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

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HELPING TO RAISE money for the A.F.S. drive, senior Student ENJOYING RAINY MARCH Weather are sophomores Carol Am- Council representative Clay Thorton sells a share of stock to Cathy ey and Scott Hall who find the Showers refreshing. Tjernagel. The money was used to support an exchange student. I WONDER IF he'll accept, ponders junior Jackie Vicars as she calling Gary Bogan, junior, to ask him for a date. The traditional takes advantage of the girls-ask-boys policy of Topsy-Turvy Week by week climaxed in a dance with the girls making the dates.

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I ELIZA DOOLITTLE, PORTRAYED by senior Shelley St. Clair. peddles her flowers on the streets of Londona and is angered along Musical M Fair Lad PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS, portrayed by Travis Dean, takes notes on the accents of the London peasants. The cockney peasant. played by Barney Hill. makes fun of the man who talks correctly. with the rest ofthe peasants as Professor Henry Higgins, played by Travis Dean. questions their cockney accents. Presented b Rebs Suspense and nervousness of trying out and memorizing parts. grueling dance routines, and hours upon hours of re- hearsal were all a part of what was involved in preparing for this yearls musical, My Fair Lady . Described by Principal J. E. Fergason as one of the best musicals in Tascosa's history, the February presentation was performed by a cast of 60 and a 35-piece orchestra. Under the direction of Bill Cormaek, Neil Hess and Bill Porter, drama and music directors, the dramatists transformed the stage into London, England, the setting for the Broadway hit. Shelly St. Clair portrayed the poor coekney girl, Eliza Doolittle, who was to be molded from an uneducated girl from the gutter to a well-bred lady. Professor Henry Higgins, played by Travis Dean, wagered with Colonel Pickering tMarshall Klingl on how much Eliza is able to be taught. As the story goes on. Eliza and Higgins fall in love. My Fair Lady was one of two musicals produced this year. as The Mikado was performed in January. Many Rebels participated in the School Power 69 Con- test sponsored by KIXZ radio. Students were to compete for points which would go to their high school. All five Amarillo high schools and Canyon participated in the different activities to earn points. Among these activities, students decorated their cars using the theme School Power 69 and their school. The best decorated carjudged by the KIXZ disc jockeys was senior Vince Freisner's, who received 5.000 points for Tascosa. The disc jockeys also played every schools' faculty in basketball, and everyone attending received three points for his school. At the close of the contest, the winning school received money.

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Topsy-Turv Week Arouses Girls' Interests COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS, Billy Hubbard and Kurt Fromm listen intently to information given them by representatives from West Texas State University. College representatives came to the A . CHECKING UNDER THE hood of her car to determine racing conditions is senior Katresia Campbell. The drag racing enthusiast won atrophy at the drag strip for winning a race in her car's division. THS campus from many schools in the Panhandle to advise senior students and to give pointers on the colleges. Students were given passes and allowed to visit the representatives during class time. Girls skipped lunch to save their money and eager boys waited by the telephone as Tascosa once again went Topsy- Turvyf, The annual week ofgirls-ask-boys climaxed in the tra- ditional Topsy-Turvy dance held in the school commons. Af- ter the dance and to complete the week most girls treated their favorite boys to dinner or at least a snack before taking them home. ln addition to the fun of Topsy-Turvy Week, the warm windy weather of spring brought with it many important deci- sions to be made by Rebels. College representatives met with educationally mindedjuniors and seniors to stress the impor- tance of a college education and to give pointers to aid the stu- dents in their college choices. Athletes were faced also with the decisions of where to continue their education and of which scholarship to accept. Seniors took ACT and SAT tests and made plans forthe years of learning ahead of them. Student Council began the yearly sale of stock to raise money for the American Field Service foreign exchange stu- dent. The stocks were sold in each homeroom by the Student Council representatives for 50 cents each. To sponsor a for- eign exchange student. Tascosa raises 513 l .OOO each year.