Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Mr. Jack Strum and Miss Sally Ardrey lead the cheering squad at the faculty-varsity basketball game. Tommy Jennings works hard to finish his English term paper. Imagination Helps Mold the Juniors’ Character By Bobby Frierson A junior ' s world in 1965 was a complex one. It was composed of books, paper and six-hour nights. In his world could be found nervously chewed pencils, notebooks filled with notes and ideas imprisoned in balls of crumpled paper. Not confined to the four sides of his class¬ room, a junior ' s world extended as far as his imagination. Through his required reading, a junior was transported into the Sixteenth Cen¬ tury or carried to the future. He was exposed to the philosophies of Emerson and Thoreau and his world was broadened by these tran¬ scendental ists as he absorbed these ideas. The world of a junior was both old and new. He was well acquainted with school and the everyday routine that accompanied education. He was allowed the privileges of snickering at the underclassmen, of having a single locker, and of sitting in chairs instead of on the bleachers during assemblies. The junior was an upperclassman and he acted the part well. But there were also innovations in his rou¬ tine world. He experienced the novel custom of term papers, college boards and Junior- Senior. The junior had to adapt to the new facets of his world. All teachers expected him to be ftawless in his English and grammatical usage. He was required to retain all knowl¬ edge accumulated through his years of school¬ ing. A junior was also under constant pressure. He had to achieve a high score on college board exams, read a certain number of books, compose an original literary gem every time he wrote a paper and produce the best Junior- Senior in the school ' s history. He saw the op¬ portunities denied a person who does not go to college, so he worked even harder. A junior ' s world was not confined to aca¬ demic study. He found enjoyment in writing for the school paper, playing a varsity sport or joining any one of the numerous clubs con¬ cerned with the subject he was most in¬ terested in. Sports were another part of his world. He was familiar with the pungent odor of the locker room as he participated in the sport he enjoyed. The athletic program gave him a break in academic routine and was important to a well-balanced individual. The off hours of a junior were few; but when he closed all his books, he perhaps thought of his future. What would he do? Who would he be? Would success be his? All of these were a hidden part of his world. Emotion played a big part in his world. He experienced the excitement of going to New York with the newspaper staff or being inducted into the National Honor Society. He also knew the disappointment of failure to make a team or of not being elected to a ctass office. These successes and disappoint¬ ments helped mold the character of the junior. 10

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{4 , of our senior year and we were determined to make the most of our opportunity. All through the school year we had stayed up late studying for English and government tests or writing English and government term papers. On the night of the Junior-Senior Prom given in our honor, however, we stayed up all night enjoying ourselves. Dressing for the dance was filled with much joyful antici¬ pation and with a note of sadness because we realized that this dance was the last dance of our high school lives. But we still had fun. We danced for hours; then we trudged on aching feet from one party to another until the first rays of dawn shone in the sky. We had break¬ fast and went home to sleep the entire day and night. With mixed feelings we watched the days go by and our graduation date nearing. We were startled to think that our senior year was ended and even more startled when we real¬ ized that we were graduating. At the Class Night activities, we laughed, thinking of all the antics of our high school career. At Bac¬ calaureate we sat in silence, realizing the great future which lay before us. At Gradua¬ tion we cried, or if we did not cry, we realized that one important part of our lives was ended and we were saddened by the thought. We were happy, too, because we could look to the future, a future we hoped would be bright for all of us. Coach Dave Wiedeman and team captain Mike Haily watch tensely during the E. C. Glass game. Senior English students bought many of the library ' s paperback books to use during their study of English literature. Bill Haily captured first place in district competition and second place in state competition with his ICT project. 9

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Seniors form the Roman numerals LXV to represent the theme was used in all the decorations, class of 1965 at the Junior-Senior Prom. A Roman 11 Karen Dyer taps Mary Glass into the National Honor Society.