Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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boot S Xmxg gi SXQWXSA' E H 53 E th Q.-5 sages K of sis Soto -47 L. Helm 1. Melissa Fehrenkamp models a popular skirt-plus-boots fall fashion. 2. Hoping to avoid scrapes and bruises, Mark Eshelman zips downhill on a skateboard. 3. Rosemary Bennett, Ciift Bowman, Ricky Nelson and Mary Lynn Putnam take advantage of open campus and lunch at a local drive-in. 4. Although it's more time consuming thaneating out, Becky Brad- shaw and Wes Courtney prepare their noon meal at home. 5. Wearing window pane denim, Janet Sparks indulges in one of her favorite pastimes - people watching.

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aiaweii I I tal 84 ailllv anlfe Qfpz Q . 1. Paul Wakefield hands the keys for a new bus to driver Ms. Della Edwards. 2. Dave the photographer sets up for a senior por- trait session using Bud Soto as a model. 3. Parents and teachers meet, mingle and munch during Back-to-School night. 4. Enthusiastic sixth graders jostle for camera position after a middle school pep rally. 5. Ms. Alveena Rotramel, new to the teaching staff, discusses single survival, a new coedu- cational quarter elective. 6. Color-coded absentee cards helped teachers combat tru- ancy in their classes. 7. Tina Morris, concen- trating on an art project, sculpts in clay, School began Aug. 25, 1975 and ended May 28, 1976. ,Z P3

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l l l l Where trends begin really doesn't mat- ter, what matters is their popularity and longev- ity after the fads sift down to Westlake. Levi's, long skirts, boots, skateboards, neck scarves, plus shorter hair styles for both sexes enjoyed rerun status. Rabbit coats, leisure suits, liquid silver, puka shells, Earth shoes, mood rings and turquoise survived long enough for every- ,.,g,, one to have one. Levi's popularity spilled over into denim suits, JW i xg, skirts, jackets and purses, emphasizing a casual look. The great demand for denim products pro- duced a shortage as manufacturers couldn't sup- ply enough. Mood rings disappointed a few wearers when their mystique was destroyed. instead of revealing one's true emotions, the rings indicated body temperature. ,V More people walked uphill in Earth shoes, C 1- Fioots and Nature Soles. Perhaps the stiff compe- .gf-gui tition convinced the Earth shoe makers to design '-:Q new styles. In any case, new shoes, boots, san- dals and open toes appeared to round out the f's C35'fg ,y line. ' jgyf. --L H lf students weren't walking uphilI, they . walked downhill in platform shoes. Guys and gals ,., klunked or padded around, depending on the s H! j composition of the soles. - r Brave souls who preferred zooming downhill to I either of the above mentioned, found skateboards R., 1 1 to their liking. Unfortunately, the newly designed, gk' La, supposedly safer boards, weren't. Several injuries rang- ty ing from simple scrapes to serious lacerations and a broken 533.1 f it arm or two resulted. CB's, a safe, expensive communication skills builder, was fun - unless it was ripped off. Prices ranged from fifty to several hundred dol- g' - A lars. . , x--P it HHH-eee-rrr-III-ppp, a word more swallowed than spoken, rang through the halls. The word had no particular meaning, but nerd, an expression bor- fi rowed from the popular TV show Happy Days, proclaimed the speakers attitude toward his fellow students. i Further influence of the boob tube surfaced in the form of the Vulcan greeting, Live Long and Prosper. Local Trekkies followed the adventures of Spock, Captain Kirk and crew after school daily, and delighted in the plots and special effects of the reruns. Only a few con- verted to Space: 1999 True Enterprise followers viewed the newcomer with disdain. - DiAnna McGill