Northeastern High School - Aerie Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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YESTERDAY HAS GONE- TOMORROW WILL NEVER BE TODAY IS NOW . Yesterday has gone. lt sinks beneath a distant horizon as the sun surrenders to darkness when the day has ended. Yesterday was a decade: the chaotic seventies that stunned, disgraced and prided our nation. Reviewing these years, time has lessened much of the pain of past wars and much of the excitement of past victories. But, hidden in the events of yesterday are solutions to save tomorrow. Today is now. Like the noon sun it nurtures ideas of progress, rises above a dependent land and darkens sheltered innocence. lt is the minutes and hours of life that pass so endlessly and the desire for living that never ends. Tomorrow will never be. lt waits beyond distant horizons only to disappear before the revealing light of morning. Tomorrow will age the children, sentence the guilty and free the innocent. Tomorrow is a thought, a promise, the eighties . . . CONTENTS Memories 8 Sports 18 Clubs 56 Classes 1 10 The System 192 Ads and Community 222

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Over the past decade, events that one time headlined daily news have become blurred in the minds of those remembering. Whole wars have faded, becoming less brutal and painful, and significant discoveries less important. Yet, the turbulent years of the '70's have left a nation waiting to begin a new decade. From the vantage of today, it becomes much easier to recognize the mistakes of yesterday, hopefully to be corrected by the progress of tomorrow. The beginning of the seventies found a world confused,chaotic, and bleeding from wounds of combat. Richard Nixon pledged to return the American troops fighting in Vietnam, but the conflict only worsened. The United States and South Vietnam moved quickly into Cambodia and increased airstrikes over Laos. As the fighting continued, disillusioned students became out- raged. America's campuses exploded with the news of Cambodia, answering with strikes, demonstrations and shutdowns. At Kent State, Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students and wounded ten during a demonstration. The violence of what many con- sidered a senseless war had reached American soil 3, l j J EKGAY QVVRWQN .-iomctizs wmv? , it , ' .A get S gill- l V L61 E Q Q i rt, 's if 1971 brought a crack in the great wall that divided nations, generations, and indi- viduals. lt was a year of war and peace, pride and disgrace, and progress and regression. Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon papers, revealing America's involvement in Indo- china. Although war continued in Vietnam, there were hints of peace in other corners of the world. Peking astonished the world by inviting a Ping Pong team from the United States to play in China. Henry Kissinger went on a secret mission to Peking with Nixon to follow. There was finally a crack in the great wall surrounding China, allowing an attempt at peace to seep through. The growing social trends throughout America hinted of open expression, liberation and freedom for all individuals. Gay liber- ation appeared shamelessly from behind closed doors, demanding society's approval. Cocaine became a damaging means of expres- sion throughout the lVliddle Class. Another voice of expression came from 18 year-olds who were given the right to vote. It was a year of free expression and expensive peace. P' s-Qs E , , FSL , ff f f is V U t