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

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a) Coach Kitten instructs her basketball girls during Practice, b) Faculty members supervise students during the pep rally, c) Kelly Kitten struts his stuff for Cooper High, d) Rhonda Chisum concentrates on her next move, e) Billy Alonzo plays operator during his office period. 0 Kim Favre prances during drama initiation, g) Pirates celebrate after a good play, h) Susie Gaither pouts during Annual class, i) Bruce Cobb rests after lunch, j) Jason Jobb looks over his typing work, k) Brent Choban, Myles Thomason, and Derenda Durett enjoy French. Opening 7

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THE SPICE OF LIFE Many different ingredients are involved in the recipe to produce a great Cooper High School. To make the main course, “stir” in the students. Add gradually: teachers, ad- ministrators, and staff person- nel. Spice with such flavors as academics, clubs, and sports. Blend well, and you come up with one great high school. One of the most important in- gredients in this receipe is our new superintendent Mary Fran- cis Vinson who became superintendent after the retire- ment of Harold Carpenter. She has been at Cooper for seven- teen years. When asked what kind of changes she has seen since her first year at Cooper, Mrs. Vinson replied, “I have seen many good changes, but the most important change is the growth of the school.” Extra spices included re- painting the parking lot by the Student Council, auctioning off parking spaces, and repainting the school rooms. All of these added a new decoration to the Cooper Cake.

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AFFECTING “TEMPERATURES” There were many national and world wide affairs that af- fected everyone. Americans looked forward to the summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. Some of the Athletes trying for the gold medal were jumper Carl Lewis, runner Mary Decker, and ice skaters Elaine Zayak and Rosalynn Sumners. With Election Year around the corner, people weighed the merits of the various presiden- tial candidates. Ronald Reagan was the Republican nominee while Walter Mondale, Jessie Jackson, and John Glenn were Democratic candidates. Americans found themselves embroiled in foreign affairs in Lebanon and Granada. On Oc- tober 24, 1983 two hundred American Marines were killed after one of the American em- bassies was blown up in Lebanon. On October 25, 1983 United States Troops invaded Granada. There was much con- troversy when President Reagan deployed missiles in Germany. 8 • Opening