Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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UPA IHII IIINNI THF IIN! INNHI G That's a Moulhtul: Saloon-gurl Lisa McElroy sings and dances through the sum- mer as an entertainer at Six Flags. Paint Job: Leah McGowan rushes to touch up her make-up before the bell, The Great Pumpkin Strikes: I just do my job and don't ask any questions thinks an innocent painter as he coloncoordinates the ceiling with the lockers. 8 0 Introduction :fir J .,,..,...,-

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:Ill ix. ,If YT? 4 Come Blow Your Horn: Band director Bob Jordan leads his musicians in early morning practice on the field. Sound Barrier: Workmen and thundering jack hammers become familiar sights and sounds around the school, Repitan, Por Favor: Mrs. Lorna Griffin uses flashcards to aid with vocabulary drills in first level Spanish. T, Shift, Space: Coordination and concentration enable Lisa Bailey and Jack Denman to avoid errors during timing tests. Opposite Page: Skateboard Fanatic: Decked in gloves, pads and crash-hel- met, Karl Christian practices his tricks on a steep incline at a skateboard park. Deafening power drills set the beat for the other drills around the school. ln August two-a-days sweating football players performed the same drills over and over again to prepare for a winning sea- son. Foreign language classes took advantage of momentary silence to polish up their verbs while band members, decked in grubbies and curlers, took their positions on the field to march through early-morning drills. Typing instructors drilled stu- dents on mastery of the keyboard, drama class members rehearsed and memorized scenes, and friends quizzed each other for that test coming up. introduction 0 7

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the town. . . red? ln a city the size of Dallas students found ample activities to escape the grind of academia. Athletic events headed the list of opportunities to promote school spirit and recover from an exhausting week of school. To break the monotony of school cafeteria cook- ing, students flocked to the string of Greenville Avenue restaurants. The staggering variety of temptations ranged from pizza and hamburgers to steak and lobster. Older students plus a few thrill- seeking underclassmen attended several formals in the course of the year. The .Junior Symphony Ball and the Junior-Senior Prom were the headlin- ers of these social bashes, followed by other pri- vately-hosted black-tie affairs in the most elegant ballrooms of Dallas. Not everyone hit the high spots of Dallas, but everyone enjoyed his vveek- end to the fullest. Kick OH: Tommy Reynolds leads the football team through the line of cheers and stuffed pan- thers at the lirst Paschall pep rally. driven limousine to parental guidance. Second Thoughts: Instead ot giving a corsage to their dates, Spence Kendrick and Arvin Combes consider a plant for a change. Introduction I 9 What Classl: Going in style, freshman Scott Walker and Allyson Wright prefer a chauffeur-