Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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l All Herald Everybody who's anybody wears a TB lbanglef' rants Mira Taylor. She and 31,600 other students supported the an- nual drive so earnestly that the ther- Another feather was added to the publications hat of accomplishment when memeter blew Its top' The 534710 eel' Westerner World sponsor Mrs. Nancy Kaisner, 1960 editor Carolene English, leffed Wes more than has ever before and editor Cecil Green flew to Chicago to accept the ANPA Pacemaker award, been received by any Lubbock School' dubbing the paper the top large high school newspaper in the nation. Meanwhile back in the states . . . croons Lonnie Dillard in approximately the fifteenth junior class assembly. This year's presentation, Around the YVorld in 80 Days, took the audience on a global tour with stops scheduled for visits to a tribe of African cannlbals, an Irish lassie, a couple of Mexican dancers, a young French singer, an Italian gypsy dancer, a German street band, and a group of girls in Oklahoma. 20

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Ja ' Kettle Causes Harried Individuals hi? much like Cinderellals coach, the gym reverted to its everyday look, for the clean-up crew had done its job. How- ever, all the work was not in vain, for this year's income was 5785. ff 'N Autumn's prism magni- fied its colors over fading summer leaves as school-goers bustled about trying to cram more soup into an already boil- ing kettle of animation. Classroom studies sim- mered while 100 juniors tossed spices into the stew by taking Preliminary Scho- lastic Aptitude Tests. Other middleclassmen began round- ing up talent to present to the student body in the'year's first class assembly. F r e n z i e d seniors ran about like dizzy ants ordering toys, painting posters, and planning costumes for the night when they would turn the clock back to revive the Roaring Twenties at Lavinrac Renretsew. Then, suddenly, dead week extinguished the fire. All ingredients settled to the bottom as clubs and activities ceased. Students crammed knowledge into their craniums in order to pass mid-semester exams. Silence enveloped the kitchen-the kettle was cold. Whip cream in the ole eyeball! moans Don Davis as he is sitting duck for the pie-toss, a successful new game that for the first time offered competition to the teacher dunk. . 1 253: 35 gems, sas-

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Yuletide, Bemoan Sated schoolgoers decorated a tree of anima- tion when they returned from the goody-filled Thanksgiving holidays. Publications personnel capped the crest of the sapling with a shiny star signifying the 1961 Westerner had won first place in state competition. Juniors added festive balls of Iowa tests and the class assembly while seniors, after much confusion, finally contributed a trinket that meant Jan. 11 was the date of their class finale. Sophomores weren't to be left out, for they donated their tracery, indicating plans for their first class production had begun. To herald Yuletide, paired homerooms once again adopted Guadalupe and Sanders rooms, and then the holidays arrived, allowing eleven care- free days for students and faculty alike. Two weeks after the new year broke forth, the lights of the animated tree were yanked from the sock- et, for deadweek cut off all electrical outlets. The only available energy was brainpower in motion. Beth Followill dreams her special dreams of Christmas as her sister admires toys in a store window. Semester Exams Definition of mid-term: school's half overg tests are grue- some. Sages find the latter theory holds more water, for all imitate Ellen Dunias and Jo Irwin in the articulate art of cramming. One, two, three, kick, murmurs Janis Baucum during her baffling performance before ski-minded senior vaca- tionists who took an imaginative trip to Lauderdale in the Rockiesv for their c-lass assembly finale. 2I