Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Lifestyles . 6 Competition . 62 Involvement . 84 Faces.118 Community Investment. 170 5

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Lori Robinson LORI ROBINSON: “I believe we, as people, are privil¬ eged, and whould be proud to be living in a country such as ours. Many people take for granted our freedom and rights and do not realize how lucky we are. Many of our luxuries that seem natural for us, would seem only a dream for others. I think, before we can get involved in the Bicen¬ tennial celebration, we have to be convinced that we have something of real importance. We must always re¬ member that our forefathers stood for what they believ¬ ed in and fought to gain it. Let us as students and people realize our honor so we can get others involved.” Betty Wilson VIEWPOINTS BETTY WILSON: “Marion Senior High School has a most outstanding heritage, which has come to us over many years of serving this community and its youth. Even the name of our school has been handed down to us with a great deal of historical meaning. Therefore, it would seem that a great deal of emphasis should be placed on the best and most meaningful involvement in our Bicentennial Cele¬ bration. Those outstanding records and contributions which our school has made in the past should be studied in each of the areas of school life. We have some r e¬ markable alumnae, perhaps a good project by a committee of students and fac¬ ulty would be to investigate and make public as many of these as possible. However, we must not live in the past but only learn from it. Perhaps this would be the best time to thoroughly evaluate our present position and deter¬ mine our own weak points and try to improve or at least establish new and bet¬ ter goals. This sounds idealistic, but if each department were to concentrate on the areas in which in needs to make changes and between the students and facul¬ ty, in a joint effort, establish both immediate as well as long range plans for con¬ tinuing to build the good reputation which MSHS has established and which has been preserved for us.” Rukiye Yoltar RUKIYE YOLTAR: “On the earth, there are a lot of countries that have very long and rich histories. My country, Turkey, is one of them. During the centuries, many empires were built on Antolia. All these empires had kings and queens and the right of free speech was theirs. Nobody had any right to talk about something that was wrong I admire the United States society because they know how to keep democracy going on. I feel it is really a great success of Ameri¬ can people and their government, and sometimes they can be proud, especially when I look at other countries politically that were democ¬ racies and later became communities. Sharing the United States peoples’ feelings is the most impor¬ tant thing. I wish many, many more happy 200th birthdays.” RICHARD LEON¬ ARD: “I feel our MSHS graduates might best cele¬ brate our Bicenten¬ nial by a special emphasis in all classes, not just history, on our her¬ itage. Anyone can fill several pages on what is wrong with our country, but if our students get nothing else out of twelve years of studying, they should have an ex¬ ult and enthusiasm for: our practically unlimited freedoms, our mode of gov¬ ernment, our system of justice, and our educational systems. These are ours be¬ cause of the fore¬ sight of our ances¬ tors and the tears, trials, and hard work.

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LIFESTYLES Student Life—the name says living, and a good deal of living goes on every day. During the progression of days, friends are met, projects are com¬ pleted until the year has flown by and summer has arrived once more.