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

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Ol mpian Royalty Crowned During December Patty Merrill was delighted upon receiving red roses, signifying she had become Olympian Queen. Tom Bartlett and Patty Merrill were crowned Olym- pian King and Queen at the Douglas game. DECEMBER brought The opening of The ChrisTmas season and crowning of The Olympian Royaliy. WresTlers went To Rincon High for Their firsT maich on December 7. Cross Couniry Team members ranked sixTh aT The inter-divisional meeT in Phoenix on December 6. Homeroom FeoleraTion sponsored a Canned Food drive from Dec. 5-l8. The cans were disiribuied To needy families around The ciTy. On December 18, The Trebleties, Mixed Choir, Capricians, Men's Ensemble, Mixed Double QuarTeT, Concert Choir, Women's Ensemble and Jubileers pre- senied a ChrisTmas program To The pub- lic. The program included TraoliTional carols, Hebrew, Spanish and AusTrian carols and several songs from The Messiah. AT The December 20 baskeTball game The Olympian RoyalTy was announced. AT halfiime during The baskeTbaIl game, The Olympian King and Queen received Their Tradiiional' bouTonniere and bou- quet of roses. E l Q55 is . i f if Students from both Student Council and the advisory boards worked together During the December canned food drive senior Sherman Miller regarded :he on finishing decorating the Christmas tree which Student Council purchased. weight of cans brought in. Cans were stored in the cafeteria,

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l Bill Jenson, Dennis Bouchard and Leonard Gradil- In the car caravan to Rincon High School cheer- Car decorations were iudged on the basis of crea- las performed in South Pacific as sailorboys. leaders shouted exuberantly for Palo Verde Titans. tivity and the effort that went into each prolect. l: V B d d Cl S th S O R T' Run-thrus were made by cheerleaders for each foot- men held up the run-thrus and the crowd cheered begcm with Hshow Stop- ball game. At the beginning of each game, letter- as football players broke through the paper. pers. Excerpts from Damn Yankees, South Pacific and Carousel were presented. Concert choir, Jubileers and Capricians presented the show under the direction of Mr. Justus and Mrs. Davis. Drama Department presented The Death and Life ot Sneaky Fitch, a bitter- sweet contrast ot the good ole cow- boy days. Miss Renshaw directed the play, held November l9-21. Titan band members participated in Band Day at the University of Arizona November 23. They competed for and were awarded their seventh straight su- perior rating. The Football season ended with C1 season record of two wins and seven losses. Divisional play-otts were held at the University of Arizona. For the last game with Rincon, a car caravan was organized. Cars were decorated and judged on the basis ot originality. Cross-country ended their season with a score of six wins and two losses. Girls' and boys' freshman tennis teams played their matches against Sunnyside, Tucson, Pueblo and Douglas.

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