Winston Churchill High School - Chancellor Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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f? 5T wr' , . ckingham Queen Alison Buckley suffered an ulcer attack just prior to her prom-time coronation. IS rushed her to a hospital, and senior Donny Munford rushed to her aisle space in the royalty zsentation ceremonies. Escorting him is Kyle Smith. A four-legged, two-headed, double- jointed zerleader team. Lori Braveman and Janice Villarreal double-up and coordinate a split. The lladium clowns: white face and pam-poms add to the their costumes. Their tumbling routine ad- d laughs to the program. They are Front Row: Karin Heiser, Nancy Shearer, Linda McGannon, ty Hendin, Back Row: Janice Villarreal, Robbie Jean Robinson, Misty Hoggatt, Lori Braveman. zing double? Not hardly. Here is the REAL Buckingham queen, Alison Buckley, bannered and 'wned and setting off to a prom night she'll not soon forget. Seeing double? Yes. It's Donny Mun- ld again, this time at Homecoming with another escort, cheerleader sponsor Mrs. Diana umacher. fu 5. ,Q-.. . 'M I. .... Nu! We ls 143 'W v 5 l Doublethink means the holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them. For exam- ple, we prepare for war in order to preserve peace, and we even call the worst of our weapons Peacekeeper, a classic doublethink word. We speak of life insurance when we all know it concerns death. We say a recession is negative economic growth and call our prisons correc- tional facilitiesf' If you're fired you're nonretained or selected out. Politi- cians refute yesterday's announcements by saying that now they are non-operative. Orwell said, If thought cor- rupts language, language can also cor- rupt thoughtf' In the novel Orwell set forth the ultimate corruption of language, Newspeak The object of Newspeak was to narrow the range of human thought through the narrowing of language, literally reducing the size of the vocabulary so that there were no words to express heretical ideas. The in- tention was to make a sort of verbal shorthand, to make speech as nearly as possible independent of consciousness. Words such as goodthink, bellyfeel, uncold,,' joycamp, fullwise, are ex- amples of this vocabulary. Other words from our own time could be added as examples of pre- sent day Newspeak: think tank, data bank, big wig, high tech, mass transit, motorcade, output, in- put ', rip off, time frame firm up l 7 7 tone down, non-white, uncola,' . . . power of

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IS there in our 1984?

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s 4 1 Our 1984 is not 0rweII's Despite present day Newspeak, doublethink, and Big Brother technology, our 1984 is not Orwel1's. If some of 1984's predictions have come true, most have not. They have not come true because of authors such as Orwell, who write books that alert us to danger. In our awareness of danger we provide safeguards. We pro- mote private enterprise, a free and open press, and free and varied libraries, and these prevent the truth tampering depicted in the novel. If in- formation is suppressed or tampered with in one publication, it is likely to be exposed in another. If the Post doesn't tell it the Enquirer willglf wedontsee it at 6:00 on Five or Four, we'11 catch it' at 9:00 on 20-20. We can stick with Time and Newsweek and National Review or we can look at Rolling Stone. We can read George Orwell. We use our Newspeak to enlarge and enrich our language instead of to reduce it. We analyze our doublethink and keep an in- vestigative eye on Big Brother. These safeguards against totalitarianism are not built-in, they are not an automatic adjunct to democracy. Our humanism and dignity must be constantly watch- ed, frequently chronicled. Such chronicles serve as watchdogs and it was Orwell's purpose with his novel to unleash one of those watchdogs. His 1984 bark is for his time, our time, and future time. ii Eleanor Shanks and Kim Harvey are instrucl in the making of silkscreens by Mrs. Cathy So Facing Page: Andy Duke and Shelley Wilson , wet in the Piccadilly dunking booth sponsored RIC Club. Lori Latham does the honors. Ch Taylor and Carl Ohlenbusch, Palladium buf kiss the air around Claire White's face. Ancl Club raises money at Piccadilly by selling pick private enterprise in action. Underclassm Honor Society made a brick wall goal poster, the second half of the Brazoswood game, and 1 wall had a message. Hugh Patterson, 83, outri the MacArthur Brahmas. During their period aides, Chris Robillard and Leigh Hannasch ta advantage of what the library offers. If s M is 55 1 if