Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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socks, red scent ot Brill air shades remnants 50's Day was only one several special days at our everyday school lives forward for a different type of clay to get away from the same old routine and have a few laughs. Late in the Spring, the student council sponsored Kid's day .sli Knee socks, lollipops, balloonsg hair and roller skates gave us a to relive our childhood entertained us at surprise with and hilarious performances. The girl proved they would go through tasks to become a true O , up unrea utfits wer seen Senior day for Underclassmen also took of this day and many skipped but it was really a privilege the graduating class could enjoy. Many Seniorsvigsited the lake and got togetherlwith their friends, possibly fo the last time. Swimming, picnics, baseball games and lounging in the sun gave students an opportunity to enjoy a day away from school, Special Days at Lanier only happened rarely, but they helped us all get up in the morning and gave usa change of pace. t rw' Q i i l

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When tyles of the forties decorated the A-V room temporarily for another annual Kulvicki creation: VVhen,Radio was Ling. The students from the Individual nd Society classes spent hours of ehearsal and skit writing, producing and ntertaining and fun-filled show depicting we lifestyle around WW ll. The final product starred Luanne Pratt nd Steve O'Brien as sweethearts emporarily separated by the war. A live frank Sinatra concert, a world :hampionship boxing match between ack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, a USO how, a slumber party with its own black- iut, a live soap opera, preacher-on-the- ,oap-box supporting Penicillin, school 'ictory dance, and the ending congo line entertained other Lanier students all six meriods April 15, the day before Easter racation. Susan Morrison and Clifton Shirley :layed the witty parents of Lulu, uanne's character. Roger Benesch layed t'Ftogie-Dodgie, Lulu's Little rother who accompanied her boyfriend 'Stevie to the war. The show, which brought in over S100 n profit, was written, cast and 'polished in two weeks, which meant spending more time than classroom time fvorking on it. On their own time, students :vent searching for props and costumes from the forties, borrowing from next-door- neighbors, grandparents, and other relatives. What they learned through reliving he forties, they could never learn in a ook. By teaching each other, and hrough experience, they found out what it was like in the forties -the shortages, the sacrifices made for the war, and above all, how they enjoyed themselves. if ff.- ' is ,Vg During the USO Show, Flora Choate and Tricia Moore sing ln the Mood as the Andrew Sisters to entertain the army boys. Bottom left: After receiving a letter from her son Ftogie-Dod- gie, Susan Morrison counts the long days he's been gone with Clifton Shirley looking grateful for every day. Home from a school dance, Luanne Pratt is thrilled at Steve O'Brien's offer to let her wear his letter jacket. humanities show 105

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ni! X wi .V Left: Debra Melrose gives a lashronable smrle to Above: Shar: Gorden, and Terne Top rrght: Bobby Gordon, the camera on Fifties Day. , Ralston were few of lhe newly initiated Vik- Tommy Wilhelm recall to Top lefgfgachel Villareal and Irene Aguilar adjust eltes that allowed for a couple of laughs. Fonz and Hell's Angels in the Pep - Day. their ay, h of The on 50 s 1 special days 107