David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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I 1 'rs A i QQ, X oy, . K - BX! .., I - rl, S - M ' , - Ur . s 7 0 t 5 .K . ' f Q .g 3.. V. 1 ' 1 P' if I ' rf . 4 44 2 , 't.f'f .T 9 . ,. f. gf ' 'L . . a fl' in 2l,t.1LgQ.ill.gp I 1 r - f Advantages outweigh 'rh i Finding a job after high school isn't alwaysteasy. Buttaking a vocational class along with your required courses, will give you a skill which helps when you apply for jobs. Thefselection of vocational classes offered at Crockett is vast, auto mechanics which is offered twice a day, first through third periods, and fourth through sixth, gives three credits per quarter. . Agriculture, which deals with farm- 248 academics e disadva ntages. ing, and livestock techniques is offered for the would-be farmer. Dis- tributive education deals with stu- . dents attending school haltday and workihgihalfday. Cosmetology per- tains to learning hair styling, mania cures and permanents. Otherf courses include homemaking and business Some courses even allow the stu- dent to go into specialized courses, such as metals, woods, plastics, leather, drafting, electronics ar qnany others. Being allowed to learn a trade fi later assets in lite is important many students, therefore, they fir their goals usually accomplished in i vocational course. 1. Visitors from the armed forces allowed studei t ti f ' b l' ' o ge n ormation a out en isting. 2. David Calvary bores out his 350 block engine i his car, which won him a first place in state co petition, while Charles Wolfe helps. 3, Tammy Hill, who is a second year cosmetolo student, gives Mary Lynn a stacked permanen The Cougar inn gives the student personal exp rience in working in a commercial kitchen. 4.

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' 4 ey go st' Q so Qty... --.......,....,,,, , y ll.. fa ,Ni .-gi' in i eiewr W 5I '?.'TLj2!'JgAl11 s. x h JM hi. . Q . ' .4 - Controversy plagues president's first year. The 1977-78 school year began with Jimmy Carter well into the first months of his new job as President. He came up against his first internal conflict when Bert Lance resigned as the nation's Head of Management and Budget because of several conflicts of interest. Carter was then faced with the demands of the nation's striking coal miners. The coal miners' strike proved to be anllordeal ending after 109 days of seemingly futile negotiations. Many Americans were surprized to dis- cover Carters tentative plans to return the Panama Canal to the Panamanians. The controversy had Americans choos- ing sides and voicing their respective loy- alties about the situation. Carter's problems had only just begun - he was now acting as a go-between by attempting to settle the differences 250 activities between lsreal's Prime Minister Begin and Eygpt's Anwar Sadat. Sadat visited the White House to have several talks with President Carter. Another controversial matter facing the President was the Neutron bomb. The power of this weapon to destroy life but not the structures it was dropped on, had people wondering about its assets. After worldwide publicity, Carter set aside plans for the bomb. The nation's farmers had begun their protest about the agriculture situation. Widespread demonstrations let the pub- lic feel the burden of the farmer's gripes. Austin surprized the nation this year with the University of Texas football and basketball records for the season. Earl Cambell, a member of the UT football team, received the Heisman trophy for the best all-around football player of the ti X . season. The team was ir! untii it w defeated by Notre Dame in the Cott Bowl. The basketballtearn kept its title ill by winning the NlT championship New York. A 1. Appealing to students eligible to vote, John l and Bob Krueger placed their campaign signs front of the school. 2. The Panama canal was a controversial topic which many people were having to choose sidi 3. The farrner's strike affected everyone, th began protesting by driving tractors down hig ways and then to the capital. A V 4. Earl Campbell, UT Longhorn football play became the pride of Austin by leading the Loi horns to win the Southern Conference and w ning the Heisman Trophy, 5. Anita Bryant came to Austin as a guest of 1 Allendale Baptist Church to give her testimc while, across the street, people for human rigl were protesting.