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

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Romantic rays. Taking roll by candlelight is a necessity as PV is plunged into darkness by a power failure. Seekers of the light. Mrs. Karen Zoeller reviews her students for semester exams by the light of a doorway. Students and teachers congregated anywhere light could be found to prepare for exams that were scheduled to begin the next day. Students not wishing to celebrate King's birthday who came to school anyway received their own reward. A transformer behind the gym had blown during the night, and lights were out all over the building. Some teachers made valient efforts to teach by candlelight and by open windows before school was dismissed and students went off to their own devices. I was ticked, said Leanne Davis, senior. ' 'After there was the big ruckus about Martin Luther King's birthday, then I had to come to school to take a test in the dark. I was plenty ticked. Snow also provided a break for students crazed from attending too much school. Ice and snow plagued Patriots several times, but the first time was the most memorable when the administration made the infamous decision to have school in spite of the sheets of ice on the streets. Barrow Road looked more like a parking lot than a main thoroughfare. The whole day was a waste of time because we still had to come to school, said Zina Cyrus. Since we were here, we should have gone ahead and taken our test. Most students, however, managed to enjoy themselves in spite of the dangers. It appeared that any time our of school was fun time. Flower power. Michelle Johnson, a member of the Mondy Management class, works before school to prepare camations for delivery on Valentines Day. Approximately 200 camations were delivered to friends, lovers and secret admirers. 46 Student Life

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's t he W e - Hello 80's it h I 5 Ji Q cf-TQ? 477 of X . l l H .f 1 X, 1 'X gf. bf'92c1Nmu Peanuts from The President With the election of Jimmy Carter as President in 1976, United States foreign policy changed significantly. The strong United States of the Korean and Viet Nam War eras had clearly relinquished its supreme military power to the communist Soviet Union. But as a final flare to end the decade, the Iranian and Afganistan crises reversed Carter's stand, and 1980 brought a policy geared toward growing military strength and a possible retum of draft registration. 48 Student Life Silverscreem With little else interesting to do on a weekend that was legal, students often tumed to an old standby, movies, for entertainment. Whether they attended with a date or just a friend, devoted fans flocked to the theater throughout the '70's. Just when we thought old war movies were gone to stay, a rash of Oscar winners kept theaters sold out for weeks. Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter and 1941 all dealt with war, the latter taking a comical view. For those who wanted to step into a totally different world, Rocky Horror Picture Show allowed the audiences almost as many lines as the actors. Costumes, toilet paper, rice and Time Warp contests THE let audiences participate in the movie rather than just viewing it. Some movies even started fads. Saturday Night Fever, a box office smash, not only provided John Travolta with fame and certainly fortune, but it started what was to become disco, a fad which didn't begin to fade until well into 1980. Movie-goers also looked heavenward for entertainment, flocking to space epics such as Star Trek, Star Wars and Allen. Star Wars turned out to be the top money-maker in history. Long lines and high prices didn't turn students away from what seemed to be one of the most common forms of weekend entertainment.