Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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entennial arrived with a 21 gun ute a nationwide fanfare and an alleled exploitation act Red white lue fever hit the land The buy- nniai was on The Mom and apple age was advertised on everything 'gscovered sugar packets and Bi- tionalCherry ice cream, to the 'issued Bicentennial quarters, fifty- ieces and dollars. At this special he S2.00 bill was reintroduced -- ooked like inflation wasn't the 'as definitely 20th century. The n l V ' l J l e. 2 companies used lt. They presented ltennial air slots on the radio and sion in their name. Politicians fed around it. In this presidential , on year, it was the perfect time to , nce Americans Watergate was ovcri Bicentennial was very much aiive ler but here it meant ement. imerica was clean T ' ,g B . . n. - . v 2 band entered the AISD sponsored d Bash, with a Bicentennial flavor, ater sold calendars tor the Austin itennial Chapter. 3- Vikettes not only helped at the Aqua 1al's Bicentennial celebration, but Jsecl this theme on their winter show rfew halftime performances. tior Chris Fairman competed on the nal level in a Bicentennial nporaneous Speech Contest. Valerie 's Bicentennial poem won first inthe n Poetry Society's Bicentennial est. Even Lanier's Latin Club helped an oak tree grove along Town Lake in nemoration of the event. rolving the whole school was the rit of '76 Homecoming theme given e Student Council. And the Council lmost the whole school working inthe ttennial Carnival which looked back e last 200 years to reflect and recordi lad its influences. School pride hit an we high. involvement wiped out tant apathy. 1976 did its job.

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I X I 'i ii f ' gb X - X . Xi . , . . . V' What a difference a day made. At seventeen m H 'I 0' - VI Gsfef HYI I QOT to Q0 only claim to the adult world was admission to Fi 1 ' -fx 'hh ' n Q a d drink to my rated movies. And then over night- zap - all of I eart e :-1 1:--1 . 1 - ' fQ0Od to DUY that a sudden I was eighte 1 a .e e al for anything -- lwas an ADULT. 3 XQXE s I could vote, drink, own propert an ev-.--1 I. money all on my own. My '1f-W'-55?'1'--.e etely inalienable . . . well, al rn Q I- roof there were still ru I In away, I was glad for - - - ic io . could fall back on the chains when necessary.-L. wasn't really ready to organize my whole life -I school lite seemed enough. I didn't plan to X! change the structure of the world, but its weight on my shoulders left me mingled with excitement and apprehension. xy It sure was a rude awakening, all the talk of ff being an adult. A career and job, a home and bar, a husband or wife and children to follow. I was up 'I to my neck in questions, and the answers were allx 4 my own. 5 The future was staring me in the face. Our f carefully molded groups of friends would go ' separate ways. Oh, we all promised to ' touch, but I knew not everyone would A - - ' - y then I was a little sad and a little scared. I With hope and the newly-claimed adult rights, I was ready for graduation to launch me into my future. I i. I Funeral and know that if that waitress asked for an I.D., I could whip out one that I wouIdn't be hassled about. I used up my whole week's paycheck, but that's okay just this once. I was celebrating, after all. I want to go out and try another club this weekend. I don't plan on drinking or spending as much, but it is a certain ' sense of freedom. l've got to get out of the house. I dontt think I end another evening listening to my lvlom ,A owresponsible I should be now. Maybe I 'Baile register to vote, but I'm registered with that bottle, and that's all l'm worried about now. Besidesfrfhimc l'm better adjusted than my parents. They want me to vote, but I can't reme 0 , m l - last time I saw them head for the I .f' polls. Boy, nd the money. I don't have a saving's ac .o. ttoi school next year, but l'll work this ummer anpltry to earn some money. Vmjust not going td worry. Money always seems to come rom somewhere when I need it. Besides that, l'm not going to get prematurely gray like my folks over worrying about material things. l'm eighteen now and I can decide what lwant to do with my life. I may make a few mistakes, but l'Il learn. And what's more important, l'll do it on . y own. lt's my life - especially now - and l'll live it my way, one day at a time. o Qnclrea turning 18 41

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