Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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▲Hooray for our team. |immv Carroll celebrates a Scott Frost field goal by yelling a few words of en- couragement onto the field. Photo by Nathan Schwade. ◄Wiggle worm. Michael Washington fights for extra yardage against a stingy Tyler defense. Photo by Nathan Schwade. yers. Because of the close quarters of bus. many athletes succumbed to sole cramps and had to squeeze their y into the aisle to stretch their scles back out. 'he drill team. band, pep squad and er spectators mostly just slept the loss until their arrival back at Skyline at very late hour of 11:45 p.m. Student life 15

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Another one rides the bus At first glance, one might have thought a big problem existed. There on the school calendar read the ominous: the football team played Robert E. Lee High School away — at Tyler. Texas. The town of 14,500 was almost 80 miles from Dallas. Surely no one would make the one and one-half hour drive out to the rose capital of the world just to see a football game. But with the combined efforts of Senate sponsor Diane Hranicky. Prin- cipal Frank Guzick and Charles Tuckey, student activities coordinator, this sup- posed problem was turned into a positive force and was used as a means of bringing the entire student body together, something that many students felt was sadly lacking in past years. 10 buses were ordered for the trip to Tyler, with students paying $7.50 for a bus and game ticket. The idea caught on so quickly, all buses were sold out within two days. My only regret.” said Mrs. Hranicky. is that we had to limit the number of buses going. I wish we could have had as many buses as possible. but we couldn’t since it was an experimental thing. The students' behavior was so good, though, that trips like this in the future will be planned. Everything worked out real well.” Students entertained themselves go- ing to the game by talking, playing cards and singing various rock, soul and camp songs. Some just sat and stared out the window amid all the noise and confu- sion. No one wanted to make too much trouble since at least one adult sponsor. ► Bussed-ed. Weary students unload coolers, cushions and other possessions from Trailways buses after their arrival back at Skyline. Photo by Nathan Schwade. ANothing doing, Lance McCutchen hangs his head sullenly after a last-minute interception by Tyler Lee ices the game. Photo by Nathan Schwade. ►Seeing Red. Coach Red McCollum stops to chat before the game with his friend and fellow coach from Tyler Lee while players from both teams warm up around them. Photo by Nathan Schwade. including Mr. Guzick. was in the front of each bus as chaperones for the trip. After arriving in Tyler via the Trailways buses, students entered Tyler's Rose Stadium greeted by such un-welcoming banners as. Go Home Dallas” and, Dallas — no way.” But this didn't fire the football players into gaining a victory. They lost 7 to 3 to even their overall record to 2-2. The ride home was generally not an exciting one, especially for the football 14 Student life

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Boredom highlights filming Is Skyline going to be the next Hollywood? Probably not. but if one had passed Skyline during the summer, one might have thought so. While students were on vacation. Kestrel Films filmed a major motion picture. The film- ing continued through the first two weeks of the fall semester. About 100 Skyline students were ex- posed to the ■'glamorous life of movie stars. Much to the students' dismay, making a major motion picture wasn’t as much fun as they had anticipated. Waiting, takes and retakes soon drained the students of their enthusiasm. Senior Scott Watkins remarked. I thought it would be exciting. Instead it was boring. It wasn't at all glamorous. 25 of the 100 students were involved in a classroom scene. Other students were involved in the musical scene or as background extras. American history teacher Leonard Davis was responsible for the student cast. In the classroom scene, the star of the movie. Karen Young, teaches a Texas history class. In order to keep the classroom scene natural, director Tony Garnett in- structed students to use their own names and to act as they normally would in class. Mark Garay interpreted this as an opportunity to tell jokes. When asked who was killed at the Alamo. Mark responded. John Wayne.” Karen Malone also enjoyed doing the classroom scene but felt it was monotonous and boring. We sat there and sat there. We had to do everything eight times.” she explained. As for the band and choir members, boredom was a word seldom heard. Unlimited hours of studying lines and rehearsing kept them preoccupied. Junior Stephanie Johnson commented. “Few people realize how much work and repetition is involved in just one Continued on Page 19 ►Say cheese. Shooting pictures for publicity for Kathleen was Deanna Newcones' job. She follow- ed the crew from set to set. state to state. Photo by Karl Pranie 16 Student life