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

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Student Life Studen Student Life Studen Student Life Studen Student Life Studen Student Life Studer Student Life Studen My high school years? Oh, yes. remember them. Let ' s see now. There was the commer¬ cial prom of ' 71, the scary hairy raid. Home¬ coming ' 69, and, oh, yeah! I’ll never forget the night graduated. What a party we had afterwards! Typical. No one ever remembers what he went to school for in the first place. But really. How in the world can a discussion on hydrohalogenation compare to a juicy wild party tale? vM-

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Parking lot, cooler air, water appear as elbow room, smoking, dawdling disappear in year that finds things being done ' a bit differently ' 1971 greets changes in everyday life Everyday things—unceasing and unchanging. Unchanging? Not quite. 1971 found people doing things just a little bit differently. There was a change in the way in which people went about their everyday routines of riding the bus to school or hitching a ride, going to lockers, gossiping with friends, walking to class, eating lunch, grinding through each class and many other daily trivialities. Each person had his own routine. 1971 found some changes in these routines. For instance, there were no more eighth and ninth graders to get under foot; but, nevertheless, the school ' s population was greater than ever before. Students had to put up with a vastly overcrowded school. Squeezing between other people became a common mode of transportation. With the addition of a new parking lot, more students were able to drive to school every day. Because of the abolishment of pre-school study hall, more time could be spent gossiping with friends. During hot weather, lunch could be better enjoyed as a result of the installation of air conditioners in the cafeteria. Continuing a policy carried over from the previous year, smoking was prohibited on school grounds. Although attempts were made to get in a few puffs in the bathrooms or under trees, smoking all but disappeared after being caught proved to be more and more costly and bottom limbs of many trees were clipped off. The routine nicotine relief became almost nonexistent. New water coolers were also installed, which created long lines of thirsty students between classes. These lines often affronted the mobs with yet another overcrowding consequence. Finally, blue slips and tardy slips thrived in their second year of use. Students kept close watch of thei r behavior for fear of being stapled with a dreaded blue slip. Tardy slips kept everyone moving between classes. Dawdling became, less and less, an everyday thing. So routine changed in 1971 after all. They were unceasing but notunchanging. Everyday things changed, but the biggest reason for change has yet to be mentioned—the fact that 1971 was new people. After all different people do different things.