Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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BRILLIANCE IN ACTION - Want- LOOKING AHEAD — While earning ing the excitement in her life that was his weekly allowance, Sophomore experienced by Adolf Hitler, Junior Jeff Moore admits that he would like Marty Tibbs fulfills one of her daily a lifestyle similar to Hugh Heffner’s. responsibilities. Stepping backward in time arouses the curosity of students who imagine their Historical Presence The heavy wooden door opened into a pitch black room except for the faint, reddish glow coming from the corner of the left wall. Slow tip- toeing footsteps approached the strange light. Covering the wall, dials, gauges and buttons sur- rounded a large, shiny knob. Direc- tions hung beside it engraved in a brass plate. They instructed one to line the arrow up with a date and carefully depress the tiny red but- ton. A feminine hand with Bronze Fire nail polish hesitantly reached up, set the knob and pushed the button. The entire room vibrated. Colored lights flashed wildly. Ab- ruptly, everything became still. Noisy footsteps ran toward the door. With one forceful tug, the door swung open and a scream of fear mixed with delight echoed in the air as Mary Whetzel found her- self among the flappers during the roaring twenties. “People always looked like they were having a good time,” noted the junior explaining why she liked that period in history. While Mary danced her way into the crowd, another student crept into the dim room. After the same twisting and turning, he wound up in Abraham Lincoln’s body. “He’s someone I’ve always ad- mired, “explained Bruce Henth- orn, freshman. Two more unsuspecting teen- agers passed through the door as Bruce began his political debate with Stephen Douglass in 1858. Riding into town on his brown stal- lion, Freshman John Meffe pulled his horse to a stop. He casually dis- mounted, then threw forward the old saloon doors. Behind the bar, Pam Keener served drinks to out- laws, farmers, prospectors and cowboys. “I’ve always dreamed of working during the Old West and wearing a big hoop skirt,” said the junior. Dealt his cards, John joined in the poker game while 100 years in the future, a young man sat intent- ly studying in a laboratory. After visiting the gloomy room, Fresh- man David Harris leaned over a mi- croscope and began his pioneer work in nuclear physics. 18 Historical Presence

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With temptations everywhere, forcing oneself to stop bad habits became a Reoccurring Nightmare Everyone has them. Some ap- pear obvious, some hidden. Some seem constant, others occur once- in-a-while. Some happen uncon- ciously, while others are a result of nerves. Most students are plagued by habits. For a few it’s biting their ■» nails, tapping their foot against the floor, cracking their knuckles or I shaking their leg. Others resort to . twisting their hair, playing with a necklace or chewing on a pencil. Along with having a habit comes the desire to break it. The reactions of one’s friends 1 provided students with the inita- tive to resist the urge. After constantly listening to her y classmates laugh when her neck- laces got tangled in her hair, a freshman said that she had to stop wearing necklaces all together. Most of the time it’s one’s par- ents who try to put an end to the habit. Steven Kendall, sophomore, re- vealed, “My parents made me wear gloves for three days one time so I’d stop biting my nails.” “My mom always tells me how big and ugly my hands are from cracking my knuckles,” comment- ed Lisa Carson, sophomore. “Mainly, mom screams at din- ner. She claims that I shake the en- tire table,” said Jeff Wang, junior. Nevertheless, the failure or suc- cess of breaking a bad habit rested on the student’s willingness to force themselves. “I tried concentrating on my leg,” confessed Rick Fluharty, ju- nior. “The only problem is when I concentrate, I shake my leg,” he added. A fingernail biting senior said that she’s been unsuccessfully giv- ing it up for Lent for the past twelve years. In the process of climbing out of one’s rut, some students fall into another. “I decided I wanted long finger- nails, and I stopped. But now, I bite the shin around my nails,” ex- plained Lori Toparko, sophomore. While some successfully put their habits to rest, others will for- ever listen to their parents say, “Stand up straight or I’ll buy you a back brace.”

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“OPEN ARMS” — As she plays a tune by the rock group. Journey, Senior Natalie Christian imagines that her musical talents are as perfected as the composer Beethoven. WILD, WILD WEST - With his mind on the Old West, Freshman John Meffe ponders over a problem in Ac- celerated Science 9 class. PRECISE MEASUREMENTS - Choralier pianist Freshman Marga- ret Rowe helps Freshman Janet Yost measure chemicals to complete an experiment in Accelerated Science 9 class. Rowe expressed an interest in playing to the caliber of great com- posers. ON ICE — Instead of guarding Sopho- more Bryan Towns in an evening bas- ketball game, Sophomore Mike Mez- zepelle would rather be playing hockey with the New York Islanders and Mike Bossy. Historical Presence 19