Heathwood Hall Episcopal High School - Highlander Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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THE USC GAMECOCKS Mike Dunleavy dribbles along the Coliseum court. Caroline games were a constant source of interest to Heathwood fans. AN INAUGURAL FLOAT, Below left, moved down Main Street with a large head of Governor Edwards suspended above a small State House. FOURTH OF NAME, Below, Senator Strom Thurmond walks with Naval officers at the commissioning of the nuclear powered frigate ship USS South Carolina, in Charleston. '45-: f ' vmuw- -' 0 In IS5 so Heathwood people were much more closely associated with South Carolina events. The November fifth election was a hot subject at the school, and USC games were relived frequentlyg of course, more widespread problems had an effect too. Local residents complained bitterly about SCE8LG bills, while unemployment was a less critical problem. Inflation, however, kept pace with the rest of the nation. YM mn, v,Q-.4-anyway ,tw WWW rt. 5 'isis' A. mx 9 t K K af, sq .rn , K 3. -ze' CONTROVERSIES OVER BEACHES Sand dunes at Isle of Palms were bulldozed, resulting in a lawsuit, while ecologists fought the dredging of lowland estu- aries. THE HOT ISSUE of Charles Pug Ravenel's eligi- bility for office was halted by a court ruling uphold- ing the residency rule. The dynamic gubematorial candidate plans to run for an office in 1976. ui . '4 USR., 5 2 W - x 44' HYKEXKEZF' ' xX! 'N ' , 63: . .B N- :slr -A if Q , C .f I

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T IHIE Sl Alf IE 'Ulf lfll-il I A IL Mlllflf lf 'U 3 TTAUFIE S.C.! I 34 . , Y Y A DARK HORSE, After winning the Republican pri- mary, James Edwards went from a Charleston dental practice to become the state's first Republican gov- ernor since reconstruction.

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As the year draws to a close, the reflections are of many firsts. The first year at the new campus, the first gym, and the first sopho- more class, obviously, but also a new iden- tity, created by students who no longer had the traditions of a great old house and its lands to draw on. The year has been beset by growing pains Cnotably those of the still patchy grassy, but some answers have been AND LOOKING BACK Paula Gunter, a ninth grader, sits on the schoo1's sign to glance over her shoulder at the campus. found, and some provisions made for the future like the student government and the possiblity of an honor council. The school and the students are finding a new awareness in the community, nation, and world.