Big Island High School - Islander Yearbook (Big Island, VA)

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a game. The hours spent on the practice floor means victory at the games. With the cheerleaders shouting out the cheers and the spectators echoing them, the contest becomes keener and keener. The basketball rolls around the rim of the basket undecided; the volleyball hovers at the top of the net; the baseball stuck in mid air. Will there be shouts of joy or cries of dis- may ? All of these moments lend to the excitement of an athletic event here at Big Island High School. Always ready to cheer the team on is the one goal of our cheerleaders. 10

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Delbert Adkins W. Va. Tech History Phy. Ed. Mrs. W. W. Neal Wake Forest College English Latin Mrs. Thomas Mishoe Wake Forest College Commercial Beth Owen Madison College Home Economics Mrs. Margaret Parks St. Joseph College French Science M. D. Newton Hampton Sidney College Princeto n University M. A. Math Chemistry CZs we guide the students into realms of knowledge; we are rewarded £ g tleir Untiring in their efforts to promote the welfare of our stu- dents body here at Big Island High School, the faculty serves as source from which we gain knowledge as they inspire us to seek for ourselves. They are a study in patience, friend- liness, diligence, perseverance, and understanding. How often they must feel that their efforts are wasted, yet the fruits of their labors will be enjoyed by generations that will follow. Each year they seem to grow in dedication and de- votion to enriching and broadening the character ' of to- morrow’s leaders. Mrs. Parks explains French to Sandra Spence, Randall and Wayne Wilson.