Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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At the January WPA, a member of The Blues Garden drums out the lazy, hushed rhythms of a slow dance, As her attendants prepare to descend from the throne, Queen Barb Dyer begins her regal promenade. -L. rr Dances Scintillate, Add Vitality To Viking Life Many hours of careful organizing and decorating preceded each dance. The Pep Club Executive, Ju- nior Prom, and Student Congress Social Committees shared responsibility for Viking social life. Just as themes and orations portrayed students' feelings within the classroom, music and dance style conveyed Viking taste at parties. The selected com- bos blended rock with soul, calm tunes with invigor- ating ones, and pulsating strains with the melodic. Dance attire varied from one event to another. Festive holiday hues splattered the bridge, setting the mood for An Old Fashion Christmas. At prom girls floated in formals of crepe and chiffon. Vivid pink satin dresses matched the shining faces of the basketball Sweetheart court. Students wore casual, informal clothes to West's WPA mixer in January. Whatever the occasion, music, or dance, Viking dance enthusiasts flocked to festive parties. Calm and confident, Santa Tim Porter rocks, unprepared for a teasing blow in his pillowed stomach from Barb Gourley. l6O

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Viking Vessel Ladder Approximately 2300 Vikings set sail on a voyage through the 1968-69 school year. Orientation days, August 28-30, signaled the departure of the seventh vessel to leave the S-Nl West port. After receiving their schedules on the bridge, students mingled with fellow passengers and discussed the activities of the coming terms. lVlr. Arthur Selves, principal, wel- comed pupils and provided details of the trip. Gathering in the auditorium, scholars met some of the Viking ship's crew. The morale officers enspirited voyagersp cheerleaders enacted a Hi yell and Pat NlcClary, Pep Club President, dramatized the importance of lively pepsters. The Stuco Execu- tive Committee introduced themselves, as did the foreign exchange students and their American hosts. Keepers of the ship's logs, Saga and Epic editors, expounded upon the merits of this year's publica- tions. As Orientation day ended, the new school term began. Viking sailors left behind the activities of the summer and looked ahead to a sea of adventures. -. s Pep Club president, Pat McClary, recounts a story about Aretha, suggesting soul for student spirit. , Exercising mental telepathy, Joyce lVlajure com- Amused friends listen attentively as Sharon Joseph recounts her esca- pades during an archaeological dig in Israel this past summer. municates with the contents of a cardboard box. with

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Mary Rodman Iaughingly pins a homemade, good-enough- to-eat corsage on her captivated date, Jack lVlarshall. Strevving flowers onto the floor, social committeemen trans- form pastel crepe paper into delicate rosebuds. . 'fir' V 'uf A , f .4 5 3 L.lf 1,-f As the band plays appropriate music, Pat lVlcClary provides his own version of The Soulful Strut. KN