Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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...x 1 E Nfx- 7 Z F I' VT1 PU ii MR. WTNSTON Ed Winclxier, Mike Hall, Virginia Wagner, Carmen STallinqs, and Gene ClemenTs draw Topics Tor exTemporaneous speeches. uu......, wel Always ready To prove a poinl, debaTer Nancy Brown brings ouT her charTs. Checking lasl minule sTraTegy are Jim Collins, Diclc Heiser, Sam Huqhes, and Aubrey Calvin. Resolved: Lamar has The besT DebaTe DeparTmenT in The naTionl My TirsT aTTirmaTive poinT is The TacT ThaT Lamar has The largesT deparTmenT anywhere, in The aspecT OT parTicipaTion and represenTaTion. ln TacT, Lamar was chosen besT DebaTe DeparTmenT in The naTion. Scores oT Trophies, awards, and medals are received annually Through parTicipaTion in TournamenTs ThrouqhouT The counTry. Since l hear no re-pudiaTion To my poinT, l gaTher ThaT my case is accepTed by all.

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,, V1 eygeyw MRS. MARY HELEN ROWZEE Learning The easy way To wriTe essays and Themes is This Typical Typing class WiTh a crihcal eye ThaT never misses a rnisTalce. Miss Rowzee checlcs The papers OT Marilyn Morris and Alice Red. Tilc-Tilc-Talc-Tilc . . . OH, NO-O-O-O . . . This musT be a Typing class, Tor in no oTher class could such exclama- Tions proceed and such paTience be needed. YeT, Trom The blaclc eyes OT l.arnar's TiTTy-Tiye TypewriTers come TorTh rnyriads OT experT TypisTs iusT waiTing Tor ThaT college proTessor To demand a TypewriTTen Theme. Two years oT Typing are oTTered aT Lamar, The TirsT Term de- voTed To learning, The second To developing. WiTh a big smile and a blank sheeT oT paper, CharloTTe Boykin, Jan Lea Boles, and Lou BerTch begin To Type.

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Mrs. Denney proves dale-rminaTion for an MRS. RUTH R. DENNEY oTher winning play To casT oT January Thaw. VicTory and varieTy are The waTchwords oT Lamar' Drama DeparTmenT. Under The direcTion OT iTs leaders iT has reaped counTless honors in ciTy, region and sTaTe conTesTs. lLamar is The only school To win STaTe in one-acT plays Three successive years.l VarieTy is evidenT in everyThing The deparTmenT sponsors, including The LiTTle Red TheaTer lLamar's answer To Broadwaylg The colorTul musicals and TalenT shows: The one-acT and Three1 acT plays which are annually lauded by sTudenTs and public alilceg and all The slciTs presenTed in conTesTs ancl programs by ITS amaTeur acTors and acTresses. lMany,l however, have dropped The adiecTive arnaTeur and ard now successTul in Hollywood, The mosT recenT examples being Tommy Sands and Diana 'Francis.l Barbara BergsTrom. John Heard, and Mike McKauqhn admire sTaTe' championship one-acT play conTesT plaque. l CasT oT RoomTul of Roses rehearses Tor a drama class 5l I, T. qwg..