Gloucester High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Gloucester, VA)

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LOOKING UP AND FL YING HIGH 74-75 Introduction 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SENIORS 8 SPORTS 110 JUNIORS 38 ORGANIZATIONS 132 SOPHOMORES 50 ADS 176 FRESHMEN 64 SPRING SPORTS 194 ADMINISTRA TION 76 GRADUATION 202 STUDENT LIFE 94 INDEX 212 2 Table of Contents

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Carmen Olivis and Brad Sindle State Forensics Champions In the fall of 1974 the annual staff chose LOOKING UP AND FLYING HIGH as the theme for this annual. We had no way of knowing whether this theme would reflect the events of this year, but we felt spirit was higher than before and were looking forward to a successful year. Despite the losing streak of our most glamorous sport, football, spirits still seemed to be high. However, with a similar season recorded by the basketball squad, spirit seemed to freeze along with the weather. En¬ thusiasm became less apparent. Some of the student body seemed to feel that we were looking up and for¬ ward only to the passing of each day and the end of the year. Even looking up to authority, we thought, wasn ' t desirable. As Mr. Cox knew, some of our looking up and flying high was an effort to disappear beyond the reach of discipline. But there were others of us who looked up to higher aspirations. Many worked hard on homecoming floats and served on stage crews; we memorized hundreds of lines for one-Act plays and musical comedies. We practiced for band concerts and choral concerts; we gave up Saturdays and Sundays to walk for March of Dimes, and we worked nights, to meet deadlines for production. Often, we wished we had been given four arms to help us get the jobs done. Last year ' s annual made the prophecy that we would probably be running this year. Basically, the pro¬ phecy has been realized. Some of us have run from everything and everybody; we have tried to avoid the issues at hand, and we have not stopped to wonder where we were going. Others of us have rim, too. We have worked hard to mold ourselves into scholars, hoping college board scores would reach above 800 to insure our getting into top colleges and universities. And, for most of us, the work was worth it. We know it will prepare us for the future. We have quietly taken responsibility for planning and executing in¬ tramural sports before school, we have planned and worked with communities to make money for dances, band uniforms, concert apparel, and to defray costs of producing an annual. We ' ve won state honors and drawn recognition from the State Department of Education for excellence in drama production. In retrospect, perhaps LOOKING UP AND FLYING HIGH was an appropriate theme either way one wishes to observe his school life. We have been looking up and flying high in search of something that we feel is better. 4 Introduction