McCallum High School - Knight Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Economy, Ecology, Exercise Bicycling has seen a change over The pasf few years. A new popularify has broughT back This Timeless TransporTaTion in masses To children and adulfs everywhere. Bicycles were invenfed in The laTe eighTeenTh cenTury and were perhaps The firsT sTep Toward horseless TransporTaTion. lmprovemenfs were made and The UniTed STaTes saw iTs mosT acTive bicycling period beTween l880 and l900. Are we on The Threshold of a new bicycling age? As always, bicycles are popular wiTh The younger children, buT advance- menTs have made The bicycle more appealing To The older high school-college sTudenT. Economy is an imporTanT consideraTion To many people. A small car cosfs from 52500 To S3000, while an excellenf ,qualify Ten-speed can be purchased ToTher Traffic warning signs apply To for around SIOO. Ecology is a new issue wiTh greaf impacf on The bicycling craze. There are no fumes To escape from a bicycle To polluTe The air. Exercise and healTh reasons can be The cause for many To Turn To bicycles insTead of cars. Ten-speeds have made Transporfafion easy, buT by no means as easy as a car. Bicyclisfs are expecfed To obey all rules seT for The safeTy of moTorisTs. LighTs, sfop signs, yield signs, and eff bicyclisfs and moTorisTs alike. Severe accidenfs have happened To pedesTri- ans caused by careless bicyclisTs. Being run inTo by a bicycle can resulf in fracTures, bumps. bruises: much The same iniuries received if hiT by a car. The bicyclisT can even iniure himself by carelessly wearing I8 inch bells flapping in The breeze iusT waifing To be caughT up by The man-eaTing chain. Shoes are also sensible accessories if your feeT are fond of your Toes. OT course. one is more Tempfed To go barefoof in 800 weafher Than a frigid 400, buT safeTy counTs all year round. Bicycles are noT danger-free, and many moTorisTs sTill find Them a nuisance and will do iusT abouT anyThing To pass Them, including running Them down. BicyclisTs and moTorisTs musf waTch ouT for each oTher. One of AusTin's mosT recenf changes is seen on 'The drag' on Guadalupe. The curb-side parking has been eliminaTed on The campus side of The sTreeT and replaced by bicycling lanes, which are similar To moTor Traffic, buT They are narrower and are painTed a brighT orange. There are Two lanes on which bicyclisT may Travel undis- Turbed by aufomobile Traffic. If an aufomobile is caughT park- ing or driving on These lanes, a Traffic violaTion is given To The moTorisT. Where once There was nofhing aT McCallum, There are now bike racks, filled To capacify wiTh all kinds and colors of bicy- cles. On an average non-rainy day, one could counT as many as four dozen or more bicycles siTuaTed around campus. They were conglomeraTed by chains To lamp posTs, bike racks, Trees, buildings, cars, and even oTher bicycles. Bicycling has creafed a compeTiTion for The besT and mosT beaufiful on wheels. Money is sfashed and saved iusT as ear- nesTly as for a car. Careful selecfions are made for The color and sTyle according To The fuTure owner's TasTes. European ,ITU ' bicycles wiTh unpronounceable names I i, TI3 , are mosT popular for The mosT impres- l fiflvl-Yi sionable seT of wheels. Tires are kicked, TesT drives are Taken, and The final selecfion is made. Once biking mania hiTs, iT is incura- ble. Added expendifures can creep in for pumps ThaT Iafch onTo The midbar of The bike. Pedal sTraps To keep The feef in place, odomefers To regisfer mileage and oTher added luxuries can add To The iniTial cosT. For The True fanafic, beverages can be placed in aTTachable holders. MosT riders also own backpacks To accomodaTe addi- Tional accessories. AfTer so much cold cash is spenT on such an insTrumenT, iT is undersTanda- ble ThaT an affecfion grows for The machine. One cyclisT expressed. My bike is my baby. When iT hurTs, l hurT, and my pockeTbook cries. Anofher considerafion in buying a bicycle is where To sTore The prize. Occurences such as The following are common: My parenTs boughf a beaufiful new Ten-speed for my graduaTion presenT. Before The ceremony, l Took iT ouT To ride. ThaT nighT, l Took iT and puf iT in The garage. The nexT morning iT was gone. ThefT is predominanT during The winTer monThs. Cyclisfs can choose from varying weighfs of chains and locks. AlThough These do noT guaranfee The safeTy of The bicycle owner, They are helpful precaufions. ls The new bicycling rage here To sTay or will iT fade back inTo The hisTory from whence iT came? The conveniences are Too many, and The inconveniences are Too few To eliminafe bicycling as a popular sporT and pracfical Transporfafion.

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SpiriT!I6 School spiriT is a feeling or a way in which each individual expresses himself Toward an evenT or happening. BuT can you define whaT school spiriT is To you? AT firsT glance, one is compelled To Think of TooTball and pep rallies. SpiriT is parTicipaTion in acTiviTies cenTered around sporTs. ln essence, This is The de'FiniTion of school spiriT. Schools are raTed as spiriTed if They confinuously have fanTasTic reacTions in backing aThleTic Teams. According To This basic inheriTed idea, McCallum would come under The caTegory of spiriTed. Where does This leave The academic-minded sTudenTs? Now walk ouTside of The heaTed, boisTerous gym. On a Typical fall pep rally day, bodies and books could be seen for yards sTrewn on The grass. The afmosphere was dramaTically calm, and a fainT echo of The school song drifTed from The direcTion of The gym. A group of black sTudenTs could be seen gafhered around a porTable Tape deck moving wiTh The moods. Cars drove by wiTh familiar faces of sTudenTs laughing and Talking. Smi'Hie's KnighT-a- Burger produced smells of hamburgers frying. AT McCallum, This was noT an odd scene. Some of These sTudenTs were honor sTudenTs and rank near The Top in Their classes. True, There are people who have noThing To do wiTh sporTs because iT does noT inTeresT Them. They find spiriT in anoTher field. Was This The so-called apaThy applied To McCallum, or anoTher sTudenT's inTer- preTaTion of spiriT ? The definiTion of school spiriT depends on The individual. WhaT was apaTheTic To one, mighT, noT be To anofher, and vice versa. ideas of school spiriT in every defini- Tion were as differenT and as changing as The views which are Taughf here Today. Challenge of spiriT versus apafhy produces a vague buT firm conclusion in ThaT sTudenTs Today are individuals, wiTh individual inTeresTs. McCallum became an illusTraTion of ThaT conclusion.