Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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ARCHIVES OF TI-IE STATE The two outstanding sopho- mores of the year, Hugh Gordon and Billy jo Darden, received the Meta sophomore award with al- most unbelieving smiles. It,s quite true, folks .... In the big execu- tive middle of things fthe ofI'ice, I meanj are Mary Frances Booth and Shirley Swiggum seeing that teachers get those necessary little slips put into their boxes. . . . For one of their soil conservation and beautification projects, the Senate, nee Arrowhead, chose to have some trees planted around the campus. Here,s every last member Cplus Mr. Moyesj grouped around the Hrst tree, watching with bated breath QPJ its first venture into Lamar soil. . . . One of the usual gab sessions in the cafeteria finds Lois Ann giving her attentive pupils a lesson in the coy art, and Margaret Pe- terson, Marynel, and Mary Jane listen attentively. Such a smile, Lois Ann, m'dear. Tsk! Tskl . . . Oli, those frolics. Everybody at school was selling tickets. How could anybody buy one? At any rate, here is a picture of such a rare event. Bill Finnegan is selling Margaret Conrad a Frolics ticket while Jeanette Cliff looks slap- happy with amazement. Some ticket-sellers have all the luck! 90

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ARCHIVES OF THE STATE The three upersonality plus exhibitors you see walking toward the camera are Betty Schumacher, Carolyn Wilson, and Sadie Gwin Allen - presidents of Chums, Belles, and Tawasi respectively. Look at those smiles, would you. They must have been having ia scrumptious time when they were interrupted. You sure are dyked out,', girls. Wish I could have been there .... Bob, Alice, Bob Gay flast year,s Arrowhead award winnerj, Beverly Qin the war bonnetp, Sadie, Carolyn, and George see that the candles don,t blow out for the induction of new members into Arrowhead. Every- body was happy-buf happy! You lucky, lucky people .... Chums' officers, with their admir- ing dates behind them line up to have their pitcher took. Event: You guessed it! The Chums, for- mal. Smile for the birdie, now .... Left, left, left, two, three, four and the boys are tramping off to a review. With flags flying and eyes straight ahead they're marching right to a prize from any review- ing stand. Do we love our R. O. T. C. Qdime for this blowing up, pleasej .... Here's a remembrance of this year's beautiful Christmas program. Nell Marie-she of the lovely speaking voice, Mr. Bart- lett, the new Mrs. Bartlett, Wiley, he of the swell singing voice-and William, president of the Student Council, gather round before the mike Incidentally the bundle was a present for the newly hitched couple. 08

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ARCHIVES OF THE STATE Scholastic hopefuls for next year are juniors Ifwell Clark, lid Hartsook, and Donald McCann, discussing Qarguing more likelyj important affairs Qprobably pri- vatej over liquid refreshment of the double-chocolate soda variety. . . . This was the big night when Frolics came off. Alia! Hmm. This Lamar Rockette lineup was in the night club scene. Oops! jane seems to be a bit out of step while Nancy pours her soul into the dance and Martha looks back anxiously to see if all her charges are in rhythm .... More frolics. Here's Nancy Penick, Mary Clarke Jarvis, Elizabeth Fruit, and Mar- garet Doak strutting their stufI as Russian girls. I do believe this number had more redheads in it than any other on the program. . . . And orange costumes, too! . . . And more frolics. The ge-orgeous Pictons-Ellen and Alice Qshe of the long hairy and Dorothy Nell Swanson sing and sway to Island tunes while Mary jo Clark beats out that South Sea rhythm on the tom-tom .... Sadie Gwin is selling singing telegrams task Mr. Long- copej or whatever pleases your fancy in the way of valentines, while Betty Anne and Carolyn look at the artistic booth Qtheii handiwork for the junior Classi- cal Leaguej. 0 IU