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

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DO ' S • Learn to get along in Algebra II, sweetie. • Memorize bus, locker, home room and student numbers for a feeling of identity. • Get well acquainted with someone who drives to school. DO N TS • Ask seniors for advice, they just laugh. • Mistake the bandroom for the library unless you want to read Canzona. • Use underwear as a washcloth in P.E. Crammin ' . Sophomore Earl Perry hurriedly reviews his notes before the bell in frantic preparation for a biology quiz. Opening: Sophomores 3

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Even though the building has been here since ' 53 and is frayed, worn and tight-fitting like old jeans, this is the sophomores ' new school. It ' s senior high school now. For all 745 of them. They break into the routine as they wander through their circuit of numbered doors. They seek comfort and information from friends who are probably as confused as they feel themselves. Safety is in numbers, these rookies soon find. After all, they are the largest class. As the revered traditions and accepted misdemeanors are revealed to the tenderfeet, their ties to the junior high or academy unravel and in this denouement of childhood, they learn the ropes that hold HCSH together. The sophomores learn where their teachers rank in the scale: loath, hate, dislike, tolerate, prefer, like, worship. They rate everything, cafeteria meals to Christmas vacation. Soon they are prepared to tell a good year from a usual one. Atlas shrugged. Balancing a mirrored globe, Eric Newton disconnects wiring during the sophomores ' cleanup of the Junior-Senior Prom. No toro? Matador Jenny Morgan seems close to feinting on the Spanish Club ' s Homecoming float. Her adversary, Donna Talbott, isn ' t worried. 2 Opening: Sophomores

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MAINTENANCE Keep up your grades. Why aren ' t you studying? Finish your homework. How many times do juniors hear such nagging in their second year? A mixed chorus of teachers, parents and guidance counsel¬ ors chant as their charges pass their high school halfway mark. It seems as though every¬ thing happens the junior year. The college-bound have an abbreviated year as they sit through the PSAT, ASVAB, SAT or ACT. Others make career plans and preparations through vocational programs. Some don ' t appear to know where they ' re going or what they ' re doing and don ' t (mind your business!) care any¬ way. Whether active or apathetic, however, the juniors appear to be into everything. These middle children have been around. The halls hold few surprises now, no unexpected dead ends or principals. The juniors have long ago learned to time the five minutes between classes, making it to the restroom (if unlocked), water fountain, locker and past the teacher on guard duty at the door before the bell. They also have learned not to trust the whimsical bell schedule for fifth period but to haul into class with ample time to watch the panic and scurries caused by the unexpected clanging. With a full year under their belts, the juniors also have a reminder around their fingers. The arrival of class rings is a highlight of the year for many, money providing. Other traditions remain. For some the National Honor Society in¬ ductions bring honor; for others varsity sports bring cheers. The junior year is well-marked. One girl described it as purgatory between the hell of being a sophomore and the heaven of being a senior. Extreme? Maybe. 4 Opening: Juniors I