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

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In majestic splendor stands the San Jacinto Monument, lifting eyes and hearts upward, POIHUHS H mighty finger toward infinite horizons. Here is the feeling, the spirit of greatness, for it is here that one destined for fame had his rendezvous with greatness, here that a historic decisive battle gave birth to a new nation and brought fame to General Sam Houston, then commander of the Texas army and later the first president of the Republic of Texas, Governor of the State of Texas, and U. S. Senator from Texas. ' f On his forty-third birthday, March 2, 1836, General Houston was one of the rugged pioneers, dauntless in spirit and unmatched in determination to carve from a wilderness a land of security, who made a declaration for lndependence from oppression and for freedom to make secure their homclands and their human dignity. Shortly thereafter, on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, by the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas gained independenceg -the world gaine a proved champion of freedom-Same Houston. x Four months after the Battle of San Jacinto, on August 29, two brothers-J. K. and H. C. Allen-founded' a little town on the same bayou, just 22 miles inland from the battleground where history was made, from whence cherished dreams came true. From thathistory, those dreams, from the pioneering spirit of the Allen brothers has spread the teeming, throbbing metropolis of Houston. From a few hundred people in the little town that honored General Hous- ton by giving it his name, there emanated always the same resolute spirit which has built a city encompassing a S million inhabitants and affording a million opportunities for individualism and perpetuation of the legacy of such a Stephen F. Austin who said, My object is to build for the present as well as for the future. When the town of Houston had outgrown its bayou. the people udared to dig a ditch and bring the sea to its doors. From the sea, across a bald prairie. past the famous scene of the fight for freedom and independence, wrought from the languorous. winding Buffalo Bayou, another great dream became a ship channel 50 miles inland, a great watt-rwav ending at the Port of Houston and a most significant event in the city's growth. Today operation at the port lr a two-billion dollar a yeat business. gave thought, however, to education stillctl. own stronghold of greatness. - A- The early townspeople in Houston became quite busy clearing the way for the town to grow and thrive. They soon Small schools were started, but because there existed thebelief that the parents and the church were responsible for tht education of the children, the first schools were private or church schools The 'essentials-reading, writing, at-ith mettc--were taught, the faith in a ,bet ter and a freer life to come was in The classes presented here. the sen iors, juniors, sophomores, have as then guide rope this beautiful heritage: tlt industry, the enterprise, the freedom and the prophetic words of Swinburnt .-'4All our past acclaims our future -- might serve to beckon them to then

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With high regard for their accomplishment, the CoLonNeh proudly and respectfully honors on these pages the 1960 Senior Honorees. For their achieve- ment in scholarship, leadership, and worthy citizen- ship, these honorees have gained much prestige among their classmates - classmates who have helped to make a truly outstanding Senior Class. Because the nominations, made by the faculty, and the final vote, cast by the seniors, indicate an over- whelming number of students Worthy of mention. honoree runners-up will be found elsewhere on the senior class pages. Winsome Mary Ferguson-a guidingstar radiant in charm and aglow with friend- liness A personage resolute in his dreams and ambitions, destined - for success-Charles faclcson In sympathetic accord with her fellow man-Beverly Lott-a humanitarian with artistic-talent -and a smile like an angel's Raymond Schaub-studious and deliberate, among his fellow students a peer whose ac- complishments are legion A magnetic force with a twinkling sparkle, devout and humble in her faith - Ioan Kendall i I I I I SENIOR HALL OF I N. I I I I I I I I I I I Mary Ferguson 1 I I I I I Charles Jackson GRADUATED WITH HIGHEST HONORS I