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

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Mr. Burke to leave after six years’ service Mr. Burke plays Santa at the SCA Christmas Assembly Mr. Carl Burke has been in the Science Department for six years, teaching biology, physics and chemistry. Amid the crowded halls, his is usually the first face to be seen. Although he towers over stu¬ dents and faculty members alike, he has retained his good humor through the countless How ' s the weather up there? jokes. He has served the school since the beginning of his six-year career. Science Department chairman, Science Club adviser, and Junior- Senior Prom committee member are a few of his contributions. He has even served the school in such unorthodox jobs as parking cars for graduation exercises, hustling drinks at home football games, and doubling for Santa Claus at the Christmas Assembly. After regular school hours, he may be found explaining a complex physics problem and he spends as much time at his atomic table as he does at his own table with his family. More than just a teacher and adviser, he is a friend. He knows how to communicate with his students. Sometimes this requires humor, and he will rise to the occasion with a joke. Other times a serious and fatherly mood is required; he likewise gives mature advice and guidance. Mr. Burke is now leaving and this school ' s loss will be another school ' s gain. So for his six years of service the 1966 yearbook is dedicated to Mr. Carl Whitt Burke, Jr. 3

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student life.4 curriculum.20 athletics.60 activities.92 seniors.152 underclassmen.204 advertising.254 Every student and teacher has a notebook. In his notebook each records his own, per¬ sonal thoughts, aspirations, and ideas. Thus each, separate notebook, when considered as a part of the composite whole, serves as a representation of each contributor to the life of the school. Whether individually or collectively, a school ' s contributors are ultimately what make it what it is. Administrators contribute by enforcing the organization and assuring the welfare of the school. Teachers contribute by prodding students to think—and to con¬ tribute themselves. Students contribute by shar¬ ing their opinions and talents with each other. Among the students, upperclassmen contribute by acting as leaders and examples for under¬ classmen who, in turn, make their contributions by suggesting and even reproving. Some contribute more than others, some less. Yet each, simply because he is a part of the composite whole, is a contributor in his own way. And each notebook, mirrors the image of its contributor and his contributions. This is the essence of the HCHS Notebook. HCHS Notebook reviews 1965-66 school life

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Student life in ’66 emphasizes participation Participation was the essence of student life in ' 66—participation through . . . building floats, electing a queen and practicing football for the big Homecoming event . . . painting scenery, learning lines and dealing with opening-night jit¬ ters for the three dramatic productions . . . pack¬ ing suitcases, preparing schedules and planning what to see for the many trips . . . campaigning all week, writing and giving the final speech and sweating it out until the winners were finally an¬ nounced for class and SCA elections . . . contact¬ ing speakers, setting up chairs and practicing student parts for the several annual and special assemblies . . . transforming a gym, following new rules and entertaining seniors at the festive Junior-Senior Prom. During Latin Club ini¬ tiations, second - year Latin student Dick Sizemore, orders his “slave, first-year stu¬ dent Angela Hedge¬ peth, to find him a four-leaf clover.