Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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1. Mrs. Shelton lectures as her students listen. 2. Mrs. Roberts gives Gus Sales a few points in English, and as Mrs. Roberts says, A hint to the wise is sufficient. 3. Mrs. Woolwine and Marsha Via discuss Hamlet during humanities class. 4. Mrs. Woolwine ' s English class displays a pro¬ ject done while discussing the middle English period. 5. Mrs. Wagner emphasizes grammar to students in her eighth grade class. 19

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to be or not to be . . . english No more diagraming . . . determiners? . . . predicate adjectives . . . Where for art thou, Romeo? . . . essays -- What Endangers Wildlife in Virginia . . . dictionary skills . . . Freedom’s Challenge . . . Lady Macbeth said what? . . . forensics . . . sentence struc¬ ture . . . book reports . . . The Monkey’s Paw” . . . Buck Finn and slavery . . . The Devil and who? . . . speeches --to convince to inform, to entertain . . . Edgar Allen Poe . . . eighth grade, and a new teacher -- Mrs. Wagner . . . linking verb compliments . . . skits . . . rhythm in poetry? . . . plot . . . setting . . . characters . . . Mrs. Roberts, are we required to write this? . . . What are you doing your term paper on? . . . footnotes . . . my own personal experience . . .an¬ other test ... so much crammed into one pe¬ riod . . . proper spelling . . . ENGLISH -- it improves the individual! . . . 18

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old and new . . . history Spiro Agnew . . . THE WORLD . . . big world . . . little world . . . Peace . . . but still war . . . Vietnam . . . moratorium . . . We ' ve gone to the moon . . . One leap for man . . . stock market . . . read all of Time magazine . . . Which amendment to the Constitution? . . . Communism vs. Democracy . . . We live in a democracy . . . Current History . . . Students, put your desks in a circle . . . Inflation . . . Mr. Santillo has another Surprise . . . a lottery system to replace the draft . . . Nixon ' s speech . . . as the world turns . . . the sky ' s no longer the limit! . . . 1. Mr. Hortenstine lectures to his second period class. 2. Miss Johnson ' s gym class works out on the trampoline. 3. Mr. Fletcher smirks as he grades his test papers. 20