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

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is as At it again, Senior Mike Vessels designs another of his unusual works which earned him two Gold Key Awards at the National Scholastic Art Contest. Top left: Tease that girl. The wrapped cold wave helps a woman get through the summer according to Bonnie K. Watts, who demonstrates the hair fashion that won her lst place March 5, in the Selected Projects Contest. Top right: Get- ting to the point, Displaying his talents and coordination, junior Grey Stephens gives all he has on his blueprint which placed second in drafting district and X contest. Bottom: Thousands of tiny dots. The delicate touch adds to the effect of the drawing, Senior Mike Vessels who won a scholarship to the Museum of Fine Arts. ,gf 1? .it Roll it up. Many hair styles come and go, Junior Carolyn Arryoro starts working on a mannequin as she does one of her many hairdo's in a limited time of 45 minutes which makes her win 1st place 'i in the Selected Project Competition. 1 '11 We won, we won. Showing off their rib- bons and trophies won at the Foreign Language Fair are Edward Trigo, Jimmy A11 Hinoiosa, Howard Thesiss and Daniel Hernandez in different events held at Stovall Junior High School. F 'WW Y it . N. V ' ,gigs U 1 i l Smooth and easy Sanding the rough edges comes easy for Junior Edward Castro as he Q Eapplies final touches to his cabinets made in Q ,f.V.l,C.A. speed and skill contest winning him '3rd place on March 3. winners 39

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38 winners i i l Steady ea And the WII'II'IGY IS as it goes Junior Mark who took 1st place in cabinet building on March contest 4 at the V I C A speed and skill -we-v.as..is,.., A winner is anyone who works hard enough or has the ine his competitors. MacArthur students compete all year in ranging from art and music to cosmetology and cabinetmaking. The majority of people involved in these tests ot skill and knowledge do not wing however, the prestigious few who do achieve victory find them- selves feeling a sense of accomplishment. I practiced, and l tried my best, explained junior Carolyn Arryoro, who won lst place in district Cosmetology competition for the best comb-out. I am proud, and excited because l'm going to state contest. I enjoyed it, but it took me by surprise, said Mike Vessels as he commented on his winning the Houston Art Education Associations Sen- ior Scholarship. The HAEA award will pay for the advancement of his art education, at either the Museum of Fine Arts school or the college of his choice. One of Mike's entries in a local art contest, a charcoal drawing of an engine entitled, Ram Jet was selected as a Blue Ribbon finalist and sent to New York to compete with art work from all over the country. Two other entries, an abstract pen and ink drawing and a watercolor Rich received Gold Key awards. was also tasted by many students who participated in the Foreign Language Fair. MacArthur brought home the trophy for the second year in a row. Price, another Scholastic Art Contest winner, won two Gold Key awards for his two clay sculpture entries which placed them on exhibit at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Both entries, in addition, received added recognition as Best in District, Simpatico Gallery award in Sculpture, Behring Home Center award in Sculpture, Best in Sculpture - Regional, and were selected as Blue Ribbon Finalists and sent to New York to be judged in National Competition. Chris said ofthe odd situation of competing against himself, lt's kind of rare. The Vocational Education department also had its share of glory. Nina Holmes, a junior, advanced to National Distributive Education finals held in Washington, D.C, D.E. is a program that trains students to go into one ol the many facets of the sales world. Receiving her on'the-job- experience at Food Giant, Nina did not prepare a great deal for the area competition. Nina, who is the first student from the Aldine district to ever advance to the national level - stated of her achievement, lt's alright. I 'c,arai.u:.w. -,

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Don't feed animals lt seemed as if 7th period would never end. All most students could think of was hitting the parking lot and heading for home. Little did they know that while they had been busy in 7th period, there had been some sneaky activities hapgening T126 plarking lot. Not only would the stu ents in t eir cars, but the KILT traveling zoo was on the scene to end the day with a bang. After the initial shcok was over, stu- dents clamored to the van, anxious to get a glimpse ofthe a-r-r-i-b- a man himself, Cap- tain Jack. Soon after introducing himself, Captain Jack and new- sperson Sandy Rivera began taping Mac stu- dents for the radio show that evening at 8:00. It was mass hys- teria at its best. lt didn't stop with the tape recordings though. All at once Captain Jack jumped on his van and began tossing out record albums to the crowd. Albums such as Satur- day Night Fever, Chi- cago, John Denver and others were thrown out to the very 40 traveling zoo if rv' receptive crowd. Everybody wanted an album and many were broken as students virtually killed each other for the chance at a free album. lt took me 10 minutes to finally get ar in KlLT's traveling ,, U Q 53.33 . ft, I ,.f ' album, but before I got through the crowd it wa: smashed to smither enesl, exclaimed juni ior Ruby Palacious. But some students were lucky enough tc get an album intact though some of thj groups were unknow to the crowd. Who ever heard o Mott the Hoople,' NY 9 asked one student. Captain Jacl blended with th crowd of students, an enticed many of the into echoing an a-r-r i-b-a for the tape recorder. He's really a nic guy commente freshman Michell Vaness. All too soon it waf time for the captain tc make his exit, witt promises to returr soon. As the van Kilt disc jockey Captain Jack his way into the lives of MacArthur dents with a visit by the traveling zoo. pulled away, students hurried home to lister to their newly founo its Kilt 'lmod van is the obiect of attention as it barely survives the throng of excited students CAllen Chiser and William Brad- berryj. Left: Captain Jack takes a moment to collect his thoughts as the traveling zoo prepares to leave. Flight: I got one. lt's just a memento of the traveling zoo's visit that Richardp V Lopez is excited about. K a . albums. i 1 , l ,E . J .f i if Q A Q -Ne f f ' w ... QQ, ' 'S it . ...ws 4' 4 A X Ku