James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Puffed cheeks and pursed lips. Trumpet player Todd Baitis warms up for practice. The band met every morning at 7:30 during football season. Necessary weight shift and two-handed backhand give fourth seed Becky Rogers power and placement. The team defeated Varina 9-0 in the spring 1978 contest. 4 Opening

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With cylinders and breakers at hand, Clifton Drippy grass and sleep-filled eyes accompany Jackson and Marletta Foreman calculate the ml the early-morning marchers while they practice of a liquid. The experiment was conducted dur- routines for half-time shows. The band also per- ing their biology class. formed in the Dog Mart and Christmas parades. Eruptions of spirits— the junior section ex- plodes during a pep rally. The signs were painted by junior class cheerleaders and held up by volunteers. Opening 3 : i

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Youre inei@onea SURPRISE ease Country may not be ig and it may not have the most modern facilities, but it does have its share of surprises. As surprises go, ours were not always what we bargained for — some were good; some were not so good. Toga parties, chants of Louie- Louie, and shouts of ‘‘dead-bug”’ helped us to get over the hump of the new nine-week exams, competency tests and hall passes. The ‘‘wild and crazy” antics of Steve Martin and Saturday Night Live got us through the price increases at McDonald’s. Sports surprises came in different shapes and sizes. eG. fans followed a foot- all season of declining hope, but as soon as we thought we had hit bottom, the team pulled through with an 8-2 victory. The worldwide shock of the Jonestown Massacre found its way into Sociology class Late afternoon glares don't affect the one on one basketball game between Keith Chestnut and John Russell. The short warm spell during February gave a break to snow. discussions. Government stu- dents pondered whether Liz Taylor would help or hinder John Warner in his Senatorial campaign. However, it was not all Latin declensions and chemistry formulas, we took time out to watch Mork and Mindy or listen to WPGC. We proved wrong the old saying that it is easier for students to learn the teachers’ names than for teachers to learn the stu- dents’ names. As twelve new teachers joined the staff, our pete aent decreased from 781 to 700. But our smallness wasn’t evident as Jacket fans crowded into movie theaters to see box office record breakers such as Heaven Can Wait and Jaws 2. To an outsider our surprises may seem ordinary, but to us in Jacket Country each had its own inside meaning. So come to Jacket Country, you’re in for a surprise. Cock-a-doodle-do—math teacher Mr. Car! In- gebretsen listens for the highest bids for a rooster at the SCA auction. Mr. Ingebretsen raised the rooster on his farm. Opening 5