Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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Gotcha! As John Teter goes through the daily monotony of shaving, he is re- minded that failure is just a razor-slip away from success. Wait up! Dashing after Bus 45, this stu- dent serves as a reminder that we aren't always ready. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth all the practices and workouts. Larry Clark pants while pumping mega-iron. 24 Getting Ready

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■ Again volleyball (final score 9-8). The faculty did win the basketball game, however, but not without much dispute. The score was never really clear, with one scoreboard displaying one point more than the other, but the fi- nal score was 10-8. Now the pressure was really on. The scores stood at 5 events to 5 and the Tug-of-War would be the tiebreaker. With most of the weight being on the faculty's side, the seniors seemed doomed. The whistle blew, starting the event, but before the faculty could realize what was going on, they found them- selves being dragged helplessly across the floor. They pulled and struggled, but the determined seniors were not about to lose this event. The agony which plagued the faculty was evident in the redness of their faces as they felt themselves sliding closer and closer to losing until at last they were put out of their misery by the whistle stopping the event. Cheers filled the gym. The seniors had won the Olym- piad 6 to 5. As everyone cleared out of the gym, a few students snickered at the faculty's fore- told loss. Seniors and teachers compete for the re- bound. Senior Olympiad 23

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I’m not ready, got to hurry! Omigod, 1 hardly made it to school on time. My alarm nev- er went off so I had to rush to catch the bus. I hardly had time to take a shower and get dressed. 1 grabbed a doughnut on my way to the bus stop, but I never got to eat it because it fell into the sewer. I hope I pass my math test today. I really stud- ied hard for it. That's proba- bly why I forgot to set my alarm. Hey listen, can you meet me at lunch and help me finish that English paper? I need a few words to fill in. You know how 1 am with words. I also need to talk to you about Bob. We're going out tonight but I think he's mad. Oh darn! 1 forgot I had crew practice to- day. Geez 1 also forgot to bring clean sweats. Oh well. I'll suf- fer I guess ... Whew. That was a hard practice. I'm beat. Oh no! Mom, where is my new blouse? What? It shrunk? Oh, I'll have to go get another one, because I have absolutely noth- ing else to wear tonight. I wonder where he's taking me before the movie. Winston's I hope. I hear Jack's having a party, maybe we'll go there afterwards. I wish I could get rid of that zit. It's so red. What time does the store close? Geez, I hope I look alright. This blouse really is not as pret- ty as the other. I hope my hair doesn't stick out. I curled it as well as I could. Oooh! Here he is. Where's the Binaca? Wow! What a night! O.K. alarm, I'm setting you for 8 am. so I can get to work on time. It's Saturday! Those college ap- plications need to be done. There's always Sunday. Geez! Will I survive college life if high school is like this? Let's hope. Yawn, zzzzzzzzzz Getting Ready 25