Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Upper picture: cooking class learn- ing to prepare food. Center: Christ- mas carol-singing. Lower: Fresh- men girls modeling their own de- signs for home economics clothing class. Left to right: Patricia Mc- Lane, Betty George, Barbara John- son, and Ann Simpson. 11' X rt, G 69' 300 Clowns .loin Show Entering the arena of PDL for the first time, over 300 freshmen enrolled in Septem- ber with intentions for high- er learning. Nine home rooms Gi., were required to hold the mass of abundant energy, and the year started with a zip! Presidents of the various rooms elected were: l09A, John Gazleyg 207A, Douglas Prestong 209A, Billy Orr, l04B, Robert Coxg 106B, Joe Cianciminog l0lC, Barbara Stuart, Library, Nancy Al- bury, Shop, .lack MacMillar:, ll3A, Ralph Smithg 201A, 9B home room entering the Show in February, elected John 0'Brien as their leader. Out of the sawdust and hysteria, Jeanne Lamper rose to head the whole Big Top with her 97W average, close- ly followed by Denis 0'Don- ovan and Betty Jo Miller, proving that newcomers too, can gain distinction. ,lane Lewis, Dorothy Booth, and Lawrence Day accompanied them in the higher brackets during the year.

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rick ie CLOWNS! those comical creatures of fun and frolic in the Big Show-the fresh- men! Sidelining the main nt- traetion with their antics, they B K 1 selected Douglas Preston, that grid- . ' iron great , as presidentg Donald Lan- igan, the clown of them all, as vice- presidentg Christine Nowlin, secretary, and Bob Miller, treasurer-two jo-jo's of jour- nalistic jargon. These four mirth makers led the procession of green, laugh-provocative fresh- ' men through their first year at Ponce, and they chose Mrs. Irene Murray as sponsor.

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vb' 52 Wekoww, 7 ! Orientation work was again featured as part of the freshmen curriculum this year. lt began with ac- quainting the students with Ponce, and followed through the term, covering every phase of school life. Library study, talks by the deans, and a 'GWel- come, freshmen, assembly were first. In these, the importance of the student's school record was stressed, and preparation for the four years' work planned. ustudying the individual was a project also included. Ar RIGHT: Three scholastically high freshmen, Dorothy Booth, Jeanne Lamper, and Denis 0'Dono11an take the Henman-Nelson Test of Mental Ability, part of their orientation work. 92 dD Left to right, hrst row: Dorothy Berger, Evelyn Ballantyne, Norma Adams, Dorothy Booth, Nancy Al- huryg second row: Barbara Ben- rlinger, Carolyn Barnes, Betty Boulton, Mildred Barton, Jacque- line Alderman, third row: Mary Ann Allen, Steve Bellows, Bruce Booher, John Acquire Melvin Bar- tong fourth row: .lack Anderson, Frank Baker, James Best, Donald Adams, Allen Bjork. First row: Betty June Brown, Ruth Bramen, Elizabeth Carr, Bet- ty Brown, Carita Carballog second row: Beverly Bryant, Barbara Bowers, Ann Callahan, Mary Chafer, Frances Brenneng thirrl row: Doris Fischer, Fred Bridges, George Clark, Charles Carroll, Nancy Bradley, fourth row: Roh- ert Cason, Louis Bragassa, David Callandar, Raymond Clark, Charles Christensen, William Bronson.