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

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70 dedication Wm f' get K embarrassed! says Ms. Peggy 'r x Schneider as she sits resting during the fund raising volleyball game between the f faculty and varsity team, where she dis, played her lack of volleyball talent. I 1' i le-bfi fl K How's it look? Trying to smile about her new hairdo is Nls. Peggy Schneider as YB photographer James Knigge puts the fin- ishing touches on his masterpiece, -1!.,f Laugh-a-minute, Ms. Peggy Schneider g and Terri Bailey, enjoy a laugh while pon- dering the question, Should we go back to work? ll ff' 5

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All this and a diploma .... too As the sun beat down upon the Sam Houston Colesium, ten buses from lVlacArthur High School chugged and sputtered along the pavement leading to the site of commencement 78. Ready to rehearse their graduation exercises, 473 anxious seniors got off the buses, only to be told that there would be a slight delay. The slight delay turned out to be a 30 minute wait. Mike Wil- liams commented, Ants kept getting all over every- body while we were standing around. After the confusion of getting lined up, the senior class went through the motions of commencement. Homeward bound the class headed toward the buses. Debbie Hughes summed up the day's activi- ties with, lt was hot and sticky and everybody got on the wrong bus. Susan Lembcke added, The ants were the highlight of the day. -af 2 by .Q Over by that blue fire hydrant, says a Houston policeman as he tells the bus driver and Nlr. Bobby Ezel where to park SEHUUL BUS Head East?A confused senior class steps off buses for a long wait before entering ' the Coliseum to practice as another H school finishes their rehearsal and leaves. In seniors 69

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To her, with love As seen by the average student, journalism teacher Nls. Peggy Schneider is a walking, talking, singing whirlwind. Not only does she head the yearbook and the school paper, but she teaches journalism and photography as we . Now, take a look at the part of her the camera could not capture. Face it, anyone who can bite their fingernails the whole 4 'th What to shoot next? lVls. Peggy Schneider hunts unexpecting victims for her cam- era in our halls, as part of a slide show for Aldine Contemporary Education Cena ter. C'-. Come On and Dance With Me, Who said yearbook was all work and no play? Here, Ms. Schneider and staffer Larin Perkins take time out for a little horseplay in the darkroom. Good Story. Nls. Peggy Schneider looks 3593 over one of several stories Terri Bailey wrote in her 2nd period journalism class. 5 8 V----un year, through ruined negatives, unidentifiable people, lost pictures and horrible cutlines has got to be a person with something extra. Through the years she has spent her summers coordi- nating and attendin journalism workshops in Dallas, Austin and Houston. She has made trips to the publishing company in Dallas to make yearbook corrections. She has planned the yearbook assemblies, and Sadie Hawkins week as well as spending weeks at school during the sum- mer after everyone else was gone, putting finishing touches on the award winning lVlacArtair. On top of all this she always finds a little spare time for herself.. A new home took up a big portion of her time bu there were occasions when she could be found boogieing with her staff or friends or sitting through a Neil Diamond concert resting up for the next day. Her staffs, some closer to her than others, all recog- nized that after a year of sweating out deadlines, she deserved some kind of Purple Heart award. lt was then decided that this 1978 MacArtair would be dedicated to her. On April 7, at Coronation, the yearbook staff gave her a picture clock, a dozen roses and a tearjerking round of applause. They hoped, as expressed by editor Susan Lembcke, that they had encouraged her to continue inspiring high school students toward the wierd and wild life of the journalist. And yet, when the dedication was all over, it didn't seem like enough. dedication 71