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

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. 157 TWELFTH . Locking out night, sturdy chains prevent doors from being opened till the next morning, nd the day's routine begins anew. 2. Hoping for a spot on the JV squad, would-be cheer- v aaders practice routines before tryouts. 3. Students Whittle away at D-Hall time while Mr. , homas takes roll. 'Y -,fi I .-.L . Y ,V . 'r 'A Pat O'Connor Joey Oestrick xy of t'1' ft 4 Q 1. ,. - ff .. f, -, L ' i V . lg, Jane Ann Parker Joe Parker 5-, Hd . 3 X Michael Peschka Becky Petterson y .i . , , ' J-aw-b' we 4.1 , e, 'x h! if-' i John Picciandra Kathy Pool f s 1 I f , , A 5- A . X . . , E 1 ,Q L5 1 ' Q ' 11- . -. ' l V A . ff. ala.. - I . L ' I' I-I ' ' :T . ' ' .xlfffk Lisa Protsman John Purnell

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l5o Usually deserted after the 3:30 dismissal bell, the school building takes on a tranquility as the main- tenance workers chain and lock the doors. Students remaining mosey on to D-Hall or to various meetings and activities. Away from the main building, the band hall walls bounce back to the jazz ensemble members who har- moniously offer them into the air. On non-ensemble days, however, trumpets, drums, horns and flutes uuuu .. Caldwe late to attack and grade a large stack of daily assignments, the shouts of V-l-C-T-O-R-Y at such unexpected times, jar the senses. When the last students, faculty members, coaches, musicians, cheerleaders, and D-Hall regulars finally take leave of school, sundown has arrived. Left to complete their tasks, maintenance workers clean in solitary silence, they turn off lights in each hallway, signifying completion of the routine. But wait! Was that a key turning at an outside door? Students arriving at night? To practice Ger- man dances, to help set up for Back to School Night, to prepare for PASF convention, to work on science projects. . . - Darcy lvloLeod offer a cacaphony of disjointed rehearsal tones. Private practice rooms, built with special sound deadening walls hold musicians practicing or performing for a pri- vate teacher. On the practice fields, athletes run laps, struggle with exercises formulated to build muscles, alert- ness and agility all at once, or strive for a perfect serve depending upon the season. Back in the usually calm main building, cheerleaders split their time between sign-painting and per- fecting difficult routines. Although most painting is done in August, occasionally a few, last-minute signs are whipped up before a spe- cial event. For faculty members remaining Soto

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158 Western Day Features Contests, Campus routines succumbed to games and festivities as students broke from the monotony of school to participate in West- ern Day. Feather fingered Herbie Cohen and Keith Adams dazzled the spectators with an egg toss of more than 100 feet to win first place while the equally graceful seniors tossed in the towel to give the freshmen a victory in the Tug-of-War. The arm wrestling victors were Robin Clearman, Barney Bigham, Mark Macha and Emily Berthoff. 1. Billy Clark and Harry Hill fight it out during the quar- terfinals ot the arm wrestling tournament, 2. Ms. Mary Lee Moeller gets all dudded up, while Mike Peska chooses an Indian costume. 3. Mike displays a com- plete lndian headdress. 4. Tugging hard, the senior class competes against the sophomores in the Tug-of- War contest. 5. For the second straight year, the soph- M 31 '. 'Q A A . . I Caldwell omores lost the preliminaries ofthe Tug-of-War. 4- 5 Nia .NW N. A R we WU .1 ,git- ff 5 , ya. v' .iv Q . 8 A 1 ,W mf fi ' W' .5 'ff A '36 v f. 1