McCollum High School - Wrangler Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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This is the place . . . 8 the campus Ii's goung and alive . . . and the gold and greenerg grow all gear long Rumors had been spread for many years about the building of a new high school. We can remember watch- ing with excitement at the rising of the new buildings. The noise and confusion of the construction became part of our daily lives. We climbed on the piles of dirt and ran through the unfinished buildings. We laughed and talked about the new school. A school right around the corner-not old Harlandale, but a new-brand new building which we could call OUR school. We can remember when McCollum first opened its doors. We were full of anticipation and awe as we toured the corridors during open house. How beauti- ful everything seemed-how large and grand-a person could get lost just walking from the next wing. What a beautiful place this school was! As we approached adolescence McCollum became more on our minds. We wanted to be part of McCol- lum. We mimicked how the older kids acted. We went to football and basketball games, learned songs, read annuals in expectation of the day in which we would become McCollum Cowboys. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, we ap- proached the door to the high school-our high school. We can remember the butterflies and the half-bitten fingernails. The awesome excitement of finding new classes and learning new schedules. The sick feeling when we realized we were in the wrong room at the wrong time. But also there was the security and the happiness and the friends which were so much a part of our lives. We have watched the school grow and we have grown with it. Now, as we leave, it will remain for our little brothers and sisters and some day our children to share the joys we shared at this high school-our high school-McCollum High.

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