Lafayette High School - Marquis Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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llll With Victories And Los rs-' T T-'elm Y ' 54, ia' f'7Hi ' ' ' Tis f if- l'-lifrf' LaTayeTTe was a spiriTed place, Tull oT The en- Thusiasm less The noise oT pasT years. There was a guieT deTerminaTion among concerned sTudenTs To cure The ills oT l.aTayeTTe. STudenTs' loyalTy To Their school didn'T lessenq iT expanded beyond high school To encompass naTional and world concerns. ln SepTember, The daily Pledge oT Allegiance ceremonies were misundersTood To be cancelled and sTudenT wraTh Tell on The adminisTraTion. The pledge was reinsTaTed as beTore The Trouble. For a week, iT was more guoTed Than KurT VonneguT Jr. WiThin a monTh, reciTaTion was again by roTe. SupporT oT aThleTics aT LaTayeTTe vacillaTed wiTh vicTories and losses. The day beTore homecom- ing, 200 seniors gaThered To proTecT The laclc oT pep rallies and To demand an hour-long one ThaT day. lT was granTed and sTudenTs prompTly Tell silenT. AT TooTball games, cheerleaders screamed Tor vocal supporT Trom liTeless sTudenTs. AT baslceTball games, They yelled aT empTy bleachers: The Teams losT Tans wiTh games. BUT disTricT and regional play- oTT crowds cheered well. lT was all The way wiTh baseball, well almosT. STaTe-champion boy Traclc- sTers won unnoTiced by mosT LaTayeTTe sTudenTs. I I5

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WinTer came early To KenTucl4y lasT year, bedding down over The sTaTe aT Thanksgiving and hybernaTing a Tull season. lT aTTecTed all: iT TaughT Trozen snow To sgueal and groan under The weighT oT heavy-shod TeeTg iT exposed The True humaniTarian idenTiTies oT SanTa SrniTh and Elf FeaThersTon, caughT up in YuleTide TrivoliTiesq iT proved To be an unbalancing experience Tor Those unaware oT The physical properTies oT graviTy, as girls slipped To new revealing lows, boys cursed bruises. A Toreign cold, sTrange even To unbelievable Ken- Tuclcy weaTher, invaded The Bluegrass in February: un- der iTs weighT, The slcy Tell heavily. The seven o'clocli vigil aT The radio every rnorning proved worThwhile as school remained empTy oT sTudenTs and sTudenTs re- mained ernpTy oT school Tor eighT days. The winTer's weaTher covered much, uncovered more: The weeds oT disconTenTmenT grew wiTh The poinseTTias as seniors TasT Tired oT rouTine and Teachers became impaTienT wiTh seemingly-deaT legislaTors. WiTh The reTurn oT The sun and The advenT oT warm weaTher, a coldness lingered. 3-,,,, 'T E 63:25 be- U. 5. F T' gf, 4 ,gl A 'X ktfg xx 6690