Baton Rouge High School - Fricassee Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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We have all had the desire to achieve instilled in us from early childhood, and BRHS allows us the opportunity to revel in intelligence, creativity, and success. We can work with a student who excels in Chemistry, while another is a Dickens scholar, another a movie trivia nut. another an excellent poet. We have students who are National Merit Scholars (eight alone last year), and our average ACT score was a twenty-four composite. Some of the most selective schools in the country ask for a tepid 20. Obviously the students at BRHS are a cut above. While all of us aren’t scholars, there is an affinity between all of us, scholars and artists, that allows BRHS to flourish. Only at Baton Rouge High can the actor fit in with a group of aspiring engineers, for there are no cliques, as such. All of us striving for the same goal, excellence, are as one — a unit working together, infallable. alive and altogether unforgettable. This is BRHS. What are the typical Magnet schooler’s haunts? Although we do stress academic and artistic excellence, we aren't introverted scholars. A student can almost Above: I want my Mommy”. (Chris Hanna-man) Right: P.E. teacher. Mrs. Perkins directs John Mitchell to the locker rooms. Local night spots frequented by BRHS students Enjoying fall weather in Indiana are Alison Kinney and Sonctarc Bizette. 6 Opening

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While the creative arts are an integral factor of our school, the academics are the main-stay of our students. Those who chose science and mathematics as their major are accepting the challenge of observing and studying nuclear reactors, developments in science and aeronautics, and the effects science and technology have on man. Those who chose English as their major area of concentration delve into literature and its origins from PILGRIM’S PROGRESS to Beowulf”, and authors from Milton, to Poe. Steinbeck to Susann. They discuss the origins of the English language and of theatre, and the structure of our language. Our students strive to excell in these areas and their efforts show each year when awards begin accumulating. At the 1978 Literary Rally, we placed first in Drama. Oral Interpretation. Extemperaneous Speaking, and English 1. 2, 3. and 4. Other awards won were for Spanish. French. German. Algebra I and II. Calculus and Chemistry; Scholarships to Harvard. Cal Tech. Stanford. M.I.T., University of Chicago, Brigham Young. Millsaps. Xavier University. L.S.U.. and the Houston Ballet Academy were won by our students. Other schools which accepted our students are Yale. Princeton. Carnegie-Mellon. Columbia. Williams. Amherst. and Georgia Tech. ■■■■I Calling a G.C.U.S. meeting to order i$ Greg Carlson. Supervising decorating of the Senior wall is Tm happy , says Teddy Gandy Tara Wilson. Opening 5

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always be found at Mr. Gatti's. where the G.C.U.S. is an institution. Chelsea Street Pub is another great hangout and Del Lago's is perfect for that special night. Jacques is ideal for a late-night bananas foster, and Baskin Robbins is number one for snack times, and for the conventional, there’s always McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Danver’s. and the new fad. Mop's Louisiana Meat Pie Co. Disco is the big pastime — the Inferno garnering most of our support. Phaeroh's is big, too. with its funky Western atmosphere. Two Forty-Four has its devotees. and. occasionally, one of us can crash 2001! While most prefer participating in disco, many are still catching Saturday Night Fever at various theatres. Silky silver pants are the rage, with fire-engine red shirts and velvet hats settng the scene. Flashing lights, revolving mirrors, the sound of the BeeGees or the emotions, and everyone has disco fever. Disco is a cult, a fad. an ecstatic experience that has captured almost everyone. The other big cult is The Rocky Horror Picture Show , a vulgar cliche-ridden spoof of horror movies that has audiences falling out of their seats in shock. upper left: En guards , says Noel Ni-colle. bottom left: Friendliness is everywhere at BRHS. upper right: Where are they?” asks Jay Young. bottom right: Election opponents Jay Young and Dale Viola converse. Opening 7