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

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No gas, no night time practices, too much snow Energy crisis helps to make a quiet sort of year even more quiet Unexpected vacation. Students received an extended Christmas holiday when the county received a snowfall which closed school a week earlier than scheduled. 20 Influences on Student Life

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•• Catch it. In warm weather students take part in different pass-times during lunch period. Marvin Ballou and Barbara Oliver enjoy throwing a frisbee on the front lawn. Let’s boogie. Donnie Miller and Debra Walker are grinding out the “bump” at the SCA’s “End of School” dance in June. I Being Together 19

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Keeping warm. The energy crisis gets to everyone and Jearlean Martin is no exception. She dresses warmly to get through the winter while the thermostats are turned down. Gas lines. Automobiles line Highway 501 waiting to pull into the service station hopefully to get $3 worth of gas, the day’s limit. AMERICA I - AMmcAfr SPEED LIMIT More than enough snow and a lack of energy were two characteristics of the school year. Because of them, sched¬ uled activities were cancelled and the possibilities for new, unscheduled ac¬ tivities looked dim. After a full semester of mostly hard work, students eagerly looked for¬ ward to that eventful last week before the beginning of Christmas vacation. Ev¬ eryone planned to trim the traditional school trees, decorate homeroom doors, see a non-religious assembly and boogie at the Snowball Dance. Unfortunately, the snow, which ordinarily everyone would love, came abundantly in about four inches and all the Yule festiv¬ ities were cancelled. Only the under¬ privileged children’s party survived the near blizzard but everyone enjoyed wrapping gifts and singing songs with area children one night. Perhaps more important, though, was the dire effect of the energy crisis on student life. Although a school poll showed that a majority of students be¬ lieved there really was no energy shortage, they were made to act as if there were one. The school board nul¬ lified any night time activity during the cold months except basketball games. This meant that scheduled dances, night time practices of any kind and even the Spring Fair were cancelled. School thermostats were turned back several degrees in order to conserve fuel and students came to school from 9:30 to 3:40. Gas prices skyrocketed so people didn’t travel much; but when they did, they had to remember the new decreased speed limits. It took longer to get to Volens for that date. Differing opinions, both good and bad, were voiced concerning the effects of snow and the energy crisis. Everyone would agree, though, that the year was a little bit quieter than usual. Influences on Student Life 21