Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Pi p H641- Ma Arthur: in the limelight Editor's note: Tammy Matheny, senior, won free tickets to the premiere of the movie, MacAr- thur. The drawing was held at the grand opening of Cricket Alley last summer. During a private reception, Tammy met Gregory Peck, who starred as General if Douglas MacArthur in the movie. The movie depicts the life of General MacArthur during World War ll. MacArthur was born in Little Rock in an old army building which ls now the Mu- seum of Science and History in MacArthur Park. All smiles. Academy Award winner Gregory Peck meets Patriot Tammy Matheny at Governor David Pryor's reception prior to premiere of MacArthur. Dec1rDio 7 a.m. While digging myself out of bed I was thinking of the semester tests ahead. I just could not hack it, Dear Diary. I sluggishly turned on the radio, and was saved by the broadcaster who said, No school today because of snow. Now that I have extra time to study, I don't think I will. 9a.m. Dear Diary, I called my friend Karen to see what her reaction to the vacation was, it was nothing! Karen was still in bed. Well, l'm bored. l've got to find something to do. lguess l'lI go sledding. 12 noon Dear Diary, I just came in from facing almost certain death. Do you know that I was out at the foot of Barrow Road playing with my snowman, Mr. Kool, when suddenly a Ie VY humongous snowplow headed straight toward me. Luckily, I had my subatomic snowballs at hand and upon bombardlng the plow, it blew up into a million pieces of mechanized debris. Mr. Kool dldn't think my spectacular feat was too hot though. 4 p.m. Dear Diary, I really enjoyed the snow, but it's no fun alone. Karen is studyingg how boring. I was hungry, and also I felt alone, so I went outside and put Mr. Kool's arm In a bowl. Then, I made snow ice cream and indulged myself on my old friend. 8 p.m. Dear Diary, I was only looking to have some fun, so I ventured behind my father's bar. I got to smelling and mlxlng then, l finally got the courage I won two free tickets from Cricket Alley to the premiere of MacArthur. I thought they were only going to give away clothes and free pizzas. One Saturday my next door neighbor came to where I worked and asked what I had won. I told herthat I didn't know I had won anything. l called KAAY, and they told me that I had won two tickets to the premiere of MacArthur. I would also be able to attend a cocktail party at the Holiday Inn and achampagne party at the Museum of Natural Science and History. I had bought my parents two tickets so they could attend with me. We arrived at the Holiday Inn and heard that there was a private party at the Governor's Mansion. Because my father knows Governor Pryor, we went to the party where I met Gregory Peck. Mr. Peck was very kind and told me about his family and other things. After a while the party ended and we went to see the movie. Mr. Peck talked about the movie and the actors there. The movie was very interesting. to start tasting. Excuse me, dlary, I have to make a quick trip to see the queen. 12 mldnlght Dear Diary, After visiting the queen, I thlnk there are still a few after effects. Do you suppose that the rooms are moving or l'm standing still? I wonder If it is natural to take a bath with toothpaste and brush your teeth with Iodine. 2 a.m. I really feel tired, Dear Diary. I finally have come to my senses and cleaned the iodine from my teeth. So, now l'll clean up the bathroom floor and goto bed. G'night, Diary. Tania Enoch Robin Hooks Afterwards, we went to the useum, and Mr. Peck signed m books and f'eC0l'dS. I-IIGI-I At 7:30 a.m. your combination stereoltele- visionl8-track!dishwasher! radio goes off and you slowly struggle to get up. You jump into the robot shower which automatically cleans you from head to toe and even sets your hair and trims your toenails. You get out, slip into your school clothes and head for the kitchen. Breakfast consists of two micro-encapsulated breakfast pills containing bacon, eggs and orange juice reduced to its base components. It is now 8:25 a.m. and time for school. You step into the teleporter and zap yourself to the reception chamber at the massive Parkview Senior Edu-Centre. 8:30 a.m. Time for your first hour class: Basic Starship Navigation I. Today's problem is: lfastarship traveling at Warp Seven encounters an energy cloud with a Force 7'M1l100 meter decelleration rate and the cloud is 560 meters thick, what will warp speed drop to after passing through the cloud? Since you do not understand the problem in the least, you turn it over to your computer lab partner, Accu- N tron, and head for your next class since it is now 9:40 a.m. You are now in your favorite course, Ancient Earth History ll lcirca1950l. You are fascinated by the strange barbaric customs of your ancestors of that time period. Today the class is going on a field trip into the past to visit the ancient city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Local muppol. Goldsborough's puppet, Ebenezer, leads his young audience In a sing-along and claps to the muslc. Sleepin' in school Focus your eyes on the swinging objectg think only of the swinging object, nothing else. You are very, very relaxed and drowsy. You want to sleep. Now, sleep, sleep, sleep... You are now in a very deep sleep. You hear nothing but my voice. When I count to three and snap my fingers, you will awaken and will not remember anything that has happened.One .... Two .... Three....Snap! This is generally what one thinks of when he imagines a person being hypnotized. The hynotist has complete control over the subject and the subject will obey his every wish. On the contrary, a person being hypnotized may well be aware of what is happening around him. He does, indeed, however, feel very relaxed and sleepy. He will obey the hypnotist to a certain extent. He will not do anything he would not ordinarily do in his natural state of mind. For instance, if he was told to kill his best friend, he would not obey because in his conscious life, he would not consider such action. A hypnotized person can bring forth unconscious thoughts and memories which he normally could not. This is called age regression. Many people have been able to recall such things as who sat beside them in the first grade, and what they looked like 10 years earlier. The belief that a person will never wake from a hypnotic state unless the hypnotist tells him to awaken is a myth. A person under hypnosis will eventually wake up even if the hypnotist should leave him. While you are hypnotized you feel very relaxed and seem to have no worries. You are usually aware of everything and everyone around you. Jetter Morse, physics teacher, finds hypnosis a fascinating subject. I became interested in hypnosis when I was a junior in high school. A couple of my friends in science club and I decided to learn more about it and experiment with it. We read and researchedg it became a kind of hobby, he said. He also attributed much of his interest to his father who had a thing for hypnosis, too. Hypnotizing a person is not difficult provided conditions are ideal. First of all, you need a subject who wants to be hypnotized and someone who is emotionally balanced. You need someone who can concentrate and is not easily distracted, Mr. Morse said. For fun and to prove a point, Mr. Morse hypnotized two physics students during class. He used a strobe light and talked them to sleep. The two subjects, Karl Sitz and Greg Goldsborough, were amazed. The demon- stration took about 20 minutes. He told Goldsborough Pulling strings Hard work and time go into being a puppeteer.Greg Goldsborough has been puppeteering for four years with his church. There is much more to puppeteering than just making a puppet move or talk. Before you can place a puppet on your hand you must understand puppeteering through observation. I watched hours of Sesame Street and attended several puppet seminars. I practiced by manipulating the puppet while singing along with records, Goldsborough said. I Practicing hours with a puppet so he could handle its weight and build with great ease took about a year, he said. Geyer Springs Church of Christ, where Goldsborough attends, puts on a puppet show about once a week. They put on ' shows for the little children at church and at various parks. I 1 One time we were putting on a show 1 I l l for some children at a park and we got ! . so involved with the puppets that the stage , fell, and all the kids could see us. J? I But we had developed such a personality If, F l S for each puppet, they still thought the Q ll I puppets were doing the moving and 9, I talking, Goldsborough said. Q One of GoIdsborough's favorite puppets is Ebenezer, acountry hick. Each puppet cost around S50 and has different clothes ' so one puppet can play several characters. The church's youth department buys baby -3 clothes for the puppets' wardrobe. , -9 Lynn Barnwell that his right arm was numn and that he could not feel any pain. Then, he pricked his arm with a pin and Greg felt absolutely nothingg he didn't even flinch. He told Sitz that his arm was stiff and that he could not bend it, then, he told him to try to bend it, Karl tried as hard as he could, but all his efforts were useless. lt was the strangest feeling. I felt like my arm was paralyzed, Karl said. Mr. Morse does not practice hypnosis regularly, in fact the demonstration in his class was the first in several years. I was really surprised that the demonstration turned out so well, because for one thing it is not easy to be hypnotized with 30 other students looking on. As a general rule girls are better subjects than guys, but in my case it d,idn't seem to matter. Hypnosis is used for many reasons. One that should interest many Patriots is that it can increase studying and help one to form better study habits. It is medically used to ease pain for some patients such as those suffering from cancer. It is used often to help women In childbirth. lt is also used to help people remember past events, find lost articles and remember experiences that they could not recall under normal circumstances. Much is stlll unknown about hypnosis, but it is an interesting and useful art. Linda Richardson Lg plle 163

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sci-icon.: 2075 l'here you will try to discern the facts concerning the legendary figure known only as The Fonz. 10:45 a.m. The oldest and most dreaded of school subjects: English. You really aren't too thrilled with this pourse. You'd rather be home atching Matchgame: 2078, so you send in your android double instead. You give it a miniaturized compu- composer so it can write today's assignment, a composition entitled ls There Intelligent Life in the Administration Department? lt is now 11150 a.m. and time for Advanced Art class. ff, ,.. f,.- Psst! At 2 we pull her plug. Pass it org! iti ti 3 i x .LA You're glad to get here so you can finish your laser light holograph sculpture. lt's really a beautiful piece symbolizing the futility of man's search for life in the deepest jungles of New Jersey. You're proud of the piece, and you're considering entering it in the Galactic Art Fair on Altair Vega Ill. 12:50 p.m. Lunch time. lt's almost as bad as English. You reluctantly put your credit chip into the slot, and soon your lunch pops out of the Auto-Cafeteria. Lunch, such as it is, is composed of a few dehydrated algae- burgers, french fries and applesauce, along with a glass of a nourishing protein complex. lf you could, you would have had your android eat it instead, but then you'd have trouble from the SPCA: the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Androids. 1:20 p.m. Last class of the day and one of your favorites: SFROTC, the Star Fleet Reserve Officers Training Corps. Today, you're practicing Laser Blaster drills. You're a little reluctant because last week a fellow cadet caught his blaster wrong and accidentally amputated his tentacle. After that the class will discuss the career of the most famous Starship commander, Captain James T. Kirk, hero at large. 2:20 p.m. School's out. You get your text-tapes out of your locker and head for the teleporter. And as you press the energize button, you feel thankful you don't have to ride that blasted school air-bus! Craig Boyd Li'i Poirioi in the big woods Friday. School was out. Parkview student Mike Flanigan loaded his backpack with gear and equipment, took enough food for the weekend and headed toward Richmond Creek for a weekend of adventure and relaxation. Mike loves outdoor llfe. l go camping and backpacking at least once a month, said Mike. Once you've acquired the needed gear, food is the only thing that costs. An Isolated camp site with a small, trickling stream running beside lt attracted many like Mike. For what else could be more enjoyable and relaxing than sitting beside a warm, blazing fire with a starry sky above. While some, like Mike, preferred the peaceful, quiet atmosphere of a small campsite in an isolated forest, others preferred the rugged, dangerous thrill of climb- ing sheer cliffs. Clay Wilson, a dedicated and skilled climber, believed, Climbing is more than jumping around on rocks. It is a real challenge to go up a steep cliff, because when you reach the top, you have a feeling of accomplishment. lt's great! Last summer Clay repelled and backpacked in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. Money seems to always be involved even when you resort to the simpllest things such as nature. Gear was expensive, but since I consider personal safety most important, the initial expense was well worth it, Clay said. Keli Coffman P plle