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

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Impressive? As games get underway during football season, all bystanders EQ' jump back at the sight of a charging Big Red. is , A ., .umwanimewma-wi What is that? Art teacher Barbara Tyson smiles as she tries to decide what Joe Betts and Jimmy Thralkiel have been wil b . Elia If scratching out. cf 4gl7 1 opening 3

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The first day - it's alright Starting fresh. Does that mean washing the make-up off your face and starting again? Or getting up in the morning and finally changing the clothes you put on three days ago? Maybe it means changing the oil in the car for the first time in 3 years. It could be all these things. But most of all, starting fresh is waking up with a positive attitude that every- thing is going to be alright. At least, that's how it looked Aug. 22 on the first day of school. As 3,300 bodies trampled on the freshly waxed floors and fingerprinted clean glass windows and doors, few knew what was in store for them. They were refreshed after three months of sun and were ready to begin school. What they didn't know was that teachers had already been at school for a week preparing handouts of class rules and semester plans in an endeavor to make the year get off to a fresh start. In the beginning, only a few things changed. Stu- dents weren't sent to the office until the fourth tardy, which was an improvement over last year's 3rd tardy D-Hall. The girls installed a Coke machine in their locker room. Spanish students bid Ms. Rose Avalos good-bye and good luck as the new counselor at Ham- brick. Principal Larry Rice announced plans for stu- dents attending Nimitz High School next year. Seventy-eight and adding on. While attending a week long journalism work- shop at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, seniors Susan Lembcke and Deb- bie a trash can

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4 opening Changes affect fresh start In the weeks to follow, the bathrooms got smokier, the cafeteria dirtier and the parking lot fuller. Assistant Principal Ms. Mary Raby left to become prin- cipal at Hoffman and in came Hambrick's Mr. Bobby Ezell to replace her. As the year continued, so did the fresh start. Cheerleaders were in the cafeteria at 6:45 every morning with fresh doughnuts. The Volleyball team set a new district record. A new bookstore was established by the English department. Things even improved in the classroom itself. The majority of the typewriters were working. Shorthand teachers issued brand new books. Science labs smelled like Lysol for a change instead of dissected frogs. Teach- ers changed their bulletin boards occasionally and the eraser man came by regularly. lt was the chalk they were short on this year, or so it seemed! During the year there were numerous events that even though they were held annually, had new facets, new par- ticipants and a fresh start. These were the students' life. Not Me. Turning the class and hoping to lose his place, Victor Ramirez is hoping he won't be called on to read. the front of And a one, two, three. The band strikes up Big Red to end the pep rally for another Friday so the crowds can take the cue to go to their first period classes. -'Y ---' - -' ra Y-,lb it . , f ,-3' 'PO' Serious Thinking. While sitting down for ' 11-,A roll call, Veletha Jackson waits for her IQ-,asf name to be called before she can begin 52. an hour of activity in physical education classes. - Y eg gp-