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JEFFERSON FOREST HIGH SCHOOL 1972-1973 Route 2 Forest, Virginia 24551 Table of Contents CREATION . 4 PEOPLE . 10 INVOLVEMENT . 94 STUDENT LIFE ....... .164 ADVERTISEMENTS . 194 INDEX . 223 SENIOR DIRECTORY . 229 DEVELOPMENT . 234 SELVETTA VOL.
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While at the Max Ward — Delmar Studios in Roanoke, editors Greg Allen and Nancy Carwile look over a selection of yearbook covers, hoping to find a suitable style. CREDITS Title by Reve Carwile Cover design by Greg Allen Theme by Nancy Carwile An Explanation By The I'm tempted to say being editor of the yearbook this year has been one big headache, but, that's not quite true. It's just that heading a staff with NO experience, and having little myself, proved to be a big task. Also, right along with the title editor comes responsibility. As the first editor of the Jefferson Forest annual, I got to choose the name. Great - I could pick the name I liked, but, it had to be a name others would like — a name fitting for an annual, something unique and interesting, and some¬ thing with meaning. It needed to tie in with our school. It needed to fit like Liberty— Minutemen— Heritage— Sentinel. Notice the relationship? Jefferson Forest High School . . . The name brings to mind Thomas Jefferson and the com¬ munity of Forest, as it well should. For, Thomas Jefferson once lived nearby, at his estate, Poplar Forest. I had hoped a name in a foreign language could be found to create curiosity and interest, but not just any word would do. Reve got us on the right track, and Mr. Sowell translated, leading us to our goal. The result was Selvetta . This Italian word, pronounced Sell-weet-tuh, means Little Forest, a direct association with the Forest com¬ munity, But, why Italian, and how does it relate to Jeffer¬ son? Jefferson's favorite language was Italian. Monticello, his home just outside of Charlottesville, got its name from the Italian word for Little Mountain. Selvetta — curious, interesting, foreign, and, most important, signifi¬ cant. After the name came the theme. We've only just begun was considered, for it is quite appropriate, but, it is also overused. We needed a theme that would create more visions. I did about one thing right this year, and that was composing the theme . . . Through the creation of a school 2
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