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

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1 Top: After Matthew Tyndall takes his short walk across the stage to receive his diploma, it's a race to see how quickly he can get out of his graduation gown. above: It was a long and windy wait in the bleachers before anything began to happen. Starling Blythe and Meredith Bihm discuss their plans for graduation night while Sherri Blocker fcenterj focuses on a point in the future. fjlVH,,,.f I rr!! V 'HV m Graduation!187

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o o Graduation marks end of youth Beginning of responsibilities May 28, 1985 - 8:00 p.m. The day that had been anxiously awaited for twelve years had finally arrived. The class of 1985 was going to walk across the stage at Burger Center and receive that all important piece of paper that said we were high school graduates. Most graduation ceremonies are the same, The same faceless people give the same forgettable speeches, the same people in long gowns get the same diplomas, the same sense of accomplish- ment and relief is felt by parents and students alike. But from the point of view of a participant, this year was different. Crockett graduations are held in the gym, not this one. The graduating class was so large and the well-wishers so numerous that the ceremony had to be moved to the football field to ac- comodate the greater numbers. The original idea, announced in late March, was to limit the number of guests to two. That idea was scrapped when seniors and parents plagued the office with requests for more seating. So, Burger Center it was. Most seniors will remember the G.A.G. meeting held in March by assis- tant principal Mr. Barry Crist: Grades, Attitude, Graduation. The class was gathered into the gym and were told that grades and attitude had to improve or there wouldn't be graduation for all those who expected it. Some 75 poor souls failed to listen and only 526 of a class of 600 made the final trip across the stage. The new attendance and grade policy came as a bitter pill and too many decided that diploma wasnlt worth the hassle of the new requirements. For the chosen few, the moment did arrive. Evelyn Casas gave the in- vocation, Court Stroud CJ welcomed the assembled fn multitudes and Karen Schex- n a y d r e delivered s X is -ee her address to the class. Abel Ruiz, vice predident of the AISD Board of Trustees, awarded the diplomas. There was a whoop and holler from the graduates and the moment was over. On they go to bigger and better things, tak- ing with them twelve years of preparation, tears, good times and bad. The new graduation plan at the football field caused a great deal of confusion. No one knew where he was supposed to be. Senior class sponsor, Betty Bird shows Karen Schex- naydre where she should be to give her address. I86!Graduation

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