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

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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

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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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Round, hoT saucers inTilTraTed many sTomachs. The round saucers conTained such Things as cheese, black olives, ialapenos, pepperoni, sausage and beef. People aTe Them wiTh cold salads and Coke or Tea. The round saucers had many homes, ranging Trom an inTimaTe eaTing place To an ordinary lciTchen. And They had anoTher name: Pizza. Pizza proved To be a popular Tood Tor hungry habiTanTs of This world. WiTh cheese or wiThouT cheese, saucers also became The mode oT Travel Tor The imaginary world beyond and even The adminisTraTors Tound The Time To indulge in The hoT and chewy subsTance. 'il 66 - AcTiviTies Ufjice Tragedy, melodramaTic performances, comedy - no, iT wasn'T Tl Carroll Drama DeparTmenT, iT was iusT a rouTine day aT The Office. Running This mini-TheaTer was Mrs. Gerry Ray, aTTendance clerlc and chief inTerrogaTion oTTicer. Surrounding Mrs. Ray were a gaggle ' of assisTanTs, ready and waiTing Tor The nexT cusTomer To come in and reques' a pass To leave campus. lnTerspersed in The acTiviTies were The commonplace, The everyday, Th Trivial. For example, The sTudenT who had To call home and have his mom bring down his gym cloThes, or The girl who iusT broke up wiTh her boy Triend and , needed To go To The clinic or she would T Throw up on The Tloor. And Then, on occasion, someThing exciTing would come up, like The class clown who was senT To The Office Tor making The whole class Tile ouTside because They ThoughT There really was a Tire drill. BuT, ' like usual. The siTuaTion would reTurn , To normal. Red Tape and an abundance of Don'T ask me, ask her, commenTs prompTed a iunior To come up wiTh This i illuminaTion aTTer Trying To check ouT l of school Tor The day: I+'d be easier To slcipl 45,5 ,.