Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Worries mount as processional begins The occasion that the seniors had all been waiting for finally arrived as seniors started to gather behind Paul Taylor at 7 p.m. to make last minute preparations. Those black robes were awfully hot as the seniors scurried about to find hostesses with bobby pins to secure their caps and straighten a collar or NHS stole. Things to come ran through seniors' minds. Of course they thought the worse was in- evitable-maybe their caps would fall off, or maybe they would trip in their high heel- ed shoes or even in their flat shoes, or maybe they would shake hands with the wrong hand, or maybe They wanted everything to be perfect. Seniors lined up as roll was taken. Then the commence- ment exercises began at 7:30 p.m. as the seniors were walking through the boiler room and hallways and on to the open gymnasium floor, one armlength apart, with the sounds of Pomp and Cir- cumstance enveloping the soon to be graduates. The top eleven graduates were not only the first to graduate but also the first to get a glimpse at the actual diploma, which was not a blank piece of paper. Bruce McBroom and Paul Billingsly size up the situ- ation as they converse prior to graduation. Graduation 27

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First four year graduates go in style Jensen As seniors made their ways to their seats, eyes wandered up into the bleachers to find mom and dad or other friends and relatives. The ceremony went well once it finally began. The graduation address, given by retiring Superintendent of Schools, Edmond D. Cody, was his first in his 17 years at Northside. Then the seniors were presented and received, and students walked across the stage, this time for real! An emotional break in the commence- ment exercises came as Mike Blessum crossed the stage and received a standing ovation from the entire audience. I was happy with the way things went because I knew how hard it was for Mike to come back from his injury and how he worried that no one would accept him, said Lisa Lovelace. The exercises seemed like they would never end for those in the front wishing everyone already had their diplomas, and for those in the back waiting until finally they had their turn. Being at the end of the alphabet made graduation last forever, but being the first out made it worth the wait, said Pat Zinn. With the turning of the tassels, seniors were officially graduates, and hats flew after the Alma Mater in spite of prior warn- ings from Principal Jerry Daniel. Graduation was definitely a night to remember. The first four year graduating class had many more memories to take with them as they had helped to establish Clark from the start. With their exit they left the framework for other classes to fol- low. Anne Carroll Class President, Madelon Yanta joins her classe mates for one last time in singing the Alma Mater, Tom Clark High. The first four year graduating class of Tom C. Clark, together for one last time, listen to the valedictory address given by fellow classmate Lance Mandell. Graduation 29