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

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STudenTs laughed and sTudenTs cried. STudenTs Talked and whispered and sTared ouT OT windows during class. And Then, sTudenTs kissed and kissed and kissed . . . The locker room proved To be a TavoriTe place Tor experimenTaTion. OThers Tound ThaT an empTy place on The breezeway or a secluded sTairw served iusT as well. And Those who acTed ouT The Tamog love scene in Romeo and JulieT piTiedl Those who iusT saT in English class and read iT. 'il 'Ui Flying hair and chopping scissors. biTing lips and happy Taces creaTed The aTmosphere oT a new kind OT shop Tor cuTTing hair. ln order To geT more business, some hairshops oTTered Tree shampoos wiTh a cuT. OThers gave sTudenT discounTs. And some even wenT as Tar as giving The clienT a Tree icy Longneck wiTh a haircuT. A Longneck, ThaT elusive beverage. provided The exTra Touch needed To make The l-lead Shop compleTely diTTerenT Trom oTher hair cuTTeries. STudenTs lived Through Shakespeare and Algebra. Teachers lived Through rowdy classes and quarTer exams. BuT Longnecks kepT on living. 'Langneclgs i

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'i . . fauna-Q. i ii The movie indusrry aliacked movie- goers wifh anofher form of enTer1'ainmen+,+he disasler movie. One of +he mosl no+able was +he movie, Jaws, which lerrified Corpus Chrislians for six monlhs. The whole counfry was swep+ wifh Jaws fever. Shark 'roofh necklaces, Jaws T- shirfs, Jaws books, Jaws cosfumes, Jaws posfers, Jaws dolls and even Jaws songs became The fad. The mania of Jaws was realis+ic fo Corpus Chrisfians since beaches are an ac+ive pa r+ of fhe ci+y. Some cilizens simply refused 'ro go To The beach. Bul' o'l'hers, lurned on by +he advenlure, 'Flocked fo +he beach in search of a live Jaws. Jaws Several imporfan+ new fashions appeared around people's necks and fingers. Puka shells, while circular shells from Hawaii, and liquid silver were popular necklaces. Turquoise and heishe beads also made a sfrong showing. Mood rings made of a special heal- sensifive quarlz crysfal became 'rhe new fad. The rings 'rurned blue on a happy hand and black on an angry hand. Acfually, 'rhey seemed 'ro rely on +he room remperafure. Bur whafever 'rhe mood, Jewelry was worn on fingers, necks and wrisfs and became an impor+an+ par+ of everyone's wardrobe. a-I GA Alphabef- 63

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TEM 1,50 Q iw - was 1 XloThing. The absence oT EeThing. ew Things in liTe were composed pure NoThing, like a mannequin's ksonaliTy. MosT Things ThaT seemed To be nposed of NoThing were acTually hposed of aT leasT a liTTle neThing. Like a vacuum, Tor a :uum is composed oT The absence oT fThing. ln conTrasT, The complexiTy oT The 'nan mind is Tar Trom being ToTally d of anyThing lThough many Carroll enTs seemed To be sTriving Tor This ll. In TacT, even a pad oT paper iTained aT leasT a liTTle someThing someone. 3uT, whaT was a pad wiThouT a pen? 1aT was a sTudenT wiThouT a mind? haT was NoThing wiThouT someThinq? T' +ha+ maTTer, whaT was someThing houT NoThing? 'Ol 'Ringf wenT The bell. 'PiTTer- paTTer,' wenT The TeeT. 'Clink-Clinkf wenT The coins and. . .Ahl The insaTiable hunger of The sTudenT was quieTed Tor one more period. ScaTTered across Carroll's campus were The well known Hlvlunchie-Machines, sTeel conglomeraTions clisgorging Cokes, cookies and candy aT command and a liTTle change. WhaT wizardryl ailing AlphabeT - 65