New Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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Leaping flames of the bonfire cast a warm glow of fellowship as evening drew into the night of the first home football game, The coming of a beautiful day finds Mr. Stout and Mr. Feagin, enthusiastic faculty members, and stu- dents watching Mr. Brogden cross the air field. ee

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FALL. ..: On the first day of school sophomores in a flurry of excitement hurried among the confident upperclassmen in search of their classrooms. Already planned activities—such as, the “Get Together Dance,” bonfire, and first home football game—filled the social calendar and confirmed the slogan “This is the year,” adopted by the student government for ’67-’68. As the days became noticeably shorter and chillier, suntans began to fade, and the rigors of school set in. On the twentieth of October in a show of school spirit, the student body, support- ing an instantaneously planned project, raised four hundred dollars. At the Friday pep rally students rose applauding as Leon Brogden, ath- letic director of New Hanover County, received a round-trip ticket and spending money provided by the project. His destination was Los Angeles where Roman Gabriel of the Los Angeles Rams, and Sonny Jurgenson of the Washington Red- skins, both players formerly coached by Brogden in their high school years, clashed on the grid. Bs It was a cold Saturday morning at six-thirty when Coach Brogden boarded the ramp of the plane amid many cheers of faithful students and the rousing music of the New Hanover High School Band.