Lamar High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Attending a Friday night football game, students watch the action on and off the field. Faculty and administrators commended Viking fans for their cooperation and good sportsmanship. gl' Decorating the cafeteria window, this Viking head symbolizes Lamar. Students displayed pictures of the head on their class rings, cars and club shirts letting all know that they attended U-IS. Showing enthusiasm, seniors dressed as ghosts cheer on the football team. Friday mornings would be remembered not only for the pep rallies themselves but also for the planning sessions at Winchell's which seniors attended beforehand. 7- : '-U 'F' I

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Word of the year 'Blow it off, 'what a drag and 'killer diller were just a few of the slang terms that could be heard up and down the halls of Lamar. One of the phrases most uttered during the school year was 'big deal. What did these words mean? Suppose a student comes out of a second period trig class in a bad mood because the teacher had given a pop test. After explaining this to a friend, the friend replies 'Big deaI. ln this case the words meant 'Don't get so upset. Perhaps a student is running through the parking lot after lunch trying to make it to his fifth period class on time. He sees a classmate and yells, 'Hurry or we'll both be late! The friend calls back, 'Big deal. This time the words meant 'So what? Or say a girl come out of sixth period overjoyed because she thinks that she has a great piece of gossip. She rushes up to the first person she knows and says 'You'll never believe who is going out with whom this weekend! Her acquaintance, of course, asks 'Who? After hearing the answer she says, 'Big deal. Now these words meant 'lt's stupid to be excited about that. Big - large, great, important. Deal - event, happening, experience. Together, these words mean a lot more than just a token phrase implying the basic thought of 'Who cares? A large event, a great happening, an important experience - all these derivatives provided a much deeper meaning than what first came to mind when the term was thrown out in the hall. As a matter of fact, according to the true meaning, the time spent at Lamar was . . . Copy and layout by Kathi Harper 3

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U5- Honoring Lamar, cheerleaders, players and coaches join in the Alma Mater after the game against Arlington High. This victory provided a great time of pride for many Vikings. Big Deal. lust imagine that an outsider came up to a Lamar student and said, 'So you go to Lamar, big deaI. The student could answer back, 'ilt is a Big Deal. Well, Lamar itself was big. On the first day enrollment was recorded at 1899. There were also some big changes. During the 1982-83 schoolyear the school board decided to close Bowie High School. The juniors there were told that they could choose which high school they wanted to attend during their senior year. This decision brought about 30 students and 6 teachers formerly of Bowie to Lamar. To the dismay of many, Activity Period was no longer scheduled on Wednesday mornings. No longer could students sleep in. lnstead, club meetings were held on Wednesdays between fourth and fifth period lunches from 12:15-12:45 p.m. Therefore, students had to decide whether to give up a little eating time to attend a meeting or give up a meeting to have a longer lunch. Rather than getting locker assignments when they registered, students were told that they would get them when school started. However, only the seniors got their locks and locker numbers on the first day in the traditional senior locker bank. In the days that followed, sophomores and juniors got theirs - but it sometimes took even longer to find them. New lockers could be found at the bottom of both stairwells and lining the already crowded halls. LLThe high school years are some of the best years of your life, or so it has been said. At any rate, high school life was more than just going to class and doing homework. Pep rallies, off-campus lunches, labs, passes from the office, group projects, good times with friends and as many other experiences as there were students would be remembered. Pfter all, without those times what was the libig dea ? Copy and layout by Kathi Harper 5