Sweeny High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sweeny, TX)

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Q X -x Of all the places to be in world, we were here. And after checking out a lot of e o P e other places we decided this Q isn 't a bad place to be. After all, it isn 't the PLACE that mat- , ters, but who is - there actively ' making it a place to In remember. The best thing is that all the places where we spent our time were really little arenas where the Sweeny way of life could be acted out to its fullest. We learned that a school isn't just a collection of buildings, but rather a collection of varied personalities simultaneously sharing the feelings and emotions of a time and space. And, somehow, the memory of this place will lodge with us forever. ln an age that quaked with change and insecurity, we each found that special place where we could be ourselves andreach for our dreams. From a small desk in a windowless classroom some of us could travel the length and breadth of the universe while, for others, the place was strictly a small desk in a windowless classroom. Some of us cringed at the thought of spending a day in ASP. For others, the experience was a convenient escape from the regimens of school life. For some, the library was a haven for quiet adventures in the pages of a good book. For others, a trip to the library would have required asking someone directions on how to get there. We expressed the variety of life within us by the places we were often seen. Some places we had in common. The halls, benches on the bus, lockers, and side walks daily displayed the variety of life on campus while Milt's, 7-1 1, Dairy Mart, and other gathering points attracted our youthfullness in droves. Though time and progress change the face of our PLA CE, for us it will never change. Each brick cries out to remind us of where we have been and, perhaps, of where we are going. gl 5 x 1, Q 5 Y X Xe 1 'Qs

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l T05: The locker. The center from which campus life tethers and a home for the tools of the student tra e. ' ABOVE: ln a circle ol unity, pep rally participants parade around the gym: the scene of many moments of Bulldog spirit. I TOP RIGHT: The roar of hall talk tremors through the K-wing locker area. tBelween-class congregations religiously kept appointments to rap about the latest developments lin student lile. MIDDLE RIGHT: Mrs. Jerri Morris oversees D-hall visitors Kelly Woodruff and Skee-Gee Dietz in the infamous think tanks of the Altemate Study Program. ' RIGHT: The freedom to be yourself an important feature of this place. Principal Joe Schuchardt chuckles at the frivolity of faculty member, Mrs. Bobbie Gaspard. FAR RIGHT: One of many local teenage stops, Milt's provides fuel for the car or body and a game of Pac-Man, il you please.

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Places 9 1 5 l I 1 1 l Although most of ju days were spent with books, pe s, paper, and all the other utensils bf our trade. we found a mountain of other THINGS to occupy ur time, our pockets, our purses,1 our closets. our dcars, our locker, and our mm s. For girl , ribbons. barrettes a dheadbands were the rifark of high 5 I f-sm wif' bm in . w W 'iff SENIQW uve I I , 1 ' g traded Levis and Wrang- lers for Calvin Klein nd Jordache designer jeans. Popular fashions bepame shared by both guys and glrm lzod, Polo. and Ocean Pacific shi y s draped our bodies while Tlddies, Nikes, or The rainbow sticker became I new symbol of peace, love. andl American way as it appeared on 1 rear glass of cars ands trucks a most anywhere it would stick. We rocked, we boogied, we n the Cotton-Eyed Joe to the mu of artists as crazy as Ted Nugi and as laid-back as Mickey Gills The price for fun junk was han to pay during the age Reaganomics, but for Swea students. there were few appan budget cuts. Sn. the mountain grew. Now, that's varietyl Topsiders covered our feet. 1 982 was the year of the Rubik 's Cube, a maddening puzzle popularized among all ages. S Q 960 Q L