McCallum High School - Knight Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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4 --m...,,-,WM ' Q STUDENTS were permitted to meet their advisors at Freshman Orientation held Friday. August 26. Advisors explained the rules at McCallum and tried to encourage freshmen to get involved in clubs and other activities offered at McCallum. Charlotte Wright was one of 474 freshmen who began classes on Auaust 29. 4 ef UNDEFEKTED IN DISTRICT PLAY, Mark Hoes: was a pitcher on the American Legion Summer baseball team that was defeated by Brazoswood in the State Regionals. Brazoswood won the best oi three game series in two contests. l-0 and 2-1. ,-.f 'l'0UH5Qlf' THE LBI LIBRARY sponsored by the social studies department was one of the first fieldtrips to be taken. Field tripskalways lack in early fall because of the reorganization of classes and the schedule shifts with weekly pep rallies. eleventh twelfth thirteeth week week week fourteenth week qgmgomefgaieef pneumonia Q, , 1 js Chokers attacks tenth victim, tt s s Freshman Orientation, Fim11DdY0fBqI1G vmsuy Football Festival workouts start 2 2 2 9 First day of school EMS pmsley die, gf q 2 3 Teachers return to school Legal tor person 18 or hem, snuck older to ride a motor- Varsity football team cycle without a helmet Son of Sam suspect gets ghoeg , 2 4 3 1 1 Son oi Sam declared arrested Elvis fans view The paranoid and mentally King for the last' time ' inC0mP9i9Hl to Stand Plane crashes on Airport Elvis Presleyfs funeral Varsity Football gets I .- trial K Boulevard killing one held in Memphis ' 'K contact equipment . K Summer ended K 6 1 12 19 13 20 Illlllliif 7

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Extra leisure weeks AISD service center employee. Mr. Bill Martin. tightens a screw in the front doorway under the watchful eye of Mr. W.A. Sloan, principal. Final renovation steps were completed in late September. cut by extra classes, jobs fContinued from page 42 a few weeks l found out that l would rather be outside having fun while l could before school started again, said Greg Veldman, While other activities could be enjoyed freely, a small group of Mac's boys were competing for the state championship in American Legion baseball. Atter winning district with a 10' 10 record, the Knights met Brazoswood in the state regionals. The team traveled to Brazoswood for the first game and was defeated in the seventh inning by a score of I-O. The Knights were again defeated by the Eucaneers at House Park 2-I in the second game of the ' ' series. Other extracurricular activities often stopped students from enjoying a full summer. For instance, band and Blue Brigade Cut the regular summer in half for many students, luly 16 started the morning practices which lasted approximately three to four hours every morning. Summer school which started I une 6 and lasted until luly 29 also made the summer shorter for those who had to attend special courses. Though not all enjoyed the summer in the same way, most agree that it was much better than having the daily routine of getting up early and studying into all hours of the night. This made the first day of school less and less enjoyable to- look forward to. ' ' But, unlike other previous years, ' - A the school year for 1977-1978 was postponed one full week, which gave students an extra seven days of freedom. Even though it was a later date than originally planned, classes resumed on August 29. 6 summer PRESENT at Buck-to-School Night. Blue Brigade members helped parents find their childrerfs classrooms and teachers by either giving them a map or showing them how to get to the room. ff 7? so 'wi j I . dwg- is Ari ,-1 lrs. Q T .ref J eighth week ninth week tenth week UT's tour day orientation starts 17 18 19 20 21 i 2 2 1 1 Mast-raises LBI6-1 i ii 7' Play-offs K , , K after winning Zone 1 K 1 1 LSI talls 8-4 toklllac: ' ' ' 'Mac Wins District 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Texas Legislature votes to hold oft the start of school by one week Atl-iiest Center opens in Austin Unemployment rule up 4.798 Choker claims seventh victim Mac loses to Brazoswood 1-0 in first round oi Regional Play-oils End of Summer School Brazoswood wins I best of three series with a 2-l victory and 2-0 series win Son of Sam llllls liith 31 victim and injures another AUGUST Carter wants to ease pot smoking penalties Band and Blue Brigade march in opening day of Aqua Festival Parade Son ot Sam claims sixth victim

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8 The noise, th au the ll un :rss ells ring, drums play, the . crowds start pouring into the gym. The band goes to their seats and the crowd quiets down. Oh, when the Knights, go marching in . . The football team enters, half limping on crutches. The crowd goes wild clapping and singing in time with the band. When the Knights go marching in . . . Players file in to their seats as confetti flies and banners wave. Go, Knights, beat'em, beat'em . . . Blue Brigaders, Brigadettes and the rest of the crowd cheer as the fight song ends, Ml-IR shouts obscenities while each class screams their motto. So began another pep rally. No matter how many games we lost, spirit seemed to stay up - if only in class competition. Even if the pep rally was dead, everyone would scream and yell for their class in competition They really raised spirit and were a lot of fun, commented twirler Terri Schaefer. Round Rock was the first rival for the fighting Knights. Spirits were high because it was the first game for an untested team. Roll over Round Rock was the theme and rock they did. lt was a great pep rally. Everyone had so much spirit. We were so sure we were going to win! exclaimed Maria Girling. The seniors won the spirit stick for the first game which boosted their enthusiasm. After the Knights won 20-19, spirit grew higher. The sophomores won the next spirit stick over- whelmingly. 'The football team had won once so we were sure we could do it again, said Jeannie Robert- son. They boys were supposed to Boil the Ricebirdsu but nothing was even warm for the Knights, 39-O. Shine on to victory pep rally- against arch-rivals the Anderson Trojans had students wearing sunglasses of all shapes and sizes, ' Anderson was one of the best pep I Continued on page 101 spirit ,J . i T I A 'Q l X, t .',. i z 1 A 3 a w- 2 f yt- , fig , if t ' Agia as . A'r'rEMP'1','ro ENCOURAGE A VICTORY, Blue Brigaders Stella Youngblood yells lrorn the stands at Burger Center. The enthusiasm fell short as the Knights lost their ninth straight game 19-18, and ended the season 1-9. E s N11 A it ,ti A7 M , - ' -.-Sk 'Y . f A Xl 'V fi f We 1 +L? v X S 1 K .f APPLAUSE from Christy Williams and other Blue Brigaders boost the football players at the Lanier pep rally. Pep rallies were held within a special activity or advisory period lor the first time. HATS WERE COMMON on seniors at the LBI pep rally. Iohn Briones and a filled gym rooted the Knights onto play with the Iaguars. To no avail LBI won 45-l 4.