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

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RIGHT: lt must have been this big! exclaims Don Adams to his Howdy Dance audience vvhile Hoddy Peck defends his version of the story. BELGVV: Mrs. Rebecca Sykes explains to a parent the advantages of carrying a schedule card vvith you at all times during Parents! Night. BOTTOM RIGHT: George O'Dvvyer gets it on with a cheer especially designed to reap another round of victory apples. 18 0 September

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Ten HP Students Given Scholastic Honor CAROL ANNE CROOK, National Merit Semi-finalist, ponders a difficult trig problem. Ten HP students, ranking in the top one half of one percent of the nation's graduating seniors, received the honor of semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. The list included two girls, Carol Anne Crook and Madelyn Curl, and eight boys, Vic Averitt, Glenn Cooper, David Davies, David Kilgore, Kerry LaPrade, Fred Maus, Eben Price, and Hugh Williams. The test, combined for the first time with the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, tested the students' skills in English, math, science, social studies, and vocabulary. Students who advance to finalist qualify for one of the scholarships given in the program. Board members also consider school recommenda- tions, other achievements, and per- sonal interests when choosing the finalists. Twelve HP seniors receiving hon- orable mention qualified for Letters of Commendation given by the board. These students were Doug Alcott, Nina Beutel, Rick Brown, Allen DeSalme, Rick Dineen, and Ed Drake. Rusty Fara- bee, Holly Hutchinson, Laurie Little- john, Fran Nelson, Susan Pigeon, and George Slover concluded the list. CLIMBING TO THE top ofthe educational jungle are National Merit Semifinalists Vic' Averitt, Glenn Cooper, Madelyn Curll, Carol Anne Crook, David Kilgore Kerry LaPracl0, Eben Price, Hugh Williarns, and David Davies. National Merit 019