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance, having at last attained their goal. Using the theme Fun With ' 51, the seniors turned away from the traditional junior-senior theater party and held a party in the gym for the class of ' 52. The first part of the evening was spent in playing familiar parlor games; but dancing, with orchestra music, took up most of the four hours of fun. Decorations were carried out in a ci ixus theme with multicolor streamers forming a false ceiling and with a re- volving merry-go-round in the center of the gym. Selection of the class colors, rose and silver; the class flower, the talisman rose; the class motto; and Rev. Leon King as the baccalaureate speaker took place at an election early in the year. Plans were also made for the picnic at Glenwood, where the seniors made their trek in May for a day of swim- ming, eating, and just plain fun. Trying to make this the best year yet, the seniors provided an opportunity for the aspiring dramatists in the class to strut their stuff with the production of the senior play, Men Are Like Streetcars. This popular comedy had a cast of eleven girls and five boys. Traditionally entertaining and sometimes shocking the audience, the seniors presented an unforgettable Slouch Day. The skits provoked the laughing praise of the spectators and set the scene for the Orange Black day events which followed in the afternoon. Seniors greeted then ' picture proofs with laughs, moans, and groans, and only after much conferring and comparing with friends could the final choice be made. After the all-im- portant selection had been made, photos were exchanged with classmates, soon to be tucked away with other memories of high school days. Jack Treece, who took an active interest in sports, captained the basketball team, upheld his status as an outstanding stu- dent, and led his class as president. Assisting him were LaVerne Bradley, vice president, who was an SBA officer as a junior and a banner girl for two years; and Beth Stout, secretary, who was an active band student and queen of the Job ' s Daughters Sweetheart Dance. Acting as sponsors, Juanita Sanders and Charles Haywood ably assisted the students throughout their high school career. Page 28