Ysleta High School - Otyokwa Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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Published by Ysleta High School Ysleta, Texas Chemistry students waited tensely as another prodigy student meticu- lously assembled the demonstration equipment. The big moment arrived, exacting quantities of elements were placed in various test tubes. The experienced hand of the young demonstrator placed a match to the mouth of the bunsen burner he had so carefully rigged up and turned on the gas. Cold streams of water sprayed playfully across the room. Boy Scientist had put the gas tube on the water faucet! Needless to say, the above incident was a pleasant relief from the day's routine at Ysleta High School. When we, the staff, began taxing our brains last fall on the subject of this yearbook's theme, little incidents such as the scientist's mistake kept running through our minds. Why not base our theme, one staff member suggested, on everyday school life - on trival things that are so common to Ysleta High, yet are so important to the morale of our Tribe? The rest of us excitedly agreed, and as a result we proudly present the l954 Otyokwa's theme of School Life to you, the Student Body. lt is our hope that you will find this book readable - that the pictures will bring to life again the past, year - that you will be entertained and amused as you pore over each page. And perhaps many years hence, as you leaf idly through this Otyokwa the humor, the happiness, the heart throbs of 1953-54 will remind you of your unforgettable life among the Braves and Maidens. The knowledge that we have given you a part of YHS to carry always is more than repayment for our sweat and tears in the Annual Base- ment. I

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ln a stadium filled with l2,000 cheering football fans she was hardly recognizable. Sitting dangerously close to the sideline, her slight figure seemed insignificant when compared to the towering gridiron heroes. But when a quarterback went reeling backwards under a tide of assail- ants, when a guard fell senseless against a barrage of cleats, when an end whimpered from the pain of wrenched leg muscles, she was there - in the spotlight. During school she was just the nurse, until an emergency arose, or until sickness intervened with a student's routine. Then it was her hour. School was over - her working day finished. The telephone rang. How about my shoulder? Can l play in the game tomorrow? Which doctor should l see? Should l go back to school this week? were the urgent queries. She answered them all. The cafeteria workers needed advice. The coach had some questions on his boy's health. And who would supervise the chest X-rays and immunization shots? She was there, to counsel, to direct. She smiled, as usual, when asked what her main duty was. My job is looking out after the students as individuals. Their problems are my problems - each of them. And her job was one well done. After 25 years of treating ills and supervising Ysleta High's health program, she was still energetic, smiling, still within calling distance when the cries for a nurse arose. But fully as important as her professional ability, she was.part of the Tribe. Since her debut in l929, she had seen thousands oblndians come and go - including her three sons - and few wilfsforget her. It is therefore our privilege to dedicate this book to MRS. ELIZABETH GROB, our school nurse -the woman who was always there.