Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Funeral arch Before New Term The Rocking 60's got off to a swinging start as two hula girls undulated onto the stage, to signify the culmination of two months of continual toil and tiring rehearsals for some 30 ulcerated lowerclassmen. Before the finished product could be presented to a scrutinous student body, the tasks of writing the script, designing and printing programs, building sets, and making-up performers had to be completed. Thus, writers, typists, artists, carpenters, make-up specialists, seamstresses, and general handymen-all these and many more- got into the act, for all talents were needed and were used to the fullest extent. Masculine attention was scarce at the Bennett house, so Gail Gregg and Rosemary Conlan trapped any male, namely Billy Jewell. I v Virtually every other week all spring one group or another was conventioning. A typical dele- gate, Mike Patterson, is prepared for anything and everything.

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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.

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Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me, sings senior Kathy White 1 to her attentive Siamese students as she portrays Anna in The King and I, the eleventh annual edition of the LHS exchange assembly. ' Allow me, Miss, offers Frank Freeman to Dianne Thompson as they, Lamar Forrest, Martha Cates, Sammy Reeves, and Tanya Holmes, along with 700 other cow- pokes and ladies, arrive in stylel' for Roundup. For Westerners, spring was as exciting as a circus. The LHS exchange assembly headed the acts parading into the arena with a presentation of their colorful reproduction of The King and I. The applause had scarcely ceased when story- book characters brought out a goody-filled table and proceeded to enjoy the annual Y-Teens ban- quet. Then, with a whoop and a holler, cowboys stampeded out of the chute and grabbed their Taw to square dance in the center ring. Whiz kids then tramped out toting slide rules, spellers, oratories, poems, and typewriters to demonstrate the skills they were to show off at Interscholastic League. Suddenly 450 little kids-seniors who had never grown up-interrupted the educators. But they stayed only until their popsicles melted and then surrendered to the politicians campaign- ing for student body and class offices. Next, the lights dimmed and a Deep Purple mist en- veloped juniors and seniors in the stands. But, too soon, the romance and gaiety vanished and the lights were brightened so that the fans could leave the circus grounds.