Mount Vernon High School - Surveyor Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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With A Capital “T” And That Rhymes With “P” And That Stands For Pool! Salesmen talk bitterly about the lull in business. Marion, the Librarian, shakes off her serious air for a song with the distinguished ladies of River City.

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MUSIC MAN The Music Man, presented with much enthu¬ siasm by its capable cast, won great recogni¬ tion from its audiences. Lead parts, the proper Miss Marion Paroo and the rascally Professor Harold Hill, were played by Debby Fick and Ron Reinsel. Beautiful songs like “My White Knight and “Till There Was You sent chills up the spine while crazy songs like “Shipoopi and “Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little kept the audiences laughing. Bright scenery and melodious voices blended together to make the Music Man one of Mount Vernon’s finest and most entertain¬ ing productions. V- m I k 1 I w ■ ft ' JB jf y k isskJmk Professor Hill excites Winthrop with news of the boys’ band he is form ing. Harmonizing, the River City School Board take time out from their constant bickering. The townspeople catch up to Professor Hill after he swindled money from them! 20 — School Life

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Graduation: An Individual Interpretation GRADUATION The last activity a high school student partici¬ pates in is graduation. What does graduation mean? Freedom? Diploma? College? Accom¬ plishment? Beach? Hallelujah? Each individual has his own interpretation. It is a time to reminisce, to rejoice, to forgive, and to specu¬ late. Graduation compels the acceptance of independence and responsibility. The June commencement means a final summer with high school friends before the inevitable part¬ ing. Valedictorian, Devin Cornish, accepts his diploma from Mr. Landes as Len Andyshak, Senior Class Vice-President, looks on. Senior girls, Liddell Avery, Susan Cancilla, Valerie Lodewick, leave Baccalaureate services held at the Washington Cathedral. 22 — School Life