Brunswick High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Back to the 50’s Michael Wynn searched around in someone ' s attic until he lucked up on the ideal outfit for the day. Students also paid tribute to the 50’s by dressing accordingly. The girls were decked out in bobby socks, poodle skirts, and ruby red lipstick. Many fellows sported their white T-shirts, pleated pants, leather jackets, and penny loafers. Others, trying hard to dress the part, turned out to be living exam pi es of anachronism, for they didn’t remember the “slicked back look’’ of the 50’s so their hair had today’s “dry look.’’ Some forgot the black and white Oxfords and wore their Pumas and Nikes. To a bystander, it wasn’t really clear what decade they were portray¬ ing. The Pageant At the pageant on Wednesday the students met the seniors vying for the honor of being crowned “Homecoming Queen ’79,’’ and the sophomore and junior contestants competing for “Princess” titles. After the masters of (continued on next page) A typical anachronism. Angela Owe ns looks “fifty-ish, but then how about those seven- tish automobiles? 24 50 ’s Day

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Regina Brackett brings back the days of old. Hat Policy Amended for a Day “Take your hat off! You know better than to wear your hat in the building!” Nobody heard these famous words on “Hat Day,” when the SCA and the administration granted everyone the privilege of wearing an unusual hat. Only a few students chose to enter the con¬ test, but those who did participate wore many original creations. There were der¬ bies, skull caps, fedoras, panamas, som¬ breros, Sunday-go-to-meeting hats, helmets and cowboy hats. Mary Davidson, wearing her hamburger hat which she designed for this occasion, won first prize, two tickets to the homecoming game. Tanya Sydnor and her derby with a bobbing chicken on top placed second in the contest. [continued on next page j Kenneth Clary got a chance to wear his hat in class. Barbara Scott looks like, a little “ole lady ready for a missionary meeting. Hat Day 23

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ceremonies had introduced these young ladies, they had to respond to the impromptu ques¬ tion, “Who has had the most influence on your life?” Most of the contestants credited their mothers as being the most influential in their lives. “Do you know why students snickered when a contestant said the teachers had been the most influential?’’ Dressing Up to Look Bad If a visitor entered the building on Thursday, he may have wondered why students and teachers were so shabbily dressed. Well, it was Hobo Day, and many students and teachers had waited all week to look like bums. Many students, carrying their dried up “cor¬ ners of wine,’’ smelled like old wine cellars and looked like “dip sticks.’’ “Man, did you forget to shave or do you nor¬ mally look like this after school hours when you’re down on the corner?” Hobo Joins the Pepsi Generation. From whose pocket did you bum that thirty cents? Mr. Alfred Wright shocked everybody with his out¬ fit. Hobo Day 25