Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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Power failure kee s campus in darkness ln this era, people are blessed with luxuries that they usually 'I -'iw '-P2-ur X. take for granted. Electricity is a good example. No one has a second thought about it until they don't have it. 1 There were a lot of people taking second thoughts about ll l na electricity one black day in November when a power failure left half of the south campus without lights. I l One of our two separate systems of electricity was shut I N' ' oft, said, Nlr. Homer Powell, assistant principal, when a power line was cut on Center Street. This accounted for some rooms having light and others not. In the event both systems l had failed, an emergency generator would have clicked on within 30 seconds. , For two periods, teachers without electricity crowded their classes into the lighted hallway, an empty neighboring class- room with electricity, or the cafeteria and mall area. Studies continued as usual, but the blackout did break the monotony of the regular school day. A. Coach Robert Dunivan moves his third period Algebra I class in to the lighted hallway and continues teaching as usual. B. Juniors Kathy Gunn, Terri Weatherford and Mike Wheat, members of Mrs. Flo Schell- ing's third period English Ill class, find it necessary to do their reading in the English office where there was lighting. C. Seniors David Kief- fer, Jerry Swatsell and David Mundy are not hindered by the lack of lighting elsewhere, do their classwork in the cafeteria. ri Emil' i 1 PAGE 288 1 CLASSES

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Jim Davison 11 Ronnie Dayton Dian Dean 10 Joni Dean 9 Lorri Dean 1 1 John Deason 9 F1 De n enee aso Kelli Debusk 11 10 10 Mickey Debusk 11 Lisa Deckert 10 Regina Delacerda 1 1 Paula Delperdang 10 Shelby Dement 10 Teresa Demetriou 10 J De 9 eana mpsey Terry Dempsey 11 Evette Denney 10 Sheila Denney 10 Neil Delilouen 11 Kelly Deshazo 11 Kevin Deshazo 9 Larry DeSoto 10 Nancy Dexter 11 Randy Dickey 10 ttendance clerks hear 'genuine' excuses dail It is human nature for people to make excuses for the things they do. A good example of this is Juan Epstein of the TV show Welcome Back, Kotter, who is known for the abundance of excuses he keeps on hand at all times, all signed by Epstein's mother. His excuses are always obviously transparent and seem to be related to some of the excuses heard in the attendance offices. To students with unexcused tardies or absences, the most popular solution is to get one's mother to write that the student was ill, had a doctor's appointment or some other valid-sounding excuse. Should she not agree to do this, the next step would be to find a friend with a mature-looking handwriting to forge the note. These methods are often successful, but there is a certain amount of risk involved. For the attendance clerks, this job can be very difficult. lt is their duty to decide whether a note is authentic or not and mistakes can easily be made. Often, phony excuses are received and valid excuses are not. One thing is cer- tain, if there were not quite as many, the clerks wouldn't have as much difficulty deciding whether they are believable or not. A. Having forgotten her note, freshman Lori Schultz makes a quick call to Her mother. B. Freshmen Kerri Kelley and Lynn Goodspeed wait to receive their blue slips. C. Waiting seems to be a common experience in the attendance office in the mornings as shown' by sophomores Debbie Huston, Roy Chevalier and freshman Lexie Britt. , , v ' CLASSES I PAGE 287 1

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