Brunswick High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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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

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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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fames Price pretends to get a nip before going to class. Thomas McGeachy, drinking vanilla ex¬ tract? At least he seems generous enough to offer someone a “swig.” Mr. fames Thomas displayed his cooling out” outfit. Cook the Eagles The colors blue and white were prevalent throughout the school Friday as the homecoming festivities neared a climax. Practically everybody who had not gotten a pass during the week to work on floats tried to find one from somewhere Friday morning. By 1:35 p.m., those left at the school boarded the buses for the homecoming parade. This year there were approximately thirty entries, one of the longest parades ever. School officials and local townspeople remarked, “Each year, the parade gets bet¬ ter.’’ The VICA club float outshined all others, for it demonstrated precision, adequate treatment of theme, and just total “ to¬ getherness The judges made no mistake in awarding the VICA club the first place rating. Now, when the floats left the school, the junior class float had the first place “in the bag,’’ but only the trade students knew that they were going to fall second fiddle to the VICA entry. The FBLA won third place for float competition. Stuffing those napkins, stopping those paint runs, shaping that papier mache, and carving those bulldogs and tombstone paid off for winners. 26 Blue and While Day