King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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' Tis The Season To Be Jolly Dashing into December, students had a multitude of activities to keep them busy. With King winning most of its games, basket- ball continued, with the players making trips to many tournaments in other cities. The National Forensic League presented a melo- drama under the direction of student teacher Trace Keepers called the Great Goober Grab. Teachers and students from Mrs. Nancy Depuy ' s fifth period speech class made up the cast. Pop corn was sold to throw and the final performance ended with .Mrs. Depuy being drenched. The money earned was used toward attending tourna- ments. The final day of school before the Christmas holidays had a change of pace with the National Honor Society assembly in the morning and live entertainment in the cafeteria at other times. The NHS presented a grouping of several skits including The Twelve Days of Christmas in action, a doll factory at the North Pole, and a typical family squabble. The liighlight of the morning was the revealing of the school seal in the Concourse. Ordered by the Senior Class of 1971, it was a gift from them to all following classes.

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Fall Sparks Thoughts of Sports, Projects, Visitors November, although bringing the end of an exciting football season, also brought the hope of victory in basketball and the concern with the plight of those servicemen who are being held by the North Vietnamese. .About 1.427 signatures were obtained on a petition asking North Vietnam to abide bv the Geneva convention of 1949. The petition stressed three major points: 1. To repatriate sick and seriously ill when they are able to travel: 2. .• llow non-partisan group.s to inspect the prison camps: and -3. .AJlow communications between prisoners and their families. The petition was sponsored by the Student Council. The annual government trip to .Austin was held with approximately 1.50 King students attending, . mong places visited were the Capitol building, the Governor ' s mansion, and the campus of the University of Texas.

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Far left- clock wise: Relief at last, si s Julie Wade in her role as Bets -Wets in the NHS .tjisembly. Janet Burke extoUs the virtues of Barbie to Santa Glaus, alias Mike Spring, at a Young Life meeting. Workers lower the seal into the concourse Maria Terr - contemplates the placement of Llie bulb at hand as Becky Gillespie, Dowann Bradly. and Lynn Berry do likewise. Jimi Villarreal expresses himself through music. My icicle is icicle! exclaims Jimmy Ross to Darrell Thompson under the concourse Christmas tree. The cast of the NFL ' s presentation of the Great Goober Grab discusses last minute prep- arations.