Clover Hill High School - Ducemus Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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Forensics Team (bottom row) Kim Makowsky, Mr. A.J. Sligh (coach), Susan Cox. (second row) Mark Trimmer, Carol Farrand, Bill Farrand, Mike Farrand, Annette Atkinson, Miss Jackie Pendergraft (coach). Wendellyn Link, Brian White, Ron Mansini, Donald Smith. Forensics Mops Up This year the CHHS Forensics team upheld its superior rating in all district meets as well as the regional competition. At the James River District Meet, Mark Trimmer, Mike Farrand, and Ron Man- sini placed first in Boys’ Oratory, Boys’ Extemporaneous Speaking and Boys’ Po- etry, respectively. Second places were taken by Susan Cox and Annette Atkin- son in Girls’ Prose and Girls’ Oratory. Third places were given to Carol Farrand and Roy Lee Dickerson in Spelling and Boys’ Prose. Annette Atkinson, Mark Trimmer and Ron Mansini went to the “top” and par- ticipated in the state competitions where Mark Trimmer placed third in Boys ’ Oratory. Mr. Sligh hopes to broaden the team next year and encourage more eighth and ninth graders to participate. A Grim Sign (above) Vernon Hughes, Marty Johnson, Bernice Harris, Daisy Turner and Mrs. Mary Jo Lux are instructed on the finer points of embalming during a death class field trip toa local funeral home. Embalming table (left) Roy Hensley and Steve Hackworth grimly stand beside an embalming table. Forenics 15

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Look Over There! (right) Mrs. Jo Armstrong’s ninth grade English class spells out words in the air to help them learn spelling words more easily. Dam- erel Wingfield for the prosecution. (middle right) Prosecution lawyers Buddy Damerel and Gina Wingfield present their case in the mock trial in which they prosecuted the Cavalier Review for libal against teacher Mrs. Beverly Lacy. -Hippie mocks mom-— (bottom right) Ron Mansini, Charlie McBride, Mark White and Mike Farrand act out vo- cabulary words in Mrs. Mary Jo Lux’s English class. Cyborgs Turned On This year the English department dis- covered a key to turn on the cyborgs of Clover Hill High School—elective courses. Elective courses held so much appeal that students took extra English courses for elective credits in addition to those taken for required English credits. “American Folklore, Psychology of Self, Cowboys and Indians, Perspectives on Death, Bible as Literature, Futuristics, et cetera, et cetera—l won't be in school long enough to take all the English | want. Can | take a postgraduate course?” said one frustrated Cavalier. Not only did the subject matter hold enticement for the Cavaliers but the methods , which were less orthodox, ac- tively involved the students. From mak- Theatre in class (above) The VCU Players perform inprovisations before a capacity crowd of English students in the chorus room. 14 English ing a movie or television tape to holding a mock jury trial of The Cavalier Review, accused of libel and presided over by the Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, Phillip Daffron, the students enthusi- astically participated in learning more about communications. In Bible and Futuristics, students con- structed and played board games; in vo- caculary classes they made jigsaw puz- zles and dramatized words. Again this year, the Virginia Commonwealth Uni- versity Players presented dramas in- cluding Spoon River Anthology and Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, and the American Folklore class celebrated the bicentennial when they experienced “big recess” with jump-rope, marbles, and group games. Yee

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Seek and Find (far right) Ms. Terry Dryer, and newspaper members look over the ad section in the Cavalier Review. Wow, Man! Scott Reams looks over Ms. Terry Dryer’s journalism bulletin beard Newspaper (front row) Christy Grant, Suzanne Landon, Debby Weston, Kathy Ellett, Gina Wing- field, Diana Hubble, Robin Fields, Lynn Bales; (back row) Jody Rawley, Greg Turner, Buddy Damerel, Eric Hartman, Dan Hubbard, Howard Jamison, Scott Reams, Ms. Terry Dryer. 16 Cavalier Review In years past at Clover Hill, the news- paper was relatively nonexistent. In the first three years of Clover Hill’s existence, the Free Lance Gazette produced four issues. 1975-76 brought with it a new ad- visor, Ms. Terry Dryer, who was impor- ted specifically for the purpose of teach- ing students how to produce a newspaper. The staff consisted of stu- dents who had little or no newspaper ex- perience, but had signed up for the credit anyway. The first thing the staff had to do was to put out an issue which would help gain some respect for the newspaper. They did that on September 12, 1975. Three weeks later there was no such thing as the Free Lance Gazette, as the new Cavalier Review came off the presses. The Cavalier Review gave the students behind the scenes reports and news on events that students might oth- erwise miss. Despite the expected pratfalls and pit- falls, the Cavalier Review established it- self and is now a mainstay that stands | beside the Ducemus and Clover Patch in the great tradition of Clover Hill publications.