Booker T Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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n Spirited Athletic Competitions W FRONT ROW: john Oliver, Anthony Rotan, Wallace Bell, Henry Mills, Frank Malloy, David Waff, Levi Bell, Dwight Davis, Larry Meade, Charles Dean. ROW 2: George Jones, Anthony Bates, Stewart Canady, Larry Harris, Garry Simpson, L. C. Cherry, Rodney Powell, Rodrick Northern, James Sutton, J. A. Scott. ROW 3: George McCoy, Archie Williams, David Freeman, William Simons, Phillip Calloway, Rosvel Lathan. ROW 4 James Thomas, Francis King, Andrew Harris, Ronald Clapp, jesse Hundley. I ig, C0,,fr,'n3-f-an - Spousal! fm EJ. 'oem if K- as - ,, -are .a During campaign, the Taus exhibited both glamour and entertainment. 35

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Tau Bgta Sigm EEngages Other Organization t Q S Qs K be wtf' t t E Z FRONT ROW: Alphonso Tillery, Dennis Clark, joseph Brown, San juan Thomas, Ronald Powell, Luther Wilson, Curtis Speller, Myron James. ROW 2: James Corprew, Robert Fitzgerald, james Johnson, Nathaniel Parker, Willie Freeman, Plummer Hendrick, Edwin Wilson, John Jenkins. ROW 3: Elvin Hughes, Alvin Clemmons, Byrd Hall, Irving Spencer, Garry Simpson, Steven Newsome, Maurice Roane, William Freeman. ROW 4: Hiram Brett, Benjamin Mclntosh, Elwood Tyson, Kerry Burke, Robert Wilson, Ernest Stepney, Louis Carr. ROW 5: Gar- land Keaton, Robert Laury, Ulysses Reed, Preston Epps, Alvin Armstrong, Kearney Stephens. The Tau Beta Sigma Organization was very active this school year. During the Thanksgiving season, more people were able to enjoy a turkey dinner because the gm, sais Taus contributed one of the baskets that were sent from B.T. Washington High. To develop its members socially, the organization sponsored a number of events this year, which included a Christmas dance and the annual Green and Yellow Ball, which was the highlight of the year. To display the outstanding and unique talents of the members, an assembly pro- gram was presented to members of the stu- dent body. The organization also exhibited an in- terest in politics. At campaign time, they presented candidates whom they felt had the qualities for president and athletic manager Sinai? Fish POYVQ11, gfeSidt'211gt'il:1s1irc1?::iflYSIl4rT2151eik of Student Participation Association. E 2. lgma FCCCIVCS C Ilgfa - . 1 for his excellent leadership of the Taus. In athleucsv the members of the BOYS Tau Beta Sigma Organization played other organizations throughout the school to dis- play their athletic abilities in football and basketball. 34

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. 'S SEATED: Wanda Speller, Sharon Hockaday, Melba Cooke, Rosa Russell, Beverly Sanders, Faye Smith, Margaret Shelley, Sharon Duepres, Pia Dodson, Patricia Vann, Portia Brown. ROW 1: Hermione McNair, Charlotte Holloman, Cynthia Johnson, Thelma Harrison, Deborah McNair, Gwendolyn Washington, Hollace Braxton, Carlyn Gregory, Bessqe Purvis, Erma Cooper, Valerie Parker, Iantha Braxton, Marie Suggs, Phyllis Dyson, Gayle Braye, Lucy Woodard, Louise Clark. ROW 2: Deborah Lock, Paulette Claggion, Deborrah Rivers, Sheila Comm, Bettie jackson, Thomasine jordan, Althea Fleming, Brenda Luffborough, Pamela Wright, Burma Britt, Ruth Saunders, Odessa Wright, Mary Stallings, Valerie Haskins, Clarestine Kelley, Barbara Granberry. ROW 3: Debra Dyson, Laurinda Cameron, jacquelyn Reid,.I.illie Uzzle, Wilhelmena Jenkins, Sandra Coleman, Yolanda Robinson, Corenthia Riddick, Shirley Hodges, Sandra Cheatham, Patricia Bishop, Sharon Towler, Rosa Hill, Evelyn Brown, Cynthia Williams, Brenda Mosby. ROW 4: Beverly Blount, Barbara Bryant, Catherine Clark, Vontell Frost, Joyce Hall, Karen james, Brenda McClease , Frances jordan, Pamela Moore, Francine Studivant, Joyce Williams. Taus Sponsor Sit-Down-at-Football-Games Campaign and Miss Amazon Contest y The girls' division of the Tau Beta Realizing that all persons would en- Sigma Organization experienced a full joy the games better provided they and profitable year , could see without interference, the girls' Among the many activities sponsored Tau Beta Sigma conducted a sit -down -at- were the after-school basketball com- football games campaign. petition between the Taus and other or- The Miss Amazon contest--to find ganizations and the distribution of the ugliest girl in school--which featured A, Christmas -filled stockings for under- boys dressed as girls, engendered plenty-J privileged children. Of flin- 36 w K J