Tascosa High School - Las Memorias Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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MONDAY MORNING, TWO minutes until the bell for homeroom, and what happens? There is a collision in the Tascosa parking lot. What a way to start the week. SOPHOMORE BILL THOMAS skips a few steps rushing to homeroom only to get a tardy slip. Commons Establishes Daily Work Pace MISS JANE WILLIAMS, Dean of Girls, keeps a close watch over students as they stand in line to perform the wearisome task of getting yesterday ' s absence excused. Ringgg! Another day dawns in the hfe of a sleepy Rebel. Rising drowsily, students anticipate the day ' s events while hastily perform- ing the duties of getting ready for school. Arriving at his destination a stu- dent must search for a parking place, then proceeding to the Com- mons he finds groups of talkative friends discussing who ' s dating whom, last night ' s phone calls and, if worst comes to worst, studies. Wading through throngs of people he finds an open path being cleared by Lewis Martin, assistant princi- pal, rearranging groups that are situated in the path of oncoming traffic through the Commons. As the 8:15 bell rings, students proceed somewhat hngeringly to homerooms. With students shding breathlessly into their chairs, Mr. Lynch begins the morning an- nouncements, This is Monday . . . 23

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VilTH THE CLOCK showing 8;02 a.m. cuacli Bub Howington quickly signs in on the teachers check-in sheet. Mornins Bedlam In ALL WORK HALTS as Tascosa drama students pause from their tedious morning practice to pledge allegiance to the flag. Each and every school mornmg patriotism is demonstrated by T.H.S. Rebels in this way during the homeroom periods. 22

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Lunches Give 30 Minutes Nourishment Tascosa ' s appetites are appeased in four lunch shifts each day by Tascosa ' s well-trained cafeteria staff. Their swift service feeds hungry, worked-up students with more than 2,000 rolls. 400 pounds of meat, 300 pounds of potatoes and over 100 pies. The capable cafeteria staff is ready to serve coffee and rolls to teachers during all free periods. The busy workers also operate a snack bar. After feeding hungry mouths with well-planned nourishing food they clean tables, straighten chairs, wash dishes and stay until the last crumb is swept up. HI (i: S lOMACHS TELL eager boys it ' s time for lunch and the foot race to eat is on. The swittesl are rewarded with the first places in the lunch hnes. SENIOR MELINDA BORDELON finally receives the long-awaited lunch at a nearby drive-in just in time to gulp her food and speed back to school before the tardy bell. 24