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

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Alumni Inform Colle e-Bounds 1. gf During October f A To improve seaTing TaciliTies and lessen f wear and Tear on special Homecoming ouT- TiTs, STP Tri-Hi-Y members spenT an aTTer- noon sanding bleachers aT Highlander STa- dium beTore The MesquiTe game. MaribeTh Koons received The Homecom- ing Oueen crown aT The TradiTional dance aTTer The ScoTs' 48-I8 vicTory over The SkeeTers. Seniors Debbie Fry and Leila LeTTwich represenTed UniversiTy Park and Highland Park Fire DeparTmenTs, respecTively, as Miss Flame. The girls also Took parT in a Main STreeT Parade wiTh all Dallas CounTy Miss Flame Winners. College NighT. OcTober 6, provided sTu- denTs wiTh an opporTuniTy To hear repre- senTaTives Trom 36 Texas and 49 ouT-oT- sTaTe schools. Alumni inTormed college- bound sTudenTs on college cosTs, curriculum, qualiTicaTions Tor admiTTance, and college liTe. GeTTing acquainTed over cookies and punch, moThers and claughTers aTTended The TradiTional Hi-l.iTe Tea. ln spiTe OT rainy weaTher, Hi-Li+es oTTicers greeTed girls and Their moms. The STudenT Council hosTed an- oTher geT-acquainTed parTy Tor all Transfer A sTudenTs. V . Junior and senior girls backing The varsiTy l Q I TooTball Team inviTed The players To a bon- 'gf Tire before The Garland game. WiTh The T bonfire and sTudenT encouragemenT Trom a pep rally, The TighTing ScoTs pushed pasT Garland To a 31-2l vicTory. The Lads and Lassies, Revelaires. High- landaires. and Choralaires choirs sang dur- ing The half-Time of The Garland game, and also performed aT s+uden+ assemblies. TOP: PaTTi SrniTh and KaTherine Norileet STP Tri-HLY members. sand sTadium bleachers in preparaTion Tor The Homecoming game. MIDDLE: Hi-LiTe officers BeTsy Beams, Vicki Baumann. and Emily Fulgham welcome Becky Bradley To The Tea. BOTTOM: A member of The 'foreign minisfry of Ghana. Mr. Franz Jaisey. replies To quesTions posed by presidenT John Helm aT a STudenT Council me-eTing. OPPOSITE PAGE: ATTer Their win over Garland. Two VarsiTy TooTball players. David Clarke and STeve Cur- ran heve aloT To grin about 3' ,,,.--v-' ri 20 0 OcTober

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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

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