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

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1-i 89 Pressures of Many Types ELEVENTH Pressure began on Tuesday for Hyline dancers during football season when sponsor Ms. Barbara Loomis and the offi- cers required tryouts for a position on Friday night's high kick line. The girls did not like to spend Friday evenings in the stands, rather than performing on the field, if they did not make the line. Before the actual performance, the Iancers were nervous and ex- ited. They felt pressure to make very performance a better one. he reactions of Ms. Loomis: l'm lisappointed with the dancers then they make mistakes, but l'm pt angry. Making a noticeable mis- ike is punishment enough. I feel ressured by the audience and iyself, also, for the girls to perform Tell. I love to turn an audience on ru 5 9 m O E34 ff L Caldwell ' , 'Q'- ..- .ulifm Nvi- Xl. O DL ct 2 m and have them be receptive to our hard work. Even those whose schedule included no extracurricular activities wilted under the pres- sure ol routine school life. The pressure of study for a test, finishing a term paper, and completing homework always seemed to make students put aside activities they would rather be doing. - Denise Dyer Robert Depwe Barbara Dietz Tommy Dye Allen Dyer ff' yl G I I Denise Dyer Mechille Elliott Steve Ellis Mark Efier Ken Fannin David Foster Jay Frasch Steve Geiger Mark Qeissen L Goefh

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88 Surviving Means Fighting, Qvercomfng Few students escape the inevitable pressure of school activities. The more students involve themselves, the more pressure they face - from striving to reach a personal goal, to meeting the expectations and demands of friends, teachers, and parents. Many parents pressure their children to excel in academic endeavors along with the extracurricular activities. For a student like Charles Allen, vvhose pressure is self-inflicted, study time is a Iuxuryg time for just goofing around is non-existent. Grades present a lot of pressures, explains Charles, I try to do my best in everything I do. I have to budget my time and learn to do the most important things first. Charles said he found that the best colleges were also hard to get in to. l-le filled out all sorts c applications. he feels that college i the biggest pressure he face because it determines his positiol for the rest of his life. Participating in solo and ensem ble contest pressured Jim Flutan Because the Flutans live many miles from the city, one of Jim's pressures was getting to con- tests on time. It was not unusual for him to set his alarm for 5 am. on contest days to assure himself enough time to load his percussion instruments and have ample time to make the drive. A year ago Mike Quigley and Teal Carroll vvon individual honors in state competition. In comparing last year's struggle tc win the AA mile run and singles ten- nis championships to today's striv- ing to keep their titles, Mike anc Teal found they felt differently abou' the ordeal. g I'm scared everytime I think about it, but if I vvasn't scared, I wouldn't work as hard in practice. said Teal. I don't think there is any reason I should lose if I have the ablity to win. CTeal repeated her victoryj Mike feels confident, but still a little nervous and scared. I-le hoped to do even better in 1976, stating that he'd be disappointed if he lost. I don't vvant to be just the best in the AA race, I want to be the best in all classes. live had the experience of being here before. CMike placed second this yearj When Donnie Haynes first came to Westlake, he knew it vvasn't going to be easy being the only black. He felt pressure from himself, as well as from teachers and other students to do his best in school activities. External pressures abated as Donnie found friends and acceptance among the faculty and students.

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90 Debate clubbers decided to emphasize fun rather than winning, as conflicts popped up throughout the year. Members, busy with out- side activities, complicated by sponsor Ms. Shirley Stages, split middle schoolfhigh school schedule made a regular meeting almost impossible. Undaunted, however, three teams advanced to regional. Retail marketing and merchandising educa- tion formed the core of Distributive Education. Students' class efforts paid otf as Joy Butler, Linda Daugherty and Eric Geiusler won in competition. t Soto m exe, T' 'Mt 3 ig 1' I :l tr ' 2 12 1 1. Charlie Allen and Larry Parsons practice tor regional. 2. Shawn O'Connor prepares tor Halloween. 3. Steve Lewis, Lou Ann Kunshick and Ronnie Milton hang curtains between spookhouse walkways. 4. Joy Butler waits on Danae Durio at Westlake Phar- macy. L Heim it L Helm ...-.,.c wi