Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Pfii(f iyy)©|||| III As the weather warmed up, everyone “thawed out” and began counting the days till summer vacation. May “final- ly” arrived, bringing hectic pre-exam coverage of unfinished courses and heralding the farewell of seniors, who traveled to Atlanta and Myrtle Beach the first week. Softball and baseball wrapped up their seasons on sour notes. But re- grets for disappointing records were RIGHT: SAFE!! Mike Wright successfully eludes the lunging tag of catcher Mike Smith in the season fi- nale at Kenston. BELOW: BATTLING late afternoon glare, Cheryl Clary of the Blue Team swings and misses in a summer softball game. After taking the season crown, the Blues lost to the Yellow Team in the best-of-three championship series. ' d io « 4 -

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That irresistable urge to bypass class in favor of “doing something fun”: none other than “spring fever.” Following an actual flu epidemic in March, waves of invisible “spring fever germs” invaded school, inflicting near- ly everyone with the desire to do any- thing but work. Springtime ' 76 overflowed with ac- tivities encompassingall ages. Because of early publication deadlines, these events were not included in last year’s yearbook; therefore, VIKING ' ll begins with these memories. The spotlight traditionally fell on the seniors and their production of “Dear Diary,” first of their last activities. While the seniors were planning their trip and graduation and making the most of their “final days,” under- classmen found their own refuges from bookwork. SCO busied itself with VASC campaigns and involved upper school with a student exchange with Isle of Wight and elections of ’76-’77 officers. Juniors mysteriously missed some classes “Oriental Gardens” week, and the next week, practically everyone from kindergarten through grade 12 was out of class preparing for Bicentennial Day. Everyone got a break to enjoy the festivities Friday, April 30. DRESSING UP as Chinese and serving at the better. Dancing with Greg Christopher. Julie Fra- prom is not so bad, but taking a break is even zier changes a quiet moment to a “crazy one. ABOVE: A DOUBTFUL look of “I don ' t know. Betty Lou” from Wanda Taylor fails to dampen Debbie Jones’ enthusi- asm in a scene from the senior play, Dear Diary. LEFT: PORTRAYING the lifestyle of early Ameri- can Indians, last year ' s second-graders dance to the good fortune of their hunters. Opening — 3

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emporarily dispelled by a welcome )reak from classroom chaos, the fac- jlty vs. girls softball game. Strains of exams and graduation )reparations marked the final week )f the ' 75-’76 session. For those for- unate exempting students, studies ;nded and summer plans began ooner. But for the vast majority )f exam-takers, especially borderline tudents, late May and early June meant frenzied cramming. Class night, baccalaureate, and se- nior luncheon all passed with kaleido- scopic emotions from seniors and friends. Then THE DAY arrived — June 3, graduation. Realizing their child- hoods were now past, tears of unde- fined joy from sentimental graduates saturated jubilant shouts from those “glad to get out. “Summertime fun” involved many activities. Families and friends toiled in broiling tobacco fields while others found cooler jobs or revived their hob- bies or favorite recreations. About 40 students thrived on the competition and fellowship of a softball league at school during June and early July, and throughout the summer months, cheerleaders, majorettes, and year- bookers attended camps and work- shops to improve their skills. AS CATHY FRAZIER delivers the commencement benediction, Jenifer Jones grins at her fellow classmates, the 1976 graduating class. ABOVE: WHERE’S THE BALL? After such a “fierce swing, it seems Mrs. Betty Grigg’s hit should have gone farther than three inches in the faculty softball game. LEFT: “AND WHAT IS YOUR OPINION of this faculty vs. girls softball game?” asks Mike Joy- ner. Barbara Frazier gig- gles an answer; Ray Thomas can only smirk. Opening — 5