San Angelo Central High School - Westerner Yearbook (San Angelo, TX)

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H 3 :ALL F L QR FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS - Autobody students try to keep this junkyard truck together during the parade. Q! I tsp I REIGNING ROYALTY - Principal Skip Casey congratulates newly crowned homecoming queen MARCHING T0 THE BEAT - Band members wait for Liga Edwafdg, their cue to start playing during the parade. Reuniting 13

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Coming hom Weeks before homecoming day arriv- ed, many campus groups began feeling the spirit of this annual event as they began to build floats to enter in the homecoming parade. As the floats began to take shape the week before the big event, anticipation increased as the nominees were narrow- ed down to five duchesses, plus the one that would eventually become Homecom- ing Queen 1983. Six seniors reigned as duchesses: Courtney Bryant, Lisa Ed- wards, Lisa Green, Patti Kisor, Liz Neslage, and Sheri Revell. At last, on the night of Oct. 21, the tiny carts escorted the six duchesses around the stadium. Tension mounted. Each girl was introduced in turn. Finally, the win- ner was revealed. I was ecstatic! exclaimed Ms. Ed- wards after she was announced homecoming queen. Her crowning was the climax to a week of special activities with the ending signified by a balloon- filled horizon. Being crowned did not change Ms. Ed- wards' lively attitude toward school spirit. She continued her cheerleading in regular fashion, but instead of wearing the cheerleading suit, she helped cheer the team to its 30-0 victory . . . in a white for- mal dress. Ms. Edwards expressed extreme hap- piness about her honor. However, she did not consider herself any different from the other five nominees. I got a few more roses and a crowng that was the on- ly difference. The other girls were just as deserving as I was, stated the homecom- ing queen. l Jerry Daniel H49 l 2 , ,,.. , 5 G E 1 r ' mi an +25--ff' ig is r fir If ,Ax MUM'S THE WORD - Ducheu Courtney Bryant, driven by senior Eliot Young, rides in a Riviera during the homecoming parade. EN

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f iz, '- , ,.r,fgf'm ,f-Q:-grszmri, The recent concern about education sparked controversy as to the place and purpose of the school in today's society. Cne idea seemed to be common to all sides of the debate . . . education should prepare a student for later life. The basic courses that all students were required to take made it possible for a person to live as an aware and con- tributing member of society. While English, math, and science prepared a student for further education, history and foreign languages provided a background in understanding current world events, While some students centered their at- tention around the academics to prepare for college, others chose to begin prepar- ing for their places in life. As a short cut to the business world, students were able to learn marketable skills through voca- tional classes. In the educational process of preparing for independence, many students took electives, such as journalism, speech, drafting, art, and homemaking, to learn more about their special interests. Whether their purpose in choosing these standard electives were for fun or for job-skill preparation, they provided a necessary facet to the total learning experience. Besides book knowledge and practical knowledge, people knowledge was an added benefit of the everyday school en- vironment. From research papers to pep rallies, students learned something about responsibilities that will be useful in later life. l Stephanie McCollum ,,,, c, ,,,. ,,, dl' NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE? - Sophomore David Putnam shows Kathy Ryln, junior. how to FRIENDSQQMANS COUN1-RYMEN sopho ldenlf-lfY bel' blood WPC- Graydon Tmsler plays the part of Julius Cac: 14 Learning an English class