Sam Houston High School - Co Lon Neh Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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UDENTJ coo CIL homeroom rg ICPTCSCH' obership of the council, :1'SOIl3l Con' CitizenSh1P fairs, good nfl by pw' , followers' project of riorl in I 3f1i10Us COIIV h lidef to t 6 dges. Led re ing 515' r1S t. E Officers President Rae Lynn Fryman Vice President Ruth Lozano Secretary Bettie Lou Gaines Treasurer Jimmy Morgan Morgan, Fryman, Lozano, Gaines. Sponsor MR. R. D. LATHAM Prior to the first election, Student Council members were busy selling poll tax receipts during the lunch periods. Since the voting machines were to be used for the first time, interest ran high in the election for class officers.

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TUBE Tiff Q 1 f 1 l l l 1 I Y l FRONT ROW: Judy Johnson, Virginia Ellisor, Johnette Schelin, Dottie Fross, Barbara Wilson, 1 Brenda Rudel, Lorraine Sirman, Billie' Carlisle, Lois Faye Harris, Estele Mason, Miriam Rose- ? berry, Carolyn Carey, Sharon Porter. SECOND ROW: Beryl Carpenter, Georgia O'Neil, Jackie f Divono, Wanda Cours, Barbara Buckner, Shirley Teague, Mary Ferguson, Ruth Lozano, Rae Lynn Fryman, Maureen Price, Pam Young, Bob Rider, Bette Lou Gaines. THIRD ROW: Linda Bam- mel, Linda Bruce, Margaret Clepper, Pat Wood, Cheryl Kengery, Lynda Vance, Bobby L'Roy, Allan l Bush, Richard Avery, Jerry Baird. FOURTH ROW: Andy Carroll, Dale Thompson, Robert Ale- . wine, Paul Spinella, Johnny Moran, Danny Heaton, Jerry Mooney, Jimmy Morgan, Ray Bravenec, l Charles, Hughes, Mr. Latham. ' N , At the beginning of the fall semester, each homeroom elects a president, and these presidents, who are represen- tative, dependable students, constitute the membership of the Student Council. Through the services of the council, 1 the members strive to develop high ideals of personal con- i duct and to encourage the practice of good citizenship i through intelligent participation in school affairs, good scholarship, creation of better school spirit and by pro- viding a training ground for both leaders and followers. This year the Student Council sponsored the project of selling the poll tax receipts and acting as election judges. Also, the council participated in the regional convention, E r I Q and in December sent Judy Johnson and- Bob Rider to the T conclave held at Spring Branch. i The group of Student Council .members who were selected to be election judges had quite a feat to perform. Here A they are receiving instruction in operation of the voting machines from Mr. Philip Thompson, who so graciously arranged for the use of the machines. In turn the girls had to teach the voters and keep poll tax receipts straight. After the last vote was cast, each judge left the building exclaiming '4What a day. 1

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Echoes of acclaim for Houstonis magnificent cultural achievements resound throughout the world. The incomparable Alley Theater, the excellence of whose plays has earned for it universal recognition and the Ford Foundation Award . . . the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by one of the greatest A modern conductors, Leopold Stokowski . . . the beautiful Museum of Fine Arts, in Whose Vaulting galleries may be seen exhibits valued at over four million dollars- these centers of refinement and cultured living reflect another facet of the bustling hive of activity that is Houston and again reveal the endless avenues of opportunity that are available to the Houstonian. F EAT RE