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

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CHEERING ON THE TEAM, Senior Anne Maselli, alias the Dead Bee, leads the crowd at the 63rd annual East-West game. SURROUNDED BY blue and white balloons. Sophomore Suzanne Wood ignites the crowd as the Polar Bear mascot. ACCENTED BY DOZENS of maple and oak trees, the 11.4-acre campus welcomes another colorful fall. The well-known foliage inspired the name of the yearbook, MAPLE LEAVES. STUDENT LIFE Campus

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Once a Park, Now a School Trees, Tradition, Trolleys Quiet rustling and soft whis- pers fill the room. Study guides are due tomorrow. A bored stu- dent dreamily gazes out the win- dow. nothing to do. Staring at the huge oak tree outside, his attention rivets on the squirrels running round and round the tree which must be hundreds of years old . . . ‘I think our campus is very nice. There are a lot of trees and it looks neat,’’ commented Sophomore Rick Denniston. The 11.4-acre campus was once a public park with a trolley running around it, and many of the trees are identified and marked. The natural stream running through the campus is bridged so the students can go from building to building. But those steps to the Freshman Building — they are too wide to take in one stride, but not long enough for two, so everybody walks in little half-steps. Try running that in a tight skirt! Now the weather — when it is fall with all the leaves just turning red and the sun shining, it is beautiful just to sit and watch them drift down like snow. But when the rain starts falling, life is not pleasant. There seems to be a place on the walk that forms a little lake that has to be hurdled. The leaves from all the trees are much more effective than ba- nana peels. Really though — there is more to it than just the outside. Inside are the Polar Bear stat- ues, Lincoln and Senior Court, the open roof square only sen- iors can enter. Freshman Heidi McClain feels that the court is deserved because “the seniors have waited four years to be classified as the top of the school, and they deserve cer- tain rights.” And there are school tradi- tions such as the Polar Bear mascot and East-West week. The famous rivalry between East Side and West Side has continued for 63 years. All these things are what make Fairmont Senior special and unique and give it its spirit and personality. ADVISED BY MISS MELIA MAIOLO. the Science Club reorga- nized this year and made repairs to Senior Court. Sophomore Jon Ste- venski works to rejuvenate the fountain. SUMMER GREENS SURROUND students as they walk toward the main building between classes. The extra-wide walk was built to accom- modate the handicapped. STUDENT LIFE Campus 7