Athens High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, TX)

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i| 1 ‘| Hanother fashion is straight-legged jeans, high heels and blousy ‘shirts and Cathy Cox models some examples. - Bell Bottoms Out, Straight Legs In Straight-legged jeans, vests, high heels and blousy shirts were all part of feminine fashion in ’78- '79. Bell-bottomed pants and silky shirts of previous years were ‘‘out.’’ Guys also wore straight-legged jeans and cotton shirts with Chinese collars. Clothing wasn't the only thing that had some changes. New words and old words with new mean- ings showed up in the vocabulary of AHS students. Examples of the current vocabulary are on the fac- ing page. Tennis shoes continued to be the footware of choice with casual Natalie Kindred shows that slinky dresses and high heels were clothes. Nike, Converse, Adidas, Puma and J. C. Penney were yet another fashion worn by AHS students. among the most popular brands. STUDENT LIFE 27

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This is not the fashion in Vogue, Glamour or Paris, France, but era with it on. Louann Laird shows us an example of the it is a fashion in AHS and Leia Curtis was caught by the cam- blousy shirts that have become popular in the past year. GLOSSARY bad (bad) adj. 1. good 2. fine 3. great cold (kd d adj. 1. put-down 2. neat 3. groovy cold-blooded (k0 d-bludid) adj. 1. something really sharp 2. alright fine (fin) adj. 1. more together 2. classy disco (di$k6) adj. 1. pertaining to dancing, music 2. used to describe people (as in ‘Disco Lynn’), clothes (as in ‘‘Disco Pants’’) fox (foks) noun 1. good-looking person 2. well-dressed person foxy, adj. hunk (h nk) noun 1. good-looking male 2. especially one having mus- cular physique jam (Jam) verb 1. to play music 2. to dance 3. to listen to music noun 1. good music for dancing macho (macho) adj. 1. very masculine 2. manly 3. body conscious moonpie (m6d0n pi) noun 1. sweetheart 2. steady date nanu-nanu (na nd-na nd) interj. 1. greeting 2. hello (from TV show Mork and Mindy) pits (pits) adj. 1. bad 2. terrible 3. the lowest stud (st d)noun 1. popular male 2. handsome male tight (tit) adj. 1. steady 2. real steady 3. engaged to be engaged tore-up (f6 up) adj. 1. bad news 2. the pits 26 STUDENT LIFE

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Phyllis Burkhalter stops her dad, Mr. Phillip Burkhalter, in the hall to ask for money. This was one advantage of having a parent handy. Family Ties Seen on Campus Whether many noticed it or not, at least eight stu- dents on campus this year had a parent on the fac- ulty. All of us Know what it’s like just having a teacher as a teacher, but not many of us have experienced the situation of having our mother or father present every day at school. According to most of those involved, there are advantages and disadvantages. For example, Mrs. Agatha Warren, who has been ‘‘at school”’ with all five of her children and had four of them in class, says, ‘‘l’ve had a lot of unsolicited advice, some of it surprisingly good.’’ Another view is that of Stephen Smith, ‘‘l just pretend | don't know her.” Lisa Harville gets a big hug from her mother Mrs. Kathryn Har- ville after graduation. (Note: we are still wondering, what hap- pened to this picture.) 28 STUDENT LIFE