Douglas Southall Freeman High School - Historian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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PAUSING amid Homecoming excitement, Queen Dee Dee happily receives congratulations from alumna Gwen Crowder. NEW MAID-OF-HONOR Pam Curtis smilingly accepts her WHILE SECOND-QUARTER ACTION takes place on the field, banner from Judy Royal, last year’s Homecoming Queen. princesses prepare for the half-time ceremonies. Bottom: With a yell from the cheerleaders, the Homecoming parade comes through the gates and rolls past enthusiastic Rebel rooters.

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BEAMING PRINCESS STEVIE BASS, ASSISTED BY DAVY STREET, STEPS DOWN FROM HER DECORATED FLOAT. Queen Dee Dee reigns over chilly Homecoming WARM SMILES counteract chilly weather as Commentator A drum major’s whistle, a drummer’s sharp response, princesses Jerry Howard and ‘Toni Leach pass the stands. and the 1962 Homecoming festivities began. In the interlude between pep rally and final bell, student spirit grew with anticipation. Almost before the notes of the last bell faded, the parking lot in front of school rang with festive confusion. Laughter and chatter filled the air as Rebels with keen eyes and cold hands created intricate designs out of ordinary napkins, crepe paper, and foil. Finally seven o’clock arrived, cold and clear. Prin- cesses, ready to turn warming smiles on shivering spectators, settled themselves atop floats. Excited cries of “Here they come!” accompanied the transformed automobiles onto the field. Following a complete cir- cuit before the crowd, the princesses disembarked to view the football game from seats on the 50-yard line. The closing minutes of the first half found the girls wending their way cautiously through the cheering fans in preparation for the evening’s climax. Then, one by one, they walked slowly to mid-field. After silence fell, the announcer’s voice boomed through the loudspeaker to proclaim Dee Dee Notting- ham 1962 Homecoming Queen and Pam Curtis her Maid-of-Honor. Two prize-winning floats, those of the French Club and Y-Teens Triangle III, came forward to convey radiant royalty around the field. The game closed with a DSF come-from-behind vic- tory, and Rebels and their dates retired to a Harvest Hop, fin al act of another Homecoming celebration.

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AT THE MERCY OF THE PIRATES, MICHAEL, JOHN, AND THE LOST BOYS CONTEMPLATE THEIR UNHAPPY FATE. A WICKED CAPTAIN HOOK (Glen Shivel) reveals to first mate Smee (Joe Bobb) his dire plan of capturing his nemesis, Pan. Seniors invite audience into Never Never Land Warm days cooled and long days shortened into the last weeks of autumn. Afternoons of waning sunlight found the auditorium full of students working on DSF’s senior play. At the performance, players took a delighted audience on a magic trip to Never Never Land, home of Peter Pan. Here lived the Lost Boys, pirates, Indians, and others characters in Sir James Barrie’s classic. Agnes Brown starred as Peter, the boy who wanted never to grow up; Glen Shivel portrayed the arch-fiend, Captain Hook. Included in the cast were Ginny Childrey, Wendy; Anne Askew, John; Barbara Sweeney, Michael; Barbara Post, Nana; Betty Garner, Mrs, Darling;Rodney Smith, Mr. Darling; Joe Bobb, Smee; and Linda Broyles, Tiger Lily. Christmas holidays came as a welcome interlude in academic life. When the holiday season was over, however, the excitement of basketball caught Rebels up in a whirl of games and pep rallies. During long hours after classes, the front hall echoed with the shouts of spirited varsity cheerers as they practiced for the approaching Cheer Rally. Entering a cheer and an original song, the girls won the gleaming bronze first prize trophy. As the end of January arrived, gay students gradu- ally became quieter and more serious. Teachers began their mid-year reviews to recall to student’s minds work done in September. Then the first day of exams, for so long a nebulous concern, became a reality.