West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Second At State Mile Race Yawns and groans were detected as students tackled the yearly Iowa Tests of Educational Development. A full day of classes was sacrificed Tuesday, September 20, and a half day Thurs- day in order to complete the examina- tions. Sophomore girls huddled together in embarrassment wearing regulation blue gym suits as they were commanded to perform initiation requirements at the GRA picnic. Even the seniors got into the fun when all girls hilariously par- ticipated in events such as a hip- banging relay in which she and a part- ner were required to burst a balloon without the aid of hands or feet. Fej- ervary Park was the site for the pot- luck event held Wednesday, September 21, under the theme Flair for Sports. A scattering of West fans witnessed the Little Falcons give Iowa City a 25-7 defeat in preliminary gridiron ac- tion September 23, at Brady Street Stadium. Junior halfback Terry Williams raced for additional yardage in West's 27-6 victory over the Little Hawks of Iowa City. Assistant Principal Don Hempstead outlined the duties and responsi bilities of student council representatives in the first meeting, Sep tember 19. Linda Nelson entertained the group with tales of her AFS trip to Brazil. The West High gridders opened a four- game homestand with a 27-6 trouncing of the Iowa City Little Hawks on September 23. The Red and White first drew blood when quarterback Phil Smoker capped a 77-yard drive by scoring from the one. The second half belonged to West, and junior Larry Shaw started the scoring with a 63-yard touchdown return of a fumble. Then Ed Peterson broke loose on a 22- yard scoring jaunt, and Smoker tossed a 14-yard TD pass to Dan Jens to give the Falcons their 27-6 win. Trackmen Lyle Hallowell, Gary Nick- erson, Larry Long, Mike Brockway, and Paul Staack raced to tie for second place with Des Moines Roosevelt in the Iowa State High School mile team race in which Sioux City Central earned the winning position. At the meet, held Saturday, September 24, in Cedar Falls, Paul Staack secured third place in individual standings with a time of 4:33.

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Trackmen Placed In Tie F01 Standing in line, the soph- omore GRA girls awaited their unknown fate to be dealt by the devilish se- niors. .K S! sts Q' Having already met their initiation require- ments, upperclass GRA members could laugh at the antics of sophomores. Some initiates became hostile, turning upon their hecklers to make them swallow a little of their own medicine. Sophomore biology students discovered the activities of a microbe in a close- up view.

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Sophomore Party Had Spy Them The Falcon linksters finished third in the fifth Quad-City golf meet Monday, September 26, in East Moline, placing them behind first place Moline and second place Central in the final fall season standings. Sophomore spies came in from the cold to attend The Sophomore from W. E. S. T., Tuesday, Sep- tember 27, from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. in the cafeteria. The underclassmen's party echoed recent espionage movie themes and featured musical and comedy en- tertainment. One hundred thrity-eight students achieving aca- demic distinction for the 1966 spring semester were presented in the Honor Awards Assembly Wednesday, September 28. Six seniors, Bill Evans, Jim Kibbie, Lon Mathias, Dick Reading, Pat Robb, and Jane Willard, were announced as semiiinalists in the Na- tional Merit Scholarship competition. More than 14,000 semifinalists were selected on the basis of the Mary Straight Cleftj and Ginger Geske blended their voices while . . . test which was administered nationwide in 17,500 schools. Also honored at this time were ten seniors who received Letters of Commendation in the con- test. Shaving cream squirted menacingly in initiation stunts at the Tri-Y picnic held Wednesday, Septem- ber 28, in Fejervary Park. Sophomore girls who heeded the warning to Wear swimming caps were grateful after the messy initiation proceedings. Under Coach Bob Liddy, West met former assistant coach Don Fisher's grid squad when the Falcons en- countered the Dubuque Rams Friday, September 30, at Brady Street Stadium. The final victory score of 19-0, achieved through the hard running of halfback Dan Jens, the passing ability of quarterback Phil Smoker, and the good blocking of the Falcon line, was supplemented by a 51-6 win for the underclass- men. . . . Cindy Ohlsen displayed her talent on the drums for W. E. S. T.