McAllen High School - El Espejo Yearbook (McAllen, TX)

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Number One Drum Beater... o- -fi % Q Vx. «-4- - M friAriftflEAX' JixjJkr cSu -v'Jt qJ A C i- '4 «a0 a-f UCA k s- -Ajl. —yv- - Ukjju A -JL» —• ■; -f-iV j -eSU - r - Ub dUU-o -Q. V r - ■jcS AS Jofe ‘ Paul Vickers has been plugging the Valley in general and McAllen in particular for over 20 years. It's his job, but it is also his main desire. Prominent among chamber of commerce men in Texas, Mr. Vickers has been luring tourists, industries and honeymooners to McAllen until it has become the number one tourist city in the Valley and has become known as the Honeymoon City of Texas. He has served as president of the Texas Chamber of Commerce managers two different terms; he was a lecturer at the Southwestern school in Dallas; and of the 28 years that he has been a member of the Texas Association of Chamber Managers, he has appeared on the convention program 26 of those 28 years. Besides this, he is intensely interested in our schools. Hardly a group wins an honor or does some- thing unusual that Mr. Vickers doesn't write a letter of congratulations or recog- nize them in some manner. All of this he does quietly and without fanfare and with no desire for personal recognition. It is with pleasure that we dedicate this 1955 El Espejo to him. 5

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hjtyjJU, -dt ih CZ2mtf£?t. r- 313;1 1-15 The School 16-63 Classes Editor in Chief Kathleen Clayton y} °t ' Cs 64-75 Faculty 76-99 Sports 100-129 Organizatioi 130-152 Activities Assistant Editors Medora Parker and Karen Taggart Copy Editors Barbara Bowman and Bette Carolyn Yancy Business Manager 0 Janie PoMt • Sports Editor Marion Hancock U ? £ e c n Well-developed minds, strong arms and initiative have been combined to make the in- dustries of the Rio GrandeValley a thriving proposition. In the above picture these intense workers are working on one of many hundred oil wells found in the Valley. The oil business has been the leading industry which has made Texas and the Valley the wealthy state it is.

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Campus Scenes. This is the main entrance to McHi. Through its portals have passed hundreds of students in ever in- creasing numbers as this year the enrollment went over 900. The large shade trees and criss-crossing side- walks make the campus most attrac- ‘ tive. There are 22 classrooms in the main building not including the auditorium and faculty offices. Be- low, is the stadium that the McAllen Bulldogs call home. It is one of the newest and finest stadiums in the Valley. This is a view of the South side and the press box from which all the games are broadcast. Un- derneath the stadium on this side the school buses are kept and serv- 3 •NX; A