Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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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

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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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The Funeral March echoed as a solemn crowd paid their last respects to Tom S. and buried his body fol- lowing the school board's unanimous vote to reinstate Lubbock High as the official school name. Lubbock High School abounds with leaders, as is ex- emplified by the fact that this year LHS made a clean sweep in the Elks' Leadership Contest. Admiring Carole Stanley's honorable mention booklet are Donna Heath, first place girlg Joe Murfee, first place boyg and Carole, honorable mention girl. ' ourners' Hail So this is that scrumptuous junior candy, muses Sam Henry upon his stop at the Peppermint Lounge to act as the official confection taster for Foch Benevent and Mitch Mount. Sales added S100 to the prom fund. The ominous sounds of the death dirge sounding from the auditorium organ brought nothing but joy to the hearts of Westerners who faced the new term with unrestrained joy after laying Tom S. to rest for all eternity. After hearts were thus made joyful and souls re- j uvenated, juniors took on the job of sweetening dispositions with their annual candy sale. In the meanwhile, pupils spent hours analyzing Iowa Test composite results with the help of their homeroom teachers, and preparing themselves mentally for the upcoming National Merit Schol- arship Qualifying Test. Then the pace slackened just long enough for minds to be relaxed by the 1962 senior play, Pride and Prejudice, and sides to be shaken by the sophomore's first class assembly, Rocking '6O's. Adding still more spice to the weekly routine, every group from the Spanish club to the golf squad scheduled brief jaunts all over the state-from Austin to Denton-to test their abilities in meets, to try their vote-getting talents in elections, and voice their opinions at conventions. Thus, hearts, souls, minds, and daily lives all felt the effect of the arrival of the spring term.