Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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Enough snow to build o snowman ond the ACTV sroff could find much ro be hoppy about Firsr hour ACTV students moke the most of the snow os they build o huge snowmon. Cries of joy could be heord throughout the stodium os oil Altus fons hod something to smile obout when the Bulldogs broke the Duncan 27- gome winning streak treasons to

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Hoppy offer winning first ploce in morhemofics of the Okiohomo Acodemic Decorhlon or Comeron Universify. Williom Kir- by ond his girlfriend Jill Boots leove for home. i ok ei A n,S (to a «r a 1 a r R easons to Jmile 5 hen the eyes lir up and rhe corners of rhe mouth curved upward, that wos o sure sign rhor something or someone hod mode that person hoppy. Happiness may hove been o for owoy dreom during semester rests or when o person hod gotten stopped for speeding the second time in less than o week. But, few students foiled to find ot least one thing to smile about in o given day. “I like funny jokes,'' said Jeff Jackson. A good joke puts me in o good mood for the rest of rhe doy. Getting o pay check wos something that Brian Klukos found mode him hoppy. On days I get paid, I go around with o smile on my face all doy long, even before I receive the check.'' Mondy James got o kick out of seeing people ploy out, especially if they were sophomores ond juniors. But. it rook more than that to moke Wendy Reed hoppy. She said, Something that really puts o smile on my face is seeing the flower delivery von pull up in my driveway. A pretty doy, o pretty face ond various other things brought a smile to rhe face and o worm feel- ing inside. According to Donno Gregory just seeing other people hoppy wos enough to moke her hoppy too. Wafer Balloon Committee Seniors Only III All In fun. Scoff Roudebush ond Scoff Lefletf encouroge Robby Sherd fo sign up for rhe Worer Balloon Commirree during Spirir Week French Club meerings of which food wos serv- ed provided reasons ro smile Liso Hoffhine en- joys o sfrowberry crepe fhor hifs fhe spof offer o long school doy 28 te, eaioni

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After the Lost Dell Rings ou look or rhe clock for rhe 50rh rime. You rhink, “Five more minures unril freedom. Your mind isn'r on whor rhe reocher is soying. You ore reody for rhe life ofrer rhor losr bell; o life wirhour classrooms, resrs, ond homework. Forger rhe homework, you still hove 3 wish we could leave a ll School h at School wot ro do rhor. Sfudenrs found even rhough rhey were nor in class, homework hod ro be done or rerurning ro doss rhe nexr day was filled wirh dread. Therefore, mosr opred ro do rhe homework no morrer whor else wos planned. Poige Penick especially did nor like spending her rime ofrer school hours doing homework. She soid, “We go ro closs for six hours ond rhen hove ro spend rwo more hours on homework. I wish we could leave oil school work or school. A large parr of rhe sfudenr body wenr srroighr ro work ofrer rhe losr bell rong for rhe day ond spend mosr of rheir Even when he has spent every night for five weeks reheorsing for “The King ond I. John Perkins still hos to find time weekends working. Ryan Workmon soid rhor he worked for exfro money. “I don'r like asking my porenrs for money, ond by working I con hove rhe money ro do whor I wonr. I like rhe feeling of inde- pendence making my own money gives me, he soid. For rhose sfudenrs who did nor hove ofrer school jobs, ofrer school acrriviries kepr many busy. Bond ond choir members for special programs ond conresrs. The oil-school producrion rook five weeks ro rehearse ond ger reody for rhe performances. Collor sroff ond yeorbook an cl before to do his homework between ap- pearances on sroge sroff members moy hove felr rhey lived or school during deadlines. Sfudenrs involved in sporrs nor only spenr exrra rime procricing, rhey also spenr weekends or rournamenrs ond “J (ike Ike of independence that mahiny my own money yiveS 9 9 me. 8:30 a.m. evenings or home or our-of- rown gomes. Even wirh rhe hecric schedules rhor srudenrs chose for rhemelves, mosr still found rime ro be wirh friends. However, rhor wos nor ofren for Jonyce Newell. She soid, “Afrer I ger off work. I srill hove ro rhink obouf homework which leaves little rime for onyrhing else, if ony rime or oil. For rhe few srudenrs who did nor work or were nor in- volved in ofrer school oc- riviries. rhey hod rime on rheir hands. They were eirher dedicored srudenrs who spenr mosr of rheir rime sfudying or doing school work, or rhey spenr a lor of rime wirh rheir friends. Favorire pasrimes for mosr srudenrs were worching relevi- sion or movies on rhe VCR, lisrening ro music, going ro movies, riding oround rhe drag ond visiting wirh friends. Of course, rhere wos always eoring, wherher ir wos eoring our or eoring in. Wherever life ofrer 3:30 p.m. wos for o srudenr, he or she did hove o choice in how ir wos spenr. Wherher ro work, ger involved in ofrer school oc- riviries or jusr do one's own rhing, rhe rime wos rheirs. However, rhor 8:20 bell rhe nexr morning hod ro be onricipored. er Jlouri