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

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A closer look reveals that although Mary Mull appears to be studying, she is actually reading. Watching Mr. Washington fill out the pass which will enable her to escape, Jade James waits to leave study hall. Taking advantage of the situation, James McCook sketches on the board while Roland James draws Mr. Chapman’s attention away. 46 Classroom Activities

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I A matter of survival, Ricky Wliitmore joins the crowd as it sweeps j students toward cafeteria. Allowing some students to go to lunch 5 ' minutes early did little to relieve the rush. i 1 Faces seen everyday, cafeteria workers Mae McManaway and i Eunice Fitzgerald go through the daily routine of serving 3 lunch j periods — a time amounting to 90 minutes. 1 The long wait for lunch begins near the office, continues through the ' hall into the cafeteria and finally ends in the lunch serving room. ; Laverne Jackson and Barbara Bagley pass the time by talking. Only uninhabited time of the day, lunch period gives Helen Donovan, Sara Burnham and Dianne French a time to relax and talk. CAFETERIA WORKERS Mrs. Pattie Williams Mrs. Mae McManaway Mrs. Hattie Buchanan Mrs. Jackie Isherwood Mrs. Eunice Fitzgerald Mrs. Annie Hazelwood Mrs. Betty McKenny Miss Barbara Hendricks Cafeteria 45

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EXTRACURRICULAR CLASSRCOM ACTIVITIES What were your favorite classroom activities? Studying? Taking notes? Working problems and exercises? Don’t be silly! Teacher thought you were taking notes, but really you were writing a letter to cousin Henry, Aunt Agnes, or your buddy across the room. Of course, if you wrote to your pal, you had to get it to him, so you passed it from person to person all across the room. Then, he had to answer, and . . . What else went on behind teacher’s back? Probably the best pictures ever drawn were done in class on notebook margins. People who wanted their art work to last a little longer sketched in their text books, or carved on their desk tops. Instead of the 3 R’s, you studied the fine arts of playing tic-tac-toe, flirting, and getting the teacher off the subject. These courses probably do you more good in life than the author- ized ones because you can fall back on them. After graduation you may be- come a professional tic-tac-toe player. If you can’t handle the tough com- petition, you can always fall back on your second course, flirting, capture the heart of a millionaire, and settle down. You’ll probably never have an opportunity to use your third R, so you’d better hope one of the other two plans works out. Plotting and carrying out evil tricks also took your time. Thanks to your tender care,’’ your teacher’s poor plant kicked the bucket before mid- term. You didn’t stop with plants though, you also bugged your buddy. Among other things, you tied his belt to his chair, and he disrupted the whole class when he tried to get up to sharpen his pencil. How do you sup- pose you ever passed with all that going on? Preparing to give Mrs. Dean’s hanging plant its routine spin, mischievous Ollie Lafoon relaxes as he starts the wind up before third period English class begins. W- ■ J ' 0 -. ' ' ' . Desk top doodles display one of the students’ favorite pastimes. Classroom Activities 47