Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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More often than not, too little credit is given our teachers and instructors. Those of us iCIass of '58i who are now looking back surer realize this. Few of us would ever graduate under the age of twenty-one if our teachers didn't, make, caiole, and fineg- gle us into doing those things we would rather not do. Of course, free three-day vacations were necessary in some instances i uh-Umm. When that unbelievable day of graduation comes, though, we realize that the credit is split three ways teacher, mother, and, Somebody up there must like me! After the long haul, itwelve or more unnerving yearsi, has been made and we've found our Place in the sun, we may one day meet someone who wasn't able to complete their education, and thus benefit, and say, There, but for the grace of God and my teachers, go I. A Regular Guy . . . according to his stu- dents, is Mr. Lindeman iPhysiology, Biol- ogy, and old frogsi. All enioyed his lec- tures . . . particularly the one concerning his phobia about the Humane Society, and what they do to Biology teachers who literally pick on poor, dumb, animals.

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TJ - INSIDE OUT OR Things you didn? see if you didn't go to school . . . much. Difficult Decisions In the Cafeteria . . or Here Goes Nothing . . Back in Linelu or HThe Long Wait by Mickey Spillyourmilk Happy Faces or Pardon Me For Laughing, Dear, But There's Some thing on . . , '

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The excitement of going to State . . . A . . with all the trimmings foo. CHRISTMAS............... The holiday season of '57 brought, be- sides the customary gleeful Things such as, NO school, gramma's, divinity, Santa Claus, daddy's charge account for daddy's gift, parties, parties, parties, Mid-night Mass and Christmas eve candlelight services, . . THE Game also the honor of The 4-AAAA state finals. The eighteen days of grace passed quickly. We all made our usual New Year's resolu- tion, lno more hooky-flu l, and . . . Chrislmas at school . . .