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

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Cribs and Babes Fer Sure! It's a real bite getting homework on a Friday! Me and my babe were going to my friends crib for a party; I even got a bad new pair of slaps for the occasion. I gave my ride a bath; we were all set to cruise. Sound familiar? As the English teachers call it, colloquial slang is alive and well among the students at NHS. In the 20's it was 23- skiddoo, and so's your old man. In the sixties it was far-out and groovy scene. Now, in the early part of the eighties, if some one yells, yo' mama! it's an open in- vitation for an exchange of insults about ancestors. If you were to get someone weak, that person would be responding to something funny. If someone is told to chill out, they are being told to calm down. If your best friend cheeses out at Hardee's you better run be- cause she just lost her big delux. If suggestions of a sightseeing of the sewage treatment plant is met with cries of Forget you! and every- one wants to book down to the Weeksville sandpits, you know where their interests lie (lay). Always there will be slang, par- tially for teenagers, to set them- selves apart, and partially so their parents won't know what they're talking about. Above: The happiest sight is a guy with his babe. Above: For a tough party you always need bread. Above: There are bad rides and then there are bad rides. 12—Student Life

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Above: The NHS marching band lends a festive air to every game. Above: The Junior Varsity Cheerleaders add razzle-dazzle to pep rallies. Above: Sixty-five girls tried out but only 29 made it. Hard decisions to be made. Right: All Right! Let's hear it for the NHS Varsity Football Squad.

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Above: Her dark, flashing eyes signify her pleasure at an unexpected phone call from a new beau. Above: Brenda Murden and Vincent Beamon rendezvous at the Cafe' a la NHS for a quiet lunch for two. Above: The residue of a romance rolls down Cheryl Oldham's soft cheek. Student Life—13