Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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A year of confusion, Principal Barney Hays called it when school opened in the fall. And with nearly 800 students and teachers trying to find pas- sageways through the halls, it was rightly named. Someone said the halls reminded him of Kansas Avenue just before Christ- mas. More students meant more cats and that necessitated additional p a r k i n g space. A large area to the north of the building was worked down and topped with crushed rock for student and pub- lic parking facilities. .7lze llflngniadecl . . The library was just a figment of one's imagination during the same period, until the south addition was ready after the first of the year. Time spent without the library made every one realize its value, and students used the .magazine stacks, the newspaper files, the reference and fiction book sections like they were trying to make up for lost time. The community came in for its share of the benefits as the library was opened every Monday night from 7 to 9. -4. 340 Crowzlezl .ilafa Students werent the only ones run- ning from one end of the building to the other. Workrrien on their jobs- electricians with rubber-handled pliers and romax cord, plumbers with pipe wrenches and elbow joints, painters and plasterers with plenty of identification- used the halls before, during, between, and after classes the same as the stu- dents. The cafeteria work was not completed until after the Christmas vacation, and students and teachers carried lunches throughout the first four months. How grand it was to eat well-prepared hot meals at uncrowded tables! OW ,ML Call gill

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The Ones Under Discussion and the Reasons They Were Involvecl: p. Those Who Joined and What They Did for Their Group p. 43 Some Events Were Planned but Others Just Happened p. 67 These Were the Players and the Games They Played p. 83' Few Have Reached Their Heightg Many Will Continue to Climb P' 99 -5.

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' . ' K' Y .ysgbl Well! WOOWIJ Four classes at once were sometimes meeting in the auditorium. For nearly one semester there were not enough rooms to go around, and as soon as a teacher finished class in one room, Shed Pack 'lbflg and baggage, and Off to an- other room for the next class. Work in Unit E on the northeast cor- ner progressed more slowly, but not long after the second semester began, a new band room, a metal shop and two class rooms were ready for use. A larger locker and shower rooms was also in use about the middle of the year. Still under construction on the north end was the largest addition of all, a section of about twenty classrooms. gaoznezfin flte ..f4ua!iforium 5- J I? lflflmf 'UW jlw, .Sing ,4L.mf Wert? -5- Musically speaking, everything from Davy Crockett to N16 Tons was dis- cussed and Cussed, but when the Madri- gal Singers sang Rudolph, the Red- nosed Reindeer with gestures, everyone applauded.