MacArthur High School - Crest Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Everyone loves a winner; success breeds spirted fans. APATHY was dropped from the curriculum this year because not enough students signed up for the course. In it ' s place, a new semester course was added— enthusiasm. It involved a six-week study on How to Back a Winning Team, and the remaining twelve weeks were spent learning Cardinal cheers. APTITUDE TESTS: ACT, STEP, SAT, PSAT-NMSQT, CEEB, CLEP, WPA, NAACP, WFL, RBI, QRS, HELP! BICYCLING: Besides its meritsasa fat-eliminator, the bicycle hasadded a new dimension to going to school. An early-morning regimen of (I) pedaling past kitchen windows where bacon is sizzling; (2) taking in the pollution-free sounds of birds chirping, dogs barking, and gears shifting: and (3) straining to make it up Northgate clears the head for thinking like no parking lot scuffle ever could. BUSES: I always used to hear the story from my parents about how they used to walk ten miles in the rain, with holes in their shoes, while hurdling fences as they cut through the woods on the way to school. When my kids complain about their journey to and from school I can tell them how I had to dash out of the classroom at 3:45, race down the stairway, jump those who had fallen, and break through the doorway onto the bus, only to squeeze m for an aisle seat. Suffering from my daily bumps and bruises, I began to think ten miles in the ram isn ' t so bad after all. 14 experiencing

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CAMPING: As the yellow spots on the map spread cancerously, this activity has become less of a test of manhood and more of an attempt to escape. Trinity River sludge and Dallas smog give way to see-through streams and pine-scented air as today ' s camper leaves the beaten path with everything on his back. A few friends enhance the experience. CHRISTMAS: Memories of Santa and stockings are faint now that we are big boys and girls. For many Seniors their time next year will be spent away from home, and Christmas will be one of the few chances they will have to be with family and friends. This most special season will then take on the sentimentality it warrants. CLIQUES: There was a band member who didn ' t like the roper for siding with the ROTC cadet who frowns upon the dramatists for hanging around with journalists who wrote about the athletes who beat on the heads of peaceful freaks who mocked the cowboys, and different strokes for different folks. We had to live together, and we did. D-FW AIRPORT was poorly accepted at first due to the Airtrans problem (jammed doors and stalled cars), torn baggage, and high costs (Airtrans repair and 95 cents change for a dollar). Yet the International Airport created employment (repairmen for Airtrans) and industrial opportunities; it has offered a chance for cultural outreach (one of the Airtrans repairmen was Swedish). DRIVER ' S ED: Sorry, sir, but you should have fastened the seatbelt after I pulled up the seat ... I know I should have stepped on the brake instead of the accelerator , . . Make a right turn ' But I ' m in the left hand lane . . . Back up . . . slowly . . . slowly . . . slowly . . . pole ' What pole? I didn ' t see any pole. Oh well, practice makes perfect. Hometown concert goers provide a warm welcome for out-of-towners. experiencing 15