Central High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Victoria, VA)

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Chorus blends the notes of We Gather Together during the annual Thanksgiving assembly. Students and Chorus members remain preoccupied with the coming vacation. This long line of county people arrive at Central for the much talked of swine flu vaccination. Six weeks later the mass innoculation would be discontinued. November 43

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THANKSGIVING RUSH Involvement in national concerns peaked with the Presi- dential campaigns and Central ' s mock election held on November 2nd. During lunches students voted for the candidates of their choice; Carter won the student elec- tion. Government and History classes took advantage of the election and studied its process in depth. November 6th, 8: 15 A.M., Juniors and Seniors speckled Jeffers Auditorium of Longwood College and waited to begin the SAT and Achievement tests. Juniors and Seniors also went to the John H. Daniel Community College for College Night. Representatives from many state and out of state colleges and universities held discussion groups for students interested in their school. Students happily slept late and stayed at home on the fifteenth of November while parents had their day at school discussing problems and generally getting to know the teachers. Seniors showed up at school on the fifteenth and traveled to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to see Agatha Christie ' s Mouse Trip . After the play, students fled to Bonanza and surrounding restaurants to fill empty stomachs. Physics class visited Morehead Planetarium at Chape! Hill, North Carolina, on November 17th. Students gazed at a dome ceiling transfixed into imaginary sky with stars projected on the ceiling. As part of the course assignment. Physics students star gazed at home and charted their observations. Mr. Thomas Palmore lectured about centrifu- gal force and gave demonstrations concerning the force. Concert Band and Chorus entertained with traditional Thanksgiving music and Mr. Sidney Faucette gave a speech to the student body during the Thanksgiving assembly. After the school day was over, teachers and students gladly left school for a short two-day Thanksgiving holiday. In Our Nation .. . Gary Gilmore, convicted of murdering two men, demanded execution by a firing squad at the Utah State Prison. About the State .. . In the state of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd defeated opponent Admiral Zumwalt in the bid for the U. S. Senate. Around the Town ... People from all over the county hurried to Central on Novem- ber 11th for the swine flu vaccination. County doctors and nurses gave shots to 1 ,546 people. — — — ! ' m going to the New Hampshire primary! Patricia Gregory makes her decision while playing the government game Hat in the Ring as advisors Jimmy Chumney, Debbie Wilkerson and Ann Hancock supervise. While balancing a penny on the tip of a coat hanger, Mr. Tom Palmore, guest, lectures to the Physics class on the properties of centrifugal force. 42 November

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90 MINUTE RUSH Kusliing to lunch became a way of life. Through- out the year, announcements concerning this problem were expected ever so often and generally ignored. The fact of life remained; if you want to get in the front of the line, run! After the mad storm down the halls, came the problem of lin( -breaking. Angered students either tapped their feet or followed suit when someone broke in front of them. The SCA, with the coopera- tion of Mr. Faucette, started a system that they hoped would stop breakers. Tlie plan stated that a person caught breaking would receive an unexcused absence. W hen the person accumulated three unex- cused absences, he faced a three day suspension. All things we!it well until students tried to heat the system by asking friends. to buy two lunches. This strategy was halted when Mr. Faucette stated that anyone caught buying another person’s lunch would be treated as someone breaking in line. “ e are here to serve the students,” said one cafeteria worker. Serving students was just what they did as seven cafeteria women worked from 8:30 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon preparing 625 lunches. The vegetables and salads sened regidarlv, provided in part by the federal government, reminded everyone that nutritional requirements were being met. Tradition meant fish on Friday. The cafeteria was also a place to meet friends and relax. At times, one could see things such as teachers sitting and eating with students. Another sign of relaxation was the absence of table etiquette. There were also signs of over-relaxation. On one occasion, a student dropped his fork and spoon in the trash can and put his milk carton in the pan of water for utensils. Trash was seen regidarly hut this trash proved that students had arrived and survived another lunch. 44 Cafeteria