Lafayette High School - Marquis Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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x .ia- GE ffm , if .si 4 t - L -K -'ww -iwsgg, M vvKf...,s.A' Nlhilkg' l. '25 rx . lcontinued from pg. 121 seven per game. ROBERT IONES flseftj, with a jump of 48 feet 6 inches in the triple jump in the 1974 Mason Dixon games holds the longest recorded jump in the na- tion this year. He jumped 39 feet as a sophomore, and as a junior, his best jump of 45 feet 6 inches beat the previous school record. Robert is also the leading sprinter on the team with a 100 yard dash time of 9.8 Versatile could be VALERIE KAVANAUGHS fAbovej middle name. She has helped with the Se- nior class and worked on the Student Council this year, in addition to participating in chorus, orchestra, and band. Valerie not only carries out her responsibilities at aschool, but she also serves on the Advisory Board of Educational Talent Search Program of the University. This organization helps provide graduates and dropouts with an opportunity to continue their education. Valerie also has the honor of being Lafayette's first black band sponsor. She has been very active in encouraging blacks and whites to come together. As a reward for her ef- lcontinued pg. 141

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PACESETTERS Pacing Themselves with Commitment A community is a mass of people, content with being a part of that com- munity yet always striving to distin- guish themselves from the masses. Distinction may take many forms yet there is one element common to all . . .commitment. Such is the qualification for a pacesetter. A pacesetter is a member of the Lafayette community whose work evidences commitment to that activity as well as to other people. MIKE WILLIAMS trightj is one of the more involved students at Lafayette. His special interests lie in the music and academic fields. Academically, Mike is the President of the National Honor Society, and a member of both the Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta math honorary. Mike's greatest interest is in music. As a member of the band, he plays first trumpet and is the drum major. In addition to the trumpet, he plays the piano and was a member of the All- State orchestra. NANCY MALEK fbottomj is one of Lafayette's National Merit Finalists. For the privilege of joining other young scholars around the nation in this select category, Nancy spent grueling hours of study and prepara- tion. She also spent countless hours taking a battery of scholastic tests which at times seemed like nothing more than exercises in trivia, futility and migraines . But her commitment paid off - Nancy will go to the Uni- versity of Virginia where she will major in History and English to prepare her for a career in teaching. All too often the athlete who gets the most publicity and recognition is the high scorer. Value to the team is too often measured by the number of points scored. Many times an athlete will forego personal recognition to help make his team a better ball club. PAUL MORGAN lOpp. pg. Leftj, co- captain of the basketball team is such a player. Paul was the spark plug of the team, the pacemaker who often sacrificed his own shots if a team mate had a better one. Paul was the second leading scorer for the Generals with a 13 point average, but more importantly he proved himself an unselfisli player by leading in assists with an average of lfcontiiiucetl pg. 1131

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9532! il l :Qt forts, she received the Active Aware- ness Award during Brotherhood Week in 1971. Setting the pace in Drama is MARK LENTRY tUpper Leftj. Last year, Mark started his acting career as a teeny- bopper in the Spring Play Bye Bye Birdiew. This year, in the Senior Play, he was cast as a rough, ill-tempered juror in Ladies of the Iury . Mark also acted in a play that was sent to the Regional Play contest and he came in second with a superior rating. MRS. EDWINA HADDIX flower Leftj has managed to combine two ca- -gqggj in Dedicated to their y ,, Z L , 07 , W , Wy? W2 5 v M if Z J ilv ix! 1 .K ff Qt.-aww: 'f reers -- that of English teacher and aspiring poet. She has always loved writing and began writing during her high school and college years. She started writing seriously about a year ago and in that time she has written over 125 poems. It is when I am writing poetry that I feel I am the most alive and sensing life to its fullest, she expressed. Mrs. Haddix has recently had a poem accepted in the 1974 edition of the National Poetry Anthology. Her poem was one of the few selected from the more than 6500 poems that were 'W submitted. She is currently editing Max Ellison's book, Clean Livers of An- trim County and other Myths. In the late fall of197-1. her first book will be published entitled What the Thunder Said. Une of Lafayettes most active girls is IENNIFER HAM tAbox'el. Her list of achievements could fill a volume. Iennifer is President of the Spanish Club and a member of the Spanish Honor Society. Along with being a member of Beta Club and Na- ltzontinuepg. 151 St i 1