Lubbock Cooper High School - Pirate Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Government Classes Study Crime, Courts From King Tut to Truman and Nebuchadnezzar to Nixon, his- tory classes studied “something old, something new and their relation to current political events. Government classes were spent studying crime and the American court systems. Students attended an actual trial in which they watched court room procedure. The latter part of the year introduced the eco- nomics section, covering bank- ing, credit and wise consumer purchases. DECA, CVAE, VAC, Home-ec and Ag — these are not abbrevi- ations for government agencies but represent classes covering a wide spectrum of skills, from building a house to constructing a dress. Girls learned about grooming and fashion, and also about raising livestock and han- dling a saw in shop classes. Male interests in elective courses var- ied from farm mechanics to con- struction skills to involvement in home and family relations class. Numerous Cooper students took advantage of the special work programs to receive on the job training. (a) Oliver Thompson supervises the activities of farm power students Mike Lincecum, Ernesto Garcia and Jerry Nob- lett. (b) During a government field trip, Abel Salazar clowns around while waiting for the bus. (c) Switchboard operator Robin Mantooth giggles as she is caught eating a tootsie pop. Academics • 17

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(a) (c) (a) In economics class, Debbie Hays learns how to budget her money and time, (b) Helping tabulate results at the Cooper stock show is Linda Thompson, (c) Frances Rojas is preparing potatoes for her cooking lab in Homemaking, (d) Estella Garcia and Ann Huddleston work on their sewing projects in Homemaking II. « ) 16 • Academics

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Apples or Arrows • • • Apples or arrows . . . blue or green? That's what made the new high school scene! Teachers and students combined paint and creativity to design new classroom atmosphere. One painted an apple over a dark grey background while another painted a dark blue arrow over a light blue wall. Still another used contrasting yellow and green. School wasn’t all books and studying because there were those humorous incidents that broke the monotony. Like the time Miss Payton greeted Mrs. Platt with a pie in the face to introduce a new comedy unit. Or the time a cat came in through a broken window in Miss Hardens room and she found it behind her filing cabinet. Or the time senior English played airport. Or the many times the terrible odor engulfed students due to chem- istry experiments. There were always those hur- ried field trips which were wel- comed by students as a chance to get out of the classroom. After lunch there were always flying frisbees, snowballs or oranges. Students of western” persua- sion played foursquare to coun- try music, while rock and roll fans listened to the blaring music of the Bee Gees. These incidents were only a small sample of students' cre- ative efforts in breaking the monotony of school. (a) Foy Graves begs for food from Nell Stanford in the teachers' lounge, (b) Spirit is a big part in pre game warm up for the teachers at the junior faculty bas ketball game, (c) Jay Brown, Claire Dula- ney and Pam Brown help sponsor the student council dance by collecting admission fee. (d) Cheering on their teammates at the junior basketball game are Donna Todd and Karla Alexander. 18 • Academics