Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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To Graduate .f KJ s X ,Q 1 , . g -sf ., if ff J he air of Toney Burger Center crackled with nervous jittery talk. Swarms of gold went in and out of doors. Smiles stretched ear to ear and tears came easy. We were all set to graduate. A new principal, a new place. We thought that was plenty of reason to be nervous. But we could live with it. Our time had come! Slowly filing into our seats, friends, relatives and loved ones leaned over the railing, waving, encouraging us on and rushing to capture us on film. Pomp and Circumstanceu filtered in and among whispers to each other saying l can't believe it! Let's hurry up! Slow down! and lt's happening. . A Cappella sang to us their message You'll Never Walk Alone, eyen though it would only be us, alone, accepting that diploma on stage. Our president Pam A Clayton spoke short and sweetly and the program was on its way. Classmate Kevin Curran spoke to us of our future and told us to Take a standg make a mark. Then it happened, We graduated, Mr. Wiley spoke each name and School Board member DeCoursey Kelly handed us our slip of freedom and a handshake of congratulations. As the last senior took her seat we all 1 The Class of '77 shouts their class yell We raise hell but we'll go to heaven, we're the Class of '77l This was our last time together as a class. 2 Ardie Schneider accepts his diploma from School Board member DeCoursey Kelly. Ardie earned title as our Val- edictorian. 3 Gifts came from all over the place. Charlotte Scottino opens a graduation gift from her boyfriends sister, Mrs. Jim Brown. We couIdn't help but feel special, being show- ered with cards and presents. 4 ln the crowded dark parking lot area, we weaved in and out of the large crowd after graduation voicing over and over, Where's my mom? Flora Choate greets her dad after along search. 5 As Mr. Wiley proclaims them graduates of Lanier, Sen- iors lilt their tassles to the left. We were lvlr. Wiley's first graduating class from Lanier. . stood to be declared graduates of Lanier. The band began the chords and quietly and solemnly we sang the school song for the last time. Then on a count of three, our own class yell pierced the air. Searching through the maze of parents and friends we found our family and loved ones, ecstatic and unbelieving. Then we looked back at our fellow graduates. Many teary eyed, some just mellow, we all hugged, laughed, and made promises to call each other in the summer. We knew that there was so much more waiting for us out there, We were the adults of tomorrow. We were ready. graduation 51

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