Martin High School - La Pitahaya Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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rl 'N 2 fl' 7' UT 1 1 -in.. ,Q-4 .. . -Av,-4P '-' iff K 1 Onlx once ln a llfctlmc does one expect to gllmpxe the lluldent ol the I t H1 ed Qtates Such a th11ll was accorded the CIULGIIN of Lalcdo IH Octohel when Dwlght D Fmenhovner came to the R10 C rande Xallex to dedlcate Falcon Dam The band awembled on the lawn near San Bernaxdo and played the Stare and St rlpes aa the prealdent Wh1ZZ9d bx No heart vs aa untouched as he made a deep hon to acknrmledgre the muxu and the applause utuxcs couxusw of Q I lrfrlo AIIHY Alr Force 'k Q4 :aus S'i-'.LEZ5,37.f'.'Z 4.1'I MID0lE DAM A, Alu. X. x A. r. S . c . I I 3 3j,Q, gf, f .. g Welcome Mr.Pres1d.ent . 'fv+,, , Q , . ., p ,,,, , lyclcll lf,2 'I'

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4-X' rx MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL ADOPTS NEW SCHOOL SONG All Hull Tu illorfin High When a new choral director eomes to a school, he is naturally interested in the school song. Les Gillespie, who became Ill. H. S. Choral director in the fall, found that the majority' of students did not know I Love You. Laredo High. He also found that the song was sung only once a year at graduation, Some oi' the faculty memlners and a few Student Council mem- hers approached Mr. Gillespie and asked him to write a new school SOlljIl so he wrote one. The Fhorus learned the song and presented it to the student hotly ata st'lioolasseml1l5'. Thi-n ai vote was taken and the new song: was adopted lu' a ltlll to 91 vote. A I tout the Author 2 Mr. Gillespie has a Bachelor ot' Musit- degree from Northwestern State Vollege ot' Louisiana. He majored in Music Theory and Sociology. He did his graduate work at the Ihiversity oi' Tennessee on Fellowship, Composi- tion and Fondueting under the instruction ot' llavid Yan Yaetor. He also did graduate work at lliieago Blusival Vollege in t-ompositioiz and musit' .iistoiy undei X ittoiio Rieti and Hans Host-wald. Les Gillespie Composer K x 1 lx f f- l Page 9 l Av 'm

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...- President Eisenhower and Col. W. M. James, commander of the Laredo Army Air Force Base, Stand at attention as the band played our National Anthem just before the President emplaned for Washington, UMYEU SYATES Am r ONCE .far 'kb -dll! 'il'- , Q Vx .-.--.....,, Q! Page l l