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

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nf-I ,m AT THE INVITATION of +I1e senior girls, varsify Ioofball pIayers meer around a bonfire before ine GarIand game for a pep raIIy. I fre: ova wlfw' MRS. GRIFFITH, VANDERBILT represen+a+ive, informs inferesfed sfudenfs abouf fha? universify. 20 0 Ocfober

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'in-X iw' NATIONAL MERIT Board gaThers TruiT Trom every Tree, laugh The NaTional lv1eriT SemiTinalisTs Sandy Snell, PeTer Carney, Tom LeConey, PaTTy Chandler, Robin Rees-Jones, Mary HunT, Bill Dolaway, Charlie Hempel, and Tom Daniel. NoT picTured: Paul Joiner. ...- ENCHQ IAIN OT- A girl s abiliTy in The pnysics IBD, yeTer Carney apprehensively waTches PaTTy Chan- ller's adIusTmenTs on The air vacuum, Ten Scholars'Named Semifinalists Rank in C0untry's Top Percentile Along wiTh l7,740 oTher scholasTically- minded high school seniors, Ten Highland Park sTudenTs ranked as NaTional lvleriT SemiTinalisTs. They consTiTuTed The Top one percenT oT The graduaTing secondary school seniors in The UniTed STaTes. The semiTinalisTs, chosen by The Na- Tional lvleriT Board lasT SepTember, in- cluded PeTer Carney, PaTricia Chandler, Tom Daniel, Bill Dolaway, Charles Hem- pel, Mary HunT, Paul Joiner, Tom l.eCo- ney, Robin Rees-Jones, and Sandra Snell. ReporTing To school on a SaTurday morning in February oT Their junior year, The now senior class Took The NaTional lVleriT Scholarship Qualiicying TesT, as did some 7I0,000 oTher sTudenTs across The naTion. The TesTs, covering areas oT science, maTh, English, social sTudies, and vocabulary skills, measured a sTudenT's abiliTy To apply previously learned TacTs. Highland Parkis Ten semiTinalisTs. among The naTion's oTher l5.000 appoinT- ed semiTinalisTs, compeTed Tor posiTions as TinalisTs in order To receive one oT The 3,000 scholarships. The NaTional lV1eriT Board based Their choice oT TinalisTs on school recommendaTions, personal achievemenTs and inTeresTs, and scores Trom a second TesT. The NaTional lvleriT Board also recog- nized oTher ouTsTanding seniors who ranked in The Top Two percenT oT The counTry. RecipienTs oT LeTTers oT Com- mendaTion included QuinT Barnes, Karen Crowder, Hal Davis, Tyler Dawson, Jane Gibbons, ElizabeTh Gray, Bobby Hager- man, Doug HunT, and Bill Kee. The Board also recognized PaTTi Lamn, HerberT Lea, PaTTy Phillips, RoberTa Rhea, Beverly Seals, Chris Sharp, James Simpson, D. D. Wigley, and Carol Ann Zeiss. NaTional lv1eriT o I9

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,OPHOMORE KAREN DIVFFN goes through a raditional event, the picture tor the Highlander. :ni October Events Include Football, American Field Service Assembly October ends on Halloween, and the spirits ot that night are gone with the day. But the tall spirit at HP expressed in a myriad ot school events, did not end' with October. October tound the Scots in tootball season and all the accompanying activi- ties: pep rallies, spirit posters, and Beat Garland week. Spirited student support backed the Scots, the team predicted to talce district title, its tirst in several years. Though tootball toolc the limelight, many other activities retlected the wide range ot interests among students. College Night brought out-ot-state as well as state college representatives under one root tor the convenience ot PERFORMING FOR THE student body, Lisa Har- mon sings a solo at the Patriotic Assembly. DOUG GARNER SPELLS out his spirit with an ar tistic touch tor the big Wichita Falls game. HP's college-bound students in selection ot an alma mater. Senior Kathe Young recounted the unique experiences ot her summer in the Philippines via the American Field Ser- vices program in two assemblies. Cheerleader Georgia Ann Fry won the lvliss Flame title voted by the Student Council to a specially-nominated senior girl. She represented the University Park Fire,Department in turther competition. Students were soon to be star-gazing at HP's newest addition, the planetarium, under the direction ot lvlrs. Jean Henry and due to open in October. It ottered a stereo sound system and the latest pro- iection equipment available. October 0 2 l