Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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MISS SANTA ? No, bund sweetheart, Sandra liaeon receives royalty gift from president Gilbert Segovia. 12 SOME WERE HAPPY. some were sad. as grade card distribution marked the beginning of second semester. Spirit of Christmas Evident, as students

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COMING TO the rescue, bins help decorate the ppm. project for all girls Tiny old ladies, ghosts, and helineted athletes attended the All-Girl Party. Junior class rings were ordered, and arrival of the upperclass sym- bols, eagerly aw aited. October ended on a jubi- lant note, as students poured from school for a half-day holiday earned by Halloween behavior. When we think of November, we recall the ex- citement of national elections. 1 hough we often disagreed politically, all were thrilled with hav- ing Vrizona's Barry Goldw ater, as a presidential candidate. We remember the romance and splen- dor of the Girls’ League formal. Alongthe theme line, Sayonara”, the decorations, programs, in fact everything but the music was Japanese. I he senior play, Prolessor, How Could You?” was a tremendous success. Though November brought the termination of football season, it also brought anticipation of the oncoming basketball schedule. November slipped into December beforewe w ere aware of it. Even though the days were still sun- ny, the Christmas spirit rode in on December’s coattails, and infected all students, as they add- ed holiday projects to already lull schedules. HURRAH. I IE MADE IT! Excited fans cheer the Wild- cat squad. Below: DEEP IN THOUGHT. M. Marietti studies the next iueslion on the Hetty Crocker Test.

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IS Tl IF. RE ROOM in the trunk? Student Council members and their sponsors prepare to leave for the convention. pl-3-H. special projects noth of the language clubs and several groups from the vocal music department spent evenings caroling up and down Morenci’s hills and levels. Town citizens were treated with familiar music sung in French, Spanish, and of course, English. All students and teachers were given the usual Christmas present by the administration .... two weeks of vacation. Hut it began a half-day early, when a flurry of snow caused the Christmas Band ssembly to be canceled, and school busses were hastily equipped with chains. Band members, a- long with their dates, participated in an evening to belong remembered .. the annual holiday party. Weeks of suspense which followed the band s bal- loting ended when the Sweethearts were announ- ced. These titles were awarded to Armando Ra- mirez and Sandra Bacon. Both were crowned, most appropriately, with Santa Claus caps. We returned to school on the fourth of January pounds heavier and used to out of school habits. We had only one short w eek to become accustom- ed to school routines again before semester ex- am week. Seven days of burning mid-night oil left us bleary eyed and sleepy. As soon as the last test w as taken, it was the teachers’ turn, for exams had to be marked and grades averaged. 13