Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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“Don't mind me” physics!”, yells Joe Nolan. Mike O’Dea strives to improved his condition for football. Group effort ers for all.

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utting it on the line “The results from the auditions of the Drama Club's play, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, have been posted on the bul- leten board in front of Ms. Dick- son's room. For all of those ... Your blood runs cold and your heart ceases to beat. You can no longer hear the teacher's incessant droning. The only thing you are conscious of is your intense desire to rush out of class and run down to the bulletin board and find your name. The bell rings and you dash out of class like a bull- dozer; piling people against the wall as you streak by. Clammor- ing down the stairs you halt, frozen in your footsteps. “What if I didn't make it? , “What if they didn't like my audition? , “What if I made a fool out of myself? Your insides are in a turmoil. Finally curiosity seizes your entire body and you quickly scan the posted results. Oh WOW — sheer relief overtakes you like a tidal wave. Faintness, yet exhilara- tion, has taken over and you feel as though you could con- quer the world with one hand tied behind your back. You stayed up late Thursday night slaving over your service club application so you could hand it in before Friday's two o'clock deadline. Now that all of the work has been com- pleted you can begin intensive worrying. “Was I accepted? , “Did they laught at my applica- tion? , “Or me? There is only one thing to do, wait. So you wait, and panic, wait some more, and finally give it up for a lost cause. Three o'clock Wednesday morning you awaken to a group of girls cavorting around your bedroom, throwing confet- ti. “They have no right to be up at such an ungodly hour of the morning, and neither do II , you tell yourself as you attempt to doze off. Then the covers are ripped off of you, and, still clad in your pajamas and shrouded in sleep, you are hustled off into the night. You are too tired to think anything except joy — and sleep. Trying out can entail the strug- gle involved in getting those de- sired grades, breaking twelve hundred on the S.A.T.'s, passing Functions, applying for a job, or to a particular college, as well as trying out for a team, club, sport, or a drama production. Trying out means putting your best on the line, being in the spotlight on center stage, the fear of being laughed at and ridiculed, as well as humiliation, risk, and worst of all, rejection. The possibility of being accepted is probably the only thing that helps us through those pressure filled times. The ele- ment of risk is so great that we quaver, then success shines, a beacon guiding our ship through the storm. The thrill of victory, versus the agony of de- feat. To fail and be crushed, or to succeed and rise above the masses, the ultimate goal in life is success. 20

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Hmmmmmm David Quay Stein contemplates his next move in his victory over Mr. Buttermore. Pulling harder: The Seniors yank their way to victory. Seniors sport Seniority for YorktowrYs premiere Olympiad week Oct. 13-17 The seniors win the Olympiad as the faculty gets dragged across the line in the tug-o-war! It was the final event in a long and tense week of competition between the seniors and the faculty, it all started out as a lit- tle, friendly competition, but as the week progressed, the ten- sion increased and it was as if the two parties had waged war on each other. Neither group could lose, for it would be too humiliating for the faculty to lose to the students, or for the super seniors to lose to the teachers. War had been declared. Strong determination and ex- cellent skill were evident on both teams. A very unwel- comed teacher upset unfolded out on the tennis courts. The das- tardly faculty duo of Mr. Christ- enson and Mrs. Rossi swatted out a shocking 6-1 victory over the hapless, bewildered student team of Lisa Demoney and Rick Hammerly. Another squelched student doubles effort surprised all as no. 1 seeded Todd Long and his partner, Sandy Pre hoda, fell to the formidable faculty couple of Mr. Lee and Mrs. Per-Lee. The faculty tipped the scales in yet another category, the It's Academic competition. Spe- culation promised a sure win to the senior trio of Clint Shaw, Charles McClaughlin, and Ed- ward Fountain, but a close match played out into a deci- sive faculty triumph of over 100 points. The high hopes of senior fans were strangled by the faculty team of Mrs. Alexiou, Mrs. Henkel, and Mark Mace- kura. Back on the court, the battle of the net wasn't a complete faculty sweep. The singles category provided the seniors with one lone chance to save face when Ted Groom domi- nated Mr. Pasati, 10-5. David Stein challenged reigning chess deity Don Butter- more and moved into a smooth and surprisingly sudden (25 mi- nutes) dethroning of the facul- ty's chess wizard. In the cross- word puzzle competition, the