Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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f'X Gloomy days awczityou in SA C Gloom, despair, and agony. Deep dark depression, excessive misery. lf it weren't for bad luck there'd be no luck at all, gloom, despair and agony. Such is a mild description of the miniature asylum in Room l33, oth- erwise known as SAC, special assignment class. Instead of suspen- sion the current trend is to assign a skipper, smoker, disobedient delin- quent, or rule breaker to SAC. Students famous for this kind of bad luck end up spending a few days in the backward class with twenty or thirty other corpses. Back- wards - meaning that the chairs are all facing the wrong way with a teacher somewhere behind you. Corpses - referring to the silent students accompanying you through your stay in SAC. Rules demanding compliance dur- ing punishment include NO commu- nication of any kind - no body or hand language and especially no oral communication. Turning your At this point it is beneficial tc mention one advantage of SAC When you receive assignments fron your teachers they are usually com pleted in an extraordinarily shor time, compared to the usual becausi of the atmosphere of no disturbing sounds, looks, etc. In the meantime, 2 breaks are allowed in which 3 minutes can be spent doing anything possible fron Room l 33 to the nearest restroom! Besides the potty breaks anc emergencies like heart attacks anc nervous breakdowns no one i: X X l 62 essay head or body from side to side, dar- ing to put your head down for a rest and getting up without permission are all no no's to be obeyed or else - another day in SAC. allowed to leave. Yet, on through the day come: better times when friends drop by tc yell at you from the hall - iust dar ing you to turn your head. Yes, the 2:55 bell comes none toc soon for those in SAC.

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MCC hehns others Medical Careers Club lMCCl stresses doing for others in their yearly activities. Besides delivering fruit baskets to patients at Elizabeth's nursing home, members sang songs and visited with them. Playing Santa Claus to children at Ken- wood Daycare Center MCC members have a chance to learn first hand about caring for small children. They also furthered their knowledge by attending a seminar on birth defects at Rice University. ln addition to these activities members of MCC act as aides in helping sponsor Ms. Juanita Simkins in the clinic on a daily 11 basis. A Although not allowed to give non pre- scriptive type drugs to students, Mrs. Simkins can clean cuts and advise stu- dents on their medical needs. Nurse Juanita Simkins who keeps all students' prescription drugs in her office, administers medicine to Pam Manning. Mrs. Simkins not only administers to the school's medical needs but also helps repair embarrassing rips in Fred Roach's leans. l1 l mcc 161

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.F -.--.- A German Club officers are Cindy Silger, Randy Rosner, Sabine Korn, Karen Verwold, Suzanne Shipper, Johnny Hoglan, and Mrs. Twila Jones. An Achtung! Achtung! by Mrs. Twila Jones, spon- sor, brings German Club members to attention to dis- cuss plans for International Night. German Club pursues culture Explaining the new world of a foreign lan- guage is a full time pursuit of the members of the German Club. Sponsored by Ms. Twila Jones the organization participated in many of the activi- ties offered to students interested in foreign lan- guage. Competing in the foreign language olym- pics and performing in a dance at International Night held here at MacArthur were just part of their numerous activities. March 5, 6, and 7 were the dates of the annual German Club Conven- tion attended by 20 members of the club. Sabina Korn placed 2nd in native speaking. german l63