MacArthur High School - Crest Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Time waddled by after the shenanigans of the second meeting and the midnight band decided to return again for a third and final cook-out. The first product of their mysterious overgrown crock pot was Military Soup. They poured it out next to the tennis courts and, after much chanting and incantation, a new ROTC building sprang from the ground like Jack's beanstalk. The witches and wizards were proud of this latest creation. The facility included three classrooms, two offices, a large supply room, and a ten-point rifle range-so commendable that it is shared by all junior military men of Irving on the Trinity's three grammar schools. The sorcerors had grown weary and desired to be off to other lands, but there were a number of extra Too Late to Make Dessert potential ingredients left. Wastefulness being the one vice not practiced by witches and wizards, they put all the scattered ingredients together in the cauldron and formed a Miscellaneous Goulash. The different elements did not mix extremely well and they coagulated into four separate components. First came a new and enlarged drafting room with numerous modern facilities. Another globule shaped itself into the garage-type classroom of Boys' CVAE where the trade of a general mechanic is taught. A Girls' CVAE room, complete with office- related machinery, provides knowledge of the Hnuts and bolts of the business world. The final semi-solid mass that formed in the gurgling brew was the new journalism department. As it solidified, the large classroom, new furniture, and numerous offices began to take shape. A production room, a photography lab, separate offices for CREST and CARDINAL WORD editors, and for the publications' advisor appeared. The mysterious creators of these architectural wonders giggled with delight at their creativity and inventiveness. Their physical shapes rapidly lost any concreteness that had existed previously and they vaporized into dark, misty shadows as the clock struck two. VWYCH Cool it with a baboons blood, Then the charm is firm and good. ALL Double, double toil and troubleg litre burn and cauldron bubble. Ullacbeth: Act IV! Z8 renaissance .fri ft ' -FZ' . i awih Robin Tackenberg and Melissa Brown discover that Bowinar Brains are easier to use than their own

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Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a decree from the King went out to the students of Irving on the Trinity. The formers of King Arthur Grammar School gathered around the town crier to hear the dictate of the hierarchy. . . . and each and every student shall vote and the final decision be his own. The Preppy himself shall choose between retaining 55-minute periods or attending classes for 80- minutes. As of next fall, each school in the Province of Texas shall conform to the quarter system . . . A heated debate arose concerning the new option. Upperclassmen, familiar with the long, boring lectures of advanced math and English courses, advised against any lengthening of the period, but were not permitted to vote. l-lowever, the less experienced students envisioned school life with the proposed 20-minute study periods and shorter days, and ushered in a new experiment in King Arthurian education-the 80-minute class. A fortnight later, to the trauma of each form's counselor, students individually decided to attend school either from 8:20 until 2:40 or 9:40 to 4. Lines as long as the Great Wall of China were formed outside the office of each guidance consultant as Psychology instructor, lVlrs. Tracy Youngblood, checks the time, amazed at how long that extra 20 minutes can take. 30 renaissance Tale of Three Tri's formers were confronted with the enigma of correcting their schedule for the ensuing year. To the further frustration of the counselors, numerous additional alternative classes were chosen by each student in anticipation of such clerical disasters as Drama I and Il occuring simultaneously. The fateful day in mid-August arrived when the new system had its trial. The students, apprehensive about facing the results of their own decision, warily attended Algebra IV without the benefit of Algebra Ill. Eventually, schedules were straightened out and classes went on as they always had in the past. Only occasionally, moans could be heard from those with lunch at 11:15 Cafter breakfast at 92305, and the few who had to return to class after a rousing pep rally. After two short exam days, report cards came out and students were shocked to find number grades in place of the old letter grades. Shuffled and redistributed into new classes, the onslaught in the office began again. Once more, the counselors absorbed the sting of the King's decree and the tears of an STS Fifth Former stuck in Elementary Nlacrame. Again in February, schedules were scrambled, kinks ironed out, and classes begun two weeks into the term. Only this tri- mester, a fewer number of students were in school. Withthe possibility of earning up to seven and one-half credits per year, many Sixth Formers found they were able to graduate earlier than their classmates. No tears were shed, however, for these people would return in lVlay for commencement. As the third tri drew to a close, Sixth Formers rode off into the sunset, leaving the underclassmen wondering how long classes would be the next year. Resigning themselves to the Powers That Be and realizing their decision had not been a wrong one, the students parted for the summer and lived happily ever after. I I I I I i I I I I I I or