Huffman High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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A — A-building (a bild-fng), home of the English and Science departments; easily recognized by the towering antenna on the roof absence (ab sens), one sure way to avoid a test, while at the same time insure semester exams absentee list (ab sen-te list), puny pupils ace (as), an easy “A” Activity schedule (ak-tlv' I-tl sked' ul), administrative strategy for stretching the day Alabama history (al-a-bam a his' to-rf), the amazing and fascinating history of our beloved state algebra (al je-bra), if x = work, and y = play, and z = keep your mouth shut then success = x + y + z art (art), advanced finger painting assignment (a-sln ment), busy work band (band), “We’re the best in all the land, we’re the mighty Viking band” baseball (bas' bol), Huffman’s homerun kings basketball (bas' ket-bol), see the boys run, watch them jump ate. rare. cat. ask. far; eve. 611, writer: bite, pin U07

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Basic manners and respect are a must, as they should be. A smart mouth will gain nothing except a quick trip to the advisor’s office, or a prominent spot on a teacher’s black list. The “basics are here to stay and with good reason. Our vocabulary has been intentionally broadened, but there are still those basic words which can only be defined through the eyes of a student. They comprise a student’s “basic language which can never be taken away or corrected. To aid those who are bewildered by the speech of today’s Huffman students, the following glossary was created. It contains a list of defined terms used daily in the halls of Huffman High. It is not intended to be Webster's dictionary, nor was it written to be offensive. It is here simply to preserve those good ole “basics of our high school years.

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— B B-building (be bild-Ing), more frequently called the gym Big Orange (big or' enj), an actual live walking and talking fruit biology (bi-ol' o-jl), highlighted by the dissection and dismembering of the common frog blackboard (blak bord), large red, green, or brown surface where teachers practice their handwriting bleachers (blech erz), shaky seats book (book), required for entry to class; invariably borrowed by locker partner; frequently stolen, never lost book report (book re-port'), an attempt to summarize the events of a book which you haven’t read boutonniere (boot-' n-ir'), a baby corsage, for males only Boys’ Advisors Office (bois ad-vl' zerz of' Is), a male trouble-maker’s second home Boys’ dressing room (bois dres' Ing room), no women’s land brain (bran), think tank button-down (but’n doun), unisex clothing no, or, top; unite, bum, cut; noon, f6ot