Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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staggered mobs stomp into the lunchroom while others continue to quote Caesar, solve equations, rattle test tubes until their turn to eat. Meanwhile the harried LCB swoops down uponerecalcitrant eaters who might leave the cafeteria cluttered. Afternoon classes slowly pass, mothers line up at 3:30 to pick up book laden students. Evenings of homework are divided up by television, basketball games, extracurricular obligations and the countless telephone calls. Tomorrow it starts over-from September to June.

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l 1 ' Stumbling up and down stairs, reading Maroons, Daily, students file into advisory. Everything hap- filling out advisory cards, decking doors, piling into pens at once: CEEB applications are due, Student the' auditorium for band assemblies, attending pep Council wants representatives, announcements pour rallies, electing student kings and queens are only from the PA system. part of the many activities found in our school. After advisory each goes to his classes. At lunch, 16

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Students Seek Sizzling Slavery During the summer our school took on a new look. Graying yellow brick contrasted with stark brightness of new glass while clean, green paint graced the murky walls of offices. Routine was disrupted and crum- blings were demolished. Modernization struck at the comfort of oldness, for time had come when heat, peeling paint, and cracked walls were no longerto betolerated. Newness was broken in like a new pair of shoes, the impersonal coldness of the old took over. Sleepy yawns, rollers, and bleery eyes were a familiar part of the lastfew weeks of summer for 96 Red Jackets and 110 band members. Leaping out of bed at 5 a.m. for Sept. 8 First day of school Sept. 10 Bus trip to San Antonio, Ma- roons vs. Edison Bears Sept. 13-17 Howdy Week Sept. 16 Austin B's vs. McCallum B's Sept. 16-24 Library orientation Red Jackets practice many long hours marching and going through drills. Shown at an early morning summer Red Jacket session are Sonja Bock, Mary Lou Schmidt, and Gail Cromer. a strenuous marching practice was not ap- pealing. At that time one would rather be almost anywhere but on a cold, wet field having marching practice, yet, the results, the perfected half-time performances and spirit backing the team, were well worth these early morning efforts. Confusion, clamor, and disorder ruled supreme the first week of September. Weather was hot and humid, teachers were frustrated and disgruntled, students were wild and confused. Workmen trying des- perately to finish the air conditioning sys- tem, were bewildered. Three-thirty was a mirage in the desert. Sept. 17 Reagan housewarming Sept. 18 Maroons vs. Jefferson Mus- tangs Sept. 23 Austin B's vs. Lanier B's Sept. 24 Maroons vs. Lee Generals Sept. 30 Austin B's vs. Bryan B's Sophomores Lynn Pollard, MaggieJoseph, and Meg Wendlandt are shown in library orientation. Every year the librarians hold orientation lectures to explain to sopho- mores how to make the best use of the li- brary. Keep away from school? This ironic sign lay only a few feet from the halls of learning. But that was last summer. The sign wasn't there when school started.