Booker T Washington High School - Hornet Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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fi' - i l, il i ix, i ' i X ' l i l l 3 , , X The big time - Though not anti- Establishment in any way, the teachers gathered to produce their own talent show: the first annual Lo-Jinks. Some reaffirmed their reputations, good or bad, while others managed to even surprise us, like the Dratz, Bond and Stilley answer to Peter, Paul and Mary. In any case, no one got any promising calls from Hollywood feven H.J. Green with his country and western hit You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Jessieni.

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fl . Ofi?L,pL bg au X mcziowwfwcas J WW aa E MWMAQQ7 MW ,Z frfwlwffp Q . Establishment woe For us the sixties existed merely in ABC specials on the Beatles and an occasional Sixty Minutes report about one of the many Viet Nam atrocitiesg we had none of the first hand experience of our parents or older syblings. Time put a totally different perspective on how we reacted to what was so important in the make-up of that revolutionary decade. What do you think of when you hear someone mention the sixties? No, not retirement, you are supposed to say, Drugs Well, even though the use of them wasn't as obvious with our generation as with that before, we still had the LSD, speed and the ever-popular marijuana. The Establish ment had two ways of dealing with us sneaky little drug fiends this year. Calling in man's best friend, the Tulsa Police Department used Sam, the wonder dog, to sniff out any contraband we may have stashed away in our lockers or cars. Charmed students ran up to pet the amiable dog as would-be photographers were politely told to get lost. The Education Service Center, Police Department and newspapers were showered with complaints by constitutionally violated students. Later, a court order was passed that Sam's keepers needed warrants to search our cars, but our lockers remained fair game. The Oklahoma Legislature sent drug survey sheets to state high schools. We were asked various questions about our consumption of intoxicants and how well we could act straight when stoned, among other inquiries. Not many of us took the survey seriously, and the legislature ended up getting a warped picture of us, They drink how many gallons of booze each week? In past years the memorial to the late decade, Sixties Day, had born all kinds of side shows: flower children, acid rock and flag covered jeans. This year, even our most devoted sixties enthusiasts had little time to plan their performances as we were informed of the event only days in advance. A few freaks and a Diana Ross wandered around, but the usual spirit just wasn't there. But BTW still managed to maintain a small amount of militancy. We had signs protesting the money spent on the new bit of sidewalk by the smokehole, and a lonely, arm-banded soul protesting the fact that only females could enter the Miss Hornet contest. -i. Enlcffft Pro-l'es+ -Hxe use OP Our nap 5535190-W5 51-I not Using -Hmm! iheq were nut- needed 'n -Hu I -Fra? plum. so len Shaw our mivpfbfat ll Fggg-I bel-ILTOCTIC I , . - 1 5- - T fy Q'-'Qf-Lfri fli-ff 4. '

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Ch fuzzy, Om maize jew we passab 31106 rouble in paradise BOW MWDE ,WL WM Mbtw rgglgnmil other BTW yearbooks, here's the bit about the racial OOQCPS CMA7 BF N Us A group which began operating last year, the Coalition of 9 AFR rl-A . . QYALL wig, we oncerned Citizens, worked through the summer and seemed to U . Im down at the beginning ofthis year. Their declared objective was O 197 -lfQ70lO iS., K-XVYJVV6' stop the alleged discrimination of black athletes by the schooI'sj F ministration. Their activities began to take on a new perspective when by A SWMMG-Ya' ' eckling the Education Service Center, they had vice-principal Larry iller shipped off to Memorial High School. F4 MGR In spite of their wishes for a black replacement, the coalition ' atched Larry Alexander from Central take Miller's place. Seeing that CFHQ0 f VJ ey were doing little good here, they decided to forget us for a 7 hile. The Miss Hornet contest usually stirred up quite a bit of racial nflict. This year the controversy was over religion. Some people - ' ere irritated with the speech that Connie Morris made about how N 3, uch Jesus should be a part of everyone's life. A group of newspaper 6, affers barraged H.J. Green with complaints, but he said he hadn't , ' nown what the girls would say about themselves, and felt it was 'ust ee speech. C,Q,, Prayer at such events as the coronation and the homecomi ,I7 A,g,Q, ame, over which the administrators had control, raised a few Jr M LM wif V1 , r ,,,,,rrMC iota, New Mm Moll kiuixlwliiiv T wt wx Ml ' 1 , luiuxlcii straw tuMc4.,lwiwWw EMM 7'7wm1QuJaIL'. all leak ,fawfwffl T56 QMM7 fycwf WWC MW YKTUUWL - WM , U Zl!fbgc'L6m'UL 1 llglom Slit? 7 it,-