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

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Buffs with Play, MHS students attended Clifton schools as Clifton-ites the reverse. As the Christmas season grew nearer, activities grew numerous. Vocal music held its holiday con- cert, complete with rock concert. The high school faculty also got into the act, with its version of “The Christmas Carol” with Joe Scrooge and his phony baloney. Christmas Skit LEADING GRAND MARCH at Girls' League formal is President Owens and King Sierra, below. Left, POM PON frog! Spirited pepsters give skit at assembly. HONORING MOM with a kiss at Mom and Dad's Night is G. Gaxiola, left. Below, DRESSED to the hat, Henry and Henrietta don clothes collected in drive.

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JUNIOR OLYMPICS proved a challenge to all classes, including seniors, right. Lower right, SPANISH CLUB caroling. BEING BE-HEADED, Mario Tapia aids magician in bewitching National assembly. As November blustered its way into the school calendar, students found their lives complicated with school activities. The first activity on the agenda found juniors choosing their class rings, realizing their upperclassmen status. Soon after, football fans witnessed the annual Mom and Dad’s Night, football players honoring parents. In their last senior performance, the class of 1972 proudly staged their class play, a rollicking com- edy entitled “Get Witch Quick”. December, the month of fun and folly, was soon upon students, and proved to be as action packed as the preceding month. Though football season ended, basketball was soon underway, with the pro- mise of another winning season. FTA began a new activity, holding student exchange with Clifton FTA. For “a day in their lives”,

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 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL! Juniors ad- mire class rings upon their arrival. Below, COLLISION.....R. Rodela and D. Martinez in Varsity-J.V. Dad's game. Left, SPIRIT WEEK ACTIVITIES find upperclassmen presenting several skits. 14 Host Valentine's As Christmas vacation finally ended, students found themselves once again in the grasps of school routine. Welcoming students and faculty back was an action-packed basketball game with San Manuel. To increase school spirit, Stu- dent Council held a new competi- tive activity. Called “Spirit Week,” it featured activities as upperclass- men, underclassmen skits, letter- men spirit lengths, gym decorat- ions, and the traditional red and black day. Throughout the compe- tition, classes vied for the winning honors; however, the sophomores came out first, the juniors second. Semester’s end found students hurriedly finishing last minute re- ports and cramming for the hated exams. For some, their efforts were rewarded, as they were init- iated into National Honor Society for their scholastic achievements. Students soon found that Janu- ary was gone and February was here to replace it. Trash week head- ed the month’s activities, with “clean our campus” as its theme. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Sophomore Sweetie and a Valen-