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

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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

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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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Normally, people dont give circus clowns much respect. But class clowns are a different story. A genuine clown had to have just one thing — a young heart. Keep- ing it throughout high school was something to be proud of. Sharing it with others was something even greater. On some days Johanna Fingerhut seemed to have had, as Ms. Adegbalola put it, ‘too many Froot Loops for breakfast.’ But that never stopped her from keeping the senior class smiling. Big Ben Lawrynas, our football team captain and offensive line- man, had a true clown in him. It was a fairly sure thing, how- JAMES CARLTON DUFF “My Mind Is Searching For Reasons Why A Time To Live Or Die. If We Had Now What We Had then Lost Horizons Might Return Again.” The Michael Schenker Group SUSAN M. DUNNIGAN “If | love you, wnat business is it of yours?” E.M.O.A.C. JENNIFER ELLEN EDGE “Follow your heart because sometimes your mind takes a detour.” SHANNON N. EMMONS LASONYA K. FERGUSON “That was easy; now comes the hard part.” ROBIN LYNN FERRIS Funniest and Friendliest “| get up in the morning and it’s just another day, ‘pack up my belongings, I've got to get away I'm MOVING ON — never, never eg we ground.” ad Company JOHANNA FINGERHUT They are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.” Antoine de Saint Exupery LESLIE MARIE FLETCHER Mountains are only so tall. If you can't ciimb the path you've chosen, look over the mountain and choose another trail.” LAURA A. GEIGER Sooner or later the one who wins is the one who thinks he can.” i 30 X People ever, that the other teams never found that out. These two were voted to be the best jokers out of the whole senior pack. Being friendly at James Monroe could be a difficult thing at times. Students often couldn't be that cheerful on Monday test days. But some managed to keep their cheerfulness throughout the whole year, rain or shine. Taking that first step toward friendliness consisted of equal parts of smiles, under- standing, and raw courage. April Jurgins and George Coghill got the votes of their many senior friends. JOANNA FINGERHUT AND BEN LAWRYNAS are just monkeying around, a sometimes hairy deal.