Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, August 14, 2000 Page: 1 of 4
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Calling all dancers
Dance Troupe recruiting
male dancers
The Western Union is
searching for male
dancers to add on to
their dance group. For
anyone interested,
please contact sponsor
Valerie Hill for details.
Experience is not
required.
Dancers from Western Union per-
form a swing number at a recital last
year. The Spring Recital is held to
showcase all dance groups.
PK.E7AX.E To 6?
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W3ze Dfee
will be held Friday, Aug. 25 at
Chapman Field from 7:00p.m. to
10:00p.m. and is sponsored by the
Student Council. The cost will be
$3,00 per person. Activities include
Karaoke, Dizzy Bat, Jupiter Jump,
Chubby Bunny, Kissing Booth, and
Jello Pool.
AUGUST 14, 2000
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2004 19TH STREET
LUBBOCK HIGH’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1932
LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401
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WESTERNER
staff and student bodi
Doyle Vogler named as principal beginning 2000-2001
Jill Nelson steps in as assistant principal
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By Emily Buxkemper
Co-Editor
eing a teacher, coach and assis-
tant principal may make the
transition to principal easier for
Doyle Vogler, but it still came as
a surprise.
After Patrick Cates resigned to
take a principalship in Round
Rock, Texas, rumors spread
about who would be named to the
position.
“I was in shock - It wasn’t so
much that I had to have the job,
but I want Lubbock High to con-
tinue the programs here and the
success with them,” Vogler said.
Vogler does know what he
wants Lubbock High to be.
“I want to create a feeling of a
school as a whole, and break
down the dividing harrier be-
cause we shouldn’t be divided
into LEAP, AP, IB and regular,
but we should be Lubbock High
as a whole,” Vogler said. “I want
to increase the positiveness in the
school. I want to create a good
relationship betweent he admin-
istration and the students.”
Another addition to the ad-
ministration was Jill Nelson. Be-
fore coming to the school, Nelson
was the junior high magnet spe-
cialist for LISD and a vice-prin-
cipal at Hutchinson Junior High
for three years.
Nelson has many goals that she
would like to see the school reach.
“Basically I just want to make
sure that every class is challeng-
ing for every student and that we
are teaching instructionally
sound material,” Nelson said.
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Whitney Taylor/ Westerner World
above H Doyle Vogler discusses their schedules wifh
Melissa Garcia, junior, and Patricia Jarrett, sophomore,
below HI Before the first day of school, Jill Nelson
meets with April Camacho, registrar, about student
schedules.
Whitney Taylor/Westerner World
Cheerleaders win award at eamp
Traveling to Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos in July, the
cheerleading squad won a Superior rating from the Universal Cheerleading
Association (UCA) and a third place in Home Pom Routine.
The Rough Riders won the most prestigious award at camp, the Leader-
ship Award; a superior excellence trophy for receiving superior awards
every day of camp and the Most Liked Mascots. Jason Lovelady made the
All-star team and will get to go to the Citrus Bowl and perform.
Early in the Summer the cheerleaders practiced at school before the
camp and then used the rest of the summer to get signs ready and prepare
for Fall activities. Junior Jade Hammer works on a sign the Friday before
school started.
Did You
Know...
Since 1891, there has been a Lubbock
High. As we walk down these halls
everyday, it is important to know of the
rich history behind the school.
In the early history of Lubbock county,
when the townsites of old Lubbock and
Monterey were still rivals, there was no
established school.
In 1891, the two rival
I towns merged, and the
first Lubbock school
became a reality.
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The school announcement
offered “schooling for all
who could reach it by pony,
wagon, buggy or on foot.”
Enrollment in the new school grew to 360
students in 1909, and the three-room building
was badly overcrowded.
In March 1909 the need for a
new school became even more
pressing. Fire destroyed the
building. The boys who began
the fire hoped to end school in Lubbock
permanently, but were successful only in
postponing it until the fall.
A group of five were the
first to graduate from Lubbock
High when it first became an
accredited high school.
In 1922, although the school
mascot was a Westerner, the
football team was named “The
Pirates.” In order for an out-of-
town team to come to Lubbock,
the school had to agree to pay for
transportation, a private meal, and first class
accommodations.
In 1929, enrollment approached 5000 and
the overcrowding was so serious that the high
school was threatened with the loss of
accreditation.
In the fall, plans began for the construction
of a new high school, which took three years
to complete. During that time it was neces-
sary for many of the grades to go half
day.
The headlines of the West-
erner World on April 1, 1931,
read, “Lubbock High School
students to move desks.” The
story read, “On account of a
delay in getting the furniture from the old one
will be moved by the students. Starting at 9
a.m. Monday, each pupil will carry his desk or
chair and four students will be assined to mve
each teacher’s desk.” This story continues
today even though it was an April Fool’s story.
At the school's main entrance rides the
cowboy, symbol of the Westerner.
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