Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Stacey White, a newly licensed driver who has just finished driver's training, proudly places a parking sticker on a friend's car. Greeks Had A Word For It, Ours Is Co-ed And Too Cold For you word buffs, long ago the Greek athletes used to work out and run in the nudel!. The Greek word for naked is gymnos . Therefore, the place where they worked out became known as a gymnasium. It is slightly ironic that our gymnasium was too cold for the phys. ed. students to dress out. Since Christmas we participated in our street clothes. A new addition for us was co-ed physical education. There were varying opinions between the guys and gals as to how well it was accepted and liked, but since we got the new air hockey equipment and TV tennis, who Holding on to the straps of the rings, Becky Tubbs calculates the lo ng Cares ! ? distance from where she is to the floor. 24 Physical Education

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Left: Lisa Odum takes another look at her assignment even amid the noise and confusion in the cafeteria. Below: Doing geometry isn't an individual effort all the time. Mark Arnold helps Pam Roberts with a troublesome step in a proof. Above: Sigma- Zeta math contestants, Mary Fields, Jeff Willis, J.R. Davis, and Chloe Gentry show their hard-earned trophy. Left: No one does math just in math class. Darlene Smeltzer puts her art¬ work aside and successfully helps Margie Quinn with her algebra assign¬ ment. Math 23

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Wonder if Lonnie Cunningham can really turn a cartwheel? Chris Johnson stops to think about it. Mary Ann Sprinkle (the blurry figure) demonstrates a knee drop on the trampoline as her classmates spot for her while awaiting their turn. Coach Clear and Tim Grubb are going to be chauffered by Lisa Grogan who seems to be quickly reviewing behind the wheel procedures. Saundra Farmer sits contentedly chewing on a piece of grass while she views the action of the softball game. Physical Education 25