Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Christmas is a long-awaited occasion at Lamar because the student body is ready tor the vacation. The spirit of the season is infectious, for holiday prepara- tions leave no undecorated nook or cran- ny. The Student Council Christmas tree lit the front hall, and a seven-toot spruce, tinseled by Wowapi, the Library Club, brightened the library. The Art Department had a new dis- play: through the use of cellophane, the windows on the front stair landings be- came simulated stained glass. Social clubs spread the Christmas spirit to underprivileged children. They took stockings filled with small gifts to elementary schools and gave parties for the children. The Choralettes, Lamar-o-Liers, and Mixed Chorus joined forces to provide Karen Hess, Marcia Miller, and Ginny Layne, anxious to have that pinata filled and music fQr the Chrigtmag, prggram, The at school on time, rush its creator, Teri King, but do have time to laugh at Mrs.. King Drama Department and The Modern Dance as she explains why this pinksand-white descendent of the shaggy mammoths is not Club performed ,,AmahI and the NighT dry and ready to receive the wrapped candies and small toys. Every Christmas the , , H Spanish classes at Lamar make pinatas for the Mexican children at San Felipe Courtst Vlsllors- Christmas is Work lyn Chabysek take advantage ot the organ to harmonize on the first carols of the season. The best thing about Christmas is that everyone sings un- abashedly, even though the listening becomes mono-tone-ous. A yin.. . SX:-',., I ?1'ilbT.bifti121virrf5 -ati I Unable to pass the sundries table at the Saint .John's Bazaar without being accosted by super-salesman Anne Taylor, Adrian Sinclair and i Sharon Caudle stop to admire these little hand-made knlck-knacks. Sharon Stephens, Mary Montgomery, Susie Lucas, Suzanne Kamrath, Ann Abbott, and Jane Parks take time during the busy Christmas holidays to work on their 'Soir de Paris' But, while some parties are still in the plan- 24 Life ning stage, others . . . Dorothy Knox Howe, Phyllis Eckhardt, Leigh Flowers, Betsy Arnold, and Caro-

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Parties and do odd iobs, providing the extra non- professional help so necessary to hospital operations. They find that volunteering provides them with a useful and interest- ing iob which lets them meet and help many people. 'Just girls' gatherings range from the informal No picketing to be allowed to en- ter A 81 M for these gals! They are Lamar's successful Early Decision candidates: Ann lnce, Duke Univer- sity, Agnes Pearson, Wellesley Col- legep Brooke Tucker, Sweetbriar Col- lege, Fran Morrison, Vassar College, Claudia Turner, Mary Baldwin Col- lege, Linda' Smith, Vanderbilt Uni- versity, Wick Nalle, Sweetbriar Col- lege, and Paula Oliver, Duke Uni- versity. The Early Decision Plan gives students who have made their choice of college by the end of the iunior year in secondary school an opportunity to have a decision in December based on the strength of their iunior college board tests and the first three years of high school. sweaters and skirts coke parties to the Sunday best tea parties like this one honoring Mary Gardner. Sue Ellen Edmonson, Carol Holman, An- drea Ruhl, Sally Crow, Susan Grace, and Becky Beeley are welcomed by demurely shy Mrs. Roy Gardner and Mary. The girls ioined the other guests nibbling at the veritable mountains of 'Food always featured at teas. A survey of the guests disclosed that . , . . . . contrary to popular opinion, teachers do not spend all their time grading the reams of papers students write. Mrs. Bass, Mrs. Robb, and Mrs. Gates listen to Mrs. Huddleston ear- nesiy making her point.

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. . and Play Reluctant to take even a minute out of their busy schedule, Sue Ragsdale, Doug Toole, Pat Shannon, Adrian Patton, Candy Ginther, Bill McDugaId, and Sallie Skelley warm by the fire after a bout with those skis. A vacation in the middle of winter? Leigh Flowers, Susie McGown, Gaile Bering, Nlarcelle McKelvy, Betsy Bowen, and Miki Lusk anticipate the wonder- ful three days of skiing at Hidden Valley, Colorado. This was the second year that this trip was of- fered to Lamar students. Chaperoned by Miss Hawk- ins, the Lawrence Skelleys, the W. H. McDugalds, and the J. Doug Tooles, the trip of forty-five left by train on December twenty-sixth, and promised to arrive home on New Year's Eve. . . . are about to be over. Cary Cravens, Lucille An- derson, Elizabeth Mendell, Anne Taylor, Brooke Tuck- er, Agnes Pearson, Louise Connally, and Carol Ham- ill line up for those last minute instructions from mothers, brothers, sisters, and-more apt to be heed- ed-dates. This was the first of the formal senior balls, even though it fell on a 'school night' the guests twisted with a ve- hemence. What a shame that, after four long en- ticing years, the big event is gone in as many short hours! 7 . -Q'