Weslaco High School - La Palma Yearbook (Weslaco, TX)

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THE WESLACO HI-LlFE. THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 Various Awarols to Be Presented A At Class Night Program Fricfaytli Martin Installs New Key Club Officers The formal installation of next yearls officers constituted the pro- gram for the Key Club meeting Tuesday at noon. Weldon Martin. district Lieuten- ant Governor of Kiwanis Clubs, conducted the service, which was held just previous to the business meeting. 1 Officers for next year are Ken Cook, president, David Rogers. vice-presidentg and Charlie Mohle, secretary-treasurer. Rev. C. I. Kelly, Presbyterian minister, gave a talk on Mother's Day to the club last week. Local Clubs, School, ond Other Groups Reward Achievements in Mony Fields Medals, certificates, and other types of awards will be presented to senior and junior high students during the Senior Class Night program Friday. Some of these will be given by local clubs or'civic groups, While others will be from the school. ' ' Awards from local groups and the winners areas follows: g American Legion Citizenship awards - Jim Swinnea, Teresa Lancaster. . D.A.R. Citizenship award-Joy Wiley. Rotary Club scholarships to Rotary boy and girl-Warren Stans- bury and June Smith. i Business and Professional Women's cash award to outstanding commercial student-Ninfa Cardona. Lions' Club cash awards to outstanding boy and girl in journal- ism-Charles Rupert, Sue Clark. Literary Review Club's silver thimble to outstanding homemak- ing student--Mary Holmes. Band Parents' Arion award-Donald Watkins. - Awards made by the school in- - clude medals to the valedictorian, Joy Wileyg salutatorian, June Smithg and high ranking boy, Jim Swinnea, to the editors of .school publicationsg to the Student Coun- cil presidentsg to winners in liter- ary and athletic events of the In- terseholastic Leagueg and to sen- ior and junior high school stu- dents who were named outstand- ing in various classes. A This is the first-year that a- wards have been given to Student Council presidents and to junior high students. Another presenta- tion, revived from other years, will be the giving of certificates to all students having perfect at- E tendance records for the year. - .--fw.H.s-ni- Applicants submitted their ap- plications in writing to the prin- cipal's office on or before March 1, Qualities taken into considera- tion in the election were citizen- Smith, Stanslaury To Get Rotary Awards June Smith and Warren Stansbuly, seniors, were chosen Rotary Girlfa'ndfRotary Boy by senior high stu lent: in homeroom meetings Wednesday of last Week. according to .l. L. Akrirlge, principal. Othei' candidates for the honor were Sue' Clark, llillie Otto, .loy WUI-xy, and Jimmy Swinnea. As winners of the election, June and Warren are entitled to the annual awards, which, this year, are S950 scholarships to a college university. or ltusiness scliooi. The awards will be made on Class Txight. Friday, May 16. ship, cooperativeness, personality, scholarship, and participation in extra-curricular activities. ln addition to the scholarships, the winners will have their names inscribed on a bronze plaque al- ready placed in the highl- school building. June and Warren. will ale so be given smaller plaques.-with their name, year of' presentation, dates inscribed. ll' and qualities required of candi-

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THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 , , 1l?'Ynlnar Dear Diary, At last I find a moment to write up the latest gossip of the week. A few of the seniors seen to- gether in Bandera were JUNE and HOMA, PATIA and BOB, LOWERY and BOB KNIGHT, RUTH and JOHN, BLANCA and EMILIO, and KEITH and TERRY. SUE was on cloud seven for a few hours Sunday when BUSTER met her in San Antonio. Enjoy the rides, kids? We hear that SELMA and MARY ANN liked the cowboys at the ranch. How about it, girls? MISS SMITH and MR. EV- RAETS got some mysterious phone calls at 3 o'clock in the morning. VVhom were they from? TERRY, did you see LUCINDA after you got in from Bandera? VVe hear you really missed her. EVAN DALE, HARVEY, 'JAC- KIE, TOMMY, EUGENE, EVE- LYN, BOBBIE, and TOMMIE JO were having a gay time at the skating rink last Thursday. Say, JOY and JIM, and SUE and WARREN, how were the con- tests in Austin? COACH MYERS, MR. AK- RIDGE, and MR. WILEY had quite a time in Bandera Saturday night. Am I right? FRANCES LASITER and EM- ERY BRIDGES tSan Benito! had a date Friday night. What hap- pened to GENE, FRANCES? Say, we hear that the junior high group is really getting around lately. Ho hum! Better stop for now and catch some shut-eye after Bandera. -lW.H.S.l- Hello! Hello! There's A Coll for You, Please Several seniors seem to be in- terested in becoming telephone operators! If you don't believe me, ask Miss Smith and Mr. Evraets. Af- ter receiving news of long dis- tance telephone calls CF! from the operator lLloyd!J they came rush- ing down to the main office look- ing a little sleepy. Choir Concert to Be Tomorrow Night- . Selections of popular, semi-classical, and religious music will compose the program of the annual Spring Concert to be presented by the choir tomorrow night at 8 o'cl0ck in the high school auditorium. The first part of the progra mincludes 'LO Sacred Head, f'Rock My Soul, i'Deep River, Ride the Chariot, and Onward Christian Soldiers by the robed concert choir. The junior high ensemble will present Come to the Fair, Waiting in the Shadows, and Dona Nobis Paeanf' Pat Kaufman will direct the boys' chorus in Hark, the Vesper Hymn. They will also sing Stouthearted Men, and The Bells of St. Mary's,7' while the boys' ensemble will present The Halls of Ivy. - Ode to Vacation, By Scott Shelly l?l Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Thou at length art free- Free from the sound and fury Of functions and co-functions to be! Many a heart shall shed no tear. Free to sleep until noontimeg Free to do as you care. Unless there is grass to be mow- ing- Then will you have time to spare? Many a heart shall shed no tear. Soon you'll be pestering Mother, f'What, tell me what shall I do? l've read every book worth the reading, And done everything there's to do Many a heart shall then shed a tear. Author's note: As I prefer to remain unidentified for obvious reasons, I have assumed the pen name of Scott lByronJ Shelley. Poetic Critic's remark: l can't say this is smelly, But, it sho' don't sound like Shelley! --fW.H.S.l- Luke, author of a book in the New Testament, was a physician. -lW.H.S.!- VVebster wouldn't claim them -but Waitress: Girl who thinks mon- ey grows on trays. Alcatraz: The pen with the life- ' time guarantee. Flood: A river too big for its bridges. Lift Thine Eyes, by the girls' chorus, will be directed by Ter- esa Lancaster. Let Us Break Bread Together and 'iGiannina Mia will also be sung by this group. 'tMalaguena, by the senior girls' sextette, and Schubert's Serenade, by the junior girls' trio, will end this portion of the program. The final selections will be gi- ven by the mixed chorus. t'Show- boat Medley, Country Style, Peter, Peter, Homing, and All the Things You Are will be sung after the presentation of the sweetheart by Vice-president Da- vid Rogers. The Spirit of Wes- laco High will end the concert, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, choral director. This group is ac- companied by Ellen Boyd and Allie Aldridge . . This concert will be the first paid spring concert of the choir in many years. A charge is being made this year so that new robes may be purchased for next year's choir. The pres- ent robes, which are fifteen years old, are threadbare and have holes in them. Half of the robe fund has been raised, and the choir hopes to complete the fund with this paid concert. If sufficient funds are obtained, the new purple and white robes will be made during the sum- mer. 'Tickets for the concert are S1 for the lower floor and 50 cents for the balcony. --lW.H.S.D- A woman is like a stop light. The man has to wait until she changes. f.

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Take a deep breath and let's go. THE VVESLAUO H1-LIFE, THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 This is the last dash around the campus with your ole columnist. Congratulations to the Choral Club Sweetheart, Sue McAlpin. You certainly did look surpris- ed, Sue. The Spring Concert giv- en by the Choral Club was de- clared a big success. Candy canes and all! Yes, the Junior-Senior Banquet was one of the cleverest and prettiest banquets in years. It was com- plete to the candy house. The Juniors should be given some candy kisses for putting on such a gala affair. How did yon like that grand march? It seems that W.H.S. tops all the schools in giving parties. Tonight the eighth grade is having a big affaii' in the gymnasium. This really sounds like a lot of fun, kids. Edith Stevens was elected Val- ley president of the Y-Teens last week. Edith will be going to camp this summer at Glen Rose, Texas. Hope you have fun. The National Honor Society is having a Hwhing ding of a ban- quet Saturday night, at the Little Creek Motel in Harlingen. Two new members may be included in the group. Welcome, Keith Brown and Jack Ryan! Do I have your card? The seniors received their cards and in- vitations last week. They certainly are pretty, kids. If you see some- one running around passing out cards, you will have the mystery figured out. vvvvvvvv-vvvv Two More Seniors Named to Honor Society Two seniors - Keith Brown and Jack Ryan - have been in- vited to honorary membership in the National Honor Society by the faculty executive com- mittee of the group. . . c r r . .SY ,.':'J V :A . ' 'Iwi 6 -' I A Avy' ,' Y , I, .h it 5 ,iw :I ., v JW, ge ' 4.1 'gig is t- nl' 5 ' 1 I ,H ill ia -f,,,,.v ' I ii., 13,1 ' . -1,5 qwii , ' Q. -2 is 'V WW , 7' Ps. ,. an ft' T ??rifT15L' x t ..,, X Q , L ' 4 ft, . 14 ,x.-- i W ef' , w s , 5'-I-..,,,,,. an tiff! - , Yip-f, ' 2, Gif ' my-uf f .f '. 1 7 Q1t,,,fi'lEr Z At. T if um. ' t f .w.:.'. fs hawaii- ex ' e Mft ' t 1' t 1f .' .. -' piggy 1 th: , AT Last-The Covered Sheepskin ! To the Seniors: We, the underclassmen, wish you the best in life. Weslaco High will miss you, but We know that no two years can be the same. We can never forget you or the things you have contributed to our school. We are confident that you can face life with its rewards and disappointments and make the best of them. Best wishes, Seniors! The Underclassmen Pardon Us if We Brug, Bui- VVe're rather proud of the fact that the HI-LIFE has been awarded the Distinguished Merit rating at the recent state Interscholastic League Press Conference. Rather proud? That's hardly the word for it. We should like to recognize all those who have contributed to the success of our paper this year. We express our thanks to THE WESLACO NEWS staff for publishing our paper, for being patient when we were occasionally late getting a story to press, and for tolerating our rummaging through their mat catalogs and permitting us to use mats free of charge. To the school board for increasing our allotment in the school budget, thus making possible the use of more pictures this yearg to the faculty and the student's, who have cooperated in furnishing news to our reporters, and especially to you, the readers, who-se in- terest has constantly presented us with the challenge of putting out a f progressively better paper each week. So, with our courtesies properly expressed, we make our 30. bow for the year. In the words of Old Sombrerof' Adios and Q79 Each of these is qualified for membership by having an aver- age of 85 in every subject and by meeting the qualifications of character, service, and leader- ship. lf they accept membership, they will be initiated at the banquet of the society Saturday night. They will then be privi-- leged to wear the National Hon- or Society pin and to have a gold tas:-el for their caps at the Commencement exercises. AAAAAAAAAAAA..