Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Piggin’ out with Robin Gaines! Some shirts just beg to be noticed, as is the case with this screamin’ bright pink pig. The question that plagues Wally Sanders and Ms. Sauder the most — ‘‘Where was George?” Well, that question might not have been answered in pee but as of January 20, 1989, he’s in the White ouse. “Feelin’ groovy! ’ Susannah Gordon's tie-dye tee-shirt seems very appropriate as the colorful shirts once again become the thing to wear. “It's them dang raisins! ’ Some students, such as Freshman Sammi Ruley like to wear the ever- popular California raisins just like the ones on T.V.! Tee-Shirts 11

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Justin Hines, ‘‘just say Mooo ... Farm animals are in vogue this year. The shirt says It all. Straight from the jungle ora box of fruit loops, Jimmy Black wears an ob- noxious toucan. 10 Tee-Shirts spirit With A Tee Tee-shirt day at Lexington High School this year proved to be a huge success as the majority of the student body as well as faculty showed their school spirit with tee-shirts during Homecoming week. Tee-shirts are the article of clothing that most teenages prefer to wear, so that day gave LHS an opportunity to see the best ones that had been hiding away in the darkest of closets. The tee-shirts represented each students’s individuality. They ranged from ones that displayed the students’ favorite bands, to ones that had funny sayings, all the way down to a few that showed organizations that they be- longed to. Some tees had special sym- bolic meanings, while others ex- pressed simple ideas that the wearers felt strongly about. Most of all, the tee-shirts were about the times we live in. The late 1980's have been some strange years. Music has changed, with heavy-metal be- coming quite popular, and most Top Forty losing momentum, while British music, such as the Smiths, has become extremely cool. TV shows like Thirty- Something, The Wonder Years, and China Beach have taken a new road into the living rooms of American families. And MTV remains a favorite logo, along with the Hard Rock Cafe. Sayings seen on tee-shirts have also changed. A tee worn in the sixties might have made a bold political state- ment by saying ‘‘Make love — not w ar,” but a popular tee of today usually is a play on words and says something like “Get high on milk, Our cows are on grass.” Still, the traditional tye-dyed tee-shirt continues to survive. Tomorrow, the tees we wear proudly today, we may burn, but Tee- shirt Day will always represent each person’s individuality, and most im- portantly be a symbol of the things that were in style on that day. — Bobbie Jo Clawson

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Sweet Face O’ Mine Everyone has seen a funny face at one time or another. Did it cheer you up when you were depressed? Did it make you laugh in the middle of En- glish class while you were taking the final test on Macbeth? Can you still pic- ture in your mind’s eye the best face that you've ever seen? Did it leave an impression on you? Yes folks, faces can do all of those things. But, do the faces leave the impressions or the people behind the faces? An examination of the subject might answer that question. The people making the faces must know exactly which face they wish to make. The type of face expresses the feelings the people want to convey to other people. The conclusion is that the people create the faces that leave the 12 Faces impressions on us. The motives for the faces are as varied as the people who make them. Some demented individuals make them only to get an enemy, or even possibly a friend, sent to STOP, be- cause of his lack of self-control. Other posers’ incentives are more sincere. Many experts agree that laughter cures all illnesses; therefore, an Occa- sional asinine expression is welcomed by the melancholy people of the world. Lonely creatures make the faces in an attempt to gain attention. They are usually quite successful. A number of faces exist that are caused by elements we have no con- trol over. One overcomes you on the first day of spring when you decide to go swimming, and you forget that the temperature of the water is ten to twenty degrees colder than the tem- perature on land. You dive right in and instantly remember, but it’s too late because as you surface your friends can tell from the exhibition on your visage that you're a total dweeb. Or the image could be youinamirrorona wall as you thrash to the newest Me- talli ca album in the privacy of your own bedroom. You can just blame that one on James Hetfield and company. No matter how you look at the faces, they do serve a purpose whether you know it or not. Simply because a few have been mentioned here, don't for- get that the majority are done for the fun of it. — Bobbie Jo Clawson Ivory Fields is given a few helping hands in por- traying the monster, Syila, from the Odyssey.