John Marshall High School - Gavel Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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x fmfet fa VM ww, qw Eff, , 2 P f if , OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Cliff Richardson places an important phone call from the office land saves a quarterj. NECESSARY PHONE CALL. Caesar Davis finds the need fand the timej to make a quick phone call in between classes. X i i 4 i i s I I T 66The telephone is the second most im- portant thing to me I'm on it 24 hours a day!! -Treva Crawford, senior. Telephones 9 27

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Without Phones, We Would All Be Thrown Into Communication Chaos Telephone-'tel-9-fong 1 an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distanceg 2 a vital part of every highschool students's lifeg 3 a guaranteed crazymaker to all parents of teenagers. just over a hundred years ago, Alexander Graham Bell created what had to be the world's greatest and most practical inven- tion-the telephone. Even so, today's teen- agers were still searching for a way to per- manently fbut painlesslyH attach the phone to their ear. That seemed to be the most desperately needed operation, since the aver- age hours a teenager spends on the phone each day was incredible Cunless you, too, are under, the age of eighteenj ANYTIME'S A GOOD TIME. ffor a phone call, at least.I Denise Byrd fmds the urge to make a call during Howdy Week's Golf Night. 26 0 A Flash Of Life The telephone seemed to have a number of different uses, but the main one was to be vital communication with friends. The reason I talk on the phone so much is so I can get in touch with my friends, and know what's going on. I would feel isolated if I didn't have a phone. stated Angie Reed. Sophomore Tawnaya Gagnon agreed. I'm on the phone at least an hour a day, usually to my boyfriend. Things are so much easier with a phone. However, some people actually admitted their dislike for the telephone, like senior Gail Summers. I absolutely hate talking on the phone because I feel like I never get anything ac- the., 1-fag y W CALLING HOME, Sophomore Tammy Grubb uses the phone in the clinic to get permission to go home. complished. It's better to talk in person. Even so, everyone seemed to agree that one way or the other, the phone was basical- ly a big part of everyday life. Some even admitted to a slight obsession with the telephone. It would be tragic if I didn't have a phone. Oh my God, it'd be like running without legs boxing without arms! I wouldn't know what was going on in the world! explained Randy Martinez. Quotes like this kind of make you wonder what other basically normal person was ac- tually a yes, you guessed it, compulsive rele- phone user. Stephanie Booth. . , ig .np P +7 ,I s f-as . ,duii PRIVATE CONVERSATION.-Jill McPherson pro- tests the intrusion of her obviously private talk on the phone.

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OLD BUT FANCY Antq d ll h t E h 66The only thmg special about my room is it's mine!! - Quinn Roberts 28 I A Flash Of Life