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

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l l l lW'll'lTlNHi ll lT1l El l I l Long practice hours makes for near-perfect performances Though nobody really likes long, hard prac- tices, many people give up two to three hours a day trying for perfection. The Lady Jackets basketball and volleyball teams are a very good example. Practice lasts about three to four hours on some days and even longer on others. Apparently, those practices paid off, as the Lady Jackets won district. The band was lucky enough to be able to practice outside in the searing heat. During the summer they were in the band hall from 9:30 a.m. till 12 noon. Marc Guidry - 10 com- mented, We underclassmen have to walk over to the auxilary field, but the upperclassmen with cars can drive. Michael Gary - 10 said, The weather is like the school's air condition- ing and heating systems: in the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold. When it rained, the wooden instruments were damaged because of the expansion of the wood. The Swingsters had to deal with the heat, too, but with the short skirts they also had to worry about ants, Toni Fontenot - 12 said, The grass and ants got so bad I had to get my dad's lawn mower and mow the grass myself. Julie Perritt - 10 said, lt's really fun, but it's tiring and there's no time for myself. The Hussars also have to put up with many of these problems, but the students are not the only ones out there practicing. Miss Doyle, the Hussar's new sponser, said, For the sponsor, practice never stops. When the girls are prac- ticing a manuever for one week I'm busy think- ing of one for the next. If you want to get better at what you do best, it takes a lot of practice, and that's what any group has to do to become successful. For ex- ample, the football team is at school from -5 'til late at night preparing for the next big game. Randolph Brooks - 12 said, There were some days when practice totally annoyed me, but it's worth it, I love football. The team real- ly works hard by lifing weights and running plays before the games on Friday. Even though the practices were long and hard and tiring they seemed to have paid off in the end. So whether you were stuck on the courts, sweating on the track, or fainting in the fields, just remember that when UII., tour- naments, and contests rolled around it was all worth it. H10 16 TUDENT IFE OH! lSN'T THIS FUN - Julie Bollion - ll and Bob- by Teran - 10 await further instructions from Mr. Germer to correct what they have done wrong. i Photo by Joe Drago ELBOWS PULL - Varsity players Robert Holton - Photo by Ruben Worthy 12 f62j, Wallace Cook - 12 186J, Paul Cathey - 12, 16D and Derrick Johnson - 10 1891 stretch at the Dome.

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mal..-aef.aq.,.,-yt . ,,r l V 'i 4 6' Just Blame It on MURPHY If something can go wrong, it will, lt's Mur- phy's Law folks, and it applies to everyone. Nobody knows who Murphy is but he must have led a pretty hard life. Did you ever have one of those days that went wrong from start to finish? You woke up late, breakfast was cold, your favorite jeans were dirty, your car wouldn't start, the line at the attendance office was a mile long, and that was all before school started! How about the time you dediced to run the ..: swf' f ...M are Jw Y, + red light on that deserted street because there is never a cop there, and then you saw lights flashing in the rearview mirror? Remember the time you decided to stay out an extra twenty minutes because your parents are never up anyway, and you were so proud of yourself for sneaking into the house and all the way to your room without making a sound and they your turned on the light, turned around, and your parents were sitting on your bed waiting patiently for their little darling to come home? Or what about the time you decide ed not to do your Algebra because your teacher had not been taking up the homework all week long? Then you walked into the classrooms and the first words our of her mouth were, Get out your homework papers and pass them to the front of the row. And she just did not seem to believe you when you told her you were kidnapped by terrorists who thought it was plans for some secret attack. If you are thinking Murphy's Law does not apply to you then think again, because chances are while you are sitting here reading this and thinking it couldn't happen to you, the elusive Murphy is plotting your downfall. - Jennifer Shuemate THIS IS N0 TIME FOR STRETCHING - Asst. Drum Major Loren Pond - 12 stretches to pick up her baton before the half time performance while Drum Major Roxanne Balsamo - 12 continues wtih Fanfare. ,x,, The test I was about to take was going to deter- mine whether l would pass or fail English. It was a big test! My English teacher was Mrs. Smith, so you know that the test was hard and I didn't stand a chance of passing. ljust knew that I was going to fail and, sure enough, I did. Even though I studied all night long and thought that I knew the material, l made a 69 out of 100, boy was I upset! - Joey Antoine - 12. You're all set. Nobody could possibly know who you are. You've got your shades on even though it's eleven-thirty at night. You are going to ride by your ex-boyfriends house. Just as you hit the gas peddle pass the house doing 75 mph, and think everything is going to be fine. You pass by and you catch your ex-boyfriends eyes as they stare out of the window through your shades and straight into your mind. BUSTED!!! - Julie Fredeman - 12 k 'as' , . - ,f 1: ss s -,. One day I came to school thinking that everything that could go wrong, would go wrong. As it turned out everything went wrong. I had forgotten to do several of my homework assignments. On top of all of that, I almost got into 'a fight with some of my good friends over something that was uncalled for and stupid. And of course, I had six weeks of school to look forward to. Sometimes life Q'!'4'8rQ!!! James Wilson - ll T DENT IFE 15

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ONE MORE TIME - Since it's almost 5:30 Monica Scott - ll, Paige Umphrey - ll, and Marcella Patin - 12 hope this will be the last run-through for the day. vu-nu ir: Y A + WE ARE NOT PLAYING GOLF CHARLES - Varsity baseball player Charles Roccaforte - 12, swings a little too high at a badly pitched balls 19' I V NE' WN.vi,MM rr-'fda-aw , , ' ' in . me-M-Wow 4 a f Q is Hn. ., ., ..-we M. ,.a,. . M -, ,M K wi- Z . Q ,agus fit,-r?fW.'v . tint? M, ww, .A ., V A V V F I , , L Photo by Joe Drago mu, x N , 3:-for 'f'f:Q'i5 v - Y'-'V' f' TRN 'Q ,i p ug, 'si +V i'f4ffA5L?1 is 2 , sA,-, 3 . f . ,cyyfim J ' 944. w.,.,,...--1 mi X 1 K A 1-ww-vi 'llT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - Jon Walken - Ll, gets ready for a tournament by polishing up his rackhand against Carlos Meza. PRACTICE HA5N'T MADE PERFECT - Germer makes members of the band Toni Fontenot - 12, Fer- nando Rojas - 12, and Beth Dugan - ll, go through the drill for UIL again until he is satisfied. TUDENT IFE 1 7 , X . EQ I 9 , -.av Af,vf,l.,-x.,,',b':Q-,',23 S.,,.A-.f x n f ss. V' R ..,g t. M V- .4 mp.. as , ,,,,,l!,, 54' hwy-wwiggxffb l J J 'K it -Laila