The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1966 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WESTERNER WORLD
Friday, October 21, 1966
Vital Support Due For Traditional Clash
A decade sounds like a long time. . .but for the
last ten years, since 1956, the traditional battle for
the “silver spurs” has been fought between LHS
and Monterey before record crowds.
In fact, the interest derived from this game
has brought about so many spectators, the place of
the game had to be changed from Lowrey Field to
Jones’ Stadium for last year.
But it is ironic to note that in any of the
other local games, neither school gives half as much
support to their teams as they do in the annual
cross-town tilt.
Tonight’s support of the Westerner team is
vital. Past records should be of little importance to
the supporters at the game. This game between
Monterey has been described as “a big question
up to the last second of play.”
What the football players do tonight out on the
field, will depend mainly on the spectators in the
stands.
When we go to Lowery Field tonight, we
can be guaranteed of one thing. The eleven play-
ers that represent us on the field will want to
play football, and play it well. We cannot ask for
anything more.
As fans, in turn, in the way of support and
encouragement, we cannot give any less.
This applies not only to tonight’s big battle,
but every other game, in every other sport,
throughout the entire school year.
Teenage ‘Chickens’ Exhibit More Pride In Life
“You’re just plain chicken!” How many times
have you heard someone say this? “Chicken” has
become one of the most-used slang expressions of
today.
It simply means “coward,” or, according to a
current definition, a “cat, chick, or daddy-o who is
bugged up with fear.”
One who won’t drink, smoke, drive at least
ten miles over the speed limit, or indulge in any-
thing for “kicks” is a chicken.
Prisons and reformatories are overflowing with
teen-agers who have been indicted for murder,
assault and battery, drug addiction, and immorality.
Many of these teens boast, “At least I’m not chick-
en.”
Our highways are overun with hot-rodders
playing a game called “chicken.” They race down
the middle of the road toward each other. The first
one to turn off is a chicken. During 1959 in one
state alone more than 25 teen-agers died playing
chicken.
Teen-agers are severly criticized because of
occasional outbursts of wild behavior. However,
this wild behavior might be the exception, not the
rule, if teens would take a stand on their beliefs.
Many teens do things today because they can’t
stand the thought of being chicken.
Being chicken is something to be proud of, and
not ashamed of. The chickens are not the dead
teenagers nor the ones in prison. They are the ones
who get the most out of life.
"I hear he's loaded with milk money."
Teen Talk
Westerners Discuss Non-District Tilt For Spurs
By ANNE HORNE
District re-zoning has placed Monterey
and Lubbock High in different zones. Con-
sequently, this year’s tilt for the silver
spurs will be a non-district game. The
following people discuss whether or not
they feel school spirit will be dampered by
this change.
Steve Angle, senior. “I feel that placing
Lubbock High and Monterey in different
zones will have very
little effect on school
spirit. The Spur Game
has traditionally been a
contest in which the
rest of the season has
been forgotten. For both
schools, win-loss records
and district standings
have been tossed aside
as efforts were concen-
trated on winning the
silver spurs. Ten years
of tradition simply do not go down the
drain with the establishment of zones.
STEVE
Every school has one .game on which it
places the most value; for use, it is the
Lubbock High Monterey game. The Silver
have fought Monterey
for the Spurs and I
think that our first in-
tention in the past years
has been the Spurs, not
a district win. The Spurs
have become traditional
around Lubbock High.
Since I was a sophomore
I have heard that Lub-
bock High has many
traditions. I feel that
MIKE our spirit for the Spur
game will not be changed now or will it
ever be as long as there are true West-
erners. I don’t think that I speak only
for myself when I say ‘Keep those Silver
Spurs, Westerner’s”.
Andrea Edgeworth, junior. “The goal of
the Lubbock High-Monterey game is to win
the Silver Spurs. This factor within itself
is enough to cause a
speak of school spirit
to burst into blazing en-
thusiasm. Although Lub-
bock and Monterey are
in two different zones,
school spirit will most
likely in all actuality
not be effected.
“This tradition of
‘cross-town rivals’ will
only add to the excite-
ANDREA ment of spirit boosting.
Futhermore, the football team realizes the
responsibility that they are carrying on
the field with them. Each boy has the
desire within himself to keep the Silver
Spurs ‘Home’! With each student filled
with the true Westerner pride and spirit,
Lubbock High will make it four in a row!”
Bonny Livingston, senior. “Changing the
clash for the Spurs from district to non-
district will have no effect on the amount
of effort put forth by
the players or on the
student body members.
The traditional rivalry
will never be lessened
because of the great
school spirit within both
schools. Even the sopho-
mores feel the excite-
ment building in the
halls as the game draws
near. I don’t really see
BONNY how being in different
zones could cut down on the enthusiasm.
As always, LHS and MHS will spend more
time, energy, and materials on preparing
for this annual event than any other game.
I think any athletic competition between
the schools would involve on above-average
show of school spirit. The will to win will
always be there. I don’t believe the West-
erners will let down any because the game
does not pertain to the district race.”
Fashions, Fads Similar Coast To Coast;
Longhair Furs, Prints Make Fall Scene
Spurs will keep it that way.”
Gary Nicholas, sophomore. “I firmly be-
lieve that the competitive spirit between
Lubbock and Monterey will not be effected
in anyway. Even the re-
zoning will not decrease
this ‘fighting Westerner
spirit’! Last year the
game was held in Jones
Stadium because of the
high attendance record.
This is proof enough
that nothing as small
as re-zoning will damper
our fine display of spirit,
of spirit.
GARY “In fact, I feel that
this change may even heighten our en-
thusiasm. Our student body will be ob-
sessed with not only the Spurs but of
winning our zone. To each individual, a
victory will symbolize the motto, “Once a
Westerner, always a Westerner!”
Mike Osthus, junior. “I feel that our
being in a different district will not change
our school spirit in any way. For years we
By BARBARA McGINNIS
Fashions and fads this fall are much the
same coast to coast. Posey prints, soft
sweaters and skirts, frankly fake longhair
furs, silvery dresses and black and white
boots are making the scene this fall ac-
cording to the October issue of Seventeen
magazine.
Posey prints give the word this fall in
a variety of new definitions: ruffly party
pants, suits with a challis look, flowered
velveteen skirts or Edwardian suits to wear
with crinkly cotton shirts, partyculottes and
ank tops in terry velor, and even coat and
skirt duos.
Also in the news are coats which stop
shorter-than-coat-length and are worn with
copy-coat skirts or lean, straight pants.
Coat and skirt outfits come in cranberry
corduroy, black melton cloth or camel wool.
Coat and pants outfits take on military
airs and the trench coat comes on strong.
Some of the newest ideas in boots are
the half-and-half black and white combina-
tions and houndstooth checks.
In addition to the teen fashions, several
teen fads have really caught on:
In Whittier, California, mini gowns with
matching pillowcases are the pet of the
slumber party set reports the Seventeen.
Girls make gowns by opening the narrow
sewn end of a flowered or striped pillow-
case, then opening adjacent seams seven
to eight inches to form arm slits, and by
hemming all opened seams. The top edges
are gathered to fit and finished with biased
tape, allowing extra tape for tie straps.
Denver, Colorado, girls cut arm and
neck holes out of solid-color pillowcases
and trim them with patches of fabric in
odd shapes and colors. Of course, the
final touch is added when the girls sign
each others’ shifts with Magic Markers.
Wearing poetry, slogans, initials, code
names or mathematical formulas on the
backs of T-shirts is the newest way to
show appreciation for favorite teachers at
West High School in Phoenix, Arizona.
Students design their own emblems and
have them printed locally.
_ d 0ewd
Students Display
Major Spur Spirit
--By JO ANNA JOHNS_
LHS gets a Plainsman! LHS Get A
Plainsman! Keep The Silver Spurs!
Yes, the Lubbock-Monterey Game pro-
bably generates more spirit among the res-
pective student bodies than any other
game that either school may play during
the whole season. Even though the game this
year is not a district game, most sources
reveal that the battle over the Silver Spurs
will still be a good hard football game
requiring every ounce of strength that
both teams can muster.
But the fact that LHS students are really
full of spirit for tonight’s game is not
enough. Each individual must take it upon
himself to show the spirit and to make
everyone around him want to give a little
more to support the Westerners in the
game tonight.
Everyone too should remember that the
game tonight is the most serious game of
the season as far as the city of Lubbock is
concerned. The game has always been an
example of the true sportsmanship of the
rival teams. Therefore, the spirit displayed
at the game tonight must be displayed in
the spirit of good sportsmanship.
In the years past, LHS students have
made it a point to display the type of
spirit that is exemplary of the Westerner
tradition—that is, the spirit generated has
been the utmost effort of every single LHS
student and has been the best sportsman-
ship that any person, especially a Wester-
ner who is proud of Lubbock High School,
can display!
Keep the Silver Spurs, Boys!
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