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

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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.

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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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Junior-Senior Prom Begins Spring Fun Spring 1969-Rebs pushed toward summer as the sunny days became longer and spring fever struck. Students and teachers relaxed a little and enjoyed the long awaited freshness of the season. Rebs began appearing in shorts at golf courses and riding cycles in town and at area lakes. Students gazed longingly at swimming pools as they eagerly anticipated the enjoyment of the summer that was so soon to arrive. Boys arrived at their dates' doors in dress suits and ties and girls met them in long formals as the first of the end-of- year activities began with the Junior-Senior Prom. The dance was a gift from the juniors to the seniors at T.H.S. Spring also began a series of contests in which many Reb- els participated. Students typed, took dictation, debated and competed in other fields to represent Tascosa at lnterscholastic League spring meets. Drama students went through many re- hearsals to present the one-act play in the League contest where they competed with plays from the area schools. Enthusiastic sophomores and juniors worked in cheer- leader clinics and learned and practiced the yells they were taught. After the clinic each one tried out before underclass- men, hoping to win the honor of representing THS next year as a cheerleader. LAUGHING AS HE gets an unexpected eye wash is junior John Gass. Rebels discovered that most of the water fountains spurted too high or too low and a face of water might well be expected. PRACTICTNG FOR THE cheerleader clin- WHILE BEING ADMIRED by her little brothers and sisters, senior Susan Boros greets her ic are juniors Beverly Beeson and Chuck date Gerald Jackson, as they leave to attend the annual Junior-Senior Prom. The memorable, Babb. Tryouts were held inthe spring. formal spring dance marked the beginning of the many spring activities honoring the seniors.