Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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i Another broken fingernail! Kay Hardbarger carefully examines her finger to make sure there isn’t any more damage. Checking the extensions of invoices for the Lester Hill Corporation, Mary Sue Tucker helps with the advanced business classes’s company. You had better watch it, is the look that Jeff Firebaugh sends to a friend walking down the hall when he ' s teased about his cute little curls. The rebirth of embroidery and crocheting is obvious everywhere. Ever stop to count the students and teachers with needlework in their hands? Fashion has become a conglomeration of originality to bring back the clothes of grandma’s time.” Students are more adventurous. Classes outside in the spring develop into who knows what, and the Advanced Biology class embarks on wild trips to Big Toilet — the local sewerage treatment plant. All of these things, are they to be forgotten? They’re what made this year. Are they to be thrown off like skipping stones, to be pushed to the backs of our minds? Maybe they are just little things. But, little things build big things. 12

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Birthdays in the senior lounge. The laughter streaming from Coach Brewbaker’s class. Clean-up days and admit slips from Mr. Baker. Observations not yet observed. Early morning eyes peer from the cafeteria windows. Mysterious knocks on mobile doors. Blowing fuses in the business room. The expectation of exploding radiators. Enforced silence in the library. Everything changes, and one by one we forget. As we see Lexington and it sees us we project ourselves into the school. Overcrowded parking lots. Junior prom committee meetings with discussions and differences. New, old traditions create a changing atmosphere. Ordering a la carte in the lunch line gives students a chance to pick and choose. Delighting in sparing a few minutes from the monotonous school day, Wilson Porterfield lets his mind wander to more interesting mat- ters. Except for a few lone wanderers, the halls settle into an atmosphere of peaceful tran- quility while classrooms brim over with crowds of students. originality 11

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STOP, look and Steady does it, Mike Goodhart, Trudy Reeves, and Carolyn Gupton wonder what reactions bluestone would cause in the teachers’ coffee pot? Hurrying to finish her homework before the bell so she can join the ' Hell on Wheels’ gang is Kathy Vess, with one sentence left to go. Vroom! own melodies ..