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Hour of Darkness Culpeper’s educational system has experienced abrupt changes due to the greatly publicized energy crisis. Being a world-wide affair, our community was not alone in its endeavors to find feasible solutions to the problem. To conserve energy, our school resorted to the following: a ban on student field trips, elimination of activity buses, a combined team and cheerleader bus, lowering of thermostats to 68 degrees during the day, 63 at night, and 50 degrees on weekends and the school schedule was moved up one half hour. In addition, the administration faced the possibility of closing school the last week of each month until fuel needs were met. Cutbacks on lighting throughout Culpeper High were put into effect. This was carried to an extreme when the school experienced a total black-out on December 10. The shortage dilemma touched other as- pects of school life. One example was the cafeteria. Lunch, milk, and ice cream prices rose due to inflation. Cafeteria workers reported hold-ups in the shipping of certain foods as a re- sult of trucking protests. However, students be- came accustomed to food supplements in their daily lunches. “Leader of the Energy Pack,” Mr. Fred Hollen, conserves fuel and money by riding a motorcycle to school. Due to the energy crisis facing the nation, students accustomed to a music-filled lunchroom, must eat to the hungry beat of Heating the school building was of special importance this year. This act of vandalism, looked upon with disgust, lowered the temperature without conserving energy. I 20
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Milk prices are similar to a wave — they rise and fall from ten This picky eater finds CCHS lunches hard to swallow, to eight cents. Milk-buyer, Mike Clatterbuck, extends a hand to I receive changes as Valerie Bauman waits her turn. This student, David Yiles, is aware that trays can’t get up and walk by themselves. Tray negligence is not a serious problem as in previous years. Chaos is not the scene here as might be anticipated. During the unexpected black-out, students, except for these few stragglers, gathered in the cafeteria for further instructions. I 1 I Consumption and conversation make up the duo-process followed by the CCHS old- timers. The exclusive senior lunch tables are a welcomed priviledge. 21
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