Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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3-,db 'Nt 4 On special days, like 50's day, personalities loved to dress up or down, and clown around. Cara Ellison, Elaine Dickerson, Obra Sauls and Alberta Dickerson show off their styles. 5 Mike Nolan flashes a warning to everyone in class. Things like original T-shirts kept us from being one of the crowd. AMW L,uliiLS Dedication Earns Honors meet. The girls at Lanier were determined to prove themselves as athletes in their own right, and they succeeded in doing just that. Ken Bickers became Drum Major his Junior year of 1976-77, Assistant Drum Major Kenny O'Brien aided him in leading the band during award-winning halftime shows where we watched intricate patterns and listened to stirring music. Terry Tallas, Beth Puckett, Teri Dingler and Dessie Sherrill produced the music which favorably represented Lanier wherever the band appeared. Performing to the background music provided by the band, the Vikettes danced to lame underthe leadership of Captain Diana Wheeler, who stretched, kicked, and jazzed her way to New York City on an all-expense paid excursion, First Lieutenants Rene Jennings and Paula Moore, Second Lieutenants Jan Jay and Leslee Roberts bOogied down with equal dexterity and grace. As a combined group, the Vikettes were known throughout the state as The Best Drill Team, and they worked hard to keep this title. Achievers stood out in less well-known areas. as well as those with no real organization to attract attention. Thad Clayton represented Lanier admirably in many FFA contests. Chris Fairman debated to Washington, D.C. in a national contest. Kevin Curran debated, too, and was one ot Lanier's two semi-finalists in National Merit Scholarship competition. Ardie Schneider and Dessie Sherrill also excelled academically, Besides being a Vikette, Kay Kirby received the DAR Good Citizen Award and performed very respectably scholastically. Helen Harrison achieved through artistic ITIGGDS, while Mike Hinojosa and Leslie Marshall, president and vice-president of the Student Council, organized it into a group. We learned from each other in high school. Achievers inspired us to new heights: new excellences. They represented Lanier with pride and enjoyed doing so. lt was often tough, but they kept plugging. That's how they did itg the reasons for doing it ran the gamut from a little conceit to a lot of inner pressures urging them ever onward, But they never could have risen to the heights they did without time, hard work, and a little old-fashioned pleasure in their field, people 75

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Mike Fox David Friedrich Phillip Fusco Theresa Gage Debbie Gallatin Jamie Galloway Billy GSDSD Dorothy Gann Mischel Garcia Robert Garland Sheryl Garrison Rudy Garza Jeff George Allan Gillett Cathleen Gillispie Charles Glenn Mike Glenn Paul Gmitter Donna Goehmann Chris Goerlitz Cindy Greer Rodney Griswold Larry Guthrie Kim Guyer 74 DGODIEHUDIOVS -s as A fe.: 4' C:-'L fy xg f'?'9'G' i- , i 32 tflzzrfz jg, X , W, Q s rv cl l i 1 Longtime steadies. Stella Villanueva and Mike Davila kid around in the small courtyard l 2 Being a member of and presiding over several clubs could be too much unless we had unyielding energy. People like Leslie Marshall, who played varsity volleyball, presided over NHS, was vice-president of Student Council and vvas active in Pan Am and yearbook tried to store energy any way they could. si 3 The managers behind the team at Lanier kept the records and the spirit together. Volleyball managers Paula Thiede and Debbie Wiley were usually the loudest fans in the stands.

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l Kyle Haddox Terry Hans Bruce Harlan Sandra Harrus Bryan Hawthorne Cynthra Hawthorne Muchelle Haynes RaeLynn Henry Joycene Hervey Bully Joe Hrnds Marlene Hoelscner Tommy Holcomb Mark Holt James Hoover Luz Hoover Carolune Houston Muke Howell Karu Howle Chrustue Hubbard Sondra Hughes Pat Hunter Scott lhrug Dan Isbell Davud lschy 76 hobbues and unterestsfuunuors f Photography was a tume consumung hobby for puctures for the yearbook worked at Texas Camer darkroom Here he prepares to prunt a colorsheet 2 Marc Hughes and Greg Easley mockungly try to balance heavy trays on theur heads and hands as Ftona Ebert stands by un amazement for the Ausfun Cuvuc Ballet performance of Gaute Parusuenne Greg has performed as a Cuvuc member for 2 years 'K R Skis. 3 Gettung away from ut all soarung over the beautuful Texas l-lull Country causes the splrlt to soar Jane Anderson checks for aur frafluc on her funal approach to Tum s Aurfueld north of Ausfun 4 Lou Arun Bell ecsfatucally funds an umportant stamp She collects stamps from all over the world Thus hobby has enruched her lufe wuth knowledge of other cultures