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

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JENNIFER LEIGH BRUMFIELD The play is done; the curtain drops Slow falling to the prompter's bell: A moment yet the actor stops, And looks around to say farewell Thackery LATONYA RENEE BUMBREY Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success Leigh Mitchell Hodges PETRINA VICTORIA BUMBREY Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today ANGELA JO BURKE (Angie) WE'RE READY — heading where we decide on. We can find a way, we can go so much farther than we've come today Boston COTE JO BURNETTE “One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already on the mind.” Alphonse Bertillon DAVID T. CASTALDI “We never realized as the years rolled by. No we never really had a clue. But we knew one day we'd come alive. And in the end, there’s me and you.” BRYCE T. CHRISTIAN BAYRON CISNEROS THOMAS A CLARE Jr. “So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will just be now and then Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it’s time for Goodbye again. Billy Joel SONYA L. COAKLEY “To be nobody — but — myself — ina world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight, and never stop fighting.” e.e. cummings GEORGE W. COGHILL The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.” 28 X People

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Yak Yak. Some people seemed to think that the less said about the most talkative in the class, the better. But there was a lot to be said for the most talkative. No matter how many words the most talkative in the class might say, the one word he'd never be caught saying was “Um ... A genuinely talkative person, by definition, was never at a loss for words. Their supply of words was nearly infinite — and, the odds say that out of anything infinite, something good has to come. The senior class voted Catherine Palumbo and Greg Randall as the peo- ple from their class who al- ways knew just what to say. Shih It's been said before. It’s been said again. A quiet per- son is not a shy person! Ad- mittedly, quiet people tend not to be noticed as much as the people who shout all the time — as Mary Reese said of Rhonda Blackwelder, “Well, she doesn't talk all that often, but | never thought of her as being quiet.” Someone who was quiet could have been just as out- going as the person who talked to everyone in a class- room. They were just a bit more subtle about it. And a quiet person could be trusted with any secret in the world. It was a good feeling, to have someone to talk to who never interrupted, never wanted to shift the subject toward “ME.” They just listened. Patrick Sullivan and Rhonda Blackwelder won the (silent) majority of the senior class — they were voted the quietest in the class of ’88. enior Sounds And Silences GREG RANDALL AND CATHERINE PALUMBO sometimes need help from masking tape to keep their mouths tee RHONDA BLACKWELDER fits right snut. in with the codes of the library. x Sounds Silence} 21

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7 PEER teams womans, SSS a Wee Alive and Kickin’ At James Monroe, ‘school spirit” meant just one thing: the belief that James Monroe was the best high school anywhere. That belief took a beating sometimes, but, for those with the genuine spirit, that feeling was never in doubt for a moment. Rodney Hunter was one of the most familiar sights on the field — he led the team onto the playing field to vic- tory after victory, waving the familiar flag — “The Hive Is Alive.” And, in this football season, the hive was the most alive team in the state. FAKING EACH OTHER out with their smiles, Eric Bates and Jennifer Edge are really interested in pursu- ing the football. WHILE ELIZABETH BLACKMON spreads her spirit through her eyes and mouth, Rodney Hunter takes on the task of lifting her spirit. Beth Blackmon helped our team in her own way, as one of the spirited cheerleaders that appeared at all.our games — rain, freezing cold, requests for the “Cookie Monster” cheer, no matter what the conditions. The athletes of James Monroe received high recog- nition this year — The 1987- 1988 school year was a year of breaking records for James Monroe. These athletes deserve that recog- nition — becoming the best meant training hard and of- ten. But two athletes of the senior class have earned an- other vote of appreciation — Eric Bates and Jennifer Edge. Both of these athletes have pursued the elusive goal of victory — and taken that prize. CASSANDRA “CASSIE” COLEMAN “Thanks for everything. | love you very much, Mom and Dad.” STEPHEN M. CONNER “The great pleasure of life is doing what people say you cannot do.” SUSAN H. COOKE “I've played the game, And now it's over, So | will no FLY FREELY!” SALLY M. CRESSEY “There are no hopeless situations, there are only hopeless men.” Clare Booth MARGARET L. CURRY “I've been feeling so much older Frame me and hang me on the wall? I've seen you fall into the same trap This thing is happening to us all.” : Crowded House JANE ASHLEY DALTON “The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication; For youth is sweet and they are growing.” Aristotle JAY D. DANIEL CYBILLE DELACROIX-MUIRHEAD “The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight each resemblance find: Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds, and other seas .. .” Andrew Marvell x Senior Spirits) 29