Woodrow Wilson High School - Crusader Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Glen Robertson and Randy Smith agree it's too hot to attend school during the summer while Mary Jane Cullum manages to smile despite the heat. SUMMER WAS GREAT, BUT SO IS WOODROW Summer was the time when Woodrow Wilson -students went water-skiing and played tennis on warm afternoons. Many planned vacation trips to other states. Several went as far south as Mexico. Summer camps were fun for those who were counselors or campers even though there was danger of getting poison ivy. Six Flags was a favorite place for many Wilsonites who wanted to spend a fun-filled day learning about Texas History. Some Wildcats had to turn aside some of these activities and take the responsibility of working at a summer job or attending summer school. Students gave up their time to do volunteer work in hospitals, churches, and city parks. As summer ripened, signs of life began to show at 18 Woodrow. The janitors began to clean the rooms and polish the floors. Carpenters worked hurriedly to finish remodeling the chemistry lab. The football team started to practice in the mornings and afternoons in order to be in good shape when the football season started. The drill team and Wildcat band were half eager, half reluctant to return to their alma mater to prepare the routines for the half-time activities at the games. The CRUSADER staff worked wearily trying to finish the first sixteen pages of the 1963 yearbook. Exchange students arriving in Dallas for the first time were greeted by new friends and were assured that nothing could be finer than a new exciting year at Woodrow Wilson. The sweethearts practiced their precision drill until it was perfect to be assured of good halftime activities at the games. These onlookers have a birdseye view of the band and drill-team as they practice one of their halftime routines.

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The favorites and their dates were introduced by larry Mauldin, preceding the grand march at the Senior Prom. SENIOR ACTIVITIES MIX NOSTALGIA WITH GAIETY With the spring assembly introducing the 1962-63 cheerleaders and drill team, the seniors began to realize how few days were left in their carefree life as a senior in high school. The seniors grew sad as they rehearsed for graduation exercises and watched their final assembly. The happy activities of graduation season included teas, coke parties, picnics, the Senior Breakfast during Senior Week, the long-awaited Senior Prom at the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, and the all-night party, sponsored by the parents, at the SMU Student Center. Stanley Baker portrays a typical sophomore as he showed us his ability to play basketball. Sad faces lined the rows as the seniors watched their last assembly.

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Among the students who found the little red school at Six Flags very interesting were Charlotte Hcfher-ington, Jane Chapman, Kay Brumage, Carmyn McKinney, Julia Brown, and Sher-ie Pardoe. Six Flags proved to be one of the most popular places of recreation this summer. These Woodrow students enjoyed a Saturday afternoon despite the heat and large crowds. VARIED ACTIVITIES MADE THE SUMMER MONTHS PASS MUCH TOO QUICKLY One of the new exchange students. Sibile 8urnteslcr. arrived ai the airport on August 31 and waa greeted by her new fant-ily and fnonds. 19