Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Social gatherings relieve stress After completing a typical week of tedious homework assignments, grueling exams and maybe a major project or two, a Memorial student tends to search for a means of having a little weekend relaxation. Senior parties provided this break and a good time. It took little or no effort to locate a weekend party. Flyers naming the time and location were often circulated throughout the school a couple of days before the weekend. These notorious parties provided a chance for a little social gathering and a relief from school, said Ron Cochran. Although the parties were organized by the senior spirit groups, they managed to entice students of all grades levels. Many of the party hosts often found their houses and yards up to 200 people. Many students simply cruised the Memorial area on Friday and Satur- nights, hoping to discover that special house or yard overflow- with people. Parking was a pro- and partiers often had to park away. These large gatherings sometimes broken up by local residents because of loud music or il- legal parking. One problem faced by the Seniors every weekend was where to have the parties. The ideal spot that we looked for, said Cochran, was a large house where the parents didn't mind kids being rowdy. Few people wanted to have the radical parties at their houses and yet eventually someone would always volunteer. Each senior party had a theme behind it which provided the type of costume one would wear. A toga par- ty, inspired by the movie, Animal House, was one of the more in- genious themes. With the closing of the football season and disbanding of the Wranglers, the parties tended to get fewer and fewer as the year went on. Yet, whenever there was a senior party to attend, it always managed to provide good weekend entertainment. RU by Dun Booth Senior parties allow students to relax with a break from schoolwork. Seniors Cara Pinto and Dawn Iensen laugh at a funny story. Photo by Iim Tomforde. Don McClure Monique McCracken Lili McDonald Dana McDougal M G Iames c ee Doug McElree Catherine McGarry Fiona Mclsaac Andy McKay Eileen McQueeney Gigi McShan Mi e McTaggart Lance Mejia Max Mertz Melanie Meyer Scott Michaelsen Esther Miles Tracy Miller Seniors O 173

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't ff 544 adopt lot Dirty, white pebbled concrete and tar seems a strange thing to be protec- tive of, however, these materials make the senior parking lot a proud possession. It's taken us four years to get it, and now it's ours. It's a senior privilege and nobody elses, com- mented Senior Doug McElree. The parking lot serves as much more than the conventional parking lot. It is a multi-purpose area depending on the time of day, year or weather. The senior parking lot serves as a place of meeting for some 544 seniors and faculty members. Weather sometimes controls the happenings of the lot. In warm weather, the lot becomes a picnic site as students group to eat in cars and under the shade of surrounding trees. But despite sunshine or rainfall, the senior lot is a place where one can find excitement, good conversa- tion and, It's a good place to watch the Senior women walk by, said Michael Cooke. XJU by Russell Ledbetter Filled with cars, the senior parking lot provid- ed seniors with a place for doing their own thing during both lunches. Photo by Iim Tomforde. Q----4 Cara Pinto Ielyn Pizzitola Monica Pope lean Pressler Susie Prince Donald Puntch Tressie Quebe Tom Ragsdale Misti Rains Ricky Ramos Cam Randolph Dean Raney Karen Rath eber Ionny Rauch Keith Reagan Scott Reamer Bill Rice Shanon Richards Seniors 0 175