Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Spring Signals Beginning Of The End 'With the cool breezes of Spring whispering in their ears, VVesterners turned to activities of the last months of school. Juniors were busy per- suading everv student to buy candy made for the annual candy sale to finance the junior-sen- ior prom, while sophomores were preparing for their annual talent assembly. . With the atmosphere of Roundup just around the corner, students buckled on western togs for an All-Western Day, followed the next night by the big event including dancing, eating good ole barbecue, and a unique rodeo. During the last days of April, girls managed to scrape up dimes and nickels to show bewildered boys an enjoyable time throughout Twirp 'Weekf' Eyeing with an- ticipation only one more month, busy students scampered to fit in last-minute preparations. junior Jimmy Poe and senior Doug Dunlap in a lop- sided snowball battle. 'fri' Hey, give it backlv demands Bad News Barnes as Philip Hood overpoxvers the teacher in the basketball tilt between LHS faculty and junior high coaches.

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Normally, this practice of speeding up the time taken to go down the stairs is unacceptable, but on Kid Day seniors like Jan Etheredge may try anything. Closing Activities Overcome Ma Fever Before Westerners could blink their eyes twice, the 'tbug of May fever had overtaken them. The persistent spell turned grown-up seniors into frol- icking kids experiencing their second childhoods, but later dropped to a minimum when the junior- senior prom, Senior Day, Recognition assembly, elections, track meets, and baseball games gained the spotlight. Hut all too soon the doors were closing on the past nine months, and 600 graduates marched down the aisle to take a diploma and a new place in the world, while underclassmen excitedly planned their final years of school. As the night draws to a close, Carolyn McCutchan and Chris Cox both agree that their first prom was every- thing they had expected it to be.