Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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She'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade if she's topped with the traditional new chapeau. Devoting an April afternoon to making a choice are Jane Roberts and Carole Stanley. Learners Prepare For Final best so far in the opinion of the student body. With all the usual whoops and hollers, Round- up next broke forth. Matching outfits, squaw dresses, chaps, and ten-gallon hats were donned by all as Westerners devoted their evening to devouring barbecue, movies, and square dancing. Scholarship fought. hard to keep the upper hand, and finally s u c c e e d e d . Interscholastic League contestants began applying extra polish to their skill as days slid by. Soon after, sophomores and juniors had the rare opportunity of scheduling their own teachers and subjects for the coming year. Thus, the sages overcame spring fever to protract their legs for the final stretch of the 1960-61 school year. HKU? ' Q 1.1 Sophistication versus frills is debated in many a junior and senior girl's home near prom time. However, Mother's matriarchial power still holds true as Mrs. Oscar Ray persuades daughter Carmen to enjoy frills one more time. Stretch 1 'rl 2355? Oh, this woman's taste! Preparing for Roundup are Johnnie Gafford and John Rountree, as they try to select look-alike western clothes, as do many couples for this traditional campus frontier celebration. It's a man's world-but only during twirp week, when the ladies must assume even the most menial male tasks on dates, as demonstrated here by Judy Howard. Date Doug Wheeler looks on with satisfaction and an occa- sional word of advice. 27 ,-.QA if 3 s

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By winning first place in the physical science division of the TeXas Tech Science Fair last spring, Fred Cowart proved that study has its rewards. Also placing were LeEarl Bryant, first place in biological science, Paul Drake, second in physical science, and Anne Poole, third in physical science. Sprin Paint, paint, paint, all I do is paint, speculates Diana Chatham as she gets a basketball banner underway, one of the many she has done to advertise school activities this year. 26 5 5 t'Try water, dear Henry, Lonnie Dillard advises Ray Le4 Johnston as they present 'tHole In the Bucket in thi successful sophomore assembly, t'Showboat. Activities Ovcrrun LH As With mid-term crises behind, learners tool a brief breather before once more turning theii minds to books, homework, and daily assignments Juniors took advantage of this lull to charge ful force into their annual candy sale, with the hope of filling the empty minds with confections fron Ye Ole Candy Shoppe. Their mission was ac complished, and 3109.65 was added to the pron fund. Cupid shot not only his traditional hearts, bu' sunshine and energy as Well into the air of campu: life. Iowa Test scores were returned and result: showed LHS scholars rank well above the nationa average. Seniors began interviews with city busi ness men during' their bi-Weekly assemblies--con ducted just after the Show Boat docked witl sophomores presenting their class assembly, thi Taking a trip to Dogpatch, in song that is, Lawrenci Whittington, Sharon Dillard, Kathy White, Gary Knowles and Brenda Dooley sing Jubilation T. Cornpone for th: Y-Teen Sweetheart Banquet, which attracted some 401 students.

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tudents, Equipment Go Human organs, heads, and skeletons wafting by were no uncommon sight when four teaching departments transferred all classes from the third floor of the present building to the new wing in April. A human conveyor-belt of teachers, stu- dents, and maintenance men flowed steadily be- tween old and new rooms. Involved in the Big Move were science, homemaking, woodworking, and mechanical drawing classes. This constant parade of traffic created a crisis in the classroom, as students found watching carts of dishpans and sewing machines much more enjoyable, if less profitable, than studying the daily assignment. The completed section marked the first addi- tion to LHS in 12 years, the last being in 1949, when the girls' gym, the cafeteria, a bandroom, shop, and 14 new rooms forming'the southeast 'wing were opened in the fall. me Rl Elated at getting a new workshop after teaching in thc same one for over 30 years is Mr. F, F. Key. right: how- ever his delight is tempered somewhat hy the many problems of moving. Here he and a construction worker ponder over placement of heavy cutting tools, work benches, and lumberjacks, 3 ,cm sg 5 an Visualizing the many teas that will be given in the new homemaking department, Linda Hillin and Louise Collins take special care in packing dainty cups and saucers. 28 West 7 , I J In The Bi Move, . ratti .ir e 5 - 3' F -s V' i . I ,,.. 3 ,, 5 p, ci . MG I Ap W 'Q Q' V I N . pn. . . ' ' . , - , H - . k,,,, ,, , 1 A Muscles proved to be the 'generating force which trans- ported four departments to the new wing. Making first class short-haul moving vans, Gerald Ussery and Mike Westbrook convey HThe Bodyf' and friends to the new department. - eej,.44:A f- vi-'eu Itls not going to fit, laments Gerald Ussery to a dumb- founded Mrs. Virginia Landyver as they confronted -one of the numerous complications involved in the move.