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

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I fix 1 f X L RIGHT: Tri-Caprain David Clarke leads Ihe way Through a vicfory line ol: cheering senior girls. ABOVE: Eager homerooms come +o collecl Their prize for IOO perceni PTA membership, a free coke. TOP RIGHT: Dedica+ecI senior girls Ellen Campbell and Sally Hill cas? enrapfured gazes al' Their heroes. I8 0 Seplember

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i -t fi' J n -s 1 .n September Kicks ff School Year With Pienies, Football Pep Rallies Beginning the school year, the annual Hi-Lite picnic provided an opportunity tor treshman girls to become acquainted with their Hi-Lite big sisters. You've Got a Friend week, climaxed by a dance tollowing the Lake Highlands tootball game. welcomed treshmen to high school lite. Voted triendliest underclassmen, Sha Sha Razzeto. Martin Peck, Caroline Shannon. David Burgher, Paige Rippey, and John Hawkins received the You've Got a Friend award. Longer hair tor boys and coordinated pantsuits became a non-controversial sight in the halls because ot a long-awaited dress code revision. Girls' and boys' separate committees dratted changes which gained tinal approval trom Mr. l-lart. Back to School Night gave parents much the same experience in general contu- sion as treshmen had encountered upon their introduction to high school. Gathering tirst in the auditorium, visitors relaxed to renditions ot current tunes by the Lads and Lassies. Schedules distributed to each parent along with helptul student directions en- abled parents to tollow a schedule ot classes seven minutes in length with tive- rninute passing periods. Asian Studies and Descriptive Astrono- my, new courses this year. added variety to the curriculum and ottered additional learn- ing experiences. Asian Studies tocused on the culture and humanity ot the Asian con- tinent. The new Astronomy course utilized the planetarium in studying star evolution con- stellations, relativity, cosmology, light, and the general make-up ot the universe. Musical organizations such as the band, Lassies, orchestra, Lads and Lassies, and Highlandaires choirs tuned up tor the school year with picnics and a roller-skating party welcoming new members. September 0 I7

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SEMI-FINALISTS DAVID MATHERS and CarlTon Meredifh sTudy slides Taken during asfronomy class. ,I I. i Board Members Honor Studentsg Semifinalists Rank in Top Percent Among The naTion's l5.000 sTudenTs named as SemiTinalisTs in The I97l-72 Na- Tional MeriT Scholarship Program, I I High- land Parlc sTudenTs ranked in The Top' one percenT oT The graduaTing seniors. SemiTinalisTs chosen were Charles Allan, James Fox, Nelson Hall, Amy Hook, Barba- ra HunT. David NewporT, RoberT Sillers, David lv1aThers, CarlTon MerediTh, Audrey Sfrange and JonaThan Vinson. On a February morning oT Their junior year, The presenT senior class Tool: The Na- Tional lv1eriT Scholarship QualiTying TesT. Topics such as science, maTh. English, social sTudies, and vocabulary covered on The TesTs were used To measure sTudenTs' abilily To apply previously learned TacTs. To receive one of The 3,000 scholarships, SemiTinalisTs musT advance To PinalisT sTand- ing. Choice oT TinalisTs was based on school recommendaTions, personal inTeresTs and achievemenTs, and scores Trom a second TesT. Seniors ranking in The Top Two percenT oT The counTry on The TesTs were also recog- nized by The NaTional Meril' Board. The 26 sTudenTs, a record Tor HP, receiving The LeTTers oT CommendaTion included PaTricia Adams, Paul Alley, Ann Briggs, Wade COT- Tingham, CaTherine Cox, William Davis, Emily Dolph, and Bruce Ficke. OTher sTudenTs receiving recogniTion were John Helm, Lon Houseman, Karen Irons, Meriderh Jackson, CynThia Lewis, Mary Jo Long, Luke lvladole, and William MaThers. Carlos Miro, Tennessee Nielson, William Peper, Diane Perelson, Roland PorTh, Karen Price, PaTricia SmiTh, and BeTsy Wood com- pleTed The lisT oT honor sTudenTs. AV ,,- ALL FIRED UP by The resulTs of The Nafional Merif TesTs are SemiTinalisTs Bob Sil- James Fox, JonaThan Vinson, and David MaTher. NOT PICTURED: Charles Allan. lers. Nelson Hall, Carlfon MerediTh. Barbara Hunt Amy Hook, David NewporT, Audrey Sfrange. Nafional lv1eriT 0 I9