These kids are too cute! Don't you want to hug every one of them? And Miss Hearm is beautiful! We certainly never noticed that when she was our teacher. Dressed to perfection, classic profile and cheekbones to die for! We can name most of these great kids. Back row, David Skibell, Wayne Weeks, Nancy Cochran, Jean Patterson aka "The Spider," Mary Lee Roddy, Tamara Bannister, Billie Don Lively, Lana Jo Bailey, Alfred (Buzz) Strehli, Kenneth Kerr, Jerre Morgan, Jana Rae McGraw, Ellen Hendrix, Kilmer Key, Ann Holcomb, Ronald Bryant, Jane Mead. Middle Row, Bob Allen, Byron Edwards, Leland Payne, Jimmy Benson, Bill Robertson, Lana Sue Bumpass, Judy Pendergraft, Lovetta Jo Hopkins, Sue Wheatley. Front row are Crane Rogers, Johnny Shropshire, Carlene Woody, De Ette Maxey, Donna Scales, Kenneth Lokey, Suzanne Clifton and Mary Helen Hatton.  

      Remember our first pep rally? There was a mild dust storm in progress as we convened on the corner of 47th
     and Indiana where the cheerleaders had parked a flat bed truck so they could climb up high enough for all the rest
     of us to see them. Then they led cheers while the rest of us flipped through the pages of our student handbooks,
     trying to learn the words and fake the music to the fight song and alma mater! What we lacked in competence we
     made up for in confusion. The upperclassmen didn't know the songs any better than we did, so we poor frosh
     couldn't just move our lips and fake it until we caught on. We had to stand and deliver from the very first day! We
     were making history, after all, and much was expected of us as we lived up to a not-yet-existent tradition. It was
     all very intimidating. The Plainsmen won the game, however, obviously at that point far better prepared in their
     roles than most of the student body.