Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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What about 16 and 18? W FLOWERS ARE ONE gift often tent lo girl on their birthdays. Some were thrilled, while others were disappointed. ait until you get older. This is one thing parents always say. “When you get older you can...” But what are a few privileges of getting older, particularly when turning 16 or 18? For many, 16 was the age when they were allowed to date, drive, or just stay out later. Some were thrilled to turn 16, but some were disappointed. Stacy Chambers said. “I looked forward to getting to date and drive, but it was no big deal after it got here.” Stacy Reed also looked forward to becoming 16 but didn't feel a change. Yet Carl Preston said. I liked turning 16 because now I can stay out as late as I want. WHEN CHRIS HOCKADAY turns 16. his driver's license will become legal, but here it is still restricted. Chris Mitchell also liked becoming 16. “Now that I’m 16, I have a job and I’m making some money.” Eighteen was another age looked forward to by many. Getting out on their own and being able to vote were a few advantages. Stacy Chambers said, “I want to get out of school”; but Carl said, “I don’t want to turn 18 yet. I’m having too much fun now.' Carol Clark said, The best thing about being 18 is having the right to vote. It makes you feel more like a citizen. Other than that it's not much different. Even though there are advantages, there are also some disadvantages, such as too much responsibility, having to register for the draft (“I don’t want to have to go into the army! ), and having to get a job. Most thought getting older was great, but it did have its drawbacks. So anyway, what is meant by, “Wait until you get older”? rrm 1 8 Student lile

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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

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BEING ABLE TO vote is one advantage of turning 18. Thu-Lan Tran registers at County Clerk Dortha Mae Smith's office. MANY FRIENDS GET together for the celebration of Kuper KreuTs eighteenth birthday. Sixteen eighteen 19