Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Senior Day Activities Presented in October OCTOBER began with the Girls' League Father-Daughter Banquet. Held in the cafeteria on October i, Girls' League of- ficers arranged for food and entertain- ment for the evening. Football games included in this month were Amphi, Alhambra, Salpointe and Sunnyside. The Salpointe game, October 18, was Homecoming. Clubs and classes were busy weeks ahead of time working on Homecoming floats. Nancy Hawke and Jim Arneson were crowned Home- coming Royalty. The evening was high- lighted with a dance sponsored by the Junior Class. Several cross country meets were held, including two invitational meets, one at Kennedy Park and the other in Phoenix. The speech squad attended a work- shop at the UA and a meet at Tucson High School on October 26. Senior day was held at the UA on Oc- tober 5. Activities during the day in- cluded bus tours, assemblies concerning sororities and fraternities, a barbecue, UA football game and a dance. lt was a full day for seniors all over Arizona. :mmm , Seniors from high schools all over the state en- ioyed a barbecue dinner after the busy Senior day Titan football players loaded on the bus for Alham- left the campus to help support their team. Titans bra High in Phoenix. Seven chartered student buses were defeated by u score of 27 to 6. at the University of Arizona. Students toured Uni- versity facilities and received college information. i 5 . M Senior homecoming float theme was, Titans Spark Homecoming. Homecoming was October 18,

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7 TUCSON High 5Cl'l00l hosted Polo Verde CIT the first September 20. Students supported their team with Exchange student Angie Bielowski expressed enthu- f00ll-'Cl' Same of the '63369 5955021 on Fl'idUY, organized cheers and by singing the school song. siasm for Palo Verde's Titans at the first assembly xt .f '-.....,,.-9 li ' , Girls' League's first meeting was a coke party at which all girls interested in Spirited Titans cheered for their football team after a touchdown at a Septem- the club could get acquainted. Entertainment helped to make a full evening. ber game. The game against Pueblo was the first home game of the season.

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Senior Float Highlighted Home A special Homecoming assembly was held in the Jim Arneson was crowned Homecoming King. Can- football stadium. Senior varsity football player didates for Queen were announced during halftime. During halftime at the Homecoming game, six the field with their escorts. After being introduced, Homecoming Queen candidates paraded around the girls waited to hear the results of the election. coming Events Nancy Hawke was crowned Homecoming Queen and was presented with a bouquet of roses. Homecoming week started with an as- sembly held in the football stadium. Songleaders performed the routine done at the game and cheerleaders led tradi- tional cheers. During the assembly the Pep Club presented their float that was to be entered in the parade. This was a preview of the creativity and hard work that went into all of the floats. During the rest of the week, prepara- tions were made for the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and for the parade of Homecoming floats. Elections were held during homeroom periods to decide on nominees and then finally to decide between candidates. Club and class floats were paraded around the football field during half- time. After all the candidates had gathered on the field, it was announced that Nancy Hawke would reign as Home- coming Queen. Both King and Queen were members of athletic activities.