West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Growthfthis one word, which connotates dynamic change and more and better developments, sums up the three years the Class of 1964 has spent at West High School. No other word can better describe this period, for West has doubled its student body and its potential in this short time. When this class was a sophomore gmup, there were merely 300 students. The next year the class, as juniors, had the added company of 140 more students, brought to West because nf the expansion of the city limits and the addition of a ninth grade. Finally, this year the students of the senior class are members of a student body 650 strong. Did this increase in size mean nothing more than crowded halls, a full auditorium for as- sembly, and a shorter, more pressed lunch peri- od? Of course it did not, There were twice as many to fill both sides of the gymnasium at pep rallies and to cheer for the teams at the ex- citing games. The teams and the band ine creased in size and were chosen from twice the previous available talent. There was also more spirit, and there were more girls to provide an- other squad of cheerleaders, made up of fresh- men and sophomores, for the B teams. And most important of all, the students were faced with the enlargement of viewpoints through newly-offered subjects. GROWI G WITH A GRCWIN But growth has not been centered in our school. XVcst, as an integral part of the community, has grown with its surroundings. Any com- munity can show some marked expansion, but it is the exceptional school that can keep pace with the rapid growth of the community. it is well that we were able to attend West, for 4 l

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WE TER ER STA 1963- 1964 N., 1 gf , W A 7'Q? ' Q1 Eugene Young twgxbbz Sports Editor , 1, -r W e 'mem ,nrt I Q gi' 115 X iv nfs ,f-:f , , ' Xx Vicki Creech fl X X Photo Editor I Martha Venable Assistant Editor ,fx .. H, t IG: ,Q-.A . ' ' i - FZ' X' 'Lf' 'im 13' A .t..f N -- Li , W ' , r V t7 ' 'six - ',-5 , 'N Q .fm I. 3 ,vt W T74 i -:Ziff F7 ,K ,M u fa f '.Z ....tLfMv 4, lx v- Brenda Roberts 5 I CirculationM T1 'ifW anager Mrs, Jessie Hooper Advisor 6 WI' .ss Q' , f.. if . q 1' .-X' Q 'r .I 9 , Q uf 1' A 'W' V Xwx: 1 :N:ggff'.a'9'7 f.,-s 1 Mary Rose Carmichael Literary Editor 44Q1f' 'L' FN 4' 15. Y' 'HRX Ag- ,af X ,KV M r?fJ H4 7' ik I k Pat Worley Editor-in-Chief m I ,. i.. K f ,ggi ' ,fwx ' Q1 X 'fx assi ,I+ W I i -,,. A fx Cissy Mayo Business Manager