Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Lisa Todd Virginia Tompson Luke Torn Stephen Trotinger Leslie Tschirhart Dennis Turner Margaret Turner Rhonda Turner Todd Turner Gay Tuttle Walter Ulbrich Kim Underwood Tracy Valentine Margo Vanderlaan Fredd Vasquez Yvonne Villanueva Rachel Villareal Lana Vincik Clay Wade Ken Waldrop Shawn Walker Diana Vera Keith Vetter Darrell Walton r f af .,.5.,,. 1 , Z 4 Cin 130 teachers as teachers sophomores 5 ' ing 53' to 1 Only the teachers knew the rules and directions precisely, Mr. Belden dis- cusses a newspaper article with Vivian Williams. 2 They were there when you got bogged down or desperately needed to ask a question, Mrs. Myrick helps Elizabeth Ortiz to straighten a sewing pattern. 3 It took someone who knew the ropes. Mr. Jay demonstrates soldering before turning students loose to do it themselves. i i 4 1

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loring Careers ff- K -X 4n'1! -'L 4 Future teacher Laurie Sherrill explains a social studies lesson to a group of bright and eager elementary kids, Laurie was sometimes on her own to supervise a class while the regular teacher was out. 5 Paramedical club members Elaine and Lisa Duet, Lisa Sindermann and Dwayne Price take advantage ot a sunny afternoon to wash cars as a money-making project. The club donated money to various medical research organizations. activities for other organizations, They sold Homecoming mums, had a carwash and contributed 5532 to Muscular Dystrophy, A Christmas party was held for the State School for the Blind. Ottering their services to the school, Mr. McCarty and a group ot drafting students formed a new club, JETS. The Junior Engineering Technical Society of Lanier provided the opportunity for students interested in engineering to apply their talents to spe- cific areas that only they could handle. NHS commissioned JETS to make a sign that had the school fight song on it. For the counselors and principals, the club made nameplates. They also drafted and constructed the Vikettes' com- posite. They designed the maps used by the student council. To raise money, they had a paper drive and an assembly with a guest speaker to get students interested in engineering. Learning about teaching was the major purpose of the Future Teachers ol America QFTAJ and the Teacher Experience Pro- gram QTEPJ. Sponsor and teacher of the program, Ms. Dolman, stressed the importance of learning what the teaching profession is all about before its members made final decisions to pursue it as a career. With a fluctuating average membership of nine, this busy, hard- working, fun-loving group believed in community service projects, giving Christmas baskets to needy families and sponsoring an Easter party for the mentally retarded citizens of the Austin State School. They raised funds through candy and bake sales and enhanced their own learning experience through films and speak- ers like Ms. Williams Cteacher of the monthj and Mr. Wiley. President Dot Barger, Vice President Jamie Burton, and Treasurer Laura Johnson attended a district officers training program in San Marcos, Each morning at 8:00 students reported to assignments at Wool- dridge, St, Louis, and Cook to help elementary teachers as aides, tutors, and sometimes supervisors. Every six weeks, John Fillingln, Laurie Sherril, Martha Hill and others gave lessons and turned in their logs of daily reports. FTA and TEP students took a serious look at a difficult but rewarding job. paramedical, jets St fta 129

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Us Practical Preparation rom 8:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon, from 'August through May, we spent much of our lives in the pres- ence Cor under the thumbs! of our teachers. Each quarter after scheduling, groups met by stairs or benches or corners or posts to discuss courses, rooms, classes and teachers. Above the din of re-assigned lockers slamming and delighted or dejected classmates calling to each other, we scrutinized the names' ot the tive or six people who would have control over our tired bodies and worn-out minds tor the next 12 weeks. Choruses oi groans greeted favorites like Taylor and Hilsabeck while so-called easy teachers were welcomed with joy. We were basically lazy. We possessed the abilities to do well, but sometimes we needed prodding to get started. The teachers who taught us the most were those who tried to teach us something at all. Each had his own way of urging us along the steep path of edu- cation. Some teachers taught by lecturing. Mr. Hilsabeck, a college pro- fessor in his spare time, believed firmly in the value of lectures. Many ot his students, while they might not love him, agreed and appreciated his style for college preparation. You really learned to stay awake and take down everything he said. with discussions between students and teacher, Mrs. Boren led her classes through the tangles ot Basic Usage and made even Nonliction seem interesting by getting us involved. She pushed us toward thinking on our own and allowed us to have our own opinions. In math, neither lecturing nor discussing could succeed alone. Department chairman lvlrs. Teel realized this and struck a happy medium in her classes. She neither force-fed nor ignored her classes, but with challenging verbal battles, she made concepts like vector spaces and logarithms almost exciting. Using his quieter manner and gentler tone, Mr. Packwood got responses from stu- dents who withered under Mr. Taylor or shrank from Mrs. Teel. Mr. Porter took advantage of opportunities tor social studies pro- jects and outside assignments. His government classes got involved in city government at the department level by actually talking to offi- cials. He gave classroom work, but he urged involvement in the real things in life, too. His students went to court, went to jail, re- zoned voting districts, and saw city council action. He pre- pared us to be active, informed participants in our government. That kind of useful preparation was evew teacher's goal. They suited their style of presentation to their students and subject mat- ter, ending ultimately with an active environment where we could learn and grow. teachers as teachers 131