Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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WAITING FOR THE bell, students talk about the day's activities. 16 Student life

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Offering video variety Televised diversions for everyone TBS. satellites and cable were commonly associated with television by many students. Joining these were video games and video cassette recorders. Chris Hockaday said cable TV offered a chance to “see more things and a variety of shows. However, he didn't like the fact that one had to pay extra for such items as Home Box Office. Many students enjoyed “Superstation WTBS in Atlanta because it had reruns of old comedies, along with plays, football. basketball and baseball. “WTBS is my favorite station because my favorite shows are on, said Mary Norman. “My favorite shows are with John Wayne and Elvis Presley. Movies were cited by Eddy Lyons as a reason he enjoyed cable TV. He especially liked showings of “Superman n.” For those who wanted even more television variety, satellites provided some extra channels. By turning the satellite dish in different directions, dozens of channels could be received, covering everything from the Disney channel to a wide range of movies, new and old. Some had programs they enjoyed so much that they wanted to see them again, and video recorders were the solution to that problem. VCR units even allowed the recording of a program while the owner was away, so that he could watch it later. Video tape clubs helped provide an even wider variety of shows by renting movies for a small charge. Home video games continued to be popular as well. The television set was no longer just for receiving three or four different stations. As Jonathan Watson said, there was “variety. You get to watch all kinds of things and aren't tied down to just one [channel].' lull

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How to spend a lunch hour DISCUSSING THEIR CLASSES, Billy Wakefield and Eric Webb relax during lunch. SITTING IN THE courtyard during the noon hour, students catch up on the the latest happenings. Not everyone skipped, but a few did ooking into those stem eyes, I could tell instantly I had done something that was not quite to his liking. As he lunged toward me my feet seemed as though they were glued to the floor. As his voice entered my ears I heard him say, Were you skipping? As my mind snapped into place, I realized I had nothing to fear now because I was not skipping class. Some students also caught out of class couldn’t really say the same, however. “I just didn’t feel like going to school, was one of the most common excuses of all school skippers. But it didn't quite hold up as an excuse with the man in charge, principal Mr. Bill Dawson. Yet some students did skip school. They either didn't come to school at all, or they came to school but then skipped a couple of classes or just left whenever it was convenient for them. What did a student who skipped school do all day? The replies were varied. Some students went hunting or fishing, watched TV, worked, caught up on homework or studied for that big test, or just slept all day. But when a student skipped, he could be sure of facing the consequences the day he returned to school. Skipping school was considered an unexcused, or “type C , absence, and the student was not supposed to make up any work he might have missed the day he was out of school. Of course, to receive punishment the student had to be caught. Counselor Howard Hunter said, “Some parents will actually lie for their kids. They will say their child is sick when he or she reallv isn’t.” Mr. Hunter didn’t think skipping school was a major problem, however. Some folks felt that a closed campus helped prevent skipping and other problems as well, such as drug abuse, shoplifting and traffic jams when students would jeave for lunch. Some students offered solutions to the problem, like suspension from school, paddlings from Mr. Dawson, or expelling the student after being caught skipping three times. Some kids were gamblers, and skipping school was a great way to gamble. — Until one got caught looking into those stem blue eyes without a good excuse. mD LEAVING SCHOOL AT lunch are Kirk Dunson, David Raulerson and Greg Williams. Lunch and skipping I 7