Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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The settlers, approaching the frontier on August 15, 1975, faced the hardships of learning new rules and regulations, adjusting to some new trail-blazers (new teachers and a new assistant principal), getting into the hamburger line, and learning new methods of fight¬ ing apathy, inflation, and boredom. By November 27 we wer thank¬ ful for a long Thanksgiving week¬ end and we anticipated a rapid three weeks until Ghirstmas vacation. We kept hearing about the Bi¬ centennial (what ' s that?)! Some of our classes were in¬ vited to the auditorium in January 7,1976, to witness the commission- 4 ing of newly-elected county officials 1 for the year wn which we celebrated America ' s two hundredth birthday. A very mild winter, weather- wise, ushered us into a hotly- contested presidential election year with politicians blazing their own campaign trails. An unusla spring kept us wondering when to platn the garden, and when to practice baseball outside. Term papesr, field trips, na¬ ture tails, guest speakers, and Mrs. Claudia Blevins came this year to be our new attendance secretary. Here she is., filling out an excuse for absence. special projects had a way of ty¬ ing up each six weeks period with a ribbon of grades. Beneath the feathers and in front of the feather duster is Donna Emmett, our Falcon Mascot. The Bird. To make the Falcons winners, David Duncan ' carefully anticipates his pace for the triple jump.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident , , . Life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness in education had an early beginning. The Puritans, filled with dreams of the good life, realized that their ability to conquer the wilderness lay in their children ' s pre¬ paration. From the NEW ENGLAND PRIM¬ ER, the Blue-backed SPELLER, and Mc- Guffey ' s ERADER to the OREGON CUR¬ RICULUM, the youth of our nation have been challenged to conquer the wilderness of ignorance. Sometimes we could not see the wilder¬ ness for the trees, obstacles that slowed our progress toward quality education. Life was not easy in the hot August sun. Coaches met prospective athletes for long hours of building the 1975 version of Fal¬ con football. A week later the rest of the administration met to sharpen the educa¬ tional saws and prepare to clear the wilder¬ ness for about thelve hundred eager studtlers. Athletics ... 8 Clubs . . .56 Activities . 88 Academics . . 110 ■%4 T ' People . 143 ] ! A,. • A dvert i se merits . 218 The Nature Trail is maintained by the ecology classes in the Science Department. Mr. Mike Lethcoe, coordinator, supervises his class as they take notes on £heir observations.

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Riley Reddix is enjoying the calm waters of the YMCA pool. Nearing the end of winter, we view an early morn¬ ing sunrise in the tranquil Abingdon countryside. Sam McKinney takes a deep breath and keeps his; eye on the goal; we need more points. Jeff Price prevents a sit out and switch during a wrestling bout with Richlands ' Paul Cole. 5