Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Electives could be fun, or yust another credit. It all depended on what we made of our opportumties and experiences Kathy Hardin plays her violin during Orchestra class. Orchestra students could compete and plan a solid future in music, as well as make friends. Back-to-back, Tracy Hester and the trombone sec- tion put out the sound during halftime. ln attempt to have her classmates catch on to the clue in a game ol charades, Lorraine Parker mim- icks a cow in Drama. 16 quarter system

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r. Porter chose not to set up situations for his Urban Politics class. instead, he required students to jump right into the real thing. Mike White and Dwayne Dalrymple found out how much red tape there was in urban politics when they set out to have four-way stop signs put up at the corner of Jamestown and Fairfield. Learning was a real thing. The stopisigns were putup. S . . Mrs. Henthorne's Introduction to Science students took pictures using the cameras they made out of black paint and coffee cans. They also got to see how human voices, jazz, and other sound effects looked on an oscilloscope. Mrs. Kulvicki's Humanities classes worked and laughed as they put on a play for the school dealing with research on the 194O's. Clifton Shirley, Susan Morrison Benesch, Luanne O'Brien were routine ot there was that seniors, for more take. We courses, or easy credit' the first AISD school which offered a Potter's Wheel course. Mark Bolles took advantage of the new class and wound up with a first-place ribbon in Potters Wheel ceramics. Foreign language courses were both fun and educational for students who learned about through language Mayo Mrs. Welsher's the day Spain won from France. A real from both Spanish hungry

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Bart Curtin prepares to begin ia weekend oi printing. After a quarter ot Photo Journalism, he was ready to be a photographer tor the yearbook and receive training tor a possible lite-long career. f , . t into a right glide in the class at Playland Skat- X ff ot to be outdone, ofcourse, French classes instigated ,word-and-finger-snapping field trips to the French and a fuli-costume play where Chris Fairman was a chat Ccatj in confrontation with escargot Csnailsb, Margaret .labour and Greg Easley. Music courses offered more than they ever had before and music teachers liked to let their students experiment with their own individuality and imagination. Mr. Gilford enjoyed the work of his Music Theory students so much, he required an original composition for each student's final. Mr. lvy led the Stage Band in its second year by teaching to students such as Baumgart, Thomas Price, and Carlson. Carlson and Sue Pickle bookkeeping from the point of view under the Mallard. Other business courses offered forthe T student who wished to expand on clerical skills included Accounting and Shorthand, as well as basic Typing tor the beginner or advanced studentg The Management internship Program placed students in realjobs . for a quarter. This gave students a rare chance to see what their career plans were really like. Mary Aguilar, planning to teach bilingual education, worked with the KLRN studio on the show Ray Garner, in becoming a business placed with the Mall administration. He early and went to work as a at Edison Jewelers and Electives could be fun or just- another-credit. lt all depended on what we made of our opportunities and experiences. They life ' - they otherwise r