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

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Before staging a mock debate, Roland Garcia, Mark Andrews, Barbara Ratekin and Andy Jeffries straighten up the tiles to eliminate confusion. At a loss for Words for the Hfth period journalism class, Caller-Times sports wri ter Al Carter ponders over some of the advantages and disadvantages of his job. its 86-Academics is 'sl f-a-..,, I Anchor Editor Denise Lopez helps Carroller Co-Editor juli Belian cut her story for the next Carroller. Competitions dra' 1, 9 K O 6' S .-4-,ki X E ' f -., d h'1 .1 D - E

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Mr. Ruben Bonilla explains A field trip to Cage-Mills LULAC Plaza to shadowers Everhart Chapel helps Donna Hutcherson and Yolanda students in Miss Louis Padilla. The City Council Clark 's 'Dying Cracefully' rejected the proposal for the mini-course learn more plaza in Artesian Park. about the high cost of dying. Seniors prepare to die gracefully Six weeks of composition was the key that opened the door to not only the established mini-courses, but also a new one, Dying Cracefullyf' Students in the new class, taught by Miss Louis Clark, started off by writing their epitaphs and their obituaries and telling the date and cause of death. They went on to read Death Be Not Proud and Alive, then advanced to hearing a mortician and visiting a funeral home on a field trip. Dying Gracefullyn joined the list of such established mini-courses as Shakespearean tragedies, Shakespearean comedies, The Novel, Folklore and Science Fiction. Mrs. Mary Sugarek's class of Modern Man and American Traditions had a better idea: Shadowing an employer, observing the citizen of their choice during one day on the job. The class of 26 juniors spread out through the city on February 18, following people with occupations ranging from orthodontist to police community relations director to certified prosthetist. Another first for the English Department came about when Mrs. Iudith Barnett took ready writers Byron Welch, Charles Bludworth, Dorsey Gregg and Cheryl Wilkerson to compete in La F eria Ianuary 16 at a UIL practice meet. In another competition Nancy Sims won not only an extra A from Mrs. Barnett, but also S10 for placing third with a theme on soil and water conservation in a contest sponsored by the Nueces County Soil and Water Conservation Board.

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DuBois munches on a et fromage sandwiche she prepared in Mrs. 's French class. rtha Martinez looks over r notes at the initiation remon y of Los Em peradores hile Alma Ybarra looks over make sure that Mr. Amado yala doesn 't burn himself ihile he lights the candles. terest of language clubs, classes Individual awards and achievements dominated language arts. The Ray High School speech tournament Ianuary 16-17 helped the National Forensic League team earn points for NFL degrees. Mark Andrews won the Best Speaker award and together with Barbara Ratekin won first place in debate. lane Rase earned a second place in prose and Michael Lopez third in poetry. Mark Andrews and Sharon Smith placed second and third, respectively, in extemporaneous speaking. At a McAllen tournament February 14, Iune Mahan won fourth in poetry. Unusual functions highlighted the language clubs' activities. Los Emperadores sponsored an Ugly-Hairy Leg contest to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. The French Club cooked a dinner of French delicacies prepared from recipes of that country. The newly re-formed Latin Club drafted a permanent constitution. Quill and Scroll planned the Christmas party for the Anchor and The Carroller. By chance, the Iournalism Department acquired a genuine copy desk from the Caller-Times office when the desk was replaced by one to fit the newly installed video data terminals. Entering their first practice UIL meet, Sandra Guerra won first place in editorial writing and IoAnna Martinez second in feature writing. In other writing awards, the 1975 Anchor won an All-American award from the National Scholastic Press Association and a first place rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The 1974-75 edition of The Carroller earned a Quill and Scroll International Honor Award and a First Class rating from the NSPA. Both publications received All-Texas Honor ratings from the Texas High School Press Association. Language Arts 87