Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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CDUR SCI-IOCDL BUlLDlNG 1U The students of Lamar are lucky enough to be housed in one of the finest school buildings in the South. Opened in l937, the long cream-colored building makes even the most reluctant student like to come to school. The first student body that filled Lamar's fifty-eight rooms and temporary shack contained twelve-hundred members, but since then the number has increased. Now fourteen hundred and eighty-four boys and girls pass through our halls each day. Lamar has a large gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool, and an

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PRQGRESS THROUGH EDUCATION SCI-IQLASTICALLY: C L A S S E S SQCIALLY: CRGANIZATIONS PHYSICALLY. S P O R T S AESTHETICALLY: B E A U T I E S PRACTICALLY: S C H O O L L I F E

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which seats fifteen hundred and twenty-four people. Behind school is wide space for sports, a football field, and a cinder track. One accessory which always fascinates newcomers is the radio lcommunication system through which announcements can be made ifrom the office to every room in the school. Veteran Lamarites re- lmember how, when war-time paper shortages forced the school news- paper out of print, this communication system was used for a weekly newscast of school events. School pride runs strong at Lamar, and this modern building sur- rounded by smooth green lawns is largely responsible for this spirit. ERS rN.f.p-- la Qia- S