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

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Baring down. Putting much concentra- tion on his rough draft Kevin O'FarreII uses a Tlsquare, architect scaie and a drafting pencil to put the finaling touches to his work. -I I mm llgll What do you do with this? Eric Gangon uses an architects scale to help him decide what angie to put on his unfin- ished draft.

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N72 its rude to throw candy Choir director Ms. Marsha Carlisle tries to avoid becom the for boxes of M St M s 1 M65 Have some candy their director Ms Marsha Carlisle a boxes of candy. 5 iii?-'ii Do Re Mi. Going dems Elizabeth Priscilla Sarabia Walker practice the day. X I ii' i 4

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In the beginning there was journalism and typing. Am the administration looked upon them and saw that the were good. Next there were students and the administr! tion looked upon them and said they could be good with' little practice. And so there was journalism and typin, and another year. Typing students suffered with a tape-recording in a effort to practice and become perfect. Everyday for th first 6 weeks were a.a.a.a.a.a,s.s.s.s.s.s,d.d.d.d.d.d., c 'The sly brown fox jumped quickly over the lazy dog repeatedly, grinding into them each letter on the kei board. Frustrations mounted as the weeks crept on whe typewriters, fingernails, erasers and tempers broke. An so, on to letter writing lessons. ln a sense it was easie than a constant pecking at the poor 'a'. But for those wh didn't pick up and memorize the sometimes unlettere keyboard, danger lie ahead because letters got Ionge tests were taken more often. All the while over in journalism there were numeroc other students pulling out their hair over a headline the was one count too long or a lead that contained wht where, when and how but not who or what. Photo-journ ism students suffered with darkroom cockroaches only get them in the dark. And yes, publications staffers wer in a world of their own wondering where those missin pictures could have gone. When it was over, and the practice left them far fror perfect, the administration said, pass them. Practice ma make perfect but in this case it probably would tak longer than one school year. Hey, there is film IH here! Bobby Hall I says as he opens the back of the camera.