Irving High School - Lair Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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5. gk. Ayer L K ,JUI- ls in in Inf But a moment It takes but a moment -' to catch a much needed snooze . . . but a moment to reflect on the team's chances but a moment to repair a March kite . . . but a moment tosecurealooseball . . . Hold fast to that moment!! LJJQI

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Summer . . . beginning activities August 1973 It comes earlier and earl1er each year Seniors were gone and there were others to take their place Another group would be called sen1ors unt1l agam they would be pushed out the finished product a graduate Irving H1gh School was calm dur1ng the summer The absence of meetings and act1v1 t1es was almost a welcome qtuet Summer was a t1me of rest whtch everyone appreciated and a time for the school to begm to take on changes for the com1ng year but now sum mer was over and the school year had begun The a1r got cooler the trees started changlng colors and the pace qu1ckened Cars and b1cycles 1nvaded the campus and suddenly erupt1ons of shouts and greetrngs broke the s1lence as fr1ends saw each other for the f1rst time after the summer The machine qu1ckened Suddenly cars b1cycles and faces were rnnumerable The1r was a new reg1strat1on wrth forms to be filled out thrngs to get s1gned and people to greet The time for pep rall1es was changed we f1nally came up with a vrctory bell Agnew resigned and there was an energy cr1s1s Not all thmgs changed drast1cally though There were a few moments when steps were made to cause change Most of them were thwarted The chnages that d1d come about weren t fully sat1sfy1ng There was a change 1n att1tude Whether a sign of matur1ty or 1nsens1b1l1ty many tr1v tal thmgs were thrown aside Sure the Joiners st1ll 1o1ned and the lndependcnts kept the1r stat1ons People wore beards long ha1r short sk1rts and Jeans but these thmgs d1dn t draw the attention they once d1d Everyone seemed to feel a httle more A un1ty of sp1r1t preva1led More people took an active part 1n all act1v1t1es There was more enthusiasm at the pep rall1es more people at the games The plays were supported more and people were more thankful at Thanks g1v1ng It even seemed people cared more at Christmas t1me both w1th love for each other and love for the Christ ch1ld It was a t1me of emot1ons It seemed that for the f1rst t1me 1n a long t1me maybe ever different types of people were seeking common ends and they were w1ll1ng to look for hkenesses rather than dif ferences Students who hoped to get attent1on by drast1cally altering their appearance were d1sap po1nted because nobody not1ced Maybe they didn t notice because they were too busy thlnktng about th1ngs that mat tered to them more Maybe they had just grown accustomed to the little d1fferences that don t really matter Maybe the Irv1ng H1gh School student bod, matured durmg the fall of 1973 , . . ' s a .. , ,, . . - ' a 1 , - , . . , , . Q 9 - 9 2 . , . . u , - - a s 9 s . . Q, ,, . . .. . ' a 0 , - 1 a , - . .,, . . . . . . . , v .

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A dime and three nickels is a small price to pay for the sound of a friendly voice. XNT, x GH! DEC L ya, 5 1. 5 W , , Zac V 0 :Gaiam P 4? R 7 4 5 A 7 , 9 4, o K N 'mzsamw ,W