Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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ln the beginning . . The first day of school had finally enveloped everyone in a mass of confusion. Throngs of sophomores vvalked around trying to look like they knevv vvhat they vvere doing, and vvhere they were going. ln the meantime juniors and seniors strutted about, trying also, to look not confused. Registration vvas the first, and the biggest hurdle to overcome. l've never been more ready to go to class, than after l sat in the lunch room for a week trying to register, said an exasperated Bud Weeks. Out of 7,974 students vvho registered, 525 vvere seniors, 687 vvere juniors, and the remaining 702 vvere sophomores, And novv, vvith registration behind them, the students all looked forward to an exciting year. Dusty Caviness receives help from Miss Linda Collrhs during registration With registration comes many hassles, so Mr Lynn Mendenhall helps Kim Oliver overcome a fevv hurdles At registration, Mrs. Marilyn Cluck and Terr Harris prepare to ard registering students. I

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lt all adds UD Bink, bonk, boing. No, this was not the hit tune from 2007 Space Odyssey, or the Tl-500 that is owned by your basic valedictorian in Red China, Flather, it is the sound made by some Hve hundred calculators at Abilene High. Calculators ranged in si2e from the small pocket-sized calculator, to the deluxe lVlombo, the baby whale size. People used calculators for a number of reasons, For instance, everything was done from working algebra and trig problems, to writing l-li slob, to your desk partner. One loved to have his trusty calculator next to him so that he could smile heartily at his neighbor whose pencil was worn to the nub. Not all was lost, however, as usually a mission of mercy was made to Texas Instruments to get the poor towhead a Tl-30. Usually, it all went for naught, as the little brainchild that sat in the corner with his slide rule, made the 'A in the course because he correctly identihed pi to the 43rd term. This space-age technology has reached from the far realms of the classroom to the work force. Accountants, bankers, teachers, and bookies used calculators in everything from averaging grades, to Nguring odds, and to make transactions of money. Oh well, at any rate two plus two still equals four, no matter how you Ugure it, John Chalk turns to consult Nolan Hives on his chemistry lesson