Irving High School - Lair Yearbook (Irving, TX)

 - Class of 1976

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W5- -- 1 J , . ,A Needless to say, this is only one ofthe many drama students practicing for some such play as Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen. Mr. Morrow, the drama instructor, prac- tices a critical system in his classes. Two students act out an impromptu subject while the remainder of the class points out the'defects in their presentation. This, Mr. Morrow claims, helps the students to be more aware of their mistakes. The eyes bulge, the feet shuffle, and sweaty hands are wiped on clean white pants. Then a forcefully calm voice takes on an excited, dramatic tone. These are a few symptoms of a disease commonly known as ner- vousness. Many debate students have learned to live with this infirmity, but very few are able to cure it. Speech teachers, however, claim that anxiety LEFT: Chuck Coats, drama student, expresses his views on impromptu acting. X-A. LEFT: After being given five minutes to invent a skit in drama, Rachel Langston and Randy Rainwater begin their scene. BELOW: Tiger Band flag bearers quietly await their signal to march onto the iieldfor half-time activities. is a sign that a speaker wants to give a good performance. The debate team has acquired a sizeable collection of trophies in various dramatic tour- naments. lt isn't unusual to see speech people dressed up on Fridays. They do not dress upforthe same reason as the football players, but rather to attend one of the area speech tour- naments held almost weekly. Debaters become a dedicated work force, devoting many weeks to lugging briefcases, file boxes, extemp files and personal belongings around foreign schools to compete in various communications contests. Debaters learn to live without sleep or food, to be polite when it seems impossible, and to accept defeat as well as victory. Although debaters are frequently frustrated by incompetentjudges and impossible topics, hard work is rewarded with trophies, individual honors, high ratings, and self- satisfaction.



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LEFT: Mr. Gerald Lewis watches confused Loyce Milam attempt to solve a chemistry equation by using a barometer, an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. RIGHT: Student teacher, Mr. john Cocharo, directs his geometry class in learning new theorems for working proofs. Let's talk about it in class toda What does the word participation bring to mind? In some classes, the word forms an image of a classroom of eager students who are hopping in their desks, pounding ontheir chests, and waving their bodies to catch the attention of the teacher. Their mouths turn dry as they sit in agony thirsting for participation points which make up one-fourth of their final grade. Best friends become classroom enemies as they compete for the privilege of answering a ques- tion.Thosestudentswho getinvolved without the influence of participation points are able to carry on discussions because of interest in the subject being discussed and not their grades. In other classes, there exists a half- asleep classroom filled with bored students dyingforthe belltoring.The teacher stands in the front of the room crying from frustration because no one but herself is answering her questions. The only form of group discussion is the failing attempt ofthe students to persuade the teacher to allow them to leave class fifteen minutes early. At the pitstop on the way to absolute boredom is the class in which a small handful of students do all the participating. These few students answer every question, carry on all group discussions, and illustrate all examples on the blackboard. ln the meantime, the other students have developed enormous inferiority complexes because of the speed and self-assurance of thefew participants. When they do decide to try to get involved, their fear of failure overwhelms any decision. wf t ABOVE: Diligently endeavoring to finish their math assignments are Mark Meyers, Patti Pierce, Paul Schore, David O'Steen, and Pat Lear. LEFT: jimmy Schroder, Lisa Duty, Beverly Holland, and Christy Stockton take time to rest between intervals of laboring over English classwork.

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