Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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kill, luck or challenge? What made Air Hockey, Pinball, Cards and Bowling the games students playec Competition with a machine or friend required quick wits and talent, Lanier students flocked to the Gold Mine and i other game rooms to sharpen their skillsq A new cult erupted following the rock T opera Tommy, and many aspiring Pinball Wizards surfaced. Playing the silver ball, people like Gary Gossett, Marshall Davis and Joe Abraham regularly set monthly high scores. l'Th challenge to beat previous records make it a good pastime and it really quickens tl' reflexesft said Randy Owens. Foosball, a simulated form of Hockey, remained popular for those who chose ni to brave the real ice at Northcross. Quick reflexes and the fast pace of this game made it a part of Kelli Waggoner and Brel Poage's dates. David Hancock and Daviq Ryan found the challenge worth the smal dose of frustrations involved. Because strength was not the key facti almost anyone could play ping-pong. Mil Dillon captured the All-City Boy's Championship, summer 75. While Judy Lentz and James Davis found the precisii paced game fast and furious, Randy V Deavers and Larry Lawrence easily T picked up the tricks ol the table like spins and slams. lt requires great han coordination and only the most agile ca be great ping-pong players, admitted Rusty Brandon. Few Lanier students claimed to be sharks or hustlers, but for the fun Cor moneyj, Tim Henderson saw pool as Mentally stimulating and excessively challenging. While Marshall Davis playa-1 for the fun and enjoyment of the game, pool continued to be a good break that placed sharpshooters and novices behin the cue. Lanier students of all levels of intellect participated in the stately march of the chessmen. But it does take an organiz mind to play, said Clifton Shirley. Ches turned into a true art of mind competitio Gary lvlatocha summed the game up as a intellectual's game of checkers. lt's to match your wits against your opponent's in a game ot strategy . . . it's a simulation of war. From the shitty-eyed poker player to tt spade-playing Baptist, Lanier containedi students who's knowledge of card playir' was very extensive. Though some like Bi' Glenn and Gary Lawrence admitted to playing for a little more than fun, card playing as a whole kept its reputation as good, clean fun. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat The acceptance of challenge was generally followed by a good time. The question of luck or skill, involvement and competition - all made games an answ+ to leisure time. W

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n electric chair that really gave a shock. A jail to put your friends and enemies in. A chance to hit your favorite teacher with darts. Having your Jture read. A country and western band 'laying music to dance to when you felt .ke it. Food. Drinks. The Student Council .ponsored it and the clubs made it what l was -the Bicentennial Spring Fling 2arnival. Rusty Brandon, head ofthe Annual 'rojects committee, was mastermind, rganizer, researcher, and, with sponsor flrs. Berkman, responsible for the event oming off as smoothly as it did. l.E. had an electric chair that cost a quarter to shock your friends in. For something a little less sadistic, they had a jail which you paid to have someone put into. The Student Council kept in line with their 20's theme by selling cokes in a Gin Mill, modeled after an old-time speak- easy. NHS gave baked goods to whoever hit the monkey on the dart board they had. The catch - every monkey was a photograph of teachers here at school. With country and western music, German Club sausage and buns, Pan Am nachos, and Yearbook photography for S1 .00, the scene was one of lun and pleasure tor all involved. The work was hard. Students and if 1 teachers alike stayed until the wee hours of the morning cleaning up what the fun-filled evening had left behind. Mrs. Berkman looked tired, but relieved that it was all over. It came off so well, I just don't know howto thank every club and group involved. Activities like the carnival bring our school closer togetherrand make it worth being here, Mrs. Berkman was heard to say as she looked with pride at the result of an active Council function. Laurie Mitchell runs the freshman pop gun W booth at the carnival while Eric Shepard shoots. Top right: Cindy Cain and Denise Burton serve cokes at the Carnival Refreshment Stand. ' . Left: Andrea Dillon gives a petrified shriek in the Electric chair, filling DE. sponsors with sadistic glee. ' - ,- A carnival 111

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-l Students O O o oo O o Games ma OO OQOOOQCOOOQCQCOOC000009-OOOQQOOOOQO O S Above: Dennis Mathevvs, Mark Cotton and Greg Goeh- man pitch pennies with studied concentration before school begins. Guy Meyers, Kent Burnett, Brent Wolf, Bruce Phillips and Gary Slusser look on as they defend their titles ofthe school's Top 3 Pitchers. Top right: David Adams attempts a T.D. in an early morning cafeteria paper football game. Middle: Jerry Shelby determines his next direction of strategy in a chess battle. Lower: Gary Matocha sees and raises the stake in an attempted bluff. , Xl, games 1 13