MacArthur High School - Crest Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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In an effort to fight the rising prices, Connie iVIatysek attempts to place two calls for the price of one. t U V TARDY: Good morning, Mrs. Attendance Lady. Whaa . . . me? Late? Your clock doesn ' t say the same as my watch— are you sure your ' s IS right? Well, mygerbil ate the alarm clock, you see. No? I hit somebodyon the wayand thought I ' d better stop. Uh . . . uh . . . OK, I ' ll go straight to class. Thanks. TAXES: When your dad starts withholding taxes from your allowance, the taxing business has gone too far. Sales tax, income tax, social security— and they won ' t even let me claim my dog as a dependent; he eats as much as I do. If the government needs a loan, I ' ll be happy to help out, as long as they catch me after the Prom. TELEPHONES: Find a dime and dash for the phone. Gotta call Mom, left my project at home! Put the dime in the slot and then wait for the tone (I ' m late for class now— in the hall all alone). Suddenly I notice a sign on the wall, I let out a scream that crumbles the hall, Gas prices are high, but thisbeats itall! Now it costs a quarter just to make a phone call. ULCERS: Persistently irritating little things that are fairly easy to procure in the average high school career. They are brought about by an overflow of notecards, tests, and projects and a lack of time, money, and quiet. But there is nothing wrong with acquiring ulcers m high school; besides being status symbols, they prepare us for the real world. UNITY: For once, it does not seem farcical to mention a sense of unity. Before, only the cheerleaders and a few others really felt it. This year, even the so-called freaks joined the formerly sparse poster party crew to encourage a team that was winning. Formerapatheticschipped in to the Larry Harper Fund. The atmosphere was definitely different; whether it was due to any single factor in particular or to the general realization that more of value can be accomplished by a basically unified student body is hard to determine. VACATIONS: Hot dog! Fifteen more minutes and I ' m through. I ' ll have the whole summer to myself! No more homework. Oh, yeah! From now on it ' s just lying around the house watching soap operas and being bored out of my mind. experiencing 23

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q r s QUIZZES: The class was a little too rowdy. With a slightly sneering eye, the teacher makes the simple statement, Take out one sheet of paper and the rowdiness becomes panicked frenzy. Mumbling a desperate )ust give us a few minutes, they hurriedly scribble a brief outline of the Renaissance Period on their forearms. REALITY IS a concept easily lost in the rush right— rush left, about face— forward march pace of school. A basic adjustment facing graduating Seniors is determining the differences between reality and the world in which they have been living for 18 years. RECESSION: The bnly thing I know about economics is that unemployment and inflation are not supposed to co-exist. Well, with bubble gum spiraling to 2 centsand me facing a breadline, I would venture to guess that we have broken a law of nature somewhere ... only in America. RELIGION: A man ' s personal relationship to God, if he acknowledges His existence, is far more important than the way he tells others of that relationship. So religion may be more controversial a subject than it should be— God is God, whether worshipped in a cavernous tabernacle with hundreds of others or sought out privately by one troubled man. SEASONS seem to lose their separateness for the student. They run into one blur called the school year (except, of course, for summer). Too often the crispness of autumn air goes unnoticed, along with the crystal dead stillness of winter, and most sadly, the conception and birth of a new spring. SENIOR PICTURES: You finally went to the barbershop at your parents ' insistence; half of your hair had already surrendered to the floor before you remembered that senior pictures were that afternoon. Then you remembered the milkshake, fried fish, and onion rings you ate the night before and you could feel your complexion sneering at you. But you went to the studio, anyway. Somehow, you managed to have your eyes closed in every proof— and know that you couldn ' t possibly let anyone see a final monstrosity. As the proofs go up in flames, you wonder if your whole senior year will be like this. SPOTS: With the advent of the 18- year-old adult, that birthday became a glorious celebration. Instead of the bowling alley or Fun Rallye, Friday night ' s agenda might include Travis Street, Our Place, The Beggar, or Red Dog. S-. Four inches of snow in March surprised everybody, but the pleasure was short lived. Acting as Cupid ' s helper, Brenda Bashara delivers personalized Valentine carnations. 22 experiencing

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W X WADING; The scene in the old days took place in a quiet meadow, lo soothe ttie tiied teet, a person indulging in this simple pleasure would roll up the pants legs, and splash around in a crystal clear country stream. ] he babbling brook has been replaced by a duck pond, and the new breed of waders must be more adventurous, braving typtioid, swamp lever, mad duck bites, leeches, and about lU leet ot slimy silt. Simple pleasures are the best WALKING: You might lemember it as an archaic sport practiced by bored neanderthals, I heonly people who do it today are stiange poets and old men. It has been predicted that by the year 21UU, man will have regressed to the amoeba stage, with protuberances just long enougti to press down a power brake or accelerator pedal, WANDERING: Wandering can be done with teet, mind, or spirit, hoot wandering can result in sore legs and a lack ot knowledge as to one ' s whereabouts. Mind wandering can result in bizarre tliouglits and low quiz grades, bpint wandering can lead to poetry and the disturbance ot well-being. WINDOWS: Windows aie a torture device created by some sadist in charge ot school design during tlie Dark Ages, there is nottiing more pamtui than a lecture about coordinating coniunctions in the same room with an open window ttiat IS letting in all the siglits, sounds, and smells ot spring. X: X marks the spot. X plus Y equals Z. X shortens Christmas. X means you missed the problem. ' X makes xylophone a strange looking word. X makes writing yearbook copy extremely difficult. XMOTOPY: A mythical creature who made words hard to pronounce. An ancestor of pneumonia and psychiatrist and natural enemy to English students everywhere. X-RATED means thatwhatpeopledo on the screen is very bad for you if you are 17 years and 364 days old, but suitable if you are 18. On a beautiful, spring day Mans sadistic nature is displayed in the library ' s expansive windows through which students may look, but rarely venture forth. 24 experiencing