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

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CRAMMED halls face harried guidance counselors during first days of school as worried students and parents rush to the guidance office to untangle and rearrange schedules. Seventh period highlights opening days Clanging locker doors, jan- gling bells, shuffling feet— these sounds heralded the start of school. Bewildered chatter of sophomores mixed with ‘‘welcome back” cries of juniors and seniors created a hubbub of excited voices. New and returning Rebels found school lengthened to seven periods. The first days saw long lines of harried students stream in and out of the guidance office as sched- ules were corrected. The usually vacant bookroom be- came a center of activity as books were taken out of their summer slumber for another year of use. At the first as- sembly Rafael Reusch, the Chilean foreign exchange stu-

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Classroom concepts grow to working principles through student life

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dent, met his new classmates en masse. Also at this time, the Key Club initiated ‘‘The Spirit Award’’ to be presented to the most deserving class at the close of the school. Cinderella and her evil step- brothers introduced the pub- lications drive, which resulted in 846 subscriptions to 1,465 Rebels, the largest student FLIGHTY “Butterfly”’ Bill Sanders and majorette Linda Kamsky mock the Lane majorette squad. STRAINING to lift a Stack of biology books Tommy Stillman participates ina traditional first day activity of distributing textbooks. Under the supervision of Coach Bill Long, Roger Ladwig carries the books from the bookroom to classrooms. body in Freeman’s history. Seniors won first place and $75 in the P.T.A.’s mem- bership drive. Sophomores received $25. Warm days of Indian sum- mer faded. The whiff of burn- ing leaves and the crisp chill of the early morning air told Rebels that it was Harvest Festival time.