Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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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

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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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“Vacation” seemed to end all too soon as September 7 attracted a “con- voy” of cars and buses bringing bronzed bodies and a few “palefaces” to the open doors of the familiar cam- pus. Excitement from the football Chii© imhi ' mmi III B 1 RIGHT: TASTING THE TRIUMPH about to be smashed in coach Dave Newsom ' s face. Hall Squire urges the crowd to yell louder. As the gym thundered with noise. Hall got the cue from cheerleaders and with great satisfaction, heartily ground the whip cream pie in Mr. New- som ' s face. Curtis Brickell observes with a jubilant envy shared by many past and present history pupils. Mr. Newsom ' s good sports- manship made this Isle of Wight pep rally one of the most success- ful of the year. ABOVE: IN THE SEA- SON OPENER at Broadwater, spirits were high as the Vikings exploded offensively and defensively. Ken- neth Moody unsuccessfully leaps to block one of many Broadwater punts. 6— Opening