Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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Left: U. S. President Jimmy Carter. Above: Starving Cambodian refugees. Artwork by Sharon Davenport. The Soviet invasion ol Alganistan Ie(t an important question in the minds of Americans everywhere: Will the draft be reinstated? With the memories of Vietnam still lingering in our minds, the ever perplexing problem of world peace and security has come into the spotlight once more. Young men, whom we associate with everyday, may face the possibility of being shipped home in plastic bags. The picture is not very pretty but the possibility still remains. Lately, peaceful methods have done little good in changing threatening situations. The U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics has not affected the situation in Afganistan. Athletes who have trained for many years were crushed at the announcement. Many say that politics and sports should not be mixed. However, history has proven otherwise many times before. To add to the problem of foreign intervention, refugees fleeing from their homelands are virtually starving to death. Food, clothing, and shelter are not adequate enough to keep up with the growing numbers. If the world does not act soon, it will just be another case of too little, too late.

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A rescue attempt on Friday, April 25 ended in tragedy and death. Equipment failure resulted in the mission being aborted. Upon retreat, one of the rescue helicopters crashed into a C-130 aircraft causing the deaths of eight Americans. Flags throughout Dupo were flown at half mast the entire weekend. Switching the tone of this rap-up to an activity that many of our students enjoy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated five outstanding movies to compete for the title of Best Picture. The five nominees were Kramer vs. Kramer, All That Jazz, Breaking Away, Apocalypse Now, and Norma Rae. Norma Rae, starring Sally Field, is an adult, socially significant film about the coming of age of a mill worker in a company-dominated Southern town and her fight for better working conditions. Field's performance in the film was extraordinary enough to win her the honor of best actress. Breaking Away entered the Oscar race with a virtual no-name cast about the conflict between the townies in Bloomington Indiana and the Indiana University rich kids. This film exemplified the soul searching and decisions that many high school seniors must go through after graduation. For the second year in a row, Hollywood opened up to present the gruesome horrors of the Vietnam War. Apocalypse Now, a highly controversial film by Francis Coppola, produced one nominee for best supporting actor — Robert Duvall. The race was close but Duvall lost to Melvyn Douglas in the film Being There. All That Jazz, (also the theme for our yearbook — we didn 7 know about the film at the time) a film based roughly on the life of director-choreographer Bob Fosse swept Oscar off his feet (sorry about the pun!) by capturing four of the little gold statues. Each film was outstanding in its own right. However, when all the votes were tallied, Kramer vs. Kramer emerged victorious. Considered the heartbreak hit of 1979, this film about what happens when an unhappy wife walks out on her husband and six year old son, only to return 18 months later to fight for custody of the child, touched the hearts of audiences everywhere. Not only did this film capture the title of Best Picture, but its stars, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, captured the titles of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Futhermore, Justin Henry (the child in the film) made history as the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Oscar. A scene from the award winning movie Kramer vs. Kramer Artwork by Sharon Davenport

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Table Of Contents Academics To Staff ............page 6 Activities ....................page 18 Seniors .......................page 38 Homecoming ....................page 66 Sports ........................page 80 Classes ...................page 102 Jr. High ..................page 118 Highlights ................page 136 Dedication ................page 144