Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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I6O - People 5 8 5' S is gil.: lf: ll' 1 1. Tim Smith 2. Mr. Al Hook 3. Liz Alien 4. Gwen Atkins 5. Blake LaGrone People: o Who is tall, short, fat, thin, older, youngerg who worries about discipline, about being liked, about teaching and students? Pick a teacher, any teacher. Teachers have imaginations. Mrs. Ann Spivey, who teaches a class in Science Factfliiction, said, lf a spaceship sat down right out here, lwouldn't be surprised. Teachers watch students. Mr. John Koepke said a growing number of students in his science classes work. lt might in some cases be a detriment to their L schoolwork, but you think, 'Gosh, l here they are out working' F lt's admirable, at least they aren't lazy. Teachers watch television. Mr. John Gunter, a junior and senior English teacher, commented l on the popular television show, Welcome Back, Kotter : Those kids are happy, humorous people, and happy, humorous people are winners. They're people who are succeeding. A real Sweathog is a sad thing. That kind of good- natured affection that you see on that show is found in people who have good stable healthy lives, whose brains are on straight. A real Sweathog hates himself. l , 4.,., . ,.,,., , l l

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The first issue of The Carroller, dated October 7, 1957, stated, Although almost entirely surrounded by open country at present, the school is near one of the fastest-growing parts of the city. It is a matter of only a few years, according to experts on city planning, before Carroll High will be a part of a large residential and business district. School officials expect the school to be operating at full capacity even before that time, when as many as 1,500 high school students will be attending - an increase of over 300 percent of Carroll's enrollment for the school year 1957-58. What school officials didn't expect was that in 1974 Carroll would become the largest school in the city and enrollment for the 1975-76 school year would reach 2,542 1. Captain John Smith, Second Assistant Principal Al Hook, breaks his sword while battling with a fierce Indian in the Faculty Follies. fThe '67 Anchorj 2. 'Since this game with Port LaVaca, which was the opening of the 1957 football season, Carroll High has become famous for the school spirit displayed by students at every game. Fans back the Tigers enthusiastically even when most of the action is defensivef C1958 Blueprints of Carroll Highj 3. In another season of mostly defensive action, students back the '75 Tigers with open-mouthed enthusiasm at the Robstown pep rally. 'V Who We Were I59

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xpressions of life achers have ambitions. Judith Barnett said from her s as an English teacher, I oking forward for more rtunities for more learning. e I never reach the stage e I don't consider it an ing experience. ho is tall, short, fat, thin, ger, sometimes smaller, and e other side of the desk? ents, of course. dents get a lot of joy out of eing themselves. Life gives chance to be me, said senior Jones. Fellow senior Danny ia enjoys all the things life o offer, like the opposite sex. ys of relaxing are solitary cial, depending on the person. r Kevin Sigler likes 'going to each and riding my motorcycle.' Eads, junior, said I enjoy ing people. junior Baelene Fondren pointed Everybody's different. No two Ie are alike. Flaelene got her ions across differently from omore Beth Heslep, whose most rtant form of expression was . music. I don't know what l'd do ut it. e teachers, students sophize. Lesly Jones said, Life ery interesting pastime. Beth ep's thoughts ran inthe opposite tion. I think most people aren't d of dying. They're just afraid of aving a chance to live life to the jst. ix n M.....il l I 1. Terrell Goeke 2. Kathy Bridges 3. Coach Tom Almond 4. Ann Talpey 5. Minerva Abrego 6. Susan Coffin People- lol