Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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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.

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DAVID MARKS LYNN CARSSOW Reagan Housewarming Ends Howdy Week Student Council president Grady Rylander is shown fwith back turnedj during the second showing of Cimarron in the visual aids room. 20 Howdy Week is the traditional week of friendliness when everyone has an alibi to overcome his shyness. A warm smile and a cordial hello become traits of every stu- dent. To make a new student or lost sopho- more feel more welcome in the overwhelm- ing atmosphere is the main purpose of Howdy Week. Nominations were made during the week by the student body for friendliest boy and girl. Nominees were Lynn Carssow, Martha Kubecka, Nancy Pittman, Gail Cromer, Steve Harper,RobertDuncan,Larry Barbour, and David Marks. Presented at the Student Council sponsored dance were friendliests, Lynn Carssow and David Marks. To decide who is friendliest in a swarm of friendly people is agargantuanchoreand the honor is indeed distinctive. Decision rests with student vote.