Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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War E Enthralled by the school song sung at their last pep rally, seniors reminisce over the good years past.

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ndividual Work! Systematic Work! Strange orders for a time when emphasis is on group effort and social mixing. Yet the popular and successful teacher to Whom this Westerner is dedicated prescribes large doses of just such medicine to her classes. During her twenty-three years at Lubbock High School, she has held fast to these traditional instruc- tional canons, at the same time en- riching her stern yet amicable teach- ing techniques with advancements in educational methods. Working with an opaque pro- jector and using spheres, cones, and blocks to illustrate geometric prin- ciples, she illuminates the most com- plex problems in the minds of her students. Do it yourself, she says. You know as much as the person next to you. And this lady practices what she preaches. The shutters in the den of her home-assembled, fin- M W --.. -I-. ii rf wfcw f ,. -- is-Ween xx W, . me esysigxag X ,viififpt ii f fs- 21 1+ gi' ished, and mounted entirely by her- self-exemplify her own theme of individual endeavor. Ironically enough, although she holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in science, in thirty-three years she has taught nothing but mathematics. With our dedicatee there is more to being a good teacher than just pounding facts into heads. In writing references for former students, tele- phoning reluctant pupils urging them to continue school, or keeping an eye on graduates, she constantly demonstrates her deep and abiding interest in those she has had in class. Recognizing the fact that she epitomizes the best of old educa- tional ideals and Westerner tradi- tions, even as she implements recent teaching innovations and adjusts to changes in the school and its spirit, We respectfully dedicate the 1962 Westerner to Miss Aline McCarty. ll

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lthough the school's face looked almost the same last September as it had in 1931, a closer inspection proved surface appearances mis- leading. Hidden by the old Spanish architecture were multitudinous signs of progress. For instance, the publications department and Student Council had moved to more spacious second floor facilities. New labs for classes rang- ing from foreign languages to auto mechanics were replete with the very latest learning devices and tools. Chapman Field had been re- juvenated, and Lowrey Field gave Lubbock squads a home site of their own. So, fall was a time of adjustment for every- one-from the 20-year faculty member who thought he knew the school inside out, to the greenest sophomore hesitantly treading the long, strange halls. Yet the feeling prevailed that, underneath, Westernerland was still the same, that these changes were but catalysts exciting the tradi- tional spirit to ever higher feats. i ! Soaring far above the main entrance, the auditorium tower, a hallmark of Lubbock High School, casts a tradition-tinged shadow over the campus. Visible for miles, the column is the particular of the school with which nearly all Lubbockites are familiar. An air-conditioned oasis on sweltering days, the cafe- teria turns into a human bee hive during the busy lunch hour, when students pause to fill empty stomachs and catch up on the latest. A 1962 senior gift, the wooden LHS, was set at the south end of Lowrey Field last fall. To many a ball game is not just a contest-it's fun, an energy outlet . . . or corndogs.