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

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. . . -A . -. i . t . C-.- so ...l..fX.,,PIT.-X! ixiawmvvw' -W f' . . L Y qi' L V Y 47 V A x - Athletics Y the sport in the title we mean the scientific term which every good little girl or boy knows stands not for a good fellow, but a freak of nature. This is where these sports should really be. They will never be happy as long as they are not allowed to play among the trees and chase fleas, etc. 'These are not the only ones who belong out among the Great Out Doors. But they are the ones who come nearest to being apes. Beth Bryan, Nadine Shumate, Myrl Netzer, and Jesse Paul Hewitt would make lovely Guinea pigs. And we could not think of a lovelier hippo than Chubby Bunn, Mario Salinas, and Bessie Applewhite. Oh, and what glorious giraffes Eldridge Fortassain and P. G. Mims would make. Eldridge would belong to the pygmy type. The athletes held an athletic meet to show off their great achievements. The trophies offered were cards of safety pins. These prizes were donated by The Baby Shops . The meet was held under the Gym and the Pinehers were the judges. The judges were bribed with a nice red apple. In the embroidery contest Humberto Acevedo got the jelly sifter. Margaret Shutt and Nettie Bunn tied in the horseshowing contest when the donkey kicked the anvil over the fence. Pete Olsen and Swede Hein won the talking race. At the end of the meet the all-destructive erocheting Team was chosen. This Team was composed of Esther Garcia, Guyler Albright, Roy Bass, George Beyette, Dick Campbell, and Yewell Windrow. The judges were so enamored with Pepe Martin's hand made pink satin what-you-may-call 'em that they awarded him the can of fishing worms and the gold teeth. There was to be a fudge making contest but Dirty Crabb begin to use foot- ball tactics and the judge becomes embarrassed and called it off. Miss Hyland said Miss McKinley was stealing her stuff, and the contestants took sides for a free-for-all fight. Hair, bad words, etc., flew over the whole place, but no one was hurt. The Hylanders won the victory, but didn't know what to do with it. The Geometry and Trigonometry classes ran a race to see who could get the most D's. The result was a tie, but the judges gave the razor-strep to the Trigs because they had tried the hardest. When the Police came to watch the contests, several people had to go home in a hurry. Among them were Ferol, Rats, and Mejia. But they were not missed. ' Page 144

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H I LA, PITAHAYA l l W s D ..... l ' 1 f 4 1 3 1 , 1 1 4 I l i Q Q 1 t Useless Uccum-'ences I l OME very serious accidents have occurred during the last school Q Q term. If the proper precauti-ons are taken, these direful happen- d ings will be greatly lessened. Among those who were injured Were: Hazen Sorrell, who received some enormous splinters in his fingers while scratching his headg John Dickenson was overcome by a sense of his own importanceg the whole Physics class fainted when Radcliffe Killam failed to argue with Miss Mathisong Daisy Kutz was terribly shocked when she got a passing grade in Spanishg first aid had to be rendered to Charlene Nye when she almost solved an algebra problemg Ralph Connor was painfully stung when he tried to fool Miss Caseyg several of the Physical Training pupils got dreadfully overheated when the coach urged them to take a cold showerg the Juniors strained a ligament trying to surpass the Seniorsg Bob Derby was nearly bored to death by attempting to prepare his lessonsg Tommy Leyendecker almost passed out when he got within five pages of a right answerg Mario stuck his head in the pencil sharpener, and craned his pencil to look at Victoria Palaciosg Ellen Young was so flustered by a test that she brushed back her paper and handed in her hairg Mejia pounded his nose and wiped off a typewriter 9 Lasca threw away her words and swallowed her gum. X Page 146 te rf