Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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4 Student Life Division

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— CA II- AWAy: PERSON TO pERSON disTANT MEIVIORiES ARE tUe NEXtBeST- ThiNq TO bEiNq rhERE ! Ring Hello. I would like to call your attention to a time now past. The period we are calling is 1977-78; the place is Callaway High School; ev- erything is as it was then except you are not there. Fortunately however, in this case that fact does not loom important, for I can take you back, at least in spirit. Let me introduce myself. I am your year- book, L ' Esprit ' 78, a work gifted in the art of recall. Now, collect your thoughts before we begin our jour- ney, for twelve months is alot to cover in 176 pages. Keep in mind that my statements, although based upon a group to which you be- longed, are general, leaving all those juicy details off the printed page. We shall begin our discussion with all the social calls made in your student life. Then, we shall proceed to schedule your calls made in academics and to make the long since forgotten conference calls of organizations. Picking up speed, we will dash through the close calls of sports and ease off to ponder the personal calls of the people section. If at any point along the way you fail to make connection, just buzz back to the Index and find yourself. Now that you are throughly briefed on the events of magnitude about to oc- cur, let me help you set the stage with the following: It was a time spent in learning with five days on the job and the weekend to rejoice. A time filled with class, commit- tees, community, cohorts, and the calls characteristic of Callaway. Now, call-away: person to person. Distant memories are the next best thing to being there. Daydreaming. Bridget Johnson stares out of a portable classroom. Callaway had three rows of portables to accomadate its excessive -am o u n t of-stadents: Opening 3

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STudENT UFe Ring-g-g A bell sounded, and life erupted. People began to move. They paused at grey lockers, then hurried toward class rooms. They talked and laughed and said hellos. Ap- proximately every hour they did this at least once. During the time in between, they sat in desks, or at least they stayed under supervi- sion. At 3:00 P.M., they emerged for a final run. They said good- byes and headed homeward. What made this kind of life differ- ent from any other existence? Mainly, the people did. They liked orange and blue and Charger Country. They talked about things to which the rest of the world re- mained ignorant. They bought and sold stickers that said, Callaway, we ' ve got it all! They parked in a dirt parking lot that stayed in a state of mud or a state of dust. They were praised and reproached ac- cordingly. They made friends and grades. They grouped into organi- zations, both school sponsored and renegade. They united their voices at pep rallies and games. They took pride in achieving. They learned together, ate together, and stayed together for six hours a day, five days a week. They lived and breathed under the influence of Callaway High School. Student Life Division 5