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

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rver High School students are dressed to represent different phases of the erican heritage as they ride on or walk beside their float at the parade. ata!! AacArthur teacher, Mr. Kerry Rock, helps break down and load the school's exhibits after the bicentennial fair at the Astrohall. Representing the Raising of the Flag at Iwo Jima are the students from Teague Middle School. I' 'VI Qt l S 5 it x kb 41' Bicentennial fc0nt.j Another float high- lighted the Boston Tea Party, where students dressed as Indi- ans ond tossed boxes of tea overboard. The program included not only floats but performances by all the elementary, iunior high, and senior high choirs as well. Junior and senior high bands were also on hand. Specialty acts like dance routines to the songs Philadelphia Freedom and Hooray for Hollywood were performed by Aldine Senior High and a local iunior high. After all routines were performed and 28 floats had passed, the finale began. The 29th float, a replica of the Statue of Liberty, was pulled into place and the poem Give Me Your Tired was read over the intercom as a little girl lit the stotue's torch. For the closing act, every choir in the dis- trict ioined in singing America the Beautiful. The program as a whole lasted over two hours. But for the first time, every school in the district was united in a single cause. bicentennial 27

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J Z is M fa s sf Aldine Independent School District displayed its student's top English exhibits in the Astrohall. Ms. Pat Olive, head of the English department at Hoffman Middle School, examines a log cabin made by MacArthur students Susan Cole, Robert Pieper, Sharon Dewberry, and John Downey. Ms. Kay Sleeth's door said it all with A Salute To America's 200 Years during Bicentennial Week, April 26- 30. 26 bicentennial ltopl Aldine Junior High Principal, Mr. Wilbur Hall, studies MacArthur's science exhibit in the Astrohall. ' 1 , 2 A B ig fl i l it i 2 I sttt, in The Liberty Bell, always a symbol of America's freedom, was reproducee at Harris County's Bicentennial in the Astrohall. tn 13. C

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Seniors dance to Southern Comfort at '76 Prorrz Food, laughter, conversation, and the music of Southern Comfort flowed freely the night of April 10 at the '76 Prom. The atmosphere of the Imperial Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency was one of animation and expense. Money totalling hundreds of dollars per couple was spent on such necessities as S12 tickets, formals, tuxedos, flowers, pictures, and after- the-dance meals. It was a magical, once in a lifetime experi- ence that seemed to warrant the expense. To many, it was the first realization of the finality of the year. lcont. on page 311 After four years with the same homeroom Mr. .lon Winfield sees a new side of his seniors when they dress up for the prom. Km! 28 prom L Twins Donna and Ronna Lout enjoy a double date with Paul Zapata and Steve Gex at the '76 Prom. Robbin Morris has temporarily lost her date in the grandeur of the Hyatt Regency.