Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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P '- -r 'A-S ml' PRESENTING +I -K ll- Administration Seniors ............. ,.,,i Underclassmen Features ........ Organizations ....... ....,.... Boys' Sports ........ .,..... Girls' Sports . Military ...,..... Clan Candids Advertising Index ....,... Page Three .onlin J

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GROWING WITH HI PARK HI . Page Two YYY lgY, , ,W , l With current student population straining the classroom facilities of a twenty-year-old build- ing, Highland Park High School anticipates fur- ther enrollment increase within the next few years. In order to relieve current crowded condi- tions, eliminate the inconvenience of the tem- porary annex building, and provide growing room for the future, eight new classrooms were started in the summer of 1956 with the com- pletion date set for early 1957. Other not so obvious improvements this year were the new indirect lighting and sound-proof ceilings in all classrooms and offices throughout the building. Night football games took on new sparkle and brilliance as a new set of field lights made it easier for both players and spectators to locate each other and the ball. To change the song of last year's spectators, Football is a Many-Splin- tered Thing, new bleachers were put in two sections. Not only were the classrooms crowded but also the streets surrounding the building. The problem of finding a parking place has been growing for several years. To relieve this situa- tion, 122 additional parking places were made. To add to the comfort of our school, air con- ditioners were put in a few offices. Highland Park students are fortunate in having a faculty and a school board behind them who support a program of continual improve- ment in order that Highland Park may be fore- most in progress toward better school living.

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Page Four This is our school. It has its joys and sorrows, its comedy and tragedy. In a play the scenery must be set up before the curtain opens, and the actors must memorize and re- hearse their parts before opening night. As in every school Highland Park has behind the scenes events which we scarcely if ever stop to recognize. A few moments of thought will remind us of these backstage episodes which may now seem quite small and unimportant to us. The football player who made the sixty-yard touchdown in that all-important game put in some extra-hard practice sessions. The bus and train caravans which we so spiritedly joined had to be planned and prepared for days ahead of time by a group of conscientious people. After the dances we never thought of the afternoons of preparation that were spent on the decorations that we so joyously tore down. Hours of shining brass and sewing on patches preceded the day of an R.O.T.C. inspection. How many of us considered the many early-morning practices that Went into a musical program? What about the study hall periods that were spent by student artists preparing scenery and decorations for senior plays and pep rallies? Closer to home was the year-round job of putting out a yearbook and newspaper. Most important and best spent of all was the time we put into our studies, the extra time that meant the difference between us passing courses and achieving an education in its fullest sense. So many everyday occurrences like these have played such an important part in our Hi Park years that in the 1957 Highlander we are proud to pay tribute to that side of our school life that continues to remain behind the scenes. THE 1957 HIGHLANDER STAFF