Albemarle High School - Peer Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Partitioned during the week to hold boys' and girls, physical education classes, the gymnasium resounds with bouncing basketballs . . . tennis shoes squeaking across the waxed floor . . . and rowdy young athletes testing their skill in exer- cises from crab soccer to rope climbing, When the basketball season opens, crowded bleachers help to fill the vast floor space. Stu- glepts scream, Sink it! or lump ball, jump a l AKVNQ' X Y Y The football field has an unusual use similar to that of the gym. The Powder Puff Football game, complete with male cheerleaders, matches the girls from the four upper classes in a game of flag football. Tlzexe players are, left to right. Marsha Gunsallus, Martha Michie, Shirley Lohman, Nancy Townsend and Karen Crafaik. boys and girls enjoy supporting unusual contests. Then again the gym changes . . . the bleachers fold back . . . and a combo blares from one corner. The cheer Let,s go! becomes a quiter Let's dancef, Although gym classes, basketball games and sock hops normally use the gymnasium, students support certain extra events there, too. In Feb- ruary, with the regular basketball season over, the faculty and the varsity team clash. The novelty of seeing the teachers on the basketball court and the fun of laughing at pranks, and added attractions such as the Masked Marvell enliven the game. A few weeks later the Iuniors face the Seniors. Only those boys and girls who are not on varsity teams may play. Enthuastic fans, led by the example of the cheerleaders, urge Alhemarle's basketball team onward to victory. Lane Gerhardt tries to steal a rebound from Mr. Griggs during the Faculty Basketball Game while Mr. Hall, principal of Broadus Wood School, Mr. Kent, principal of Greenwood School, and Bill Rockwood look on. 4

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At lunch, the cafeteria is a gay and noisy place. Students not only eat, but talk, joke, sell, campaign, and study during their lunch period. Only after the last slow eaters hurry off to their classes, can the cafeteria resume its status as a study hall. Perhaps even later on in the day, with tables and chair removed, students con- . vert their eating place to a dance floor or set -f up boothes for club night. Q 1 john Parson appears eager to purchase a copy of the Faux Pas from Tom Ward, editor-in-chief and president of the Literary Club. Patricia Dollins and Barbara Critzer make proper use of the new book racks in the cafteeria. Serious games' are temporarily forgotten as Laurie Simpson, Pat Finn and Gone Scriunor swing to the music of The Skylinersu at the sock-bop after the Junior-Senior Basketball Game. The girls are still wearing their playing outfits. Cheerleaders Missy Scott, Dana Sharpe, and Sue Arm Murray prepares a banner for the district basketball tourna- ment, working on the cafeteria tables after school.

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life at Albemarle High School involves lun as well as work. The word school', immediately brings to mind teach- ers and textbooks, report cards and athletics. But school',, in its relationships and events, is more complex than this. A studentis life centers around his school. Here he prepares himself for adult life through academic or voca- tional subiects-whichever suits his inclination and ability. This is where he can form lasting friendships. In addition he can develop his talents-musical, dramatic, literary, or athletic. School offers the interested student the oppor- tunity to sing in the chorus, play in the band or orchestra, try out for a play, contribute to the literary magazine, work on publications, or go out for sports from football to golf. It is Work, but rewarding Work. To whom do Albemarle students owe this opportunity? To teachers, principals, cafeteria workers, the school board, janitors, authors of textbooks, secretaries, taxpayers - all these people, both in the foreground and behind the scenes, deserve gratitude for their contribution to school life at Albemarle. Judy Smith and Claudia Mawyer use the office telephone. Is Glenna Aldrich trying to carry the letter-sweater fad a little further by wearing David Garth's fin coat?