Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Martha Hill Kathy Hinds , Teri Hinson Debbie Hipple Mark Hoelscher Kelly Holligar Lane Honeycutt Joy Hopkins Anthony Howard Tran Hung Victor Hunter Dewayne Hyatt Michael Iselt Nathan lsraeloft Ladd James Jackie Janecka David Jesus Charles Johnson Kim Johnson Tamara Johnson Janice Jones Monte Jones Patrick Jorgensen Karla Kerlin fs ,, , . Mr, ,Q 4' 4 A i , M X 1'-fr 2 J, ,f . A f ,A tt ,1 A X N x Q .24 f Q., i- I L Q4 x ' - K , . K Al 4 A Q , I ,r ' Q: t f 'K Y I . ' I 1 X 'tg J N 1 J L 4 x f' 1 ,lf , yy V , I A ' - t ' zz 21 A f , AA! V NM Yi . p' K I U m - JJ- : 1 . A - 2 tail +.- 'wt we, ' ' M. .if f lfa and ag co-opfsophomores ,, LA' xv Yt,.,L, ,JZ f ffgzgigj, f , ir, 1 Animal projects lasted months with daily hard work at the Ag Farms. Kim Hams takes are of her hogs, 2 Thad Clayton takes the floor to express confidence in qualifications of both Michelle Guthrie and Boagie Kennedy. vice presidential candidates. President elect Ken Neams presides. 3 In between events there was a lot to vvalting. Rhona Cross takes a break with her steer Cody,

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4 To learn about plants you have to work with them. An Ag Co-op student, Curt Kasper enjoyed the easy no hassle atmosphere at Vaught's nursery. i011 Jobs for Credit howing livestock, giving make-up jobs at Merle Normans, cutting hair, and selling diamond rings at Edison's. Three hundred-plus students in vocational programs learned a val- uable trade through on-the-job-training. Algebra taught us how to find missing variables, which might be used in figuring out income tax, but income tax came long after high school. Classes like DE, VOE, and Auto-Mechanics gave stu- dents the thorough training they needed to handle a job - while on the job - now. Solid academic classes prepared us for college and gave us tid- bits of information for conversation. But the vocational classes really showed us our potential and our limitations. Practical skills like typing, selling technqiues, credit procedures, and shorthand let us know if secretarial work would suit us better than salesmanship. And if we liked it, the vocational program made it easier for us to get the job. We recognized the value of money, After making our own money, we didn't spend it as fast, Two-thirty an hour didn't stretch as far as our parents' salaries. We had to use psychology to keep a job. We found subtle ways to ask our supervisors for the day off, and telling a customer that their lay-away item was accidentally sold to someone else was a breeze, We realized that college wasn't necessary to get a good job. An electrician could earn up to 340,000 a year, while college educated teachers, architects, and lawyers were finding it harder to land jobs. The white collar demand was slipping. Secre- taries, plumbers, farmers, and salesmen played an important role in society. Whatever society needed in goods and services, vocational students could deliver. work classes 107

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In Agriculture ou didn't have to wear boots, hats, and tight pants to be in Ag. Students of all kinds worked every afternoon raising, feeding, and caring for many kinds of animals. Chickens, lambs, pigs, and calves were exercised by dedicated people. Under the hot sun or in icy cold, the animals were well taken care ot. On the third Tuesday of each month, the members handed over hard-earned money tor dues and discussed general business. The first year in Ag meant learning about different breeds ot live- stock such as cattle, horses, pigs and chickens, Second and third year students were taught the reproductive system and respiratory system of the above animals. Members raise animals, learn leadership and help others as well as themselves, said President Thad Clayton. A lot ot dedicated stu- dents went out to the Ag farm every afternoon to feed, doctor, and take care ot their animals. Freshmen Sandy Elliot and Karen Hess competed with others with their livestock. Sandy walked, fed, and exercised her calf just about every day, come rain or shine. Karen Hess took care of her pigs and junior Lyndon Domel cared for his lamb out on the Ag farm. Rick Lattimer, Martin I.. Jackson, Rita Conner, and Mark Lawless worked hard and received the State Farmer Degree. This was KOKE fp --1 awarded on a local level. Requirements were one year of Ag, a 15 minute speech and 50 dollars profit on a production project. Ag Coop required a job oriented in Agriculture. Jackie Tho- net, a first year student, held down a job at Hobby Horse Sta- bles. She exercised horses, saddled and bridled them, and some- times taught beginner classes. It wasn't exactly easy work. She had to keep a record of what she did and write a summary of it. But she got nine credits in a year, and decided definitely to go into training horses after graduation. Thirteen guys were in the two hour Ag Mechanics class, a free employment laboratory training program. The guys sat and took notes in a classroom. Then they adjourned to work in the Ag shop. They welded, learned about electricity, and worked on car engines. And they, along with Ag Coop and Vocational Agriculture, grew every year. People learned leadership and responsibility. They cared for and competed with their animals, kept books, and just plain worked hard. Ag covered everything from chickens to car partsg it was a comprehensive program. Some would drop it after high school. The more serious made it the beginning of a career. ffa and ag co op 109