Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Moments of Discovery Utilizing her Governmental Decision Making skills, Michele Santa Barbara reaches for the magic lever that could spell victory for her candidate in the November election. Enacting the plight of a West Virginia coal-mining family in American History class leaves Linda Blacken with a mis-buttoned sweater, Susan Swartz with oversized boots and Debbie Edwards with an ear ache.

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With cheeks puffed and arms cranked, senior Richard Dorsey: confronts the Warrior. i ( : . |. . ' . ‘ . .wll ensive line at a practice session Physics teacher and aspiring Nobel Laureate, Mr. James Castle, adds a bit of wisdom to Charles Bramlett ' s textbook. Life in the Indian village was a principles of Calculus; for the athlete multifaceted experience for the swift and strong as the hunted buffalc Warrior—physically, mentally, it was that surge of adrenalin with spiritually, and socially. From the which he captured the city ' s district moment he entered the reservation to track meet, or the ecstasy of three that time when he reluctantly final wins in a previously 0-8 footbal departed, the Warrior was called season; for the artist, reaching new upon to be thinker, athlete, artist, heights like an unfettered eagle, it wa leader, and friend. Yet, more the poignancy of each moment, seei important than his individual talents, in a highly personal mode; for the each Warrior was an integral part of leader, mighty bear among the fores the tribe, the all-important animals, it was the satisfaction of Kecoughtan Village. seeing one ' s class win the From August 1977 to June 1978, the Homecoming float competition; for Kecoughtan Warriors partic ipated in the friend, it was an otter-like joy fel an academic and extra-curricular in sharing life with others, extravaganza—a time which will Like the creatures and caricatures remain a part of their spirits to the end on a totem pole, Kecoughtan 77-71 of their earthly existence. An eclectic became a multitude of distinct faces experience, the year stimulated all and remembered vignettes interests: for the scholar, constantly aggregated in a single unified questioning like the curious raccoon, structure, it was the thrill of discovering the ; v ' • : - fsIMilh MM® ' !

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The history of the Indian tribe vacillated between extremes; times of war and times of peace, days of unrest and days of apathy. The Warriors reflected a growing national trend—a conservative outlook, a more materialistic attitude, a political apathy. The blue-jeaned protestors of the preceding ten years reluctantly gave way to a youth more conscious of Pierre Cardin than Bob Dylan. Drugs lost their cultural popularity as a means of defiance. Kecoughtaners were more likely to go on the war path for social status than for social reform. Yet, this transformation was more than a simple reversion to bourgeois interest. Warriors, like most Americans, were more satisfied with their way of life. A returning confidence was the over-riding mood on the reservation — a complacency. Shining plexiglass and colorful pop-art are trade-marks indicative of Electric Glass, one of the imaginative shops springing up and revitalizing old Hampton. Is it a picture of me, a picture of me? Kim Taylor and Laura White distribute school portraits to underclassmen, eager to catch a glimpse of themselves. The past alongside the present-ruins like this old battlement doorway dot nearby Ft. Monroe reminding passerbys of a bygone era—replete with drab dungeons and antebellum mansions. ■ ' ■ r.-i ' .V- s Jr m ' •» 3KK