Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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With Extra Care Above left: Barry Crist, a biology teacher, is known to the Volleyball team as Coach Crist. His girls have become one ot the best teams in Austin since he became coach. Above right: Metal Works teacher Mr. Jay gives directions to Dennis Latimer on how to place the Christmas tree in the middle of the courtyard. Mr. Jay also was a major benefactor in the renovation ot the fountain. Far left: Giving encouragement to the boys, Sammy Seidenberger coaches the freshman football team. Left: Along with teaching physics, Mrs. Dumas sponsors National Honor Society. Here, she speaks to NHS on the booth ideas tor the school carnival. sponsors and coaches 139

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progressive student Council, a successful debate tean and drama club, a winning drill team, outstanding athletes and an award-winning annual created a new image to Lanier. Without sponsors and coaches backing the clubs ani teams, students never could have achieved extra interests. Thirty-five hours ot classes already filled their weeks. Thougl already underpaid, they worked extra unpaid hours outside clas with students, Extracurricular activites gave students and teachers ai opportunity to transcend their limited, in class relationship: and work together as people. They worked hard because the' were interested. Sponsors established warm, personal relation with young people. Mrs. Berkman thoroughly enjoyed working with the sixty Studer Council members. She liked working with students on a people ti people basis rather than an academic relationship. Through home coming, canned goods drive tor needy families, rebuilding of thi fountain, carnival and plenty of other achievements, lvlrs. Berkmai learned, t'lt's an outstanding group of unselfish people. Athletics is a way to work on a close, personal, day by da relationship with a number of young people, said Coach Bur rell. He got satisfaction out of watching them achieve to their fullest I can think of no program that we offer at Lanier that prepare the student for college research work any more than the debat program, said Mrs. Zucht. Her three debate teams earned the success through hard work. They won 37 first and second plac trophies. They learned debating wasn't only time-consuming, bt hard mental work. Mrs. King enjoyed a certain degree of creativity working wit the Vikettes. She taught the girls to work hard for success. Practic was one hour a day every day after school and two weeks of intens practice before each show and competition. Satisfied with thei performances, Mrs. King said, I love my girls. Teachers sponsored clubs for the students, but they got some thing out of it for themselves - a chance to see how the younge generation thinks and acts. They learned how to guide students int theirfuture. R255 Z I Still in costume from the Humanities Show where he was the Life Photogrz pher, George Edwards takes a break. IVlr. Edwards sponsored the Vikir Yearbook.

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Dorothy Math Dean of Boys Health, Fresh. Coach Edward Stevens Physical Science Alg. and Elec. Tempe Sorrells Art John Stockton Mary Algebra English 1 Evelyn Syrinek John Szendrey Charles Taylor Secretary Physical Science Algebra Lucia Talreia Home and Family 5.1 11 'llt's a bird! lt's a plane! No, it's just another quarter ilying by! The quarter system time factor changed the teaching routine. Teachers set individual goals in completing course outlines. Many hit on only the high points and necessary skills for stu- dents to pass a course. Course coverage progressed at a much faster rate. I spend two days on things I used to spend a week on, said Mrs. Clough. lvls, Vaughn saw this as an advantage. Under the quarter sys- tem, kids don't have time to goof off in class. Forgotten spare time and free periods were filled writing exer- cises, tests, and completing outlines. Lesson planning often extended into the wee hours of the morning. Attorney-General John Hill's November ruling prohib- ited collection of school fees for needed work books. Teachers had to xerox and duplicate materials previously paid for by the students. With new courses offered, teachers often taught courses they knew little or nothing about, and many had three or more prepa- rations a day. Teachers no longer got to know their students as friends oi sons and daughters. New names and faces had to be memor- ized three times over. Ms. King credited the quarter system for keeping teachers anc students interested in subjects. lf a kid gets into a course anc he doesn't like it, then he only has to be in it twelve weeks. More than likely he'll make the best of it. Teachers worked harder and longer hours under the quartei system. They tried to run their classes smoothly and make the best of a new curriculum.