Laredo High School - La Pitahaya Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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,- , , , ja X Wit xzs 4 X 1 ,,. . Pep Parade ARICDO lll has usually had one pep parade eaeh year, just before the Hrst football game. This year it had one before eaeh football game. A erowd ol' boys and girls gathered at the high sehool on the night before the game and l'0I'lll0tl a parade whieh was led by the Tigers in the ll. S. truck. After the truek followed the pep squad with impromptu music-al instruments. After these eame the rest ot' the parade, made up ot' a great many ll. S. pupils. The boys all had their shirt tails out and some ot' the girls wore Hhohhyl' skirts and had their shirt tails out, too. 'The majority ol' the girls, HENRY NEFF Boy Yell Leader however, just wore old dresses and joined with the others in rousing the town. The parade wound through the streets and through the lohhies ot' the llamilton and Robert TIC. Lee llotels. The ohjeet olf the pep parades is to arouse enthusiasm for the game tho next day and so far they have eertainly sueeeeded in their purpose. The Big Parade Pfryr' 113 MMM .sh HW ' f-:v 'Q :ti E ig e

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Pep Squad N organization new to Laredo High School, the Pep Squad-was formed here this year at the beginning of the football season. Shirley Daffamara, athletie eoaeh, explained the work of pep organizations in school and colleges, and 1-alled for applieations for membership in the Laredo High Sehool Pep Squad. An eleetoral eommittee was seleeted by the coach and the two yell leaders, and the applications eonsidered. The work of the pep squad has been to promote ETHEL PUSTER sehool spirit for athletie events, and to take charge of stunts'l at football games. The members olf the pep squad made and sold red and white pompoms before the games for use at the games. The formation of a giant HL on the field at the Pearsall game was one of the Hstuntsll put on by the squad. The squad numbers about thirty students. No officers were elected. The Girl Yell Leader athletic eoaeh, Shirley Daflamara, sponsors the organization. TOP ROW:-Henry Neff, Yell-leaderg J. Almand, C. Warren, Pete Olsen, J. Beyette, M. Ward, R. Bunn. SECOND ROW:-J. Clarke, S. Johnson, P. Gorman, E. Puster, Yell-leaderg M. Brennan, L. C. Fortassain. THIRD ROW:A-Mary Ward, J. Taylor, R. Delling, F. Perkins, D. Kutz, B. Biggio, C. Nye. FOURTH ROW:-E. Hansen, J. Pena, L. Killam. Page 112

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