West Memphis High School - Cotton Boll Yearbook (West Memphis, AR)

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'COUR STORY,' The long summer vacation was over and the students of West Memphis High School climbed out of the swimming pools, put aside our baseball uniforms, exchanged shorts for dresses and came back to school. We wouldn't admit it, of course, but most of us were glad to come back to the quietly thrilling routine broken by the fairly frequent 'glied Letter Days. We were once again surrounded by our friends, caught up in a whirl of activities, enrolled in new and interesting courses, resolved to make this year the best ever. The Seniors enrolled first, each with the realization that his big- gest year was opening in promise of added responsibility, greater challenges to leadership, rounding out of our educational experiences. Martha Anne Bagwell, Bill Weaver, Syhle Foley and Albert Sharp become Seniors. The .luniors found new opportunities, new privileges, apprenticeship in serv- ice. The Sophomores came back to school with new assurance, they had walked the trail before. The Freshmen looked forward to the Glorious Adven- ture-at last they were in high school. Mrs. Smart and Coach Paschal enroll Sophomores Missy Shipman and Donnie Dunston.

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Our Principal HERMAN J. WEST 8 To the students and faculty of West Memphis High School: With the completion of the 1957 Cotton Boll, there comes to mind fond recollections of the yearls experiences of working, learning, and playing together. I congratulate the Cotton Boll Staff and the sponsor on the exceptional manner in which the classes and activities of West Memphis High School are pictorially and editorially presented. I commend each faculty member for striving to make West Memphis High School the training ground for citizenship, discipline and incentive of the highest order, and the student body for their co-operativeness, and their good sportsmanship. The class of 1957 has worked hard to achieve the goals and accomplish- ments they have attained. We sincerely appreciate their initiative to lead our Student Council and other activities. We bid them farewell and wish for each, success and happiness throughout their business, social, and religious lives. ,game-

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, QW . wk 5- ..'f.' A record crowd of students and Blue Devil Boosters were on hand at Friendship Field to see the Blue Devil Football squad meet the Stutt- gart Ricebirds. The cheerleaders, busy practicing and selling season tickets since the first of August, were there in their brand-new uniforms - royal blue skirts and matching sweaters. Their enthusiasm was boundless and they yelled themselves hoarse as they boosted our team. N,,,:,?,, I W , T MEMW OUR STORY lcont.I The first Friday was the day of our first pep meeting. The student body cheered as their teams and coaches filed out. PM it i -f,- ,- I . QF r ,-fra. I ,, - 1-- 1 -7 ' ,.,,,-, MW n n wwf. an L, e Vw -fggawqfrlt 'Zi A 1-QifQ.'fEi?uS?as'jQ . , , - -k... .H ,, . ' . r' A air ' ,Q wr 15514 ry.,-, Q fiifff' yi 1, ,T Wg., Q' :rs - fr e,,gg,Q,.ifmt.,-i xwes:e' wig ,gi get - 'anim .sf 5 : ' . , - J,,, Z 5 A whistle from the drum majorette M i l 5 I if came through the cool night air and .. 'Ah ef- the West Memphis High School ek, , if Marching Band took their places for rg the first half-time show of the sea- ? w ,. son. They, too, had worked hard, and . . the crowd cheered their performance. ,, Q 'f A , , K -ff T .. -',f ' ' , -gist, 7: ,, .. 1 5 'ar . ,Mgt J N' Q 4' A' flwfzr -wfsv ff-f ,, L r :Fw +1 -.. ' 0 x L- .- ' s , wft'tt'tff?tf's, 'L -H -- : 2 1- , if ,f V Ji' . A '4 . U r , w fy ri?,J.'-Wimfizgf we a s 5 ,111 . s, - wsfifitfiff. 'ffiiifx -if' - ' was . ., 4, 9 ,ay-5i.,.t 7 ,sms X, We .Za k Wm V 1 ,,,, , :Q , . M .52 Q, tix W E fi? sf mga 1,1 1 not . 1 .. ---- .V ,WM ,W tw ,isgjf'13t?w2gfLi'4sf7T: 'ffl . 3 . -S rs is zwsizzrmls fsf!335szeaQ:?2f aww - f:'ggfisfftxfiivaiwilfiini2 W flfsf it T ri