Menchville High School - Crown Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Y Contestants play to The dating game begins on Monday when the host of the show decides on the contestants. On Tuesday the contestants are notified. Often this is done through the host's manager, other- wise known as his best friend. By Wednesday the elimination pro- cess has begun. Through unan- nounced interviews and sur- prise meetings, the host begins to judge the contestants. On Thursday the final decision is made. He secretly chooses the winner and a first runner-up Cin 16 Dating win a new love case for some unexplained reason the winner does not want to claim her prizej. Thursday night the win- ner is approached. lf she does not agree to accept the prize, the run- ner-up is given the opportunity. Fi- nally the winner is revealed and the prize is announced a date with none other than the host himself. - Kathy Taylor As lunch goes on, Derrick Conway and Sandra Nerette take time to share a private moment. The two are good friends and are able to communicate easily with each other.

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F buses arrive early in the morning, stu- New students wait in line for their sched' dlsembark. prepared for the day. The year meant people must be awake and early: first period started at ules on orientation day. Cheerleaders hand ed out schedules before freshmen reported to the assembly in the auditorium, then went to meet their new teachers, iam. 1 4 il.. Nervous students make the adjustment to life at Menchville High School Shoving, kicking, and scream- ing, a crowd of people fought over the last available school supplies in Roses, Bradlees, or K-mart. lt was the first day of school and people were cramming into stores, trying desperately to get the re- quired pens, notebooks, and fold- ers to please their teachers. School began with students wandering aimlessly about the halls which .,. seemed packed to freshman Michelle Cenname, Teachers were some- times as confused as the students, frantically trying to put names with faces. A barrage of hectic events filled the fall agenda. Fall was time for the Icebreaker Dance, freshman orientation, senior and underclass pictures, back-to-school night, club sign-ups. As seniors began to plan for col- lege, juniors ordered their rings, some sophomores learned how to drive, while freshmen got to know their new school. Everyone said that the teachers were mean and the work was hard, but it wasn't that bad, recalled freshman Rich- sff ..... if 'W' B5 -5:5 iii assi ff, . V 3 .4 .4 J ard Littlefield. Many new students found the first day to be unsettling. Unac- customed to the new surround- ings, new students were nervous. One new Monarch recorded her impressions of the first day of school. A page from her diary reads: Tuesday morning finally came and it was time to become a part of a new school. l was walking down the halls trying to find a fa- miliar face and anxiously search- ing out someone to eat lunch with. when l began to wonder if l should have left the safety and familiarity of my old school. A later entry revealed a change in attitude: l'm sure glad l came here. Sure it was scary at first. but after l got involved, this feeling began to go away. Now l have friends to eat lunch with and the faces in the hall are becoming more and more friendly. Sooner or later, the new school. eighteen years old, be- came a second home for a new generation of Monarchs. - Jan Nygren 8 1 gnu' ,l 3 x ,ev

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SA . . Mary Anne Corlett n the company of each other, junior Troy vlara and freshman Sheri Thompson walk rand and hand, After school this couple akes advantage of the peacefulness of the :mpty breeze-way. Karen Gliebe ln hopes of starting a conversation, Diane Walker, followed by Stephanie Robertson, approaches Jeff Sykes, These three, like others, take time between classes to socialize, In pairs or groups, dating trends change Some questions continue to be asked. What is there to do? Who is there to go out with? For some people the answer is always the same. But for many the possibili- ties are limitless. Boy meets girl? These days it's just as often girl meets boy - no more waiting by the phone on Fri- day nights. Modern girls are no longer dependent upon boyfriends or brothers. They now drive their own cars and are independent on the weekends. Senior Lori Horne commented, lt's more fun to drive around with my friends than to have to wait for a group of guys to decide what they want to do. Dances, movies, parties, sports events all provide opportunity for chance encounters with mem- bers of the opposite sex. Paige Newman was willing to go any- place other than my living room watching movies. Many students also prefer going out with a group of people rather The sun descending on the horizon pro- vides a romantic atmosphere for this cou- ple. The momentary tranquility of the James River adds to the setting. than dating just one. According to Jody Forehand, dating in a group provides a more relaxed atmo- sphere. ln a group, there is less pressure, agreed junior George Smith. Going out in groups pro- vides an opportunity for different people to meet and perhaps later decide they want to date. There are still those people who go out on dates or at least would like to. Kathy Crow explained, l only go out in a group because guys don't ask girls out any- more. Guys are more willing to go out on dates when the girls ask them. Stanley Dixon suggested, lf a girl asks me out then l know she's interested. However, there are still those few who continue to date only one person. Stated Amy Swanson , l save my weekends for my boy- friend because he's a sweet-heart and we have a great time togeth- er. - Kathy Taylor Lunch time is a welcome escape from hard classes. Mark DeBroux and Mary Watts spend their time together catching up on the day's events, Wendy Huebner Dating 17