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SPARTAN LIFE
The Year 1979

Without grabbing that yearbook (if you can find it!), just what do you remember about Pace High and senior year 1979? Let's take a stroll down memory lane...

This and That

Principal	Father William J. Hennessey
Asst. Principal/"Dean of Discipline"	Richard Perhla
Teacher of the Year	Ray Rowland
Yearbook Editor	Esther Galicia
Homecoming Queen	Dianna Cardelli
Queen's Escort	Anthony Vitelli
Winning Homecoming Float	Seniors Toga Party Float!
Miss Honey Bunny	Steve "Stephanie Cupcake" Martin
Senior Song	"The Greatest Love of All"- G. Benson
1979 Pace Players Play	A Christmas Carol: $2.00 entrance fee!
Prom Locale	Konover Hotel, Miami Beach
Graduation Locale	Dade County Auditorium
Grad Night	Disney
Senior Trip	Canada
Boy's Uniforms	Burgandy or Pink-Checked Pants, Yellow or White Polo-Style Shirts
Girl's Uniforms	Blue "jumper" dress or burgany vest & skirt/pants, white shirt
Hangouts	Burger King, Arthur Treacher's
Hot Cars	Grand Prix, Toyota Celica, TransAm

Senior Superlatives

Voted Most Intellectual	Hugo Fernandez, Herminia Ibarra
Voted Most Athletic	Stu Schnellenberger, Lisa Szymula
Voted Unsung Hero	Rene Lopez, Esther Galicia
Voted Most Likely to Succeed	Rob Martinez, Helen McGrath
Voted Most Congenial	Luis Sanchez, Vita Iacovelli
Voted Most School Spirit	Jeff Bassett, Martha Patton
Voted Best All Around	Joe Wessel, Mary Cullen
Voted Wittiest	Andre Watkins, Mary Raymond
Voted Most Talented	Ted Mizerak, Thomasena Johnson

Silver Knight Nominees

Photography	Rene Lopez
General Scholarship	Hugo Fernandez
Journalism	Esther Galicia
Social Science	Mary Cullen
Drama	Jeff Bassett
Athletics	Joe Wessel
Foreign Language	Jorge Lopez
Speech	Mary Coghlan
Music	Helen McGrath
Business Education	Joanne Barone

The Greatest Love of All (G. Benson)

I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way.
Show them all the beauty they possess inside.
Give them a sense of pride, to make it easier;
let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

Everybody's searching for a hero; people need someone to look up to.
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs.
A lonely place to be,and so I learned to depend on me.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow.
If I fail, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believe.
No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity.

Because the greatest love of all is happening to me.
I found the greatest love of all inside of me.
The greatest love of all is easy to achieve.
Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all.

And if by chance that special place that you've been dreaming of
leads you to a lonely place, find your strength in love.

News & Stats Highlights of 1979:

President: Jimmy Carter
VP: Walter Mondale
House: $73,327.00
Car: $5,012.00
Milk: $1.50/gallon
Gas: $0.90/gallon
Bread: $0.40/loaf
Stamp: $0.15
Avg. Income: $10,999.00
The Shah is forced to leave Iran after 37 years on the Peacock Throne. The Ayatollah Khomeini, a Muslim fundamentalist, returns after 15 years of exile to establish a socialist Islamic republic.
Egypt's President Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Begin sign a peace agreement at the White House.
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania begins emitting radiation when problems with the cooling system expose part of the core.
Actor Lee Marvin is sued for "palimony" by a former female companion.
In Vienna, President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II agreement limiting strategic weapons. The U.S. Congress would ultimately fail to ratify the treaty, but both side abide by its terms anyway.
General Samoza resigns as president of Nicaragua, and the Sandinistas succeed to power.
Chrysler Corporation asks the federal government for a loan of $1 billion after reporting the largest quarterly loss in its history.
Pope John Paul II travels to the United States, the first time a pope has set foot on American soil.
The United States Embassy in Tehran is seized, and 54 American citizens are taken hostage; two are soon released, but the rest are held captive for 444 days.
Former Governor Ronald Reagan, Senator Edward Kennedy, and President Carter are the leading names for their parties' presidential nominations.
Mother Teresa, the empress of charity, accepts the Nobel Peace Prize.
In December, Soviet forces invade Afghanistan.

Sports Winners of 1979:

Baseball: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3.
Football: The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 on January 20, 1980, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California in Super Bowl XIV.
Basketball: The Seattle Supersonics beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1.
Hockey: The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4 games to 1.

The Top 10 Singles of 1979:

"My Sharona" - The Knack (First chart appearance: 7/21/79; Highest position: #1)
"Le Freak" - Chic (11/18/78; #1)
"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart (12/23/78; #1)
"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer (6/9/79; #1)
"YMCA" - Village People (11/11/78; #2)
"Reunited" - Peaches & Herb (3/31/79; #1)
"Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward (5/26/79; #1)
"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor (1/20/79; #1)
"Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees (11/18/78; #1)
"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer (4/28/79; #1)

Top 10 Popular Movies of 1979:

Kramer vs. Kramer (Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (William Shatner, Persis Kambata)
The Jerk (Steve Martin)
Rocky II (Sylvester Stallone)
Alien (Sigorney Weaver)
The Amityville Horror
Breaking Away
The China Syndrome (Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda)
Norma Rae (Sally Field)
10 (Bo Derek, Dudley Moore)

The Top 10 Television Shows of 1979:

60 Minutes
Three's Company
That's Incredible!
M*A*S*H
Alice
Dallas
Flo
The Jeffersons
The Dukes of Hazzard
One Day at a Time

More memories to come...

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