1940s - L ass os Impress Fans w ith Dril ls

A mounted unit of 17 girls was created in 1940 and shor tly thereaf ter disbanded.

I n 1946, Mustangs play before 24,206 fans, a new record in Texas for high school football attendance. They were Cit y Champs, Distric t 15AA, losing to Odessa in the state championship game in Austin.

Jane Withers, who about the Lassos, arrives on campus in 1940, showered with honors, including being named an honorar y Lassomajor.

At the 1946 state championship game in rain and mud, Lassos gif t box with a big bow on top, a teddy bear, a toy soldier, and a locomotive with t wirling ropes as wheels and batons.