Huguenot High School - Talon Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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First Homecoming Welcomes Back Alumni Junior Varsity cheerleaders lead Huguenot stu- dents in a cheer at the bonfire pep rally, the first event of Homecoming. October 25 saw the beginning of Hu- guenot’s first Homecoming with a bonfire pep rally, when the burning of a Varina football player forecast the defeat a day later of the Blue Devils 19-6. A wiener roast preceded the game, and a sock hop followed it. At halftime, Judy Jones, choice of the- student body for Homecoming Queen, was crowned by Judy Hinton, Miss Chesterfield of 1962 and one of Huguenot’s ow n alumni. Ronny Cox, halfback, gains yard- age at the Homecoming game, enabling Huguenot to defeat the Blue Devils of Varina. Composing the court were seniors, Judy Acree, Ann Hudson, and Brenda Knigh- ton; junior, Carolyn Lacy; sophomores, Stephany Sammis and Joan Davis; fresh- men, Chris Carter and Ruth Ann Wilson; and eighth graders, Jessica Carter and Christy Waters. They reigned at the semi- formal dance Saturday night, the theme of which was “Autumn Enchantment”; Judy Jones, escorted by Bill Jeff- music was furnished by the Squires. ress, reigns as Homecoming Queen at the dance on Saturday night after being crowned at half-time of the Varina game. The Homecoming Dance, entitled “Autumn Enchantment,” climaxes the whirl of Home- coming events long to be remembered by the alumni and students of Huguenot.

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Seniors Are Honored with a Persian Fantasy A “Persian Fantasy” unfolded to juniors and seniors on the evening of May 11 when they stepped through the gym doors into an exotic wonderland. A huge arch separated the colorful garden from the interior of a richly ornamented Sul- tan’s palace. The charming garden, arrayed with decorative flowers and frivolous butterflies, was the scene of much activity and flashing of lights, as it proved to be a favorite spot for photographers. Windows at intervals within the palace revealed scenes from “The Arabian Nights,” while sophomore servers in their Arabian costumes completed the scene except for the magic carpet which had served to trans- port “The Continentals” to the annual Junior-Senior Prom.

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Faculty Many times each day we have sought guidance from members of the faculty, seldom realizing, however, the magnitude of the task which teachers must take on — the great responsibility of instructing all students in subjects which will benefit them throughout life. By them we have been directed toward high ideals, and each lesson learned becomes a step forward toward the intangible but long sought- after goal of achievement. It has been said that “Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touch- ing them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of wa- ters, you choose them as your guides, and, following them, you reach your destiny.” —Carl Schurz