Crowley High School - Talon Yearbook (Crowley, TX)

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Speaking out. Tom Landry shares his views on the role of athletics in a Chris- tian life at a high school Fellowship of Christian Athletes conference in Dallas. the morning, but not for high school students. Too often, theirs began once school was dismissed. Getting out of school found students heading in many different directions for many different reasons. Many high school students proudly count themselves among the working force. Involved in VOE, DE, ICT, or other vocational programs meant getting a job and acquiring a F or some most days began in measure of independence. So students headed for jobs of all sorts: they sold linens, cut meat, bagged groceries. Theirs was a world of dual responsibility, to their job and to their school work. Band trips, conventions, work- shops, dress rehearsals, U.I.L. competition in faraway towns: all these meant that students spent as much time and effort on pro- jects outside the school as in it. Talking it over. State FHA secretary Melissa 1! want my mummy. Lisa Renfro straight- Strickland talks with Mrs. Suzanne Murr, — ens her arrow prior to the dress rehearsal workshop speaker, at the Area V FHA meet- for the King Tut skit in the Senior Grand ing in Denton. Illusion. Standing at attention. Cheerleaders Kelei Sefcik, Tammy Cox, and the band prepare to march in the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Parade. outside school 15

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pretty. Setting up dis- school in the housewares department at plays is a part of Kelei Sefcik’s job after Sanger Harris. 14 outside school

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SPECIAL REPORT Eighties came in like a lion bringing fear, frustration ] ran, Afghanistan, the energy crisis, Cambodia — these were but a few of the many events which affected each of us profoundly. It seemed that we no longer had control over events but instead had to accept and deal with each prob- lem as it arose. Perhaps the most shocking event occurred in Teheran, Iran, in November when Iranian stu- dents stormed the U.S. Embassy taking 62 diplomatic officials hostage. Following a few days the students, professed followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini, released all blacks and women and demanded the return of the deposed Shah in exchange for the 50 remaining hostages. A Talon-sponsored opinion poll showed many students expressing anger and frustration. Others were just plain scared. When asked that the best approach would be, Student Council president Pam Hix stated, ‘| believe a solution can best be worked out by doing exactly what we are doing, taking things calmly.” Other students saw the shadow of war behind this latest blow to U.S. prestige. Audrey Hernandez felt that military inter- vention should be used only ‘“‘if there is no other alternative. All we want is peace and we should do everything in our power to obtain this peace. War or military intervention shouldn’t have to be the answer.’ Before we were allowed to fully recover from Iran, the Soviet Union invaded and occupied . another Arab country, Afghani- stan. It appeared that the Soviets 16 world events were trying to establish a new sphere of influence in the Per- sian Gulf. In retaliation President Carter imposed several limita- tions on trade with the Soviet Union. His most controversial decision, however, was one to boycott the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow. The problems of Iran and Afghanistan brought up the pos- sibility of the reinstatement of the draft. Turning 18 suddenly became very important for a new reason. Students in government Classes and in hallways dis- cussed the pros and cons of the draft and of the possibility of drafting women. Students have long studied and been appalled by the treat- ment of the Jewish people at the hands of the Germans during World War Il. All of a sudden they discovered that another people faced a similar holocaust, this time by hunger, disease, and man’s indifference. They were the Cambodians, a people uprooted from their homes by years of war and strife. Even though Cambodia seemed so distant and their problems unimaginable, many students wanted to help. After watching the ABC television doc- umentary in history classes and at home, students initiated a fund raising effort. Journalism stu- dents manned jars in the cafete- ria so that others, by sacrificing a soft drink or a cinnamon roll, might contribute to the fund. Stu- dent Council sponsored an assembly whose proceeds went to the Cambodia fund. These efforts resulted in over $200 being sent to the World Vision Ever upward. Gas prices soar over a dollar as the energy crunch contin- ues. Organization where $25 would buy 100 pounds of rice. As it turned out, $25 would buy more rice than it would gas- oline. Signs posted at filling sta- tions in the Fort Worth area soon displayed amounts well over a dollar. Teachers began taking car pools seriously, and many students found that cruising around town was no longer an activity they could take lightly. Weekly paychecks shrank as the inflation rate edged toward 20 percent. =