Oakton High School - Paragon Yearbook (Vienna, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 276 of the 1975 volume:

Oakton High School Vienna, Virginia 1975, Vol. 8 Editor — Denise Watson Business Manager — Pat McGibb a . m ■ fv v W TRy n 3 7 ■ IAk ■ W, J B ) Jr 1 9a ’ 1 Table of Contents Opening Section 4 Oakton Happenings 10 Seniors 48 Underclass 98 Academics 144 OPUS 177 Sports 194 Student Involvement 222 From the Community 256 r WE EA CH HEA R OUR OWN MUSIC KEEP OUR OWN RH YTHM 4 £) sculK ' l WjJuA j Dc ' vJ-b l A y6 CX.. O-Oc Z —- — Ul -A L-ClT LaJjz_ jbo ' c t Ix kjJj jUo iuJ A —- C ' - — C j? juuiij A_ J M y CL ia .JjU cA- -W Jijyu JUt x_ to Jikel U, u , X C U-C-. mm - V . 3 4- j l § j r ? | ‘ 3 i J ' 5 —1 J ' - ' T y — j ■ - ( nj o J O WN PA CE SET O UR 5 4 T ft .£• 1 1 |U M We keep up with the pace we’ve set for ourselves and follow our own directions 8 If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau y «w� f r a ■ f V ■ BL Sh. x S ' L ' z m 53Sjk fiy dUP r ■• iv • JBj f | 4 NMp, B 1 . p [4 • L ar J IhC jBHHhh ki Bv M 1 ag BEX. jL w ' To the Freshmen . . . Directions and a Map Mixed emotions arrived Friday, August 31, with some 600 freshmen who attended the pro¬ gram of orientation. Early Friday morning, buses and cars began unloading uncertain freshmen, some anxious to get back to school and renew old acquaintances, others sorry to see the sum¬ mer end so quickly, but still curious enough to get a preview of what Oakton had to offer. Luckily the freshmen had little trouble fol¬ lowing the crowds to the auditorium where their orientation began. An indication of the class spirit became apparent as the Drill Team and Cheerleaders led the new class in some of the more popular cheers. After the assembly, sched¬ ules were distributed and the freshmen began their first year at Oakton High School. To the Cougars. . .It’s Beating the Rebels. Popcorn, confetti, and a winning team brought Varsity Football officially into sea¬ son Friday, September 6, when the Oakton Cougars beat the Fairfax Rebels with a score of 26-22. This was the first big event of the school year. Everyone who came was anxious for Oakton to make a good showing against Fair¬ fax. Competition was steep and tension in the stands rose, as Fairfax pulled out in front the first half. The tension was eased during half time as the Drill Teams from both schools per¬ formed a dual routine. This was a first in the history of Oakton and it proved to be a very entertaining performance. The Cougars ral¬ lied the second half to bring Oakton its first victory of the season. 13 Homecoming 1975 When our students got to school on Friday October 18 Homecoming Day, they were greeted with brightly deco¬ rated halls. The Cheerleaders, Majorettes and Drill Team had spent the previous afternoon and evening decorating the halls and cafeteria. The first event of the day was a spirit march through the halls during homeroom. The school day ended with a surge of spirit at a sixth period pep rally The classes got it all together” by exhibiting tremen¬ dous school, rather than class, spirit. That evening, during pre-game, the Drill Team and Majorettes displayed some of their finest talents. The Cheerleaders, composed of all three squads, kept the Oakton fans yelling in support of their team. The highlight of the day came at halftime when the actual Homecoming ceremonies began. The Junior class won the float competition with a slogan of: Even Old Ladies Can Stomp Saxons,” and a very large shoe depicting victory over the Saxons. Lisa Rentschler was crowned queen for 19 7 4-75 Homecoming, following the traditional motor¬ cade of the court around the track. 14 £ i-laca ' CT At. ‘uOcjC? 6u q x Oped V tocjJt tP ClcVpX Po l. v o m . Tne p esonv m ola o oe rxe oo e B h e3SJA £cil Ocap. x ' oap? ' V up qo rBu coa v X LXo P£3cL V £ •vrSvOVx QbOufi X- u ho CAp 1 - Y n. —X CX”n rv — X A •-« -— r-x _T v— n ’ - } P a y N r— PPoet orr Cood-TaV e eppe 3 pXcuX. q p -K opVXueP . XvX )WP5u V—$U N U , A et w ' Z- Oxow Homecoming Game The Homecoming game, to many the climax of the football season, was a dis¬ appointment as the Langley Saxons beat the Oakton Cougars by a score of 20-8. The spirit and the ability were there, but the Saxons appeared to be better able to control the ball as they scored two touchdowns by the third quarter. Finally, late in the game, the Cougars rallied, scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion, leaving them trailing by only six points. However, Langley struck back with a third touchdown at the close of the game to take victory out of sight for the Cou¬ gars. Despite the results of the game, the spirit of Homecoming was as strong as ever. Homecoming Dance On October 19th, Oakton celebrated Homecoming with the annual dance sponsored by SG. This year the dance was unusually successful with a large crowd. The band featured was Stronghold, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Unlike previous years, the dance was held in the gym lobby rather than the cafete¬ ria. With the help of the Keyettes, SG was able to add to the atmosphere with a good decorating job. The Homecoming dance was a great finish for the Home¬ coming celebration. Great Pumpkin Halloween started early this year with the annual Great Pumpkin contest sponsored by the Keyettes. The contest began the week of October 29, when several brave individuals were chosen to dress themselves in unusual costumes and collect money for the Keyettes. The profits were used to sponsor the popular Sadie Hawkins Dance whose purpose was to raise money for the Red Cross. All week, Richard Alcalde, Jim Bryan, Ken Delker, Dan Leedy, Pat McGibbon, and Howard Pritchett competed to come up with the most unusual costume and earn the most money. Some of the costumes featured were impressions of women, Adolf Hitler, Dracula, Wolfman, Robin the Boy Wonder, and several other unidentifiable characters. The final amount collected was $300, with Pat McGibbon the leader. 17 An Evening of A merican An Evening of American Musical Theatre Directed by Donald E. Cox Choral Direction by Virginia T. Hill Instrumental Direction by David L. Reid and James W. Curtis Dance Direction by Marlene Cunningham and Paula Pavlovski of Dance World Studio Fairfax, Virginia Music Scores and Arrangements by James Curtis Production Assistance by Martha F. Jensen Spoken Vignettes by- Boris Lowenstein 18 Musical Theatre Oakton High School presented a musical review, An Evening of Amer¬ ican Musical Theatre” on the nights of November 14, 15, and 16. This production, the largest in Oakton’s history, was a big success. There were sell-out crowds on both Friday and Saturday nights. During the last weeks of September, auditions were held after school and the cast was selected. The following week, rehearsals began and involved a total of 497 rehearsal hours. Pointer Sisters exercises and bruised knees were among the highlights of these rehearsals. This musical was presented as a combined effort of the Band, Choral, and Drama Depart¬ ments, as well as the support of many other students in school. It involved twenty percent of the entire school population; 130 of them in the actual cast, 150 in the bands and orchestras, and 100 in backstage crews and cos¬ tumes. Thirty songs from twenty of the most popular musicals were cast and individually staged and costumed. There was a total of over 800 cos¬ tume changes, and an average cost of twenty-five dollars each for members of the cast. In addition to the long hours of regular rehearsals, over thirty members of the cast devoted extra time and energy to dance rehearsals, cho¬ reographed by Marlene Cunningham and Paula Pavlovski of Dance World Studios. To many in the cast, this musical served as an introduction to the stage, an opportunity to explore and express some of their talents. This year’s set, a collection of musical titles and a red, white, and blue theme, was designed and constructed by a student, Alan Schleeper. In addition, many of the indi¬ vidual numbers were staged and directed by the students themselves. This was a very successful experiment dealing with a new dramatic experience for Oakton. An Evening of American Musical Theatre,” because of its tremendous support and enthusiasm, has been recommended as an annual event. The enthusiasm of both cast and audience, combined with student interest for drama, foreshadow the probable success of similar productions in the future. Overture from MAN OF LA MANCHA .ind GODS- PELL by C Concert Band, Magic to Do” t rom PIPPIN, I ' m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” from SOUTH PACIFIC, Fugue for Tinhorns” from GUYS AND DOLLS, I Don’t Know How to Love Him” from 11 SI S ( HRIS1 SI PERSTAR, ' Hair” from HAIR, Honey Bun” from SOL1TH PACIFIC, Overture from FUNNY GIRL by orchestra, Where 1 )id All the C lood Times Go” f rom OVER II FRF!. Born to Hand Jive” from GREASE, 1 Want to Be Happy from NO, NO NANE TTE, Day by Day” from G( )DSPELL, Money” from CIABARET, Bosom Buddies” from MAME, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” from PR( )MISES, PRC )MISI S, We Beseech Thee” from GODSPELL, Aquarius” from HAIR, Matchmaker” from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Gee, Officer Krupkc” from WEST SIDE S 1 ()RY, My City” 1 rom SEESAW, C i reused Light¬ ning” from GREASE, Colorado Love Call” from LIT¬ TLE MARY SUNSHINE, The Big Beat” from OVI R HERE!, Freddv M Love” from GREASE. The Telephone Hour” from BYE BYE BIRDIE, Maybe This Time” from ( ABARET, and Applause” from APPLAUSE. Tracy Allen, Heather Archer, Therese Ash¬ man, Pam Austin, Debbie Baker, Faye Balazs, Holly Berry, Pam Bessler, Sylvia Bisutti, Kitty Blackwell, Bene Blake, Laura Bombere, Devon Brown, Sue Byrd, Carol Callis, Robin Cattaro, Margie Childs, Jeff Clark, Susan Clark, Kris Clayton, Beth Collins, Sharon Comer, Tracy Cousins, Chuck Conover, Mary Crawford, Tom Crockett, Mary Beth Daley, Ann Daly, Ruth Dearmitt, Jay Derr, Fred Dobbs, Renee Doiron, Connie Dolinger, Keith Dowell, Cheri Dozier, Pam Dreo, Karen Duvall, Ron Epson, Gail Fagan, Rhonda Fergeson, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Chris Flores, Jeannie Flynn, Laura Frenseen, Paul French, Larry Gascoigne, Penny Gates, Linda Gehr, Shelia Goggin, Toni Gorsuch, Herb Hall, Greg Harris, Jennie Hay, Deanna Hen¬ dricks, Liz Hester, Beth Heubusch, Sherry Hogge, Susan Hollans, Kathy Holms, Stacey Isaacs, Jackie Jenssen, Michelle Jessop, Sara Johnson, Carol Jones, Tom Karn, Kevin Kreitz, Karen Kittilstad, Karen Larrick, Ellen Larson, Gerri Lay, Sharon Litch, Gary Logan, Donna Macleod, Carrie McCauley, Laura McCormick, Bill McDonald, Lisa McGuire, John Monch, Stephanie Morrison, Eleanor Morse, Chris Moyer, Rick Murphy, Janine Muzidal, Christian Nolan, Ann Normandy, Gina Ellen Panther, Renee Picard, Marty Post, Dan Purcell, Fred Reger, Ramon Revilla, Jerry Reynolds, Gail Ritchie, Lory Roddy, Chris Rossi, Marie Rossi, David Roush, Melody Rouzer, Teresa Ryan, Josette Sancho-Botiet, Ralph Sancho-Bonet, Donelle Sawyer, Alan Schleeper, Pam Schleeper, Cindy Searcy, Rod Searcy, Ellen Sharf, Sara Shihda, Roseann Sheridan, Stephanie Shroyer, Gerri Smith, Rob Sommers, Sandee Sommers, Anya Spielberg, Freya Spielberg, Kathy Ste¬ phan, Patty Stephenson, Harry Street, Kellee Sutton, Donna Tasselmyer, Nita Tate, Cindy Tidwell, Janet Towne, Nancy Trimble, Cathie Tyson, Tom Walter, Suzanne Watson, Carol Wolfe, Dana Wynn. Also: The Con¬ cert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Lab, and Orchestra. 21 Oakton’s first assembly of the school year featured the rock group called First Gear, which came here from Florida. The talented members of the group were Don Perry on trombone, Willy Gillm- our on trumpet, Alfens Rettner on guitar, Spanky Terry Haschen on drums, James Ourmkey on the keyboard and Bill Sandens on bass. As well as performing compositions by popular recording artists, the hand played many of their own original arrangements. Students responded enthusiastically to the music and a few brave souls went on stage and danced. While the music was good, the highlight of the assembly came when everyone learned how magnificently Mr. Flerndon and Mr. Neal could twist. Many students enjoyed the assembly so much that they returned the following evening to hear more of the First Gear. 24 Cupid Soc Hop In the absence of the traditional Sweetheart Dance, the Sophomore Class sponsored a Cupid Soc Hop. I, 25 “Though we stand in life at midnight, I have a dream. He’s allowed me to go to the mountaintop and I’ve looked over. I’ve seen the promised land. I have a dream that we are, as always, on the threshold of a new dawn, and that we shall all see it together. ” Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King , Jr. Black History Week ■ 26 FREE AT LAST FREE AT LAST LORD A LMIGHTY, FM FREE AT LAST — Negro Spiritual Oakton’s Black History class and Human Relation’s Club sponsored the annual Black History Week at Oakton the week of February 10-15. Posters and a bulletin board dis¬ play as well as PA presentations announced the arrival of this special week. On Monday, an African Soul food festi¬ val was held in the auditorium-gym lobby. Dishes native to Africa and the black culture were made available for all to sample during A, B, and C lunch shifts. Sam Eure, a mem¬ ber of the school board, was scheduled to speak on black history and his school board duties at an after-school assem¬ bly, but was unable to attend due to schedule conflicts. Finally, on Friday, as a close to history week, a pride day was planned in which students wore the three colors symboliz¬ ing free Africa; red, black, and green. The red represents the blood shed for freedom, the black represents the color of the skin, and the green stands for the free land the blacks love. The week’s programs were well received as one of the most active and informative Black History weeks at Oak- ton. It not only gave everyone an insight into the contrib¬ utions and attitudes of the black culture but also helped ins¬ till a renewed sense of pride and accomplishment in mem¬ bers of the black race. 27 Sunday, February 16, the Fairfax Ice Arena was reserved for Oakton students only and many took the opportunity to display or discover their glacial talents. For some it was a dangerous new experience, for others a relaxing evening. Bruised knees and stiff ankles were not uncommon and several students appeared to be limping back to school the following Tuesday. Regardless of the after effects, everyone seemed to have a good time. 28 Oakton Attends Pinkham Seminar 1 w ] m 7 i m - fj 9 fd February 14-15, the Oakton Chorale and the Advanced Girl’s Chorus attended a seminar at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Va. Dr. Daniel Pinkham, a master composer of contemporary music, was invited to the seminar to critique compositions performed by the guest choruses. Friday evening the Conservatory orchestra and choir performed varied selections of Pinkham’s works. The following morning each choir was scheduled a 45-minute session in which to work with Dr. Pinkham. The Oakton group performed two compositions: the Christmas Cantata from the Winter Concert, and The Lamb,” a composition for female voices. The choirs returned impressed with the experience and awed by Dr. Pinkham’s many talents and his innovative musical compositions. The following week, Oakton hosted the All-Virginia Chorus audi¬ tions where All-Regional members could audition for the State Chorus, to be held at Fairfax. Of the twenty places available to this region, Oakton students took seven, the most from any high school in this area. Pam Bes- sler, Laura Franseen, Herb Hall, Mike Moyer, Rod Searcy, Rob Sommers, and Patty Stephenson made the cho¬ rus, with Pam Austin, Bene Blake, Keith Dowell, Penny Gates, Greg Harris, and Ramon Revilla being placed as alternates. 29 The Skin of Our Teeth The cast members include Laura Franseen, Mike Azzara, Alan Schleeper, Jeff Wolfe, Tom Walter, Anya Spielberg, Lynne Kassa- bian, Renee Picard, Lori Roddy, Mike Fitzpa¬ trick, Jeff Clark, Dan Purcell, Carol Lay, Gary Logan, Paul French, Mark Read, Steve Howell, Dale Hockman, Molly Grimes, Jocie Hindes, Angie Wurman, Steph Shroyer, Freya Spielberg, Judy Tomlinson, Kathy Grenfell, Doug Morton, Harry Street, Jeff Hahn, Rick Murphy, Tim Wright, Chris Flores, Bill McDonald, John Kivlen, Pete Gregory, Karen Kittilstad, Gloria Simpson, Keith Dowell, Ruth DeArmitt, Scott Dozier, Josette Sancho- Bonet, Greg Harris, Nora Tuggle, Karen Tomlinson, and Roseann Sheridan. 30 THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH is a comedy about George Antrobus, his wife Maggie, his two children, and general utility maid, Lily Sabina, all of Vienna, Vir¬ ginia. George Antrobus is John Doe or George Spelvin or you — the Average American at grips with a destiny, sometimes sour, sometimes sweet. The Antrobuses have survived fire, flood, pestilence, the seven-year locusts, the ice age, the black pox, the double feature, a dozen wars, and as many depressions. They run many a gamut, are as durable as radiators, and look upon the future with a disarming optimism. Alternately be¬ witched, befuddled and becalmed, they are the stuff of which heroes are made — heroes and buffoons. They are true offspring of Adam and Eve, victims of all the ills that flesh is heir to. They have survived a thousand calamities by the skin of their teeth. THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH is a product of the problems evolved through the depression and the beginning of the second world war. Thornton Wilder conceived this absurd show, filled with anachronisms and impossible incidents, to create a total escape for the 1942 audience. Act one takes place in the ice age. The Antrobuses have a dinosaur and a mammoth for house pets. Act two ends in a flood, similar to the flood of Noah. Act three follows a seven-year war. Tying all of these incidents together is Lily Sabina, the Antrobus’ pert, flirtatious, sassy maid. The audience was recom¬ mended to merely sit back and experience the show, and not worry about discovering a meaning. — Taken from THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH pro¬ gram Folk Festival The second annual Folk Festival, now called the Music Festival, was sponsored by the senior class. Audi¬ tions were held throughout February so that the performers could be cho¬ sen and rehearsed. Music variety included classic, country, blues, and rock, and the performance variety included soloists and large groups. The festival, an effort to stimulate and provide opportunity for music appreciation, helped provide some necessary funds for senior graduation. Originally started last year by a mem¬ ber of S.G., the festival included many Oakton alumni and holds a promising future at Oakton High School. 32 Drama Goes Organic The Drama department scheduled for the spring two major productions to include experimental theatre, comedy, and music. The first project was SER¬ PENT, an organic, experimental one-act play to be performed at the Fairfax County One-Act Play Festival in late March. Performances are judged as either Good, Excellent, or Superior. The Superior-rated groups then present their plays at the state level. Auditions were in earl y January, and a rigorous schedule of physical and mental exercises began. After initial training, the cast began innova¬ tive work with the actual script, a play by Jean Claude van-Italle which is based (loosely) on the book of Genesis and the existence of evil. In the play, van-Italle says that a person must be responsible for his her actions. There are many charac¬ ters in the play, and each performer played several. SERPENT was also scheduled to be performed at several local high schools, and provide a unique experience for all. GODSPELL, a musical based on the book of Matthew, was scheduled for an April performance. Auditions were in early March, and tremendous enthusiasm was displayed by a large and varied group of students. Mr. Cox predicted that GODSPELL would prove to be one of the department’s most successful prod¬ uctions. 33 Oakton Boosts Lagging Spirit Since school spirit has been lacking in past years, many classes and clubs geared their activities to improving the situation. The Junior class constructed an Oak- ton Cougars sign for the gym and a mosaic for the gym lobby. The Sophomores sold Cougar pennants and the Seniors sold Oakton bumper stickers. Other spirit¬ boosting items that were sold were Cougar decals and Oakton T-shirts by the Girls Athletic Association, spirit ribbons by the Drill Team, and spirit buttons by the cheerleaders. ■ Both the graduation and prom committees began activities early this year to plan for perhaps the two biggest events on Oak- ton’s spring calendar. The Graduation committee, chaired by Sharon Jacobs, met weekly from the end of September on in the Guidance testing room. Miss Ashton and Mrs. Clark worked with the group, help¬ ing them with arrangements and speeches. Wolf trap was reserved for June 7 at nine-thirty, the program was discussed, and the speakers chosen. After the major decisions were made, the group’s attention turned to intermediate activities such as the ordering and distribution of announcements and cap and gown measuring. In addition, the ring breakfast for the juniors had to be planned, and volunteers recruited. As a final duty, the commit¬ tee supervised the rehearsals of speeches and the graduation cere¬ mony. The Prom Committee began its activities a little later in the year, about the first of December. The ballroom at the Sheraton in Reston was chosen for the prom. The main band, Sinbad, was to play all evening in the large ballroom which would be deco¬ rated to the theme of Poems, Prayers, and Promises with real f lowers and a huge 74 75 cake depicting the ties between the two classes. The Prom Committee hoped to make the prom a mean¬ ingful gift to every Senior and Junior at Oakton. 35 Office Workers (PICTURED ABOVE) Alan Schleeper and Jeff Wolfe are the morning announcers The teachers and administration are very grateful to the students who devote time and effort helping with various tasks. Students from Stenography II, Office Practice and Procedures, and Clerk-Typing classes rotate in order to give everyone an opportunity to work in the offices. Many other students sign up to help teachers during regu¬ lar class periods, where they prepare materials for labs, grade papers, and do many other helpful things. 36 Teacher Assistants Cindy Alcalde, Gayle Alcorn, Paula Alves, Joel Andre, Melissa Aston, Connie Atkinson, Kathy Barnett, Sylvia Bisutti, John Boag, Laura Bombere, Mark Braunstein, Jill Broaddus, Barclay Brown, Devon Brown, Martha Brown, Eva Byrnes, Barbara Cable, Kay Carpenter, Rebecca Carrick, Dan Chang, Mickey Cody, Vanessa Cole, John Collier, Beth Collins, John Collins, Mary Crawford, Tom Crockett, Liz Davis, Kathy DeLeon, Ray Denk, Libby Dickson, Julie Dinsmore, Tricia Dorey, Keith Dowell, Sue Edwards, Kathy Epson, Ron Epson, Micki Evans, Rhonda Ferguson, Ann Fetterer, Lois Fink, Oree Fioriti, Paul French, Tony Gal, Linda Gehr, Holly Gecan, Debbie Glinski, Paul Glodowski, Tom Gove, Helen Harmon, Karen Hawkins, Debbie Hellerman, Mark Hendrickson, Diane Herbert, Dana Hinson, Terry Hogan, Nancy Holland, Joy Hoppe, Diane Houck, Richard Hughes, Gwen Hunter, Debbie Hyre, Sharon Jacobs, Jean Jongewaard, Pam Kirkbride, David Kiser, Lisa Klec- zewski, Diane Knighting, Kim Koan, Carol Lay, Dan Leedy, Helen Lippke, Gary Logan, Paul Luksch, Paula Maddon, Kathy Maher, Sara Matacia, Terry Maxwell, Claudette McCamley, Janet McCarthy, Mike McGibbon, Lynn Miller, Cynthia Mills, Kathy Minchew, Deb Morris, David Morton, Donna Morton, Debbie Moul, Michael Moyer, Brian Mull, Mary O’Donnell, Tom Ossim, Karen Petty, Leslie Phillips, Renee Picard, Lorin Pruett, Mike Purcell, Susan Randall, Teresa Rector, Sharma Reece, Genia Reese, Barbara Retchless, Ramon Revilla, Carol Rober- tello, Norman Robinson, Rosi Romero, Melody Rouzer, Ellen Schaaf, Forester Schmeling, Debbie Schwier, Laura Settle, Debbie Seymour, Roseann Sheridan, Pam Shipp, Mike Showalter, John Shugrue, Anne Smiley, Donna Snyder, Robert Sommers, Anya Spielberg, Jayne Stephens, Patricia Suomela, Vickie Suomela, Vicky Talbott, Siang Tsao, Betty Tunstall, Ken Ursin, Kathy Violett, Katina Vlannes, Glen Walter, Carole Watson, Val Wat¬ son, Paul Watters, Kathy Whitener, Susan Wilburn, Karl Wilt, Doris Winland, Jeff Wolfe, Linda Yeatman, Mark Yeo, and the students in Stenography II, Office Practice and Procedures, and Clerk-Typing classes. 37 What particularly impresses you about Oakton? — Nothing much. — You can cross out the ziltchy guys. The painting they did on the doors and walls. — There isn’t a lot of trouble at this school. — The art cl asses they offer instruction in almost every conceivable area. What is your opinion of the policy of end- of-the-year exams — We should have nine-week exams instead of finals. — They should be given in only border-line cases. — It’s an added strain for Seniors. — Anyone with an A average should’t have to take them. I hey ruin your grade average because it is hard to study from all the year’s work. — They are good, but they shouldn’t count as much as they do. What do you think about the Equal Rights Amendment? — Individuals will always be at different levels whether they are constitu¬ tionally equal or not. — It’s a good idea; I’m surprised it has taken so long to pass. — I think women should get equal pay for equal work. — I hope it never gets passed! Do you agree with unconditional amnesty for draft evaders? — Yes, the idea is to get people to turn themselves in and accept an alternative assignment. — No, because if one man has to go to war, others should also have to. — Yes, because you shouldn’t have to fight for a cause that you don’t believe in. — Yes, because the Vietnam War was a colossal mistake; we had no business being there. In a democracy, individ¬ uals should be able to express a belief about war, killing, and international affairs. 39 Do you think pocket calculators have a place in regular school courses? — Yes, I do because all it is just the four basic functions. — Yes, but they should not be allowed to be used on tests. — No, it is unfair unless everyone has one. — No, because it’s annoying when the person next to you shouts out the answer before you have even started it. What do you think about year-round school? - I think it is a bad idea because everyone looks forward to the end of the year. - It is a terrible idea; you need some time to air out your mind. - It is a good idea just as long as I don’t have to do it. - It is a more economical way to use the school. — It is more likely that you won’t forget everything over the summer. Do you think Ford was right to pardon Nixon? — Yes, in light of the situation Ford was not wrong, Nixon suffered enough mental anguish and will live with the remembrance of this incident the rest of his life. — No comment. — No, he just did it as a favor for Nixon making him VP. — No, Nixon didn’t deserve anything more than any other man. Should the US get involved in the Middle East conflict? — No, I think we should stay out of foreign affairs. — I think we should stay out of it or Egypt won’t give us oil. — We should keep our noses out of it. — Yes, I don’t want to be walked on. Do you think President Ford is a good president? - He ' s all right; nothing to go crazy over. - Yes, he has learned a lot. - I don’t think he should be president because he wasn’t elected by the people. - I like his attitude but not his policies. He is honest and can relate to the people in a down-to-earth way. ! Should pollution standards be lowered to help the energy crisis? — We shouldn’t lower our standards but instead learn to consume less energy. — No, because we will all be polluted and die. — No, get rid of spray cans. — My eyes are killing me as it is! What do you think would add spirit to Oak ton? — Nothing! — More pep rallies and a new Senior class. — More competition between classes. — A more cooperative administration. — Spirit days! — It would take a lot! What do you think about arena-scheduling? — I think students would end up choosing teachers they don’t like because they don ' t know them. — It is a good idea because people would be happier in their classes with the teachers they want. — I think it’s a good idea and hope we get to have it some year. — I would give Seniors first choice. — It is a good idea because you won’t get stuck with a teacher you don’t like. 43 Should marijuana be legalized? — Yes, it should, because cigarettes and alcohol are legal so why not marijuana; it’s the same thing. - Yes, because everyone should be able to choose for himself. — No, because it affects other people beside the people who smoke it. — No, not until the full effects are known. l ’ ' ' : I ' 1 II | rr?r 1 Lf ' : 1 _ 1 y 7 .. ' M jHM H y ; yi jW ■ ' ll Do you think an additional gas tax is justified? - No, we should just leave the prices as they are. - Yes, our economy needs help by using some drastic measures. - No, we should resort to some other way. - No, rationing is a better way. 44 What is your opinion of English grammar classes? — I think grammar should be taught all at once the first quarter. — Spreading them out helps me remember more. — It’s interesting. They should offer more units. — I’m learning more now than I did before. — I know grammar has to be taught, but not this way. What do you think of the cafeteria food? — It’s better than nothing. — It’s not that bad, but could use more variety with less starches. — If you can call it food! — It’s absolutely awful! — We should be able to go out to lunch. — The pizza and spaghetti are okay. 45 Each man should develop the most from the natural gifts of his body and mind for a sense of personal achievement — Walter Kinder Jack Kurtz Glenn Conway Glenn Conway C Pictures chosen by the Paragon photographers as a sample of their best work Awareness On a day when man condemns me for what I say and for my actions may I also be sent the courage, through my knowledge of love, to stand before his wrath; not in the quicksand of submission, but on the solid rock of my own awareness. — Walter Rinder Glenn Conway Mike Row Senior Class Government The first month of school was a hectic one for the Senior Class officers. In addition to painting the bleachers, their main objective was to get the Senior lounge opened. Since the class of 75 had to earn the privilege of having a lounge, a group of determined seniors met at the football field on Saturday mornings for clean-up. Finally, after a campaign to keep the cafeteria clean, the administration felt that the sen¬ iors had earned their lounge. With the distribution of class cards, they were off to a good start. As for fund raising, the Class of 75 was once again faced with a tough job. With the help of the Senior Class Coun¬ cil, however, some good money-making ideas were sug¬ gested, including the sale of bumper stickers and student directories. The Senior Class also sponsors the traditional folk festival and Christmas dance. With these projects in mind, the officers looked forward to a successful year. As the year progressed, the seniors determined their future plans. After a series of Saturday morning tests and filing applications, many seniors chose which college they wanted to attend. As graduation approached, the anticipa¬ tion of the future could not dispel the memories of life at Oakton. Officers: (STANDING) Linda Green and Maureen Goedtal. (SIT TING) Jim Scanlon and Mark Yeo. Class Cabinet: L-R (STANDING) Ann McGrath, Kathy Crowley, Sharon Jacobs, Doug Hart, Linda Green, Steve Primeau, Barbara Meengs, Fred Borsa, Virginia Drayer. (SITTING) Ray Gunderson, Mary Goggin, Alan Cybulski, Jim Scanlon, John Worley, John Tunstall, and Mikejackson. I do my thing You do yours I am not in this world to live to your expectations and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are You and I am I. And if by chance we find each other It’s beautiful. — Frederick Peris 51 Barry Ackerman Peter Adams Cynthia Alcalde Gayle Alcom Charlotte Allen Cheri Allen Richard Allen CYNTHIA ALCALDE, Cindy,” Activities: Ski Club-1, 2, 3, 4, Float Committee-2, 4, Cheerleader-4, Campus Life, Mixed Chorus, Class Gov’t-1 (Treas.) Tennis-1. GAYLE ALCORN, Gayle,” Activities: Revelations Club-2, 3, 4 (Pres.-4) Hr. Rep.-3,4 N.H.S.-4 Drill Team-1. CHERI ALLEN Cheri,” Activities: Drill Team-3, 4 (Sec.-4) Keyettes-4 N.H.S.4 Project Concem-4 Float Committee-4 S.G.-4. RICHARD ALLEN, Richard,” Activities: Oakton Club, Ski Club, S.C.C. JAMES ALLEWELT, Jim,” Favorite Saying: Keep on Truckin’ (International, that is). Activities: Track-Winter-1, 2 Spring-1, 2, Mountaineering Club. BRIAN ALLMANN, Brian,” Activities: Wrestling-J.V.-l Varsity-2, Concert Band-2 Pep Band-2 Oakton Club-3, S.G.-3, American Legion Boy’s State Delegate-3. PHILIP ANDERSON, Flip,” Activities: Soccer-1, Ski Club-3, Mountaineering Club-4, Bowling Club-4. James Allewelt Brian Allman Philip Anderson JOEL ANDRE, Joe,” Activities: Astronomy Club-4, Mountaineer¬ ing Club-4. ANN ASTON, Melissa,” Favorite Saying: Do unto others and run”. Activities: Keyettes-2, 3, 4, Band-1, 2, N.H.S.B.H.S.-4, Conservation Workshop-3, 4 (Pres.-3), Class Gov’t- 4, F.T.A.-l, Block V-l, Ski Club-1. CONNIE ATKINSON Con¬ nie,” Favorite Saying: Love is life; so live a little. Activities: Pep Club-1, 3, Young Life-4. PAM AUSTIN, Grand Publa,” Favorite Saying: If you love something, let it go free. If it never returns, it was never yours. If it does return, it always will be. So love it for¬ ever. Activities: German Club-2, 4, Musical-1, 2, Mixed Chorus-3, Chorale-4. BRUCE BALL Bruce.” Activities: Marching Band-2, Pep Band-3. THERESE BANG Therese,” Activities: Ski Club-1, 2, Connie Atkinson Pamela Austin Everett Barnes Yvonne Banta KENNETH BARTON, Ken,” Favorite Saying: Hell, yes. MARK BELL, Mark,” Activities: Campus Life-3, 4, Float Committee-2, 4, Frosh Football. GREG BENSON, Bennie”, Favorite Saying: I’ll take your life”. Activities: Concert Band-1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity Soccer-3, 4, Basketball-2, Oakton Club-4. HOLLY BERRY, Holly”, Favorite Saying: This is a bad day!, Activities: Hr. Rep.-l, 2, 3, 4, Chorus- Mixed-2, 3, 4, Girls’-l, Girls’ Track-1. WILLIAM BERRY, Wil¬ liam,” Favorite Saying: I’m not picky”. Activities: Chess Club-1, 2, 3, 4, (Sec. Treas.-2, 3, 4) Chess Team-3, 4, tsrass msemoie-l, 2, 3, Symphonic Band-2, 3, 4, Orchestra-2, 3, 4, Jazz Lab-4, Pep Band-4, Math Team-4. PAM BESSLER, Pam”, Favorite Saying: Strawberry fields forever. Activities: Ski Club-1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity Tennis Team-2, 3, 4, Adv. Girls’ Chorus-2, 4, Chorale-3, 4, Campus Life-3, 4, Cheer¬ leader-1, Float Committee-4. - -TT Kirk Batteiger Karl Barton Kenneth Barton Mark Bell Isis Bengochea Dennis Beaujean Holly Berry Pam Bessler William Berry BENE BLAKE, Beanie”, Favorite Saying: Terrific! Activities:: Regional Chorus-1, 2, 3, Chorale-3, 4, Musicals-1, 4, Ensemble-2, Chorus-Girls’-1, Adv.-2. BOB BOILER, Big ’B’”, Favorite Saying: Give me some slack”. Activities: Varsity Tennis-3, 4, Ski Club-1, 2, Winter Track-4, Oakton Club-4, German Club-4, Internationa] Rela¬ tions Club-4, N.H.S.-4, Bowling Club-2, Frosh Basketball. FRED BORSA, Fed,Fredy”, Favorite Saying: Ask me if I care. Activities: Class Gov’t-4, N.H.S.-4, Science Club-3, Float Committee-2, Frosh Football, J.V. Baseball-1. MARY BOUFFARD, Donner”, Favorite Saying: Oh, Man! Activities: Mountaineering Club-4, Astrology Club-4, Oaktonettes-2 F.H.A.-l, GARY BOWMAN, Gary”, Favorite Saying: Sic Semper Tyrannus. Activities: J.V. Football-2. Nina Bloom Robert Boiler Cheryl Boldway Mary Bouffard Gary Bowman Dorothy Botts Martha Brown Jill Broaddus Charles Bridge John Bressin Robyn Burchfield James Bull Curtis Buck PATRICIA BRADFORD, Patti”, Favorite Saying: I don’t know”. Activities: N.H.S.-4, Prom Committee-3, Pep Club-1. DONALD BRADY, The Boy”, Favorite Saying: Gotta Have Class. Activities: Football-Frosh, Varsity-2, 3, (Co-Capt.-3), Sym¬ phonic Band-2, 3, Concert Band-1, Wrestling-Frosh, Varsity-2, 3. JOHN BRESSIN Mike”, Favorite Saying: What a rush! Activi¬ ties: J.V. Baseball-1,2, Bowling Club-1, 2. JILL BROADDUS, Jill”, Activities: Varsity Gymnastics-1, 2, 3, 4, Field Hockey J.V.-l, 2, Varsity-3, 4 (Capt.-4), G.A.A.-l, 2, 3, 4, (Recorder-2, Sec. Treas-3), Oaktonettes-1, 2, 3, (Sec.-3), N.H.S.-4, (Treas.-4), Quill Scroll-3, 4, Paragon-3, (Asst. Editor of Layout). MAR¬ THA BROWN, Martha”, Activities: Ski Club-2, 3, 4, Project Concern-2, 3, 4, F.T.A.-l, 2, Float Committee-2, 3, Chorus-Girls- 3, Mixed-4, Science Club-1, F.H.A.-l. CURTIS BUCK, Buck”, Favorite Saying: Eat Mountain Nuts. Activities: Conservation Workshop-2, 3, Oakton Club-4. JAMES BULL, Jim”, Favorite Saying: Geez oh Flip!”. Activities: Varsity Football Manager-4, Varsity Basketball Manager-4, Varsity Baseball Manager-3, Oak- ton Club Pres.-2, Class Gov’t-4, S.G.-3. ROBYN BURCH¬ FIELD, Robyn”, Favorite Saying: Yeah, well . . .”. Thespians- 1, 2, 3,4, Drama Club-1, 2, 3, Orchestra-1, Hr. Rep.-l, 2, Paragon- 4, Opus-4, Occasional-4, E.A.C.-4, Human Relations Club-4, Rev¬ elations Club-4, Art Club-4. SANDRA BURKE, Sandy”, Activities: F.H.A.-l. ANTHONY BUSCEMI, Tony, meatball”, Favorite Saying: Live the Gusto life! Activities: Football-Frosh, Varsity-Wrestling-J.V., Varsity-Track. KATHRYN BUTKUS, Kathryn”, Favorite Saying: It must be those hippies on drugs! Activities: Opus-4, Occasional-4, E.A.C.4. SUSAN BYRD, Sue”, Activities: Chorus-Girls-2, Adv.-2, 3,4, Cho- rale-3, 4, Occasional-4, Mountaineering Club-3, Stage Crew-2. REBECCA CARRICK, Becky, Boo”, Favorite Saying: Poco a poco se anda lejos”. Oaktonettes-2, 3, Keyettes-4, N.H.S.-4, Hr. Rep.-2, 4, Graduation Committee-4, Prom Committee-3. PETER CARRIER, Pete”, Favorite Saying: Only a yo-yo would take Calcu¬ lus. Activities: N.H.S.-4, N.H.S.B.H.S.-3, 4, Class Gov’t-4, Pep Band, Symphonic Band, Chess Club, Math Team, Golf Team. Kathryn Butkus Anthony Buscemi Sharon Burke Sandra Burke Rebecca Carrick Andrew Butenko James Carter Daniel Chang Peter Chapman Anita Childress Sheryl Chism David Clark Geoffrey Clarke DANIEL CHANG, Dan”, Activities: Tennis Team-2, 3, 4, N.H.S.- 4, N.H.S.B.H.S.-3, 4, International Relations Club-3, 4, Oakton Club-4, Chess Club-3. PETER CHAPMAN, Pete”, Favorite Saying: Mmmmmm! Activities: Frosh Football, J.V. Wrestling-2. ANITA CHILDRESS, Nita” SHERYL CHISM, Sheryl”, Activities: C.O.E. Program. DAVE CLARK, Scrunge”, Favorite Saying: Stay high! GEOFFREY CLARKE, Geoff”, Activities: Bowling Club. ROSE MARIE CLAVELOUX, Rose”, Favorite Saying: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch! BARBARA CONMY, Lev, Lug”, Favorite Saying: Well, what do ya mean? Activities: Girls’ Track-1, Girls’ Basketball-1, Clinic Asst.-l, Float Committee-4. CHARLES CONOVER, Chuck”, Favorite Saying: Do not vorry, all I vant is your blood!” Activities: Chorus-1, 2, 3, 4, Rifle Team- ROTC-1, 2, Movie Makers Club-4. John Dargan Julie Dargusch Elizabeth Davis Cynthia Cunningham John Daly Alan Cybulski GLENN CONWAY, Glen”, Activities: N.H.S.-4, Paragon-4. MAURICE CROSBIE, Mike”, Favorite Saying: Gimme a break” Yeh” Activities: Football-Frosh, J.V.-2 Varsity-3, 4, Winter Track- 2, Oakton Club 4, S.G.-4. KATHLEEN CROWLEY, B.J ”, Favor¬ ite Saying: Hey Toots Hey Chump. Activities: Varsity Tennis 2, 3, 4. S.G.-4, (Pres.). ALAN CYBULSKI, Ski Chump”, Favorite Say¬ ing: Cut me some slack. Activities: Football-J.V.-2, Varsity-3, 4, Baseball-J.V.-l, 2, Varsity-3, 4, Campus Life-3, 4, Breakfast Club-4, Oakton Club-4, Float Committee-4, Class Gov’t-4. JOHN DALY, Jack” Favorite Saying c’est la vie”. Activities: Art Club-1, 3, 4, Track-Winter-1, 2, 4, Spring-1, 2, 3, 4, Cross Country-1, 2, 3, 4, N.H.S.-4 (Sec.), Quill Scroll-3, 4, Opus-3, 4, (Editor), Occasional- 4, Hr. Rep.-4, Oakton Club-4. JOHN DARGAN, John’, Activi¬ ties: Occasional-4. ELIZABETH DAVIS, Liz”, Activities: Key- ettes-2, 3, 4, (Treas.-3, Historian-4, District U.P.-4), N.H.S.-4, Reve¬ lations Club-3, 4, Float Committee-1, 3, Foreign Language Club-2. HELEN DAVIS, Helen”, Favorite Saying: Ding Bats and Horse Tails. Activities: Softball-J.V.-l, Varsity-3, Revelations Club-1, 2, 3, 4, Foreign Language Club-1, Keyettes-3, 4, Newspaper-2, 3, G.A.A.- 4, Tennis Team-4. RAYMOND DENK, Ray”, Favorite Saying: Yea Brother, I see what you mean. Activities: Conservation Work¬ shop-2, Mountaineering Club-4. JAY DERR, Jay”, Favorite Saying: If it feels good, do it. Activities: Foreign Language Club-1, 2, (V.P.- 1, 2), Science Ass’t.-3, N.H.S.-4, Paragon-4, Chorale-4, Revelations Club-4, American Musical Theater-4. SUSAN DIGGORY, Sue”, Favorite Saying: Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keep- eth his soul from troubles.” Proverbs 21:23. Activities: Marching Band-2, Stage Band-2, 3, German Club-2, 4, Brass Ensemble-2, 3, 4, Revelations Club-3, 4, (Sec. Treas.), Pep Band-3, 4, Symphonic Band-Brass Manager-3, 4, Future Physician’s Club-3, N.H.S.-4. MARTHA DODD, Marty”. KATHERINE DOODY, Kathy”, Favorite Saying: I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yester¬ day and I love today. Activities: N.H.S.-4. Cindy Delancey Helen Davis Dennis Dennehy Raymond Denk Linda Deleon . ,a . 1 1 1 CHERYL DOZIER, Cheri”, Activities: Cheerleader-1, 2, Varsity Soccer Manager-2, 3, Gymnastics-3, Drama-1, 3, Chorus-4. VIR¬ GINIA DRAYER, Ginny” KAREN DUVALL, Karen”, Activi¬ ties: F.T.A.-l, Intramurals-1, Chorus-Girls’-l, Adv.-2, 3, 4, J.V. Cheerleader-2, Hr. Rep.-4. WILLIAM DYE, Bill”. JEFFREY EDGE, Jeff”. SUSAN EDWARDS, Goof”, Favorite Saying: What’s your major maladjustment? . . . Hiss. Activities: Field Hockey-J.V.—1, 2, Varsity-3, 4, Girls’ Basketball-J.V.-l, 2, Varsity-3, 4, Softball J.V.-l, Varsity-2, 3, 4, Oaktonettes-3, G.A.A.-3, 4. Para¬ gon-4. RONALD EPSON, Steamroller”, Favorite Saying: Doubts are traitors that make us lose the good that we oft might win by fear¬ ing to attempt. Activities: J.V. Football-2, Track-Winter-3, 4, Spring- 2, 3,4, Class Gov’t-3, (Treas.), S.G.-2. Roxann Ellis Donna Elliott Susan Edwards Jeffrey Edge Tamera Ervin Ronald Epson Cheryl Dozier Virginia Drayer 11 RL ' Mr j E r E a m J Karen Duvall William Dye MARK EVANS, Mark”, Activities: Football-1, 2. DAVID EVER¬ ETT, Dave”, TERESA EWALT, Terry”, Favorite Saying: Live in the present that you may be ready for the future. Activities: F.H.A.-l (V.P.), Field Hockey-J.V.-2, 3, Varsity-4, Softball-J.V.-l, 2, Varsity-3, 4, G.A.A.-2, 3, 4, Keyettes-4, Newspaper-4, N.H.S.-4. JAMES FET- TERER, Jim”, Favorite Saying: Never Again . Activities: Cross Country Mgr.-2, 3, 4, J.V. Wrestling-2, 3, 4. CAROL FINK, Carol”, Favorite Saying: I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me . . . Gal. 2:20a. Activ¬ ities: N.H.S.-2, 3, 4, Choral-2, 3, 4, SE Pa District Choir-3, Revela¬ tions Club-4, Math Team-4. LOIS FINK, Lois”, Favorite Saying: The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hind’s feet and He will make me to walk upon mine High Places” Hab. 3:19- Activities: Madrigal Choir-2, 3, County Orchestra-2, Rifle Team-3, N.H.S.-3, 4, Anterstaff-3, Rotary Interact-3, Harlequin Stage Crew-3, Intramural Softball-3, Opus-4, Revelations Club-4, N.H.S.B.H.S.-4, Graduation Committee-4. GEORGE FISHER, George”, Activities: Bowling Team-1, 2, 3, J V. Basketball Mgr.-2 Hr. Rep.-l, 2. KEVIN FITZGERALD, Kevin”, Activities: Varsity Tennis-1, 2, Varsity Baseball-3,4, Varsity Football-3, 4, Campus Life- 4. KELLY FITZPATRICK, Kelly”, Favorite Saying: Friends are loved, cried on, longed for, consulted, and sometimes lost, but they are never forgotten.” Activities: Drama Club-1, 3, 4. Newspaper Staff-1, 4, Art Club-2, F.T.A.-2 (Treas.) Animal Welfare Club-3, Opus-4. PEGGY FLYNN, Peggy”, Favorite Saying: The only way to have a friend is to be one. Activities: F.H.A.-l, G.A.A.-2, 3, N.H.S.-4, Softball-Mgr.-2, 3, Field Hockey-J.V.-3 Manager-2. Teresa Ewalt David Everett Mark Evans Kelly Fitzpatrick Kevin Fitzgerald ih| JIM , «k. Lois Fink George Fisher V MICHAEL FRANKS, Mike”, Activities: I.R.C.-l, 2, Art Club-3, 4. LYNN FULLEN, Terry” Activities: Bowling Club-1, Guidance Ass’t.-3, Ski Club-3, 4. JEFFRY GALGOCY, Jeff”, Favorite Say¬ ing: Buy a Charms Pop! Activities: Boy’s Chorus-1, Stage Band-1, Jazz Lab-2, Oakton Club-2, 3, 4 (V.P.) Chess Club-3, 4, N.H.S.-4, N.H.S.B.H.S.-4, Math Team-4. BARBARA GALLAGHER, Sparkel Starr”, Favorite Saying: Oh yea? LAWRENCE GASC¬ OIGNE, ’’Larry.” Michael Franks Rhonda Fossum Shivonne Forney Carol Galane Terry Fullen Barbara Gallagher Jeffry Galgocy Lawrence Gascoigne Gary Garland 1 f is; 1 s 1 S 4 I i J i HOLLY GECAN, Waffle-Whiffer”, Activities: Field Hockey J.V. - 1 Varsity - 3, 4, Girl’s Basketball J.V. - 1, 2 Varsity - 3, 4, Oakto- nettes - 1, 2, 3, (Treas. - 3), G.A.A. - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Historian - 4), Para¬ gon Ass’t. Editor - 3, Quill and Scroll - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4. ROBIN GIROUX, Robin”, Favorite Saying: Where’s my shoes? BRIAN GJORMAND, Brian”, Favorite Saying: Give me a break”, Activi¬ ties: Frosh Football - 1, Varsity Tennis - 2, 3, 4, Oakton Club - 4. MAUREEN GOEDTEL, Mo”, Favorite Saying: Cool your jets.” Activities: Drill Team - 1, Campus Life - 1, 2, 3, 4, J.V. Cheerleader - 2, Ski Club - 2, Class Gov’t. - 3, 4 (Sec. - 3, 4), S.G. Activities Coord. - 4, Keyettes - 4, Paragon - 4, Hr. Rep. - 4, Mountaineering Club - 4. MARY GOGGIN, Mary”, Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2, 3, Cheerleader J.V. - 2, Varsity 3, Class Gov’t. - 4, S.G. - 4. THOMAS GOODMAN, Tom”. DEBRA GOUGHNOUR, Debbie”. LINDA GREEN, Linda”, Favorite Saying: Cool your jets!” Activ¬ ities: Cheerleader - Frosh J.V. - 3, Class Gov’t. - 4 (Treas. - 4), Key¬ ettes - 4. PAULA GREEN, Paula”, Favorite Saying: Everything I like to do is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.” Activities: Pep Club - 1, Homecoming Comm. - 1, 4, Class Gov’t. - 1, Gymnastics Team - 1, Ski Club - 2, 3, Newspaper - 3, 4 (Copy Editor - 4), S.G. Cabinet - 4, Prom Committee - 3. Robin Giroux Thomas Goodman Mary Goggin Maureen Goedtel Brian Gjormand Debra Goughnour Joe Gorsuch ■tfj ■nHi m - A W. ' rf V-... .. ... Karl Grzena Merry Gulick Erie Gunderson Barbara Hagan James Haley Kim Hampton David Harrington Douglas Hart KARL GRZENA, Gober”, Activities: Chess Club - 3, 4, Oakton Club - 3, 4, Winter Track - 3, 4, MERRY GULICK, Meg”. ERIC GUNDERSON, Spiderman”, Favorite Saying: Let’s go have a beer.” Activities: German Club, J.V. Football, Varsity Golf, Oakton Club, Presidential Aide. BARBARA HAGAN, Barb”, Favorite Saying: If he is to lose everything he should not place himself in a position to lose that, He should find things he cannot lose . . . love.” JAMES HALEY, Jim”, Favorite Saying: Give me some of that.” Activities: Football - Frosh J.V. - 2, Mountaineering Club - 4. KIM HAMPTON, Kim”, Activities: Concert Band - 2, Symphonic Band - 3, 4, Symphony Orchestra - 3. DAVID HARRINGTON, Dave”, Activities: J.V. Basketball Mgr. - 1,J.V. Football Mgr. - 2, Ski Club - 2, 3, 4, Oakton Club - 3, 4 (Treas. - 4), Float Committee - 3, 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. DOUGLAS HART, Doug”, Activities: Var¬ sity Basketball Mgr. - 2, 3, 4, Spring Track Mgr. - 2, Oakton Club - Sec. - 2, 3, 4, Newspaper - 3, 4, WOHS - 4, Sr. Class Gov’t. - 4, N.H.S. - 4, Athletic Dept. Ass’t. - 3, 4, Bowling Club - 1. DAVID HARTIGAN, Dave.” JENNIFER HAY, Jennie”, Activities: Hr. Rep., Mixed Chorus, Adv. Girls’ Chorus - 2, Keyettes, E.A.C., Drama, Mountaineering Club. Tammie Hendricks Vali Hess Sharyl Hessom Mark Hendrickson Robert Herbert CHRISTOPHER HEADLEE, Rudi”, Favorite Saying: It seems to me”. Activities: Football - 1, 2, 3, 4, J.V. Baseball - 2, Math Team - 4, Chess Club - 4. DEBRA HELLERMAN, Deb”, Activities: S.G. - 1, Track - 1, Modern Dance - 2, Gymnastics - 1, Girls’ Basketball - 1, Interact - 1, 2 (Sec. - 1, 2). MONA HENDRICK, Mona”, Favorite Saying: What a drag.” MARK HENDRICKSON, Marcus”, Favorite Saying: Such is life, it’s a mystery to me.” Activities: Boys Chorus - 1, N.H.S. - 4, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4, Quill and Scroll - 3, 4, Science Council - 3,4, F.P.S. - 3,4 (Pres.), Opus - 3,4 (Editor), Occa¬ sional - 4, Math Team - 4, Oakton Club - 3, 4, Track - 1, 2, 3, 4, Cross Country - 1, 2, 3, 4, S.G. - 1, 2, 3, 4, Grad. Committee. ROBERT HERBERT, Bob”, Favorite Saying: To each his own.” Activities: Astronomy Club - 1, Light Crew - 3. VALI HESS, Activities: Cam¬ pus Life - 2, 3, 4, Float Committee -1,4, Majorette - 2, 3, 4 (Capt. - 4), S.G. - 4, Ski Club - 4. SHARYL HESSOM, Brandy”, Favorite Saying: Be cool. ELIZABETH HESTER, Favorite Saying: Give me a break.” Activities: Drill Team - 2, Girls’ Chorus - 1, Adv. - 3, 4, Mixed - 2, Regional - 3, Project Concern - 1. DELORES D. HILL, Diane”, Favorite Saying: I give up.” Boo . . . Activities: Varsity Field Hockey - 2, 3, 4, Varsity Track - 1, 2, 3, 4, G.A.A. - 1, 2, 3, 4, Ski Club - 2. RUTH HILL, ' ' Dee Bird”, Favorite Saying: Oooh Skeez Baby!” Activities: P.C.Y. - 1. STEPHANIE HILL, Stephanie”, Activities: Block - 1, E.A.C. - 1, Float Committee - 1, 4, Mountaineering Club - 4, Ski Club - 4, S.G. - 4, Campus Life - 3, 4, Opus - 4, Bowling Club - 4, Homecoming Committee 4. CINDY HOFFMAN, Cindy”, Favorite Saying: If at first you don’t succeed . . . quit.” GREG¬ ORY HOGAN, Greg”. CATHY HOHLFELDER, Cathy”, Activities: Ski Club, F.T.A. NANCY HOLLAND, ' Nancy’, Activi¬ ties: Debate Club - 1 , Ski Club - 1, 2, Drama - 1 , 2, 3, 4, Drill Team - 2, Class Gov’t. - 2, (V.P. - 2), Opus - 4, German Club - 2, 3, (V.P. - 2) Varsity Cheerleader - 3, 4 (Capt. - 4). DIANE HOUCK, Diane”, Activities: Adv. Girls’ Chorus - 4. BARBARA HOWDERSHELL, Francias”. DEBORAH HUGHES, Debbie”, Favorite Saying: It is better to have loved and lost, than to have not loved at all.” Diane Houck Barbara Howdershell Deborah Hughes Sharon Jacobs Joyce Jennings Curtis Jackman Cliff Jackson Michael Jackson Michelle Jessop JENNIFER HUSKEY, Sunshine”. DEBORAH HYRE, Debbie”, Favorite Saying: et tu Brute” Activities: Jr. Achievement - 2, 4 , Majorettes - 3, 4 , Float Committee - 2, 3. REBECCA HYRE, Becky”, Favorite Saying: If at first you don’t succeed you had no business trying in the first place.” Activities: Jr. Achievement - 2, Majorettes - 3, 4 , Float Committee - 2. CURTIS JACKMAN, Root”, Favorite Saying: Give me a break.” Activities: Football - J.V., Varsity, Baseball - J.V., Oakton Club. CLIFF JACKSON, Cliff”, Activities: Track. MICHAEL JACKSON, Michael”, Activities: Football - Frosh, Varsity, Basketball - Frosh, Oakton Club. SHARON JACOBS, Favorite Saying: We’ve got to stop meeting like this!” Activities: Class Gov’t. - 1, 2, 3, 4 , Prom Com¬ mittee Chairman - 3, Grad. Committee Chairman - 4 , German Club - 3 (V.P. - 3) Conservation Workshop - 3, 4 , N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4 , N.H.S. - 4 , Paragon - 3, 4 (Co-Editor - 4 ), Drill Team - 4 , Mixed Chorus, Hr. Rep. - 1 , 4 , Quill and Scroll - 3, 4 , Float Committee - 1 , 2, 3, 4 (Chairman - 3) Keyettes - 4 . JOYCE JENNINGS, Joyce”, Activities: Drill Team - 1, N.J.H.S. - 1, Float Committee - 3, Prom Committee - 3, N.H.S. - 4 , Majorettes - 4 , Grad. Committee - 4 . KAREN JENSEN, Karen”, Favorite Saying: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a dif¬ ferent drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however meas¬ ured or far away.” Activities: Prom Committee - 2, 3, Paragon - 4 . MICHELLE JESSOP, Michelle”, Favorite Saying: What can I say?” Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 1, Mixed - 2, Adv. - 3, Chorale - 4 , Oaktonettes - 3, Keyettes - 4 . Karen Jensen MARGARET JIRGL, Margie”, Activities: Varsity Softball Mgr. - 2, J.V. Hockey - 3, G.A.A. - 3, N.H.S. - 4. ALEXANDER JOHN¬ SON, Alex”. CHARLES JOHNSON, Chuck”, Favorite Saying: Tune me a root.” Activities: Wrestling - 2, Track Winter - 2, 4, Spring - 2, 4, Drama Club - 3, 4, Band - 2, Guidance Ass’t. GWYNNE JOHNSON, Gwynne”, Favorite Saying: Unless you try more than you can possibly handle, you’ll never be able to do all you can do.” Activities: Varsity Field Hockey - 3, 4 (Capt.), Varsity Softball Mgr. - 3, 4, Oaktonettes - 3, G.A.A. - 3, 4. ROY JOHN¬ SON, Roy”, Favorite Saying: Give me a break.” Activities: Foot¬ ball, Wrestling, Track, Mountaineering Club. CAROL JONES, Bert”, Activities: Revelations Club - 4, Mixed Chorus - 2, Chorale - 3,4, Stage Crew - 2, 3, Prom Committee - 3, Math Team - 4, N.H.S. - 4. JOHN JORAY, John”, Activities: Track Winter - 3, 4, Spring - 2, 3, 4, Cross Country 3, 4. JEFFREY KAISER, Jeff”, Favorite Say¬ ing: Gadzooks.” Activities: Bowling Club - 1, WOHS Manager - 4, N.H.S.-4. Carol Jones RoyJohnson Gwynne Johnson Ralph Josey John Joray • i i r m WHMilmK v Margaret Jirgl Alex Johnson RFiM KAREN KITTILSTAD, Karen”, Activities: Drill Team - 1 , 2, Class Gov’t. - 2 (Pres.), Drama Club - 3, 4, Thespians - 4 (Treas.), Production Staff Head - 3, 4, Drama Bus. Mgr. - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4, Chorus Mixed - 3, Adv. Girls’ - 4. LISA KLECZEWSKI, Lisa , Favorite Saying: Give me a prairie of blue wild flowers that no white man’s eyes ever gazed upon before; or an unknown unnamed river stream rushing by in the night while I lie on the ground and gaze up at the stars.” BRADFORD KLEIN, Kim”. KENNETH KLING, Ken”, Activities: Chess Club - 1, 2, 3, 4. KIM KOAN, Preacher”, Favorite Saying: Praise The Lord!’’ Activities: Revela¬ tions Club - 1, 2, 3, 4, S.G. - 2, 3, 4 (Treas. - 2, Sec. - 3), Girls’ Cho¬ rus, Mixed, Adv., Chorale - 3, Fairfax Co. Safety Council Rep. - 4, Student Advisory Council Member - 4, F.T.A. - 1, International Rela¬ tions Club - 1, N.H.S. - 4. Susan Kinch Lynne Kassabian Lisa Kleczewski Karen Kittilstad Pam Kirkbride Clifton King Nancy Kliegel Bradford Klein •-. i V, ! ■ M K i i % ' , ■ i W 1 1A; A _a_ FRANCIS KREBS, Frank”, Favorite Saying: Do it all!” Activities: Basketball - 1, 2, Baseball -1, 2, Oakton Club - 4, Hardhat - 2, 3, 4. MICHELE KRICK, Shelly”, Favorite Saying: Search yourself for faults you find in others.” Activities: Field Hockey J.V. - 1 , 2, Varsity - 3, 4, G.A.A. - 2, 3, 4, Varsity Softball Mgr. - 1 , 2, Paragon - 3, 4, Quill and Scroll - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4. JONI KULESZA, Jo”, Activities: Class Gov’t. -1 (Sec. - 1), Girls’ Chorus -1, Mixed - 2, Adv. - 4. JOHN KURTZ, Jack”, Acdvities: Paragon - 4, Frosh Football. DIANE LAGEMAN, Diane”, Activities: DECA, Key- ettes, F.H.A. (Pres.). KATHLEEN LATHAM, Kathy”. ERICH LATHERS, Von Ziffle”, Favorite Saying: C heck the Cheese.” Activities: J.V. Football. LARRY LAUFFER, Larry”, Favorite Say¬ ing: Give me a break.” Activities: Track Spring - 3, Cross Country J.V. - 1, 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Oakton Club - 3,4, Hard Hat - 2, 3, 4. Kathi Kotellos Howard Koretz 1 l v i k DAVID LAWRENCE, Dave”. CAROL LAY, Rol”, Favorite Say¬ ing: This is true”. Activities: Drama Club - 1 , 2, 3, 4, S.G. - 1 , 2, 3, 4, Thespians - 2, 3, 4 (Sec. - 3, V.P. - 4), Drama Asst. - 4. GERRI LAY, Gerri”, Favorite Saying: Let’s go get some nummies!”, Activities: S.G. - 1 , 2, 3, 4, Thespians - 2, 3, 4 (Sec. - 4), Chorus - 1 , Drama Club - 2, 3, 4, Guidance Ass’t. - 3. LORRAINE LEE, Lor¬ raine”, Activities: D.E.C.A. — 3, 4. DANIEL LEEDY, Speedy,” Activities: Frosh Football, Track Winter - 2, 3, 4, Spring - 1, 2, 3, 4, Cross Country - 2, Debate Team - 1, German Club - 3, Chess Club - 2, 3. ADRIANNE LITCH, Adie”, Activities: Keyettes, Conserva¬ tion Workshop, German Club, Ski Club. JOHN LLOYD, John”, Activities: Football Frosh, Varsity - 3, 4, Concert Band - 1, Pep Band - 2, Jazz Lab - 2, 3, 4, Varsity Track - 3, 4, Hard Hat - 2, 3, 4. JEF¬ FREY LONG, Jeff”, Activities: Astronomy Club - 1, 2, Science Club - 1, 2, S.G. - 2, 3, 4, Filler Mgr. - 2, 3, Novelty Shop Mgr. - 2, Sr. Class Cabinet - 4, Oakton Club - 4. David Lawrence Daniel Leedy Lorraine Lee Adrianne Litch Jeffrey Long John Lloyd Ronald Little Braxton Loughran Debbie Maceda Karen Madden BRAXTON LOUGHRAN, Braxton”, Activities: W.O.H.S. DEB¬ BIE MACEDA, Debbie”, Favorite Saying: Time is the great healer of all things, yet there are so many things, and so little time.” JIM MADIGAN, Jim”, Activities: Football J.V. - 1 , 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Basketball J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, Varsity Soccer - 2, 3, Oakton Club - 4. PATRICIA MAHER, Patty”, Favorite Saying: What can I say?”, Activities: J.V. Hockey - 1 , Usher - 2, Ski Club - 2, Float Com¬ mittee - 2. JAMES MASSEY, Jim”, Activities: Frosh Football - 1, Track - 1, 2, 3, 4, German Club - 2, Chess Club. REBECCA MATA- CIA, Becki”, Favorite Saying: When one bums one’s bridges, what a nice fire it makes!” Martine Marsaguet James Massey Rebecca Matacia ROBERT MATICH, Bob, Maddog”, Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Hard Hat - 2, 3, 4, Oakton Club - 4, Variety Show - 3, Class Gov’t. - 4. CAROLYN McCARTHY, Carolyn”, Activities: Drill Team - 1, 2, Keyettes - 3, 4, H.H.S. - 4 (V.P. - 4), Opus - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. JANET McCARTHY, Janet”, Favorite Saying: Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” Activities: F.H.A. - 1, 2, Opus - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4, Quill and Scroll - 3, 4. CARRIE McCAULEY, Carrie”, Favorite Saying: Bash on and try to enjoy yourself in the meantime.” Activities: Pep Club - 1, Chorus Asst. - 4. ANN McGRATH, Squirt, short stop”. Favorite Saying: 2 aced out”, Activities: Cheerleader J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, Class Gov’t. - 1, 4 (V.P. - 1), Float Committee - 2, 4 (Chairman - 4), Welfare Cheerleader - 1, Gutter Club. BARBARA MEENGS, Barb”, Favorite Saying: Learn what is important in life and laugh at the rest”, Activities: N.H.S. - 4, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4, Math Team - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. ROBERT MESSERLI, Scott”, Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. Frosh Basketball. Robert Matich Carrie McCauley Janet McCarthy Carolyn McCarthy Lori Mayemik Robert Messerli Barbara Meengs Ann McGrath : Pam McDonald Gary Mitchell Rod Mitchell Terri Moger Steven Moore CHRISTINE MILLER, Christy”, Favorite Saying: It’s a mystery!”, Activities: H.R. Rep. - 1, Opus - 2, 3, 4 (Sec., Co-Editor of Art), Quill and Scroll - 2, 3, 4 (Sec. Treas.), N.H.S. - 4, E.A.C. - 3, 4 (Sec.), Block VII - 3 (Ass’t. Editor), Occasional - 4 (Editor), Art Club - 4. LYNN MILLER, Lynn”, Favorite Saying: You’re kid¬ ding!”, Activities: Keyettes - 3, 4, Conservation Workshop - 3, 4, Ski Club - 2, 3, Opus - 4. JOHN MIRABELLA, John”, Activities: Bowling Club - 3. TERRI MOGER, Terri”, Favorite Saying: The truth of a person is only as deep as you know him”, Activities: Cheerleader Frosh (Co-Capt.) J.V. - 2, Campus Life - 2, Class Gov’t. - 3 (Pres.), Jazz Dance - 3 (Co-Capt.), N.H.S. - 4. STEVEN MOORE, Steve”. THOMAS MORRIS, Mercury”, Activities: Symphonic Band - 3, 4, Stage Band - 3, Football - 3, 4, Track - 3, Ski Club - 3, 4, Baseball - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. Thomas Morris MIKE MOYER, Mike”, Favorite Saying: Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length”, Activities: Mixed Chorus - 3, 4, Regional - 3, Guidance Asst. - 4. JANET MYERS, Janet”, Activi¬ ties: Ski Club - 1. AJAY NEHRA, Ajay”, Activities: German Club (Pres.), Inter. Rel. Club (V.P.), N.H.S.B.H.S., Oakton Club, S.G., Ski Club, Grad. Committee, O.M.U.N. LARRY NEIDIG, Clyde”, Activities: Spring Track, Oakton Club, Newspaper. Lisa O’Brien Geoffrey Nordwall ' � ATOKa’A. . ' TODD ORR, Todd”, Activities: Track - 1, 2, 3, 4, Cross Country - 2, 3, 4, Newspaper - 2, 3. SUSAN PAVLINSKI, Susan”, Activities: Cheerleader - 1, 2, E.A.C. - 4, N.H.S. - 4. STACEY PEFFERS, Sta¬ cey”, Activities: Library Ass’t. - 3. Floyd Olen Martin O’Rourke Teresa O’Meara Tim Paulett Susan Pavlinski Stacey Peffers Matthew Pendergast Dan Pernell DONALD PHILLIPS, Don”, Activities: N.H.S. - 4, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4. JULIE PHILLIPS, Boom-Boom”, Favorite Saying: If you want it here it is; come and get it.” Activities: Mixed Chorus - 2, 3, Block V-2, Russian Club - 3. MICHELLE PICARD, Shorty”, Activ¬ ities: Girls’ Track - 1, 2, 3, 4, G.A.A. - 2, 3, 4 (Historian - 3, Recorder - 4), Varsity Field Hockey - 2, 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4, Foreign Language Club - 1. CYNTHIA PLANT, Cindy”, Activities: OMUN - 2, 3, 4, Keyettes - 2, 3, 4, Project Concern - 2, 3, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4, E.A.C. - 4 Russian Club - 3, 4, Foreign Language Club -1,2, German Club - 2 FAMUN - 4, NAMUN - 4. CYNTHIA POPPE, Cindy”. STEVE POSEY, The Kid”. MARTHA POST, Marty”, Activities: Chorus - 1, 2, 3, 4, Keyettes - 3, 4 (Pres. - 4) Thespians - 3,4, Russian Club - 4, German Club - 2. m 11 : V steve Posey Martha Post Nancy Pumphrcy Steven Purcell Eileen Radican Hilary Rappaport Wanda Reamy Anne Rector Eugenia Reese Virginia Reese PUs- PT1 _ mk 7 1 Hw V I y E ■ LISA RENTSCHLER, Ham”, Activities: Float Committee - 4, Cheerleader - 1, 3, 4, Keyettes - 3, 4. JOSEPH RESSA, Joe”, Activi¬ ties: J.V. Football. GAIL RITCHIE, Gail”, Favorite Saying: This is true”, Activities: F.T.A. - 1, 2, Gymnastics - 1, 2, Girls Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2, 3, Mixed - 2, Regional - 3, Ski Club - 2, 3, 4, Project Con¬ cern - 1, 2, S.G. - 1, 2, 4. LARRY ROACH, Larry”, Favorite Saying: Solid”, Activities: Basketball - 1, 2, 3, 4, Track. CAROL ROBER- TELLO, Carol”, Activities: F.T.A. - 1, 2, Chorus - 1, 2, Newspaper - 2. PAT ROBINSON, Trish”, Favorite Saying: Right, Right”, Activities: Ski Clu b, Paragon. RICH ROSE, Tulip”, Activities: D.E. ANNETTE ROUSH, Josh”, Favorite Saying: Never put off for tomorrow what you can do just as well the day after ’, Activities: Prom Committee - 3, N.H.S. - 4. MELODY ROUZER, Mel , Favorite Saying: Don’t subjugate me.”. Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 2, Mixed - 3, Adv. - 4, Conservation Workshop - 3, 4, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 4. Carol Robertello Larry Roach Gail Ritchie Mike Ressa Pat Robinson Rouzer Annette Roush MIKE ROW, Mike,” Favorite Saying: If at first you can’t suc¬ ceed, try, try, again.” Activities: Russian Club - 3, 4 (Pres.), Magic Club - 3, 4 (Sec.), Oakton Club - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4, Paragon - 4, E.A.C. - 4 (V.P.), IRC. - 3, 4, Science Club - 1. MIKE RYAN, Snapper,” Activities: Varsity Basketball Mgr. - 3, Oakton Club - 3, 4. SHERI SATTERLEE, Peppermint Patty,” Favorite Saying: Give me a break.” Activities: F.T.A. - 1, 2, Girls’ Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2, 3, Key- ettes - 4, Ski Club - 2, 3, 4, Varsity Cheerleader - 3, 4 (Co-capt.), Float Committee - 4. JAMES SCANLON, Shaemus,” Activities: Football Frosh, J.V., Varsity Track Spring and Winter, S.G., Class Gov’t. - 4 (Pres.), Oakton Club, Campus Life. MARY SCHAAF, Al,” Favor¬ ite Saying: How’d you like to buy some fresh brown eggs? Only $1.00 a dozen and worth it!” Activities: N.H.S., N.H.S.B.H.S. MIKE SCHAEFER, Mike,” Favorite Saying: Fantastic.” Activi¬ ties: J.V. Baseball, Oakton Club, Mountaineering Club. SUSAN SCHEMM, Hop Lips, Activities: Project Concert - 1 , 2 . ALAN SCHLEEPER, Schlep,” Activities: Frosh Football, Thespians (Pres., Treas.), Stage Mgr., Block, W.O.H. Radio, Float Commit¬ tees, Occasional - 4, S.G., Campus Life, Grad. Committee, Folk Festi¬ val, Morning Announcements. Mike Sabatino Sheri Satterlee James Scanlon Mary Schaaf Mike Schaefer Susan Schemm Tim Schimmel Alan Schleeper Mary Scogno Clare Schulz Linda Schnell Carl Schoepe Michael Schuler LINDA SCHNELL, Linda,” Activities: Tennis - 1, 2, 3, 4, Girls’ Basketball - 2, 3. CARL SCHOEPE, C.J.,” Favorite Saying: Well, that’s the breaks.” Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Float Committee - 4, Oakton Club - 4, Breakfast Club - 3, 4, Campus Life -1,2, 3, 4. MICHAEL SCHULER, Mike.” CLARE SCHULZ, Clare,” Activities: Cheerleader Frosh (Capt.), J.V. - 2, Class Gov’t. - 3 (V.P.), Oaktonettes, Girls’ Chorus, Prom Committee. MARY SCOGNO, Chris.” WILLIAM SEIGLER, Barney,” Favorite Say¬ ing: Take 3.” Activities: Oakton Gun Club - 3, 4. ELIZABETH SESOW, Beth.” Rod Searcy William Seigler : ' ' • Elizebeth Sesow Jeff Seymour Leo Shannon TAMARA SHEARER, Tam,” Favorite Saying: Really!?!” PHILIP SHEATS, Phil,” Activities: Chess Club - 2, 3. DAVID SHERFEY, Dave,” Activities: Baseball J.V. - 1, 2, Varsity - 3, 4. PAM SHERLOCK, Pam,” Activities: Musicals. JEREMY SMALL. Rubberband Man,” Favorite Saying: You don ' t like my nose?” Activities: Track Frosh, Varsity - 3, Ski Club - 3, Pep Club - 2, J.V. Basketball - 2. CAROLYN SMITH, Carolyn,” Activities: Sym¬ phonic Band - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Librarian. Sec.), Adv. Girls ' Chorus - 3, 4, Regional - 3, Keyettes. Drama Club, S.G. - 1, 2, 3, 4. VICTORIA SMITH, Vicky,” Favorite Saying: Put a little love in your heart.” Activities: Astronomy Club - 2, 3, 4, Audio-Visual Club - 2 (Treas.), Block - 2, 3, Occasional - 4, Science Club - 2, 3, Future Physicians Soc. - 3, Mountaineering Club - 3, 4. ROBERT SOMMERS, Rob,” Victoria Smith Robert Sommers Ralph Spaulding Rich Steinbac Jayne Stephens Howard Stephenson Darleen Stanton EDNA STANLEY, Edna,” Activities: J.V. Basketball - 1. DAR¬ LEEN STANTON, Darleeen,” Activities: Concert Band - 1, Band - 2, Marching Band - 2, Ski Club - 2. RICHARD STEINBACH, Rich.” JAYNE STEPHENS, Jayne,” Activities: Concert Band - I, Symphonic Band - 2, 3, 4 (Sec. - 3, V.P. - 4), Orchestra - 3, 4, Wood¬ wind Quintet - 3, 4, Hr. Rep. - 2, 4, Keyettes - 4, N.H.S. - 4. PATRI¬ CIA STEPHENSON, Pat,” Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2; Chorale - 3, 4, Stage Crew - 2, Foreign Language Club - 2, Revela¬ tions Club - 4, Russian Club - 4. DEBORAH STEWART, Duke,” Favorite Saying: NOT EVEN.” Activities: Varsity Girls’ Basket¬ ball - 2, 3, 4, Varsity Softball - 2, Varsity Girls’ Track - 3, 4, G.A.A. - 2, Intramurals - 2, 3, 4. CANDACE STONE, Candy, Activities: Symphonic Band - 3, 4, Concert Band - 2, Conservation Workshop - 2, 3, 4, Oaktonettes - 2, N.H.S. - 3, 4, Marching Band - 2, Stage Crew - 2, Chess Club - 3. RICH STUMPF, Ricky,” Activities: Chess Club - 2, 3, 4 (V.P.. Pres.), Chess Team - 2, 3, 4, Math Team - 4, Sym¬ phonic Band - 3, 4, Marching Band - 1, Pep Band - 4, Musical -1,4, Orchestra - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4. VICTORIA SUOMELA Activities: Omnibus Soc. - 1, Nat’l Jr. Honor Soc. - 1 , Orchestra - 1 , 2 , N.H.S. - 3, 4, Reading Ass’t. - 4, Guidance Ass’t. - 4. KYLE SUTTON, Kyle,” Favorite Saying: Never let your left hand know what your right hand does.” MELANIE SWARTZ, Kim,” Activities: F.H.A. - 1 , Majorettes - 2, 3, 4, V.I.C.A. - 2, 4. RANDOLPH SWINBURNE, Randy.” LES¬ LIE TANKERSLEY, Leslie,” Favorite Saying: There is a time for every season and a season for every time.” Activities: Drill Team - 1, Award Board - 1 , Tennis - 1 , Newspaper - 1 , Choir - 1 , G.A.A. - 2 , Adv. Girls’ Choir - 3, Keyettes - 4, N.H.S. - 4. Revelations Club - 4. Ed Sutphin Kyle Sutton Melanie Swartz Victoria Suomela Randolph Swinburne Leslie Tankersley Margaret Taylor Steve Tennant ' V - Mike Terwilligei V ¥ Teri Torgeson Karen Tomlinson ' t Carlton Thompson Paul Thornburg Paula Thrasher DOUGLAS THEISEN, Doug,” Favorite Saying: Mas ven cuatro ojos que dos!” Activities: Spanish Club - 1, Ushers ' Club - 1, Chess Club • 3, Math Team - 4, Paragon - 4, N.H.S. - 4, ANNETTE THOMAS, Parra-Wa-Samen,” Activities: F.T.A. - 1, 2, Concert Band - 1, Marching Band - 1, Musical - 1, Oaktonettes - 2, 3. Sym¬ phonic Band - 2, 3, 4, Make Up Crew - 1, 2, Conservation Workshop - 3, 4, Project Concern - 3, N.H.S. - 4. CHARLES THOMAS, Moose.” CARLTON THOMPSON, Carl,” Activities: Bike Club - 1, Cross Country -1,2, Mountaineering Club - 4. PAUL THORN¬ BURG, Paul,” Activities: Chess Club - 4, Math Team - 4. PAULA THRASHER, Half-Smoke.” Activities: Cheerleader Frosh, J.V. - 2, Hr Rep. - 3. KAREN TOMLINSON. Karen,” Favorite Saying: Such is life.” Activities: Drama Club - 1, 2, 3, 4, E.A.C. - 4, Opus - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Ed. 4), Thespians - 2, 3, 4, Quill and Scroll - 2, 3, 4, Occa¬ sional - 4, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 4. TERI TORGESON, Torgy,” Activi¬ ties: Ski Club, S.G., Keyettes, N.H.S., N.H.S.B.H.S., Opus, Campus Life, Drama Club DEBORAH TUCKER, Debi.” Dora Tread Deborah Tucker V « . ' ■ ■ ' Nora Tuggle Wesley Tullai John Tunstall Catherine Tyson Chris Voss Daniel Walter James Walter Edie VanVleet Mary Voight Kathy Violett NORA TUGGLE, Nora,” Activities: Gymnastics Team - 1, 2, 3, 4, Drama Club - 1, 2, 3,4, G.A.A. - 2, 3, Mixed Chorus - 2, Adv. Girls’ - 3, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 4, N.H.S. - 4. WESLEY TULLAI, Killer,” Favor¬ ite Saying: Better Red than dead.” Activities: Boys’ Chorus - 1, Drama Productions - 1, 2. JOHN TUNSTALL, Golden Boy,” Favorite Saying: Catch ya later.” Cut me some slack.” Activities: Football JV. -1,2, Varsity - 3, 4, Winter Track - 2, Baseball J.V. - 1, 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Campus Life - 3, 4, Oakton Club 3, 4, Breakfast Club - 4, H.H.S. - 4, Float Committee - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. CATH¬ ERINE TYSON, Sunshine,” Favorite Saying: Such is life!” Activ¬ ities: Drama, Chorale, Ensemble, Girls’ and Adv. Chorus. EDIE VAN VLEET, Edie,” Favorite Saying: Ooh Skees!” KATHY VIOLETT, Kathy,” Favorite Saying: Ain’t no big thing!” Activi¬ ties: Drill Team - 3, 4 (Capt.), Keyettes - 3, 4, Prom Committee - 3, N.H.S. - 4. MARY JANE VOIGHT, Mary Lou,” Favorite Saying: Party Now.” Activities: Cheerleader - 1, J V. Softball - 2, Ski Club - 3, Welfare Cheerleader - 2, Hr. Rep. - 2, Mountaineering Club - 3, Donkey Basketball - 3. CHRIS VOSS, Blondie.” DANIEL WAL¬ TER. Wally,” Favorite Saying: Penny saved is a penny earned.” Activities: Science Club - 2, J.V. Football - 3, Oakton Club - 2, Cam¬ pus Life - 3, Project Concern - 2. JAMES WALTER, Jim,” Favorite Saying: Anything worth having is worth cheating for.” Activities: Basketball - 1, Track - 2, 3, Cross Country - 3, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4, N. H.S. - 4, Russian Club - 2, 3, 4, Magic Club - 3, 4 (V.P.), I.R.C. - 3, 4 (Sec.), Chess Club - 1 , 2, 3, 4, Math Team - 4, Concert Band - 1 , 2, Symphonic Band - 3, 4, Marching Band - I, 2, Pep Band - 2, 3, O. M.U.N. - 3, 4. N.A.M.U.N. - 4, F.A.M.U.N. - 4. Debra Weber ✓ Denise Watson Karen Watson Paul Watters GLENN WALTERS, Jet,” Activities: Varsity Golf - 2, 3, 4, Oak- ton Club - 4, Industrial Arts Club - 2, 3. LAURA WARRINGTON, Laura,” Activities: Chorus - 1, 2, 3, 4. CAROLE WATSON, Carol, Activities: Gymnastics - 1, 2, 3, 4. DENISE WATSON, Denise, Favorite Saying: To each his own.” Activities: Drama - 1, Color Guard - 2, Drill Team - 3, 4, Prom Committee - 3, N.H.S. - 3, Paragon - 4 (Editor). KAREN WATSON, Karen,” Favorite Say¬ ing: What’s happening?” Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 1, Mixed - 2, 3, Festival - 3, Hr. Rep. - 3. PAUL WATTERS, Zip,” Activities: Mountaineering Club - 3, 4 (V.P. - 4). MARK WEBB, Wild Man,” Favorite Saying: HO-O-O-Kay.” Activities: Jazz Lab - 2, 3, 4, S.G. - 3, W.O.H.S. - 3, 4, Symphonic Band - 3, 4, Combo - 4, Pep Band - 4, Pres. Band Dept. - 4. DEBRA WEBER, Webbie,” Activi¬ ties: Girls’ Basketball J.V. - 1, 2, Field Hockey J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Varsity Softball - 1, 2, 3, 4, Project Concern - 1, Oaktonettes - 2, 3, G.A A - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Pres.), Varsity Basketball - 3, 4, S.G. - 3. DEN¬ NIS WEBER, Dennis,” Activities: D.E. - 3, Football J.V. - 3, Var¬ sity - 4. BRYCE WEGNER, Bryce,” Activities: Orchestra - 1, 2, 3, 4. Mark Webb f k Dennis We Der Bryce Wegner _ LAURA WEIHE, Laura,” Activities: Girls’ Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2, Welfare Cheerleader - 1, Hr. Rep. - 2, N.H.S.B.H.S. - 3, 4, N.H.S. - 4. KRIS WEIMERSKIRCH, Kris,” Activities: J.V. Wrestling - 1, Ski Club - 3. KATHARINE WENKER, Kat,” Favorite Saying: We may never pass this way again.” KAREN WHITE, Nowski,” Activities: Girls’ Basketball J.V. - 1, 3, 4, Varsity - 2, F.H.A. - 1, TriHi - 1 , Tennis Team - 1 , 2. STEVE WHITE, Steve,” Activities: Stage Band - 3. JOCELYN WHITNEY, Jocelyn, Favorite Saying: What a trip!” Activities: Human Relations Club - 4. JANIE WILKES, Janie,” Favorite Saying: In the depths of my soul there is a wordless song.” Activities: Float Committee - 1, O.M.U.N. - 2, Revelations Club - 2, 4, N.H.S. - 4, Keyettes - 4. STEVE WILLETT, Steve,” Activities: N.H.S. - 1, 4, Oakton Club - 3, 4. JOE WIL¬ LIAMS, Joe,” Activities: Ski Club, Wrestling, Intermural Basket¬ ball. ER WILLIAMS, Lester,” Favorite Saying: Ain ' t nothin’ on.” Activities: Chess Club - 1 , Football - 2, Basketball - 2, - 4. KATHARINE WILSON, Kathy.” Favorite Saying: e and be happy — Lite is worth living!” Activities: Adv. Girls js - 4, Mixed - 2, 3, Science Council - 3, Future Physicians Soc. - N.H.S.B.H.S. - 2, 3, 4 (Sec. Treas., V P.). LORI WILSON, ' Activities: Keyettes - 4, G.A.A. - 2, 3, 4, F.H.A. - 1, 2 (Sec.), .-rt Band, Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Future Physicians 3, 4 (V.P.), Science Club - 3, 4, Varsity Girls Basketball - 1, 2, Varsity Softball -1,2, 3, 4, Varsity Tennis - 3, Hr. Rep. - 3, S. - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4. KEN WILT, Ken,” Activities: S.G. - 3, O H S - 4, Track - 2, Cross Country - 3 (Mgr ). CHARLES ITZ, Chuck.” MITCH I EL WITT, Twitchell,” Activities: all Frosh, J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, 4, Wrestling J.V. - 1, 2, Varsity - JEFF WOLFE, Wolfeman Jeff,” Favorite Saying: Di-no- ” Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. - 2, 3, Varsity - 4, Float Com- e - 4, W.O.H.S. - 4, Class Gov’t. - 4, Morning Announcements - .1 - 4, Conservation Workshop - 2, Varsity Soccer - 3, 4, Folk val - 4, Oakton Club - 4. KAREN WOLFE, Gordon,” Activi- Ski Club. SHARON WOLFE, Wolfie,” Activities: Softball ■ 1, Varsity - 2, 3,4. Girls ' Basketball J.V. - 2, Varsity - 4, G.A.A. Katharine Wilson Lester Williams Mitchiel Witt Charles Wintz Lori Wilson Karen Wolfe Jeff Wolfe Robert Wood Sharon Wolfe ROBERT W. WOOD, Bob, Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. - 2 Track Winter - 2, Spring • 1. JOHN WORLEY, John,” Favorin Saving: Fantastic. Activities: Football Frosh, J.V. - 2, Varsity - 3, 4 Oakton Club - 4. MARCIA WRIGHT, ' Marcia, Favorite Saying You can do whatever you want to do . . . it’s up to you.” Activi ties: Girls Chorus - 1, Adv. - 2, Chorale - 4, Float Committee - 1 Revelations Club - 4. MARK YEO, Mark,” Favorite Saying That’s life.” Activities: Class Gov’t. - 4 (V.P.), Oakton Club, Lat Ass’t. SUSAN YOUNG, Susie,” Favorite Saying: If we all gave the best of ourselves, there would be nothing left in the world to bt ashamed of — except the fact that we hadn ' t done it sooner.” Activi¬ ties: Drama Lightcrew - 3, Varsity Majorettes - 2. SUZANNE ZAN¬ DERS, Suzanne, Activities: Opus - 4. DAVID ZOEBELEIN David,” Activities: Block - 2, German Club -2, 3, 4, Ski Club - 2. Oakton Club - 4, I R C. - 4. Suzanne Zanders David Zoebelein 71 Tel j 1 fcfc I 4-j y® I S 1 ■ t John fc ? SENIOR SUPERLA TIVES Best all-around are Jim Scanlon and Lisa Rentschler. Most enthusiastic are (standing) Ann McGrath (lying) Doug Han and Kim Koan. Smanest are Nancy Holland and Jay Derr. L- ' -j YN Yn , | OU. WtU-W V y3-0 €L v w Vn2. vx crux- sj-Qp r Q ' V ' V| ' -0Gv.O V ' S 2:0 2-C | ' V v VG gc gn jj Xvkn c ' v €L C wk VNNOS-ev Cffnr - pc . S O gae- . Uo )e QvV CS- tA 5 Most popular are C. J. Schoepe, Lisa Rentschler, and Alan Cybulski. (W • ' « 94 Most likely to succeed are Nancy Holland and Jay Derr. , Cl L-4 rvA rr ‘ iC ' t ' L 0 ( Class flirts are Tom Morris and Vali Hess. Most talented performers are Lynne Kassabian and Alan Schleeper. Most athletic are Debbie Stewart and Don Brady. 95 Carolyn Smith and John Lloyd arc most musically inclined Mrs. Heeter and Mr Roush are favorite teachers of the senior class. 96 97 r ■ I Vi li WKKSHP ® p SnpTS5 m 53 i inpr ’ ■UMH Bfipjlllfc % • ' W’ dgi. HF� • VP5 5 . HpUf ' i - • -, ’ ■■ 1 - ' ? ’ McGibbor 100 -L .W 1 ' 1 Juniors Continue to Impress Oakton Bill Edmonson, along with the help of his three officers and an active forty member cab¬ inet, sparked the Junior class into another suc¬ cessful year at Oakton. The Junior class kept itself active this past summer by painting the Oakton Cougers” sign for the gym. Their projects for this year included an Oakton coat of arms mosaic for the school lobby, a Bi-Hi dance with Fairfax High School on March 14, featuring Zachariah, and a raffle outside of school to raise money for future class pro¬ jects . The Juniors took first place in the annual homecoming float contest with a replica of an old shoe covered with over 100,000 flow¬ ers accomplished in 17,000 hours of effort. Also indicative of the Junior class effort was their support of the Jazz Lab’s fund raising drive for their trip to Chicago. As a result they were awarded an assembly concert by the Jazz Lab. The 1975 Junior-Senior prom spon¬ sored by the Junior class, was held at the Sheraton Hotel’s double ballroom at Reston. Looking forward to their final year at Oak¬ ton, the class of 1976 hopes to be able to finance a Senior trip and to institute an arena scheduling program which would enable stu¬ dents to choose their classes, teachers, and periods. This past year the Class of 1976 maintained its reputation of being actively involved and has big plans for its Senior year at Oakton. Margaret Adams Daniel Addario Cynthia Alcorn Helen Alexander James Alexander Andrew Allan David Allan Kelly Allen Paula Alves Kimberley Anderson Stephen Arata Cassandra Archer Sruart Argabright Kathy Ayoub Michael Azzara Ann Babcock Elizabeth Baker Debora Baker Lani Baker Lily Baker Faye Balazs Lee Barbour Michael Barbour Jeffrey Barnes Katherine Barnett Geoffrey Barrentine William Barrett John Bartholomew Donald Bass David Battaglia Wendy Baxter Theresa Bell Elena Bengochea Lori Berg Carla Besosa Margaret Bialick Jane Bickers 102 Sylvia Bisutti Steven Bixler Patty Bland Bruce Blumberg John Boag Gary Boggas Brian Bohrer Jeffrey Bolton Laura Bombere Robert Bond Becky Bonnet Cheryl Bonney Trina Borsa Randolph Bowman William Brady Raymond Branch Mark Braunstein Anthony Brewer Barclay Brown Devon Brown Ricky Brown James Bryan John Burkett June Burton Peter Buscemi Barbara Cable James Caldwell Susan Calloway Kay Carpenter Paul Carter Gregory Cefola Robin Chapman Nitin Chittal Keith Chute Michael Clegg Vanessa Cole John Collins 103 Sharon Comer Timothy Cook Lori Cooney Romona Coppage Eileen Crean Daniel Cronin Richard Crump Tim Crutcher Cheryl Cunningham Michael Curtis Ann Daly Mary Dargusch Chris Davia Anthony Davis Ruth Dearmitt Kenneth Decker Kenneth Delker Veronica Denno Debra Deweese Joanne Dick Keith Dill Julie Dinsmore Robert Dinterman John Dittig Patricia Dorey Paul Dovel mST il i Heidi Dowell Scott Dozier Janine Dreifus Pamela Dreo William Edmondson Kathleen Epson Jennifer Ernst Michele Evans Steven Evans William Evans Leeanne Fagan Cynthia Farmer Mark Ferguson Rhonda Ferguson Desiree Ferren Ann Fetterer Susan Fielding 104 Timothy Filippone Oree Fioriti Jerry Fischer Charles Fisher Amy Flynn Ken Foley Charlotte Forney Shannon Foust Trudy Franklin Laura Franseen Leslie French Paul French Rita Fritz Kathi Frizzell Leigh Gambino Gail Garrett Flerbert Garrett Penny Gates James Gaut Linda Gehr Alan Gehlert Nancy Gibbons Deborah Glinski Sheila Goggin Michael Goings Edward Gonet Julia Goodman Sharon Goodspeed Thomas Gove Michael Grable Teesha Green Stephani Gregory Susan Grella Michael Guglielmo Catherine Hadley Joseph Hales Herbert Hall Patrick Hardin Gregory Harlow Helen Harman Christopher Harmison Gregory Harris Michael Harris 105 Robert Harwich Richard Hatfield James Hawkins Karen Hawkins Gregory Haymond Scott Hazel John Headland Darlene Heatwole Steven Heifer Diane Herbert Tanya Herrell Thomas Hetherington Elizabeth Heubusch Charles Higgins Vickie Highlander Sylvia Hillman Joseph Himmelberg Kerry Hindes Dana Hinsen Jennifer Hino Lark Hoelzer Sheryl Hogge Keith Holland John Hollansworth Kathryn Holmes William Holmes Todd Holt Cecile Holton Parnell a Hope Tammy Hoppe Jeffrey Hoverson Bruce Howard Issac Howard Kathleen Howell 106 Bryan Hunt Gwen Hunter Kernan Huttick Carolyn Inman Stacey Isaacs Jeanne Jabara George Jajonie Alison James Katherine Jeutter Anita Johnson Penny Johnson Jennifer Jones Jean Jongewaard Michael Juchniewicz David Kane Robert Kelley Joseph Kelly Jennifer Kenaga John Kidwell Michael Kidwell Catherine Kildoo Peggy King Curtis Kirby Steven Knicely Shelby Knighting Joseph Koshuta Kevin Kotellos Alexander Kozlov Mark Labeda Patricia Lane Brian Lawler Heidi Lee John Lee John Lehman Susan Lessa Andrew Lewis Mary Lewis 107 Elizabeth Limbeck Helen Lippke Kathryn Lloyd Gary Logan Renee Lojas Paul Luksch Colleen Lynott Kathy Maher Francis Mahoney Glenn Maravctz Laura Marker Michael Marrugi Byron Martin Leslie Martin Chris Mason Ginette Matacia Sara Matacia Barbara Matthews Mary Matz Teresa Maxwell Claudette McCamley Cornelius McCauley Harry McFarland Patrick McGibbon Lisa McGuire Jon McLeish Kevin McNerney Ronald Mellon Mark Mercready Deborah Miller Garrett Miller Tanya Miller Katherine Minchew Betsy Minetree Sandra Miquelon Barbara Monroe Gary Moore Amy Morgan Debra Morris Phyllis Morrison David Morton Peggy Mosher Deborah Moul 108 Gina Ojala John Olson Dion Omara Donald Onstot Stephanie O ' Rourke Gregory Otto Roy Paget Mark Palomba Harold Parker William Pattee Lisa Peil Debbie Perdew Michael Personette Cynthia Perszyk Jill Peterson Kim Peterson Leslie Phillips Renee Picard Dayna Moyer Brian Mull Kevin Murphy Lizabeth Murray Bruce Myers Jeanne Myers Lauren Nangle Lawrence Nibecker Carolyn Norton Sean Oday Vera Piper Paula Pippert Patricia Pitts Denise Plant Steven Point Michael Poppleton Julie Powell Laura Primeau Lorin Pruett Yvonne Pullen Randolph Pumphrey Patrick Purcell Thomas Quigley Kevin Quinn Earl Ragland 109 Richard Randolph David Rasp Teresa Rector Loucresia Register D.i ul Reid Barbara Retchlee Ramon Revilla Jerry Reynolds Rhonda Richards Gregory Rismiller Kristina Rist Fredrick Robertson Norman Robinson Rose Romero Charles Ross Chris Rossi Lori Roth Gayle Rucker Tamara Rugenstein William Ryan Roseann Sagadraca James Salyer Robert Scarborough William Schaefer Barbara Schirmacher Forest Schmeling Robbie Schulman Debbie Schwier Gina Scinta Trina Sejd Jean Ramos Daniel Ramsier Susan Randall Scott Semmler Laura Settle Deborah Seymour Brian Shaffer Susanne Shaffer Terri Shannon James Shelton Roseann Sheridan Robert Shetterly Robert Shields i 1 10 Tamera Simmons Richard Siron Stephen Siron Thomas Skoda Dana Smith Michelle Smith Robert W. Smith Donna Snyder Paul Sorenson Nancy Spence Anya Spielberg James Steere Thomas Stent Frederic Still James Stinchcomb Clyde Stone Carol Story Valerie Stout Cecil Stuart Patricia Suomela Edward Sutphin John Swart Vicky Talbot Anita Tate Joan Tennant Bruce Thompson Marilyn Thompson Robin Thompson Richard Tolley Lindsay Trittipoe Siang Tsao Betty Tunstall Jane Tunstall Katherine Turner Garry Tygrett Connie Underwood David Van Vlett Deanna Vanwey William Victor Katherine Vlannes 111 James Vogel John Voss he.1 Wall .k t Margaret Wallace Julie Wanamaker Michael Ward Debra Watson Suzanne Watson Valerie Watson Malinda Weller Leanne Wever Pamela Wheat Patricia White Katherine Whinener Edward Whitney John Wickman Michael Wilk Susan Wilburn Leslie Williamson Donald Wilson Richard Wilson Kerry Wilt Doris Winland Robert Wiseman David Wolfe John Woodward Larry Yeatman 112 Linda Yeatman Christopher Yost Keith Zarin ✓ ■ k ' 114 Sophomores Put Forth an Active Effort 4 The Sophomore class had many ideas about raising money this year. The first project for the Sopho¬ more class was their float, Beanie and Cecil. In November, the cabinet and the class club were formed. During home basketball games, Oakton Cougar pennants were sold to raise money and promote school spirit. The Sophomore class took an active interest in the activities at Oak- ton, and plan to become more involved as they progress. Their presi¬ dent, Marcia Carter, feels that . . . the Class of ’77 will be one Oakton will always remember as the class that tried the hardest.” 115 Richard Alcalde Elena Aldas Betty Alexander Geraldine Alexander Richard Allan Tracy Allen Susan Allewelt David Allingham Patricia Allingham )im Amos Michelle Anspach Kim Artis Therese Ashman Kathryn Aston Kenneth Atkins Victoria Aubry Christopher Azzara Cal Bain Todd Balazs Susan Ball Patrick Barber Timothy Barnes Timothy Barteaux Dianne Bartyczak Joanne Bartyczak Sharon Beale Brad Beck Joseph Behrens Cheryl Bell Dawn Benfield Sally Bergstrom Nelson Berry Peter Berry Susan Berry Barry Blacka Diane Bland Amanda Bloom Wolfgang Boeker Katia Bonacicdoric Timothy Bono Charles Boswell Elaine Botz Carol Bouffard 116 ,Y Linda Boynton Anne Brady Stephanie Briggs Elizabeth Brodersen Annette Brown Wendy Brown Margaret Bruce Chris Bucher Ann Bullock Monte Burgett Karen Burk Gail Burroughs Tracy Butenko Theresa Butler Eva Byrnes Daniel Cahill Richard Cairns Jason Caldwell Carol Callis Cathleen Cannon Joseph Cannon Benjamin Carrick Craig Carter Marcia Carter James Caruso Robin Cattaro Michele Cefola Erin Cejka Keith Cenekofsky David Chatfield Carol Chelena Marjorie Childs Chang Cho John Christenson Brian Clark Susan Clark Stephen Clarke Linda Claveloux Kristyn Clayton William Clement Catherine Coleman Beth Collins Joanne Collins Andrew Conlon Robert Cook Kevin Cooney James Coyle Kevin Craig Laura Cramer Paul Cramer Mark Cronin Anne Crosson Richard Crowley Colette Crown John Crowther Colleen Crutcher Douglas Curry David Curtis Brian Daley Daniel Daley Kevin Davis Virginia Davis Kathy Deleon Connie Deluca Stephen Demmon Lynne Depalma Bernard Desantis Jacqueline Desbois Robert Devito Janice Dick Linda Diggory Susan Dishun Patrick Dobson Carol Dodd Crystal Dodd Joseph Dodson Renee Doiron Connie Dolinger Peter Don Ion Julie Donovan 118 Sharon Doss Colleen Douglas Carol Duke Karen Dun aye Kathy Dunn Marjorie Dye Craig Edge Janice Eisenlohr Robin Ellis Carmen Entenza Rosalia Entenza Tammy Estep Cheryl Etcho Jimmy Evans John Evans Sheila Farthing Donna Finley Debra Fitzgerald Michael Fitzpatrick Bonnie Flint Christopher Flores Jeannie Flynn Thomas Forsyth Mark Friend Kevin Fromer Teena Furr Tracy Furr Trina Gaile Monica Gal Paula Galane Gabriele Galloway Stephen Garbacz Andrea Garber Bruce Garland Lawrence Garner 119 Alison Gittin Elizabeth Goble Tim Goode Karen Gorbea Shirley Gordon Jean Gorsuch Sue Gourley Kenneth Graham Margaret Graichen Siobhan Grayson Patrick Green Walter Groome Wayne Grove Fred Grow Karen Gunderson Alison Haberle James Haislip Katherine Hampton Kathy Hanson Jeffrey Harkins Shelby Harris Patricia Hartigan Robert Hayes Sally Heifer Deanna Hendricks David Hendrickson Micheal Hensley Letitia Herndon Robert Hersey James Heyl Tracy Hicks Robert Hill Andrew Hing Ward Hinsen Dale Hockman Therese Hogan Kathy Holland Andrew Horne Karen Houck Donna Houska John Hubbard John Hughes Richard Hughes 120 Darlene Hummer Elizabeth Hunt Mary Husted Peter Hutchinson Claudia Hutchison Ramon Iliff Eileen Irby Kathryn Iuliano Pamela Jackson Lydia Jacobs Cathy Jajonie Darren Jennings Darleen Johnson Heidi Johnson Jessie Johnson Keith Johnson Stephanie Johnson Brian Johnston Steven Jones Karen Judy Sharon Judy Elizabeth Kause Michael Kaufman Ann Kazek Elizabeth Kearney Nancy Keiser Timothy Kelley Kathleen Kelliher Jean Kelly William Kerfoot Randy Kidwell Kent Kirkham David Kiser Steven Kisley Lorri Kissel Susan Kling Lynn Klinkman David Knight Pamela Koan Kevin Kreitz Lisa Krochalis Cheryl Kubiskey Paul Kurtz 121 John Laney Cynthia Laplante Shari Larson Dianne Latch ford Frank Lathers Eric Laubis Michael Lawler Jeffery Lay William Layman Carla Bayne Bryce Legg Linda Lewis Lorraine Lincoln Sharon Litch Clifford Lokey Judith Long Randall Loomis Billy Lucas Ron Lugbill David Lungren Donna Macleod Paula Madden Steven Madden Edward Maher Neil Mappen Jeffrey Marchetti Catherine Marciniak Kimberly Marks Theodore Marrugi Lonnie Mason Edward Massey Kenneth Matich Patti Maxwell Becky May Barbara McCallister Mark McDonald William McDonald 122 Kathleen McGary Michael McGibbon Mary Mclnerney Alan Miller Don Miller Jeffrey Miller Christopher Mills Cynthia Mills Mark Mills Eric Mingo David Minyard James Miquelon Brian Mitchell Denise Mitchell Stephen Mitchell Deborah Monahan John Monch Elizabeth Moniz Catherine Monroe Raymond Montgomery Terry Moore Donald Morgan John Morris Stephanie Morrison Eleanor Morse Robert Mouser Elizabeth Nangle Harold O’Connor Mark Olson Carolyn Oneill Robert Nelson Lenard Newton Reed Nibley Christian Nolan Anna Normandy Nancy O’Brien 123 Stacy Orr Susan Otero Russ Paget Jong Pak Gordon Parbery Jeffrey Parker Connie Parnham Ronald Parvin John Pattee Charles Paulett Todd Peal Ken Peatross Kathleen Peil Scott Pellerin Lyndee Peterson Trade Peterson Linda Petrini Ciel Pettit Karen Petty Rebecca Phillips Teresa Phillis Lisa Phipps Shawn Pifer Linda Pilgrim Janet Plumb Joanne Pomponio Russell Powell Sherilyn Preston Donald Puffenberger Daniel Purcell Albin Pyle William Quantrille Maureen Quigley Jon Rainey Donna Ramsier Patricia Rasp William Ray Duane Reger Marvin Register Stephanie Reuter Douglas Richter George Riggs 124 Ralph Ring Mark Rist Ana Rivas Helen Robbins Cynthia Roberts Janet Robertson Nancy Robinson Lisa Roddy Terri Roman Bonita Rose Christina Rose Jeffrey Ross Marie Rossi Teresa Ryan Anthony Saad Jean Sabanosh Kirk Salpini Josette Sancho-Bonet Ralph Sancho-Bonet Carol Santman Donna Savin Mark Scarborough John Schaaf James Schimmel Pam Schleeper Theresa Schmitz Carol Schulz Mary Scibelli Susan Scibelli Michael Seigler Lisa Shakman Ellen Sharf Edward Sheehan Gary Shipp Debra Shortridge Michael Showalter John Shugrue Bonni Shull Gloria Simpson Barrie Skoda James Smith Stephen Smith 125 Kim Stanley Nancy Steere Clay Stephenson Daniel Stonecipher Frank Stramel Harry Street Timothy Sullivan Cynthia Suomela Kirby Sutton Jocelyn Sweet Laura Swinburne Robert Swindler Saundra Talbott Pamela Talley Donna Tasselmyer Kevin Taylor Janet Tebbs David Thompson Diana Titus John Tordiff Tami Torgeson Derek Torrance Janet Towne Diane Trittipoe Bonnie Tuggle Nickson Turner Susan Upham 126 James Walton Steve Ward David Warner Craig Webb Michelle Weimerskirch Catherine Wenning Michael Wenning Richard Wessel David White Joseph White Christopher Whitehead Cornelius Whitney John Wikkes David Willcox Craig Williams Frank Williams Phyllis Williams Denise Williamson Stephen Windsor Rene Winnik Vicki Wiseman Eric Wolfe Lynn Wolfe Glenda Wood Karen Woodard Mary Yeatman Becky Zalokar Debbie Zazanis Donna Zazanis Joseph Zuccatti 127 Treas. — Lisa Genova, See. — Ellen Watson, V.P. — Heidi Hanson, Pres. — Nelson Alcalde. Freshmen Unite as a Part of Oakton On September 7, the Class of 1978 began its first year at Oakton. Soon after that the Freshmen were con¬ fronted with the task of building a homecoming float. Even though they lacked funds and experience, their float, which depicted Humpty Dumpty, was a success. The next big event for the Freshmen took place early in November, when they elected their class officers. These elections took place during a special assembly, which followed the procedure of a convention. After the election of their officers, the Freshmen decided that bake sales would be their major source of income during the year. Starting their treasury and becoming involved in the many aspects of Oakton life gave the members of the Class of 1978 a feeling of belonging. Kurtis Adams Nelson Alcalde Roxanne Alderson Cary Allen Bryan Amos Gregory Anderson Lawrence Anderson Susan Anderson James Appleton James Arata 1 Heather Archer Rtta Ashman Melville Aston Jeanette Ayoub Julie Baca Brenda Back Thomas Baker Patrick Balderson Karen Barber Kathy Barker Teresa Bartyczak Kenny Bascue Alexandra Bates Rebecca Battaglia Jennifer Beale Michael Bealey Barbara Becker Shirley Bee Patti Beeson Lee Belfore Janice Bell Kenneth Benjamin Christopher Berriman ■ Carol Bertrand Cynthia Birch Thomas Birdsall Peter Bisutti Kenneth Bland John Blossom Kelly Blunk Lori Bond Beth Bonnet Patrick Borcherding 130 Bruce Bowders Robert Bowman Gregory Boyle Helen Boyers Robert Boykin ■■ Patrice Brader Charles Bradshaw Suzanne Bramlette Kimberly Briggs Victoria Brooks i Michael Broome Kimberly Brown Patrick Brown John Buckles Luci lie Buckles Deborah Burns Elizabeth Burson Mary Burton Tammy Buss Philip Buscemi David Byrd Connie Byrne Thomas Byrnes Sylvia Cahill Robert Cairns William Caldwell Lisa Callender Robert Campbell John Canning Mark Cannon Richard Carter Thomas Carter Karen Cartwright Jeffrey Cavanaugh Stacie Cenekofsky Louis Chaconas Edwin Chaenkwok Donalda Chang Patricia Chansler David Chapman Patricia Chance John Chiesa John Childs 131 Jeffrey Clark Deborah Clarkson Karen Cockrell Robert Cole Donald Collins Mildred Cologne David Comer Vicki Connors Marsha Conover Linda Cook Robert Cook Tracy Cornwell Tracy Cousins Edwin Coyle Vicki Crack John Cramer Kevin Crean Mark Creech Craig Crider Cynthia Cross Shelley Crunkleton Michael Curry Elaine Dagley Mary Daley Mary Daly Alicia Daniels Etta Dargusch Michael Davis Pamela Dean Raymond Dearmitt m r - H V Mary DeFazio Julie Delawder Kurt Delker Susan Dell Anthony DeLuca Mary Den no Mary Derr 132 _ • fiat. v; ' J Vincent DiBenedetto Daniel Dickerson Ann DiLorenzo Janice Dimmett Barbara Dix Freddie Dobbs Mary Dobson Allison Donovan Harry Donovan Michelle Donovan Roger Dospil Jeffrey Dreibus Michael Driscoll Paula Dubill Karen Duffy James Dunaye Patrick Dunn Lorraine Dursee Elisa Einarson Steven Elgin Donald Ellis Robin Epstein Eric Erlendson James Ernst Leonard Etcho Marta Evans Carol Everett Kellie Ewalt Gail Fagan Kelly Fairbanks Linda Fanslow Donna Farmer Lynn Fetterer Stephen Fielding Edgar Fields Brook Finisecy Gary Fioriti 133 Douglas Fisher Barbara Fletcher Brent Fletcher Susan Fletcher Donna Foley Douglas Forbes Shawn Forney Richard Fossum Kimberly Foust David Forster Penelope Franklin Cynthia Franseen Bradley Fraser Thomas Freeman Jo Friend Valorie Fritz Chris Galgocy Jorinda Garber William Garber Richard Garcia Kenneth Garner Jennifer Gatenby Amy Gates Laura Gaut Ray Gaut Ann Gehlert Lisa Genova Richard Gilbert Samuel Gill Margaret Gillies Linda Glidden Richard Glidden Dorothea Goggin James Goodger Scott Goodspeed David Goughnour Beth Gourley Mary Grantonio Charles Green Peter Gregory Thomas Grclla Georgia Grena F.lizabeth Grenfell 134 Katherine Grenfell Molly Grimes Rebecca Gross Frances Grow Gregory Guinta Peggy Gulick Jeffrey Hahn Trudy Hales Chaunette Hall Terry Hall Heidi Hansen Betty Harbor Michael Harkins Vicki Harman Laurie Harner I ; V I ft ’I s Daniel Hoadley Susan Hollans Carolyn Holley Patricia Holton Douglas Hooker Herbert Hoppe David Horne Donna Hosaflook Vicki Houck Dean Houser Jennie Harrington Patricia Harrison Catherine Hart Patricia Harvey Carol Hatsukano Thomas Hawks Beth Haymond Susan Helms Thomas Herbert Ronald Hersh Jeffrey Heubusch Ernest Highlander George Hill Julianne Hill Marlon Hill Claudia Hillman Jocelyn Hindes Janel Hino 135 Kristi Hoverson Harold Howard Mark Howard Arnold Howell Donovan Hower Gail Hubbard Cary Hunter Andrea Hurley John Hussa Sally Isaacs Mitchell Jackson Pamela Jackson Barry Jacobs Edmund Jacobs William Jennings Jacqueline Jenssen Mark Jessop David Johnson Gregory Johnson Mary Johnson Sara Johnson Carolyn Jones Kimberly Jones Kimberly Jones Nancy Jongewaard Joanne Juchniewicz Josif Kahraman 136 Melissa Kirk Mark Kirkbride Jon Kitchen Patricia Kittilstad Brian Kivlen John Kivlen Vicki Klotz Diana Knighting Renee Koan Amani Kofide Mary Koshuta William Kotellos Norman Krebs Deborah Kulow Cynthia Kurtz Robin Lafayette Anne Lane Diane Larkin Karen Larrick Julie Larsen Mary Larson Lesley Lawrence Debra Layman Thomas Lehman Kelly Leigh Sharon Leigh Jodi Lenio Diane Leone Tracy Leone Lori Levison Stephen Lewis Mark Liberati Theresa Lich Linda Lincoln 137 Charles Litten Laura Little Laura Lloyd Kathleen Marsden Billy Martin Charlotte Matherly Anthony Matthews Diane Mattson Kenneth Matz Carol May Gregory May Amy Mayernik Laura McCormick David McDonald Michael McFarland Monica McMahon Robert McNerney Andrea McNiff Martin Meehan Jean Mellon Mark Metheny Joseph Mihokovich Craig Miller Jennifer Miller Karen E. Miller Karen L Miller Laura Miller Kimberly Minchew Diane Miquelon Usama Misleh Shawn Mitchell Marie Monroe Richard Monsen Michael Lynch Patricia Maguire Diana Malone Shawn Maloney Carl Manson Jean Maravetz Tracy Marker Peter Marrugi 138 Constance MacLeod Janette Moul David Moyer Steven Munster Daniel Murphy Donna Murray Janine Muzidal Susan Nachman Larry Nakatsu Archna Nehra William Nelson Debra Newlon Theodore Newman John Nibecker Grace Nindel James Nindel Brian Nordwall Mary Norris Barry Novak Garry Novak Kelly ODay Barbara ODonnell John OShaughnessy George Oxendine Ellen Panther Gregory Parbery Bernard Parks Alan Parvin Nancy Pasquariello Terry Peal Isabel Perez Diane Perry Leslie Perry f C Vs James Phillips William Phillips Katheryn Pike Gail Pitts Michael Place Elizabeth Plant Mark Pledger Carol Poeckert Michael Polychrones Bruce Pompomio 139 Lisa Poppleton Jennifer Pruett Elizabeth Quantrille Maureen Quinn Mary Radican Michael Radican Brietta Ragette Dixie Ralph Luann Ramsier Stephen Rappaport Jane Rayment John Rees Patricia Reese Leah Reger Debra Reifsteck Charlotte Revilla Barbara Rexrode Thomas Rhyne Rhonda Richard Susan Redenour Wayne Ridgeway Rebecca Riggs Ines Rivas Joyce Robey Ronald Robison Norman Rockwell Ix ri Roddy Charles Rogers Randall Rogers Thomas Rogers Mark Rohaley David Rohr Deborah Rohr Brenda Rose Ronald Rose Kimberly Rote Jennifer Row 140 James Rudolph Uwe Rumohr Robin Russell Charles Salmon Stephen Sampson Kimberly Samuels Christen Santman Carol Satterlee Donelle Sawyer Martin Saylor Ralph Scherer Scott Schooling Terri Schreppel Sandra Schulman Sandra Scogno Carole Scott Susan Scott Cindy Searcy Virginia Seiberlich James Sejd Julianne Senechal Michelle Seto Stephen Seymour Sally Schaffer Sherri Shannon James Sheehan Erin Shetterly Scott Shields Sara Shihda Dawn Simmons Amy Simon Christopher Siron Mark Skorupinski Donald Smallwood Edward Smallwood Ronald Smallwood Albert Smith 141 Julie Stoffle Anne Storey Sara Strauss Thomas Sturm Andrew Stynchula Christine Sullivan Sheila Sullivan John Suomela Kellee Sutton Susan Swain Leslie Sweet Henry Taylor John Taylor Melissa Tayman David Thomas Stephen Thomas James Thrasher Margaret Tidwell Lorraine Titman Michael Titus Frank Tolley Judith Tomlinson Melissa Toney Colin Trask Gerrilyn Smith Timothy Smith Lee Smither Mark Sollom Sandra Sommers -i Christopher Sorensen Robin Sours Catherine Spencer Freya Spielberg Richard Starke Kimberly Steece Barbara Stent Kathleen Stephan Patricia Stevenson Frederick Stinard 142 ' % Donna Villa Amy Vining Bonnie Vining Karen Volk Terri Voss Donna Walker Kimberly Wallace Mark Wallace Robert Walter Deirdre Ward Mark Ward Steven Watkins Ellen Watson Joel Watson m . eh- Robert Watson Mary Weatherford Phylene Welch Linda Wenning Daniel Wessel James White Jeffrey White Katheryn Whitecotton Robert Whitmore Emmett Whitney Thomas Williams Jeffrey Wilson Karl Wilt David Winter, Jr. Patricia Wintermyer Jean Witt Chester Wolf Glen Wolfe Anna Woodruff Alisa Wright William Wright Kenneth Wunderlich Angela Wurman Dana Wynn Cecilia Yost Valerie Zobolotny Donna Zarin 143 y 1 ■ ft ■ ■ i ■ il t A Conversation With. . T. Page Johnson PARAGON: I guess the first thing is to get a little background; the students don ' t really know that much about you . . . where you went to school and that type of information, as personal as you want to get. JOHNSON: Well, 1 went to high school here in Fairfax County, Falls Church High School. Of course, in those days — I’m not that old — but in those days it was over in the other building which is now the Whittier Intermediate building. Those days there were only four high schools in Fairfax County: there was Falls Church, which I attended, and that opened right after the Second World War in 1945; and there’s Mount Vernon and Fairfax and Hern¬ don. That was Four; now we have twenty-two. So things have changed a little. I did my college work, both undergraduate and graduate, at George Washington University in Washington with some other graduate work at the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago, but the bulk of it at George Washington University. P. Jr ' s — I have to speak out of rumor — it’s said that you are quite an expert on school law. Would you expound on that? J Yeah, I guess that depends on your definition of the word EXPERT: some people say that an expert is a guy from out of town with a briefcase! I do teach School Law for the Univer¬ sity of Virginia now, and for V.P.I., also, and have had that as a field of interest and study over the past ten or twelve years. So that I guess that’s where that comes from: I do teach that course in School La w. P How do you see the methods of education going in the future: do you see us going back to stricter methods of teach¬ ing? Or to more liberal, for example Chantilly? Because the methods now in use have come under fire. J: 1 don ' t know that I can make a prediction with any degree of certainty as to which way it’s going to go. A lot of people who study the future of education seem to think that it will — that education — secondary education, high school education, will perhaps tend to evolve towards the type of programs that Chantilly and Lake Braddock are developing. But you ' ve no doubt noticed that there seems to be some counter-movement in society right now: Prince Georges County, for instance, recently has gone in exactly the opposite direction by setting up some elementary schools that will be operated in a very tra¬ ditional manner for parents who want their children to be exposed to that kind of program. 1 wouldn’t be surprised to see that sort of tendency spread in the future. That is, a school system as big as this one would perhaps have several different types of programs, and a student would be able to choose within two or three different kinds of programs what sort of high school education he wanted to be exposed to. I think that’s a real possibility for somewhere within the next ten years. P Do you think that students will play a larger part in determin¬ ing what the school systems will be like? J: Yeah, I think so. 1 think that tendency has been going on now for a few years anyhow: the student advisory councils, and the student schoolboard member have given students a much greater imput into the type of program we operate than they had ten years ago. 1 expect that probably will continue. 146 P: What steps do you anticipate taking to combat vandalism at Oakton? J: I think what you have to do in a vandalism prevention cam¬ paign, is to make people aware of the consequences of vandal¬ ism. I think some vandalism is done unthinkingly, is not nec¬ essarily intentional in the sense that whoever does it sets out to vandalize: they may do it through sheer carelessness. For instance, we’ve had several hundred dollars worth of shrub¬ bery ' that was bought for the building, destroyed simply because students chose to walk through it instead of around it. 1 don’t think that a lot of that is necessarily done with malice or forethought. They simply aren’t aware of the need to walk around it instead of through it. A lot of vandalism and destruction of property happens that way in the school setting. Of course, there are instances in which persons do set out deliberately to vandalize and destroy, and I think that presents a different sort of problem: it usually ends up in some sort of criminal justices. P: Do you foresee the advent of year-round schooling in the county? f: Not in the near future. As you probably know, the school board studied this question, has been studying this question continuously over the past three or four years, and has sort of put the year-round school on the back burner for the time being. You’ve probably noticed also that Loudon County, which had a year-round program, has voted to abandon it. It is quite a different kind of calendar for families to cope with: you get vacation problems and that sort of thing. It does allow you to use existing schools to a higher capacity, that is, you can educate more youngsters in fewer buildings. But the tend¬ ency in the country seems to be away from year-round school except where they have no choice: they simply have too many students for the number of buildings. If you have any choice, as we do here in Fairfax County, the trend seems to be away from it. P: The students are talking a great deal about vending machines and coke machines. Do you foresee them coming to Oakton, or what would the problems be? J: Well, you’ve got two different problems there. The school board, as you know, ran a pilot on food vending last year at Woodson High School, and now it is possible for other schools to pick up food vending programs at lunch in the cafe¬ teria program. It wouldn’t be possible to have a coke and candy vending within the current school board policy during school hours. As you probably know, there is a good deal of controversy in the community over whether or not there ought to be cokes and candy sold in school at all under the theory that it’s non-nutritious food and you ought not to encourage youngsters to eat that kind of food. P: You ' re aware, I presume, of your title of Mr. Invisible.” Say, at last year’s graduation, when Tom Crockett joked about it, and when senior wills mention it — how do you react to that? J: It sort of goes with the job, I guess; it’s an occupational haz¬ ard! I can do some things to overcome that and have made a conscious effort to be more visible when possible. One of the problems with the way the principalship operates in Fairfax County is that the principal is expected to coordinate a num¬ ber of activities with agencies that operate outside of the school: the central administration, the area office, the P.T.A., the Vienna Town Council. So that a good bit of the time is occupied with meetings and problems that are, by the nature of them, beyond the view of the students. The principals are even physically away from the building a good bit attending meetings and what have you. And that’s just the nature of the job. One person on the administrative staff at every school has to perform that function, and the county set it up for the prin¬ cipal. So it’s a little bit the problem that every principal has in our organizational structure. But I hope we can make some headway on that; I want to have a little bit higher degree of visibility, maybe more appearances at big meetings such as pep rallies and assemblies I do a reasonable amount of visiting classes, so I do get some contact with students. P: Do you have any general comments you’d like to make, or anything you’d like to say? J: No, other than I think we’ve focused here in the past few minutes on a number of things that are essentially negative about the school, and I think one could get the impression that that’s the way either the principal or the staff views the school. I don’t think that is true. I don’t think that’s the way the community views the school. I guess just those things that are negative tend to be talked about. But, by and large, I think the student body of Oakton is tremendous and does a tremen¬ dous job of accepting its responsibilities. I think we don’t tell the student body that enough. That’s one thing I would like to do in the future. I’d like to get across that they’re doing a tre¬ mendous job in many respects. It’s just the negative things that get talked about. If something’s wrong with the school, the principal’s got to be responsible for it; and if there’s some¬ thing right with it, then maybe he gets some of the credit. I often tell people that the way I would prefer to operate is, if there’s something wrong, blame me, and if there’s something good, give credit to the student body. Administration 148 James F. Green 149 Guidance Carrie Chapman Martha Harrill Lois Hoffman Carole Grewe The Guidance Department provides information and counseling for all students. Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior counselors guide the students in adapting to high school life and scheduling courses for the following year. Later in the Junior year, when concerns turn toward college, the counselors offer materials and suggestions in these areas. For the Seniors, college choices are discussed and applica¬ tions are filed. The department sponsors various career and college orientation programs, highlighted by the career week held in April when repre¬ sentatives from varying careers come to discuss opportunities and answer questions. This past year, the Guidance Department has worked hard to make students aware of the necessary information which concerns them. This was accomplished through the use of PA announce¬ ments, the newsletter, conferences, and homeroom memos. 151 In order to grad uate, a student must take three Social Studies classes. During the Freshman or Sophomore year, most students take World History or World Geography. World History covers the rise and fall of ancient civilizations as well as the history of the modern world. Some topics studied in Geography are the climate, physical features, and agriculture of different regions in the world. United States History, a class taken by Juniors, is a thematic program. Each quarter, students choose the aspects of history which interest them the most. Some classes that have been included are Women in History, Indians, The Roaring Twenties, and The Colonial Period. In the fall, Juniors go on a field trip to Washington D.C. where they explore the museums and visit other points of interest. During the Senior year, students are required to take United States and Virginia Government. As well as learning how the government of the United States functions, students also study such topics as freedom of speech and search and seizure. A requirement of some government classes is the construction of a model city. Many Seniors spend a day listening to a ses¬ sion of Congress and attending a committee meeting. Other courses in the department are Sociology, Psychology, and Black His¬ tory. Sociology is the study of the development, organization and problems of society Psychology concentrates on the actions and mental processes of the individual. Many students taking these two courses went on a field trip to Lan¬ caster, Pennsylvania, the home of the Amish. In Black History, students study the history, literature, music, and religion of the black race. Nancy Farrell Myron Everton Michael Duffner Robert Underhill 152 Gale Long Richard Fogle History Carol Wolfe David Roush George Freisem English The English Department has a varied instruc¬ tional program. As well as the required English classes, the department offers courses in Journalism, World Literature, Drama and Public Speaking. These added courses give the interested students a chance to explore further the wide scope of English. In World Literature, students study the world’s liter¬ ary classics in connection with their cultural and his¬ toric backgrounds. Journalism students investigate the many facets of the Journalism profession. Their studies range from the high school newspaper to tel¬ evision broadcasting. As well as teaching the intrica¬ cies of the art of speech, the Public Speaking course developes self-confidence in its students. The English program is divided into two sec¬ tions: thematic and grammar. Twice during the year, students choose units centered around various themes. Some themes that have been included are Hemingway, The Twenties, Survival and Short Sto¬ ries. During the thematic unit, each Junior and Sen¬ ior is required to write a five-paragraph essay. In addition. Seniors must submit a research paper dur¬ ing the first quarter. According to the results of a diagnostic test, stu¬ dents are placed in appropriate grammar units. Stu¬ dents must prove that they have mastered the skills in their current grammar unit before they can pro¬ ceed into the next one. The concepts learned in these units have aided students in their writing assignments. Virginia McClimans Joann Schncebeck 154 ! 7 y, __ u £- JuO A JlA £ ' fT yCK ti ciZs)A-sr A—V -- 2 - yl V_ _ £ — Y- -0 ' joji (LtduJ f A ' A c c j lA 1 UL a Urvro zlcc -dt. ' djyr ' L , -M. loaji Be What You Is £t 4 . fJzjUJ Because if You Be-; What You Ain’t Then You Ain’t What You .. (Le tfjL ATiLSi yyusw Sandra Philips Jane Sanford 155 Lurie Dupuy Math Phyllis Rittman Gloria Hccldcn Marvin Koontz Joan Lum Robert Thomas Sherry ' Zaun The Math Department is designed to meet the needs and abilities of the individual stu¬ dent. Along with the required classes, advanced courses are offered to interested students. Classes range from General math to Calculus. A popular course in the department is Computer Science, in which stu¬ dents learn how to program a computer using basic computer language. Robert Cassibry Ann Millar Verna Miller Louise Baird 157 Science Wendell Neal George Komar Garrie Gorby James Brahaney William Fagan Neoma Hall Carl Sachs The Science Department started the year with a significantly reduced enrollment in its classes. This problem was met by smaller numbers per class, and in some instances, fewer classes. The department also met with the class-size problem by comple¬ menting the staff with a part-time Biology-Earth Science teacher, Mrs. Gorby. New equipment and some curriculum experimen¬ tation expanded the program in the Science Dept. One of the largest additions was the darkroom, used extensively by the Biology II classes. A new camera and developing equipment were purchased at the beginning of the year, and made available to all interested students. The Biology II classes attended a seminar on Marine Biology at Lewes, Delaware to gain practical experience in ocean studies. They spent approximately a week studying marine life, beach geography, and pollution problems. In an attempt to expand the interests in science, the department ordered new curriculum and plans to offer a Chemistry II course next year. The new cur¬ riculum will provide students and teachers with a new and updated explanation of the sciences. Leon Hawkins 158 Majorie Lundegard John Bailey Mary Hillman Foreign Language The Foreign Language Department ex erimented with cultural exchanges between the various language classes. Each class presented examples of the cus¬ toms of the country it studied. The students combined classes to share pictures, foods, and music from France, Spain, and Germany. Some of the teachers in the department developed new, relevant studies in lan¬ guage. In addition to the textbook vocabulary and grammar, the French IV and V classes studied the lives, tools, and techniques of French painters. Plans included some art instruction in basic painting techniques under the direction of Mr. Wil¬ kins, chairman of the Art Department. The Spanish classes planned a similar pro¬ gram involving the styles of poetry. Michael Sette Edeltraud Keener Catherine Bryan Phyllis Owen 159 The Art Department offers fundamental instruc¬ tion for the novice, advanced projects for the experi¬ enced artist, and Art History and Appreciation for the more academically-minded. Art 1 deals primarily with drawing and painting, while the higher levels experiment in various other media. The department exposes its students to painting, drawing, sculpting, weaving, printmaking, and crafts This enables the students to develop and expand their interests, while providing access to local art clinics and seminars. The teachers also help students who are planning art careers to find schools and or employment in their areas of interest. Betty Skelly Ray Wilkins Home Ec The purpose of the Home Economics Depart¬ ment is to acquaint students with the many areas of homemaking. Sewing and cooking are only two of the many units offered throughout the year. Other units deal with family living, marriage, and child care. General courses available in the department are Home Economics I and II, Junior Senior Home¬ making, and Home Economics for Singles. Interior Design and Wardrobe Planning are more indepth courses. Dorothy Hudgins Bernice Lankton 160 Sylvia Stepp Donna Thompson Patricia Gallo Audrey Hardey Judian Guimbellot Fred Reger Business The Business Department offers a wide variety of courses Typing I is a class in which stu¬ dents learn basic typing skills. If students are interested in the business field, they can take Clerk-Typing, Shorthand, Steno I, and Steno II. In addition to increasing their typing effi¬ ciency, students in Clerk-Typing learn how to operate office machinery. Throughout the year, students are taught the basic shorthand outline and work at increasing speed. Steno I and II is a combination of Typing and Shorthand. Other courses offered in the Business Department are Bookkeeping, Accounting, General Business, and Business Law. Bookkeeping and Accounting deal with the financial aspects of business. General Business and Business Law are aimed toward the management side of business. 161 Choral Department Chorale (FRONT ROW L TO R) Marcia Wright, Larry Gascoigne, Pam Austin, Greg Harris, Susan Clark. (SECOND ROW) Patty Stephens, Kim Koan, Rob Sommers, Kris Clayton, Cathy Tyson, Keith Dowell, Michelle Jessop, Daren Durall. (THIRD ROW) Ramon Revilla, Sue Byrd, Tony Gal, Laura Franseen, Bene Blake, Jay Derr, Carol Jones, Herb Hall, Lois Fink. (FOURTH ROW) Ruth Dearmitt, Rod Searcy, Leslie Tankersley, Rob Wells, Pam Bessler, Christain Nolan, Ann Daly, Mike Personette, Marry Post. The Choral Department, directed by Mrs. Virginia T. Hill, took part in two school concerts, a Tri-School Concert, and a special clinic (at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music). Indi¬ viduals participated in the Regional and State Choruses. After getting the department organized, and the voices back in shape, the choruses began to prepare for their first concert — the annual winter concert performed with the Band Department. Next on the schedule came the All-Regional Chorus try-outs where students audition for the All-Regional Chorus in February. The weekend after the All-Regional Concert, the Chorale and the Advanced Girl’s Chorus accepted an invitation to the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music to perform Pinkam’s Christmas Cantata. Daniel Pinkham was there and offered constructive suggestions to the choirs and directors. On March 13, the first National Music in Schools Day, the Choral Department participated in a Tri-School Concert along with the choirs from Fairfax and Woodson. Finally, close to the end of the year, as thoughts turned to summer vacation, the choirs combined efforts to present the Spring Concert, the last big choral project of the year. 162 Officers Advanced Girls’ Chorus: (PICTURE ABOVE FRONT ROW LTOR) Kitty Blackwell, Linda Diggory, Diane Bartyczak, Margie Childs, Sheila Gog- gin, Kim Anderson, Marcia Wright. (SECOND ROW) Donna Tassel- meyer, Pam Koan, Gail Ritchie, Jenny Hay, Susan Ball, Ann Normandy, Che¬ ryl O’Day. (THIRD ROW) Kathy Wilson, Robin Cattaro, Eun Hae Oh, Cathy Monroe, Carol Schultz, Karen Duval, Tammy Simmons, Monica Gal, Helen Robbins. (FOURTH ROW) Sue Byrd, Sharon Litch, Carolyn Smith, Eizabeth Hester, Melody Rouser, Karen Kittilstad, Gina Scinta, Linda Gher, Pam Bessler. Officers (PIC¬ TURE TO THE LEFT L TO R) Caro¬ lyn Smith — Student Director for Advanced Girls’, Bene Blake — Pres, of Chorale, Keith Dowell — Dept. Manager, Mike Moyer — Student Director for Mixed Chorus, Mike Per- sonette — VP for Chorale, Silivia Bisutti — Student Ass’t, Ann Daly — Librarian, Rob Sommers — Student Ass’t and Head Librarian, Pam Bessler — Sec. of Chorale, Patty Stephens — Librarian for Chorale, Lori Roddy — Student Director for Girls’ Chorus, Sue Byrd — Student Director for Chorale, Sue Clark — Accompianist for Cho¬ rale. 163 Mixed Mixed Chorus: (PICTURE ABOVE FRONT ROW L TO R) Sharon Wal¬ ters, Connie DeEuca, Trina Borsa, Suzanne Watson, Kathy Kellihcr, Che¬ ryl Dozier, Bonny Rose, Mrs. Hill. (SECOND ROW L TO R) Linda Pil- gram, Carrie McCauley, Dianne Tritti- poe, Lisa Krochalis, Fred Dubbs, Bob Cole, Greg Parsons, Debbie Baker, Joanne Bartyczak, Carol Dodd, Sylvia Bisutti. (THIRD ROW L TO R) Carol Callis, Elizabeth Rause, Martha Brown, Karen Woodard, Jerry Rey¬ nolds, Mike Moyer, Tracy Press, Tom Walter, Doug Hooker, Cindy Alcalde, Denise Mitchell, Holly Berry, Karen Houch,Jeanne Flynn. (FOURTH ROW L TO R) Eileen Irby, Ellen Morris, Renee Doiran, Donna Mac¬ Leod, Robert Sommers, Tom Walter, Robert Kelly, Charles Salmon, Kevin Kreitz, Paul French, Larua Warring¬ ton, Julie Donovan, Anita Tate, Janelle Chapman. Girls Girls’ Chorus: (FRONT ROW L TO R) Kelly’O Day, Diane Miquelon, Renee Koan, Nancy Jongewaard, Robin Lafayette, Diane Houck. Dana Wynn, Donna Villa, Judy Tomlinson, Marie Monroe, Donna Murray. Millie Cologne, Lori Roddy. (SECOND ROW) Janine Muzidal, Ellen Larson, Laura Little, Sherrie Seek, Marta Evans, Sandie Sommers. Melissa Tayman, Dottie Goggin, Terri Bartyczak, Jessica King. Margaret Gillies, Tracey Marker, Susan Hollans, Leslie Lawrence, Cindy Tidwell. (THIRD ROW) Mary Dob¬ son, Martine Marsaguet, Sonia Aldas, Julie Stof fie, Linda Cook, Jackie Jen¬ sen, Amy Mayernick, Sara Shida, Ann Lane, Jeanette Ayub, Shelley Crunkle- ton. Kathy Stephans, Sara Johnson, Kay Toni, Marion Tansell. (FOURTH ROW) Grace Nindel, Kelly Sutton, Robin Epstein, Heidi Kenaga, Courte¬ ney Bates, Ann Gehlert, Jean Mara- vetz, Laurie Harner, Karen Larrick, Elizabeth Quantrille, Cindy Franseen, Kim Foust, Mary Johnson, Heidi Han¬ sen, Robin Sours, Lisa Benova, Stacie Ceneketsky. 164 All Regional Members are: Pam Bessler, Ellen Mor¬ ris, Penny Gates, Chris Clayton, Sue Byrd, Joanne Bartyczak, Christian Nolan, Ramon Revilla, Rod Searcey, Liz Hester, Kim Anderson, Karen Lar- rick, Karen Kittlstad, Ann Daly, Carol Fink, Mike Moyer, Robert Sommers, Mike Personette, Greg Harris, Pam Austin, Cathy Tyson, Carol Jones, Debbie Baker, Bene Blake, Keith Dowell, Larry Gascoigne, Tony Gal, Herb Hall. Festival Members are: Gail Ritchie, Trina Borsa, Pam Koan, Sarah Johnson, Tammy Simmons, Margi Childs, Mar¬ cia Wright, Sheila Goggin, Diane Bar¬ tyczak, Patti Stephenson, Karen Duvall, Robin Cattarox, Laura Fran- seen, Linda Diggory, Gina Scinta, Sharon Litch, Kathy Wilson, Cathy Monroe, Dana Wynn, Monica Gal, Carol Schultz, Ann Normandy. 165 Band The Band Department consists of four bands and one music theory course taught by Mr. James Cur¬ tis. Mr. David L. Reid conducts the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and the Jazz Lab. Mr. Curtis con¬ ducts the Orchestra and arranges music for all of the bands. The bands participated in the musical and the concerts, as well as individual participation in small combos and Regional Band. The Jazz Lab was invited to the Midwest Band Clinic where it had the opportunity to study and perform with the famous musician, Maynard Ferguson. 1 he members of the jazz lab spent the first three to four months of the school year practicing and raising money for their trip. The bands are conducted in a competitive spirit. Challenges and auditions are held regularly to keep the students working to become the best at their instrument. Members compete against each other to gain first chair,” signifying accomplishment in mastering a particular insrument. Auditions are held every spring to determine members of the fol¬ lowing year ' s bands. Jazz Lab James Curtis David Reid Chris Azzara, Mike Azzara, Jeff Barnes, Bill Berry, Steve Bixler, Eric Burstein,Jim Heyl,Joe Himmelberg, Greg John¬ son, John Lloyd, Glenn Marvetz, Steve Point, John Schaaf, Paul Soren¬ son, Ralf Spaulding, Eddie Whitney, Greg Williams, Rene Winnik, Mark Webb 166 Brass Ensemble (PICTURE ABOVE FRONT ROW L TO R) Sue Digory, Laura Bom- bere, Jayne Stephens, Car¬ olyn Smith, Lark Hoelzer. (SECOND ROW) Mark Webb, Mark Mercready, Dave Battaglia. (PIC¬ TURE TO THE LEFT) Paul Sorensen, Sue Dig- gory, Bill Berry, Sue Nachman, Lark Hoelzer. (SECOND ROW) Jeff Barnes, Pete Carrier, Jim Hawkins, Jim Heyl, Bob Hayes. 167 Symphonic Band Jeff Barnes, Tim Barnes, Dave Battaglia, Sally Bergstrom, Bill Berry, Pete Berry, John Boag, Jeff Bolton, Laura Bombere, Don Brady, Pete Carrier, Catherine Coleman, Jim Derocher, Mary Derr, Sue Diggory, Steve Evans, Kevin Former, Jim Gaut, Tim Goode, Sue Grella, Kim Hampton, Jim Hawkins, Bob Hayes, Jim Heyl, Lark Hoelzer, Todd Holt, Sue King, Paula Madden, Tony Mathews, Kathy McGray, Mark Mercready, Mark Metheny, Karen Miller, Tom Morris, Susan Nachman, Rob Neilsen, Carol Norton, Lyndee Peterson, Lynda Petrini, Steve Point, Tammy Ruggenstein, Kirk Salpini, Jim Shel¬ ton, Carolyn Smith, Paul Sorenson, Jane Ste¬ phens, Candy Stone, Rick Stump, Anette Thomas, David Thomas, Jim Walter, Mark Webb, Steve White, John Wickman Woodwinds Brass and Percussion 168 Brass and Percussion Concert Band (PICTURE BELOW FRONT ROW L TO R) Wendy Brown, Lauren Tuggle, Kathy Dunn, Barbara Blanchard, Chris Rose. (SEC¬ OND ROW) Mary Beth Norris, June Bur¬ ton, Bill Nelson, Lisa Poppleton, Amy Simon, Phylene Welch, Laura Lloyd, Diana Malone. (THIRD ROW) Mike Polychrones, A1 Pyle, Dell Register, Laura Miller, Lynn Wolfe, Susan Kingsbury, Mark Pence. (FOURTH ROW) Lou Ann Register, Mike Ward, Mike Bealey, Jerry Fischer, Mike Broome, Ray Gaunt, Bill McDonald. (FIFTH ROW) Mike McFarland, Marlon Hill, Jeff Hahn, Rhonda Whitney, Ron Parvin, Carol Bertrand, Karl Wilt. Woodwinds Craig Anderson. Jenny Beale, Greg Benson, Bill Brady, Rey Branch, Bill Caldwell, Dave Chapman. Karen Cockwell, Don Collins, Kevin Crean, Craig Crider, Freddie Dobbs, Pat Dunn, Doug Fisher, Doug Forbes, Jo Beth Friend, Richard Garcia, Scott Goodspeed, Rick Hatfield, Jeff Holverson, Thor Kritsky, Ron Lugbill. Dave Minyard, Dan Murphy, Ted Newman, Greg Peffers, Mike Place, Kent Rockwell, Randy Rogers, Mark Scarborough, Keith Schmitz, John Shugrue, Tim Smith, Vicky Talbolt, John Taylor, Frank Tolley, Connie Underwood, Gary Walton, Emmet Whitney, Lester Williams, Don Wilson, Anna Woodruf. 169 Drama The Drama classes, under the direction of Mr. Donald Cox and Mrs. Martha Jensen, have designed a program to encourage self-discovery in the students. 1 he department is divided into four levels according to the number of previous years experience. In Drama I, the teachers force their students to think” about their lives, environments, and selves. After the basic orientation to self and theatre, the classes begin to experiment in areas of pantomime mono¬ logue and acting. Drama theory, structure, and types as well as more advanced acting are taught in the Drama II classes. Designing, costum¬ ing, lighting, and directing opportunities are required of all Drama III students. The Drama IV students are free to develope and explore an area of particular interest involving Drama and Theatre. Outside of the classroom itself, students participated in theatre tours, trips, and all of the drama productions. Donald Cox Martha Jensen Industrial A rts The Industrial Arts Department, more commonly known as shop,” offers experience in practical arts and mechanics. The department is divided into four areas: Industrial Arts, Electronics, Drawing and Design, and Maintenance and Repair. Projects include house design, television and radio construc¬ tion and repair, auto maintenance, and various wood and metal projects. The department offers an indus¬ trial crafts course for girls, giving them an opportu¬ nity to experiment with crafting wood and metal. 170 Physical Education Merle Kemp The Physical Education Department offers a flexible program. Students may choose, from both team and indi¬ vidual sports, the activities which they enjoy most. Some classes offered in the Fall are: soccer, field hockey, tennis, and football. In the winter, basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics are all popular activities. Softball, archery, golf, and track are sports played in the spring. Health and Driv¬ ers’ Education are also classes taught in the Physical Educa¬ tion department. The department educates the individual so that he will realize maximum physical and mental ca pacities. Betty Jean Weber John Scott James Williams Thomas Porter 171 Va y m Qocb c dtin 1 j LfQuAJ) by £ daho v p bcfij) Jqji oJb [ dUb 1-Pto 4g prlr 4o fAjP aloi 1-bG 2 Jjrnn un UH’AJ) cp ' o, lo d Da td H- can cv.acI ' m u S od 5 J OvK- odujoa d J o op CLP -ou. . dlPv A av rf odLP G j di ' nso — v yuc j) h ' lQ te Jccic - - Boy , Setose 0V vy l l pJrv -hup d ' 4 Ojcto 30 pa SOT OcG oj ' u i S n f: ‘ ' Lz: XXo o pc Clerical dstflMR Mary Row Peggy Dean - U U 3 3 3 - s � .S-. a s - : : V i Betty Grantham Phyllis Brown 172 Vivian Fiore Be Happy, Live Fully Each Moment, Cherish Others and Yourself. Abbey Press Sc. Meinrad, Indiana June Utterback Jeanne Walker Ann Apted Cafeteria (ABOVE RIGHT, L TO R) Bonnie Coleman, Shirleyanne Koontz, Betty Toth, Martha Lee Cuttip, Margrat Edwards, Bonnie Walker, Velma Rich¬ ardson, Iaauise Mclluiee, Barbara Lockhart, Sue Crider, Eula Blankenship, Eulane Campbell, Grace Orndorff, Linda Stees, Lill Kearns, Cathleen Ball, Elma Hedden. Custodians (ABOVE LEFT, L TO R) Night shift — Lawrence Libbs, Leroy Baker, Welby Graupen, Douglas Bryant, Mary Honesty, Lucretia Greene, Emma Stotts, Fanny Thomas, Dorothy Steele, Helen Pearson. (NOT PICTURED) August Duncant. Ankr’a Gerdson. (TO THE LEFT, L TO R) Day Shift: Catherine Johnson, Shirley Martin, Sammy Samuels, Herbert Millins. (NOT PIC- TLIRED) Phyllis Cook, Thomas Sydnor. A special note of thanks to Oakton’s custodians for the best¬ looking halls in Fairfax County! 175 176 Mrs. Wenner — Nurse Pen and Ink Anita Childress 177 Pen and Ink Christy Miller twisted words shuffled together black against red, like a pack of angry cards, we are; spades and clubs all placing red heart aside— to bleed silently across black diamond, black against red, like a pack of angry cards, red queen running thoughtlessly behind them. The Joker Once upon a rainbow bridge, I walked. Spanning centuries of noth¬ ingness, the many colored road stretched on into yesterday and stemmed from tomorrow. Great folds of black velvet sparkling with dazzling dia¬ mond lights surrounded me. By and by ' as I walked, I began to perceive a figure far ahead of me on the road. As the figure drew nearer I saw that it was running, backward. Soon it became apparent that beneath the tangled mass of black hair was a man. Having been on the rainbow bridge for a long while, I was sorely in need of a good conversation; however, the man did not stop. He merely called out as he ran by How’s your Nazle passage?” and was soon out of sight. This, I decided, must warrant some thinking, so I sat with weary feet dangling over the bridge and thought. 1 had never really considered my Nazle passage before. I didn’t even know I had one. However, after long contemplation I decided not to come to a conclusion. As I began to rise, 1 realized that he was passing me again from the other side. He was still running backward (in relation to the direction that one’s head should face when proceeding forward) and he did not stop this time either. He merely called out as he passed, 10 points.” This, I decided, warranted more thinking, so I sat and thought. I really wish you wouldn’t think so much,” came a voice from behind me. I turned, startled, to find the dark haired man some three feet above the ground hovering comfortably in the lotus position. It destroys the continuity of everything,” he added. The man wore a loose green shirt, shorts and tennis shoes. His face glowed with an inner calm, but his eyes were on fire with cosmic insanity. That’s the problem with the world today,” he began. Too many people runn ing around, gettin crazy, actin all foolish, causin trouble, takin shoes off, making no sense, only dollar bills, have a coke, hear a joke, feel a poke, joker joke, knocked up side of the head, POW! have you heard the one about the in¬ visible string? 10 points on you, HO, HO, HO, What a Bummer!!! Then in the blink of an eye, he .was gone. Only the insane glint in his eyes remained in my memory. Then his voice filled the air around me, but it came from nowhere. Slow down, you’ll get there faster in the end.” Tom Crockett Elizabeth Piper Struggle to the Shore Life is a big lake. Some can swim, some only drown, Others almost make the edge, A few make it upon land. Those who make it might be Pushed in again; And again. But it’s the way It goes for you and me And all things free. I see people floating, Others paddling all in vain. Many reaching out for help; One or two resting in Rubber inner-tubes, Those who wallow under water And a couple that just bob Up and Down. Terri Moger Jenny Hay Diane Hill And they all laughed at him Because he was different. I did not want to see him, So I closed my eyes. I did not want to hear them, So I shut out their laughter. My heart was filled with pity For he could not help being as he was. But they could not refrain from ridicule. It wounded my faith in compassion Of humans for their brothers. Janet McCarthy 179 ! ' Jyour ' smile . • • , t f] l � Tf | I i 11 J i ’p ’ i , I- | ‘‘curved in wreaths of cunning about your face . ,a delight h ' l Pr ( ■ i secret, and yet to come V,” ms . ' ■ m • the inner silence of your eyes ‘ ,rJL. 111 1 and tells me. a soft and ( silent word; — — ' The Best Mistake of His Life Atkins yawned again and slowly began to doze off. He was awakened sharply from his half-sleep by the sound of his tires hitting the gravel of the shoulder. In a fraction of a second his eyes opened and he felt the car careen into the ditch. In: panic he threw ' the wheel to tire left, locked the brakes and shut his eyes. When the car had come to a screeching, smoking halt, he opened them. Atkins saw that the car was,situated crosswise the road with the rear end pointed more or less up the road He thanked God, knowing lie could not have put it there if he’d tried. Still thanking God, Atkins started the car. turned around, and headed home again. In about fifteen minutes he approached the iittle town of Grantville. Glancing at the big red and gold sign to his left, he read the familiar greeting: WELCOME TO GRANTVILLE, IA.” He had no family and even a sign to welcome him was better than no welcome at all. Then Atkins noticed something strange as Ire read the population fig¬ ure. Population 4,536?” he said to himself. Oh, some dumb kids must have gotten their hands on a can of spray paint and stencil,’’ he rea¬ soned, because the population of Grantvdie had long since surpassed 12,000. He still wondered why kids would bother with such a neatly- done, pointless prank As he turned from the interstate onto Westbrook Avenue, something else mystified hirn. These streets, they’re so dimly lit. he thought. How did so many of those new street lights bum out more confusing sights disoriented him. These street: right. The houses, the cars, they ali look so old. And t McDonald ' s on the corner, arid the Greentree Aparin - Then Atkins began to notice what WAS there. X ' [ ' here’s old Mrs, Adlen’s house . . . and the old park, can’t be! Those things have been gone for years.” Atkins swallowed hard I ' m hallucinating, that mg about how the town used to look al actually seeing it! f. need to get home things, that’s it.” He sped up a bit and rurned on to home had been since he was born. Re Shannon ' s candy store where dozens ( peering longingly into the h g gla .-. v It’s gone, long gone 1 Why am I seei complete confusion. ' Just gbit fa.rthi home and can g« over this.” Atkins approached his house and t Carl Atkins yawned as he guided .his late model Ford down the long flat, corn-flanked stretch of Iowa roadw ' ay. Why am f so tired?” he wondered, and remembered as soon as the thought crossed his mind. Jamison gets sick so I have the esteemed honor of staying up until on in the morning and not even notice it.” He puffed the cigarette. But that was when I was twenty-four or twenty-five years younger. That was when . . .” and Atkins’ mind began to wander, wander back to the days when life was simple, carefree, back to when he was a young man of twenty, living in Grantville, la. Iliac made him mink ot me present ua Grautviiic, sail bis home. A feeling of sadness surrounded him. He thought of watching the build¬ ings and neighborhoods he fondly remembered being replaced with gas stations and cheaply built townhouses. All in the name of progress,” Atkins said, and he couldn’t help wondering. Was it really progress to : tear down Mr. Fieldman’s stately old house and build a tasteless apart¬ ment complex in its place? Was it really progress to destroy the park and the ancient elm on which every teenage couple in town carved their ; initials and replace it with a power plant on which Grantville’s youth aging. Fifteen years me? Nowhere!” So et that job in I960 with aer now. What choice I’ve been t get soirn m seeing W JflJT ■ y- • ir ' favcT ' m -ir ' lT yuMj, If iii , J y v v v . W V JrT« ' S ' n jr r WVT W y ' Jr JOvK 5r ’if JI. • l wtflL L ' rfuW r r WT.mf- i� SI 4 , 35 r Bp;. set ! t Mb . B ( � j ' WL ft J [Sk. ■«ft 1, wf ’ “ r ‘ C PT 1 fife? o 1 W x ' % . ’ M J 1 , R . screeching. He got out and hurried for the front door, holding his head and staring at the ground in bewilderment. As he started up the front steps, he heard a familiar voice that made him tremble in disbelief, yet somehow ' comforted him ' Carl, where were you? You should have been home hours ago! Just because you ' re twenty and almost of age doesn ' t mean you can disregard the time!” He looked up slowly, his face white and his hands icy cold and shak¬ ing. The word came to his lips slowly, a w ' ord he hadn’t spoken in fif¬ teen years and had never expected to speak again. M-Mom?” It came the first time as a question. And then, Mom!” he exclaimed and rushed up the stairs to embrace her. Mom, oh I’m so glad to be back!” Tears streamed down his checks. Carl, why such a tearful greeting? You’ve only been gone since noon!” said his mother. Atkins stook back and looked into his mother’s eyes. He knew that she could tell that he had been gone a lot longer than since noon. His clothes, his car, his face, everything about him had changed. Atkins knew- he looked nothing like he had twenty-five years earlier, but he guessed that his mother wanted to think so. Carl Atkins didn’t know- why he was where he w-as; he only knew that it was sure good to be there. Yeah, Mom, since noon,” he said. But it’s still good to be back.” Now ' , come into the house, Carl,” she said in a very motherly tone. You should be ashamed of yourself, telling Karen you’d take her to dinner tonight and then making her wait almost an hour. Now, call her right away and tell her you’ll be right over.” Atkins could tell his mother wasn’t really angry but was just being herself as she would have been twenty-five years ago. As she handed him the phone he remembered Karen quite vividly. Did she still look as she had when he last saw her? He picked up the receiver but he had forgotten the number. Mom,” he said, what’s the number?” So forgetful!” she said with a grin. It’s 53-270.” He dialed the number and soon heard another voice that filled him with warm memories. H-Hello, Karen, I’m sorry I’m so late but I . . . I . .” That’s all right,” said Karen knowingly, I understand.” I’m afraid it’ll be kind of a late dinner.” That’s okay,” said Karen. The Blue Fox Inn stays open ’till mid¬ night.” The Blue Fox Inn. Atkins recalled, was the little restaurant where they had customarily gone to dinner. Yes, the Blue Fox Inn,” he said, I ' ll lie right there. Goodbye, Karen,” and hung up. He turned to his mother. How’s my hair look. Mom? Is it combed okay?” he asked as he would have when he was twenty. Fine, Carl, now you just go have a good time and don’t be out too late,” she said with a smile. Okay, Mom, bye!” Atkins answered as he headed for the door. Going down the steps he thought how much younger he felt and how wonderful it was. Starting the car he didn’t need to think of where Karen’s house was. It had been reduced to rubble in 1962 to make way for another monu¬ ment to progress, a shopping center. But now. as he turned onto Till¬ man Place with its shady oak trees and picturesque old homes, the grand white two story house with an open porch once again came into view It looked just as he remembered it. Atkins stopped the car, got out and walked up the front steps with much haste but he hesitated to knock for a moment, though he wasn’t sure why. He knew he would soon be with a good friend again, yet he was nervous. Then his knuckles rapped the large front door. In a moment it opened and Carl Atkins stook looking into the face of a memory. Hi, Carl,” she said. She looked exactly as she had twenty-five years ago, just two years before she was to marry a man from out of town and leave Atkins’ life forever. Hello,” he said and smiled. Ready to go?” Let me get my purse,” Karen said and stepped into the living room to get it. They were soon in the car and headed for the Blue Fox Inn Although he hadn ' t been there in years Atkins remembered it well and he began to remember other happy places . . . Silverman’s Lake, and the old amusement park. How much fun it had been! Some years ago those places had either been overly commercialized or torn down, but now they were back to enjoy. Atkins turned the car onto O ' Toole St. where the Blue Fox Inn was located and soon they saw ' the quaint little cafe w-ith the sign over the door depicting a large blue fox under which read: Blue Fox Inn, Break¬ fast, Lunch, Dinner.” As they entered the restaurant, the maitre’d stepped up to them. Good evening,” he said, Table for tw r o?” After they were seated, Atkins looked across the table at Karen. She didn’t outwardly reveal it, but somehow he knew that she also knew how long it had been. Karen,” he said, surely you’ve noticed how much I’ve changed. My clothes, my car, everything about me is different. Can’t you see it?” Karen looked puzzled. You don’t seem any different to me. I’m the ; one who must look different.” But you don’t.” No one else seems to think so either.” I don’t know what’s going on, Karen, do you?” No, I don’t, Carl. All I know is that I got so tired of that Des Moines apartment that I had to take a drive. I had to see how much the little town had changed. It hadn’t. And I didn ' t understand. But I decided to stay.” But what about your husband?” I divorced Harold eight years ago. I didn’t have anyone until I came back here. Now I ' ve got my father and mother. . . again. And you know something, Carl, I don’t think it’ll ever change.” She pointed to one of those flip-over, day-at-a-time calen¬ dars on the wall. It read, June 12, 1950. I’ve been here a week, Carl. Every day has been June twelfth.” But how?” asked Atkins. Does it really matter?” she said. Let’s not question it. No one else does.” Now Atkins understood. Though he could not explain why or how, he knew he had been returned to the time he remembered most fondly. Now he could visit places he’d never expected to see again, talk to peo¬ ple who had long since gone. And no one would notice how much older he had grown, how much he had changed. They would see him only as they remembered him. Atkins and Karen finished their dinner. As he paid the check at the front counter, Carl remembered he was out of matches and plucked a matchbook out of a little yellow bowl. He slipped them in his pocket, then thought how silly that was. He hadn’t smoked -when he w-as twenty. Now he would break that habit which had seemed burdensome to him in recent years. Come on, let’s go down to the amusement park and see if we can ' t win a stuffed bear or something.” And as Carl Atkins closed the door of the little cafe behind him he couldn’t help but think of the old adage, You can’t go home again,” and he laughed. A police car pulled up, red lights ablaze. A young lieutenant got out. What have you got. Reilly.- ' ” A guy in a ’72 Ford. Looks like an ' asleep at the wheel’ to me. No skid marks, no signs of intoxication. The car must have flipped at least two times. He was dead when we got here. His name is Carl Atkins, from Grantville.” Hmm, two in one week,” mumbled the lieutenant. Sir?” Out on Franklin Highway about a week ago same thing happened to a woman, Karen Miller. Just seemed like a funny coincidence. You notified his family?” No, there isn’t any. You know, we found something weird on this guy, though.” What’s that?” Well, he was carrying a matchbook from the Blue Fox Inn.” So what?” said the lieutenant. Well, sir, the Blue Fox Inn was torn down seventeen years ago. Why should a guy be carrying around a seventeen year old matchbook. ' Jeff Dreibus Photograph Glenn Conway 182 Pen and Ink Susan Pavlinski Macrame Christy Miller The silver rim predicts the day’s Swift passage, catalyst of decay. Yesterday west and east tomorrow; No time to stay nor reason to borrow To mark at all, or know suspense; As a stick along a picket fence In measured cadence, calmly reckons Wasted days of fleeting seconds. The overlapping edge of days; Settling, deepening drowning gray. The peaks and valleys etch a line. Oscilloscope of endless time. Green to brown and then to black. Looking forward is looking back; Far is just the same as near; Tomorrow was the other year. Dark and light, silver and gold; Briefly young, forever old. Shouting, crying, still as death; Winter’s grim and icy breath. Springtime madness, summer heat, Autumn sadness, then repeat, Dizzy circle, shortened arc, Flash of light, eternal dark. 183 Paul S. French Glenn Conway i sit inside a window sill and watch both street and hill and while i sit in heater’s warmth i watch the land fill up with snow snow, gentle at first one lonely flake exploring beckons to his friends and here they all come to overtake their friend and take over my land, ah, but the snow brings beauty with it beauty in its pure, white virgin crystal. there must be something special in this frozen magic for the mighty trees to bow down to and the emerald grass to go under for, but for all her beauty, all her captivating magic, the snow brings a feeling of lonely desolation and emptiness and a feeling of forever and never. i left the window sill left the view of street and hill and still inside the heater’s warmth i donned socks and put bacon in the pan continued on all through the day- forgetting all about the falling snow, until once again night has come and once again i return to sit inside a window sill in hopes of watching street and hill only to find the paper boy had raped my wonderland leaden feet crumpled her virginity followed by the heavy hoots of the mailman not rain, nor snow, nor , . marring her crystal perfection, fathers with their briefcases hop into volkswagons spewing their breath in angry blackness tarnishing the snow’s gold edges, children running, hustling, bundling spill from doorways little caring about her beauty. yes, even the snow has sacrificed and yet, she remains queen and sits upon the throne of human minds laughing, cursing, worrying, and, of course, lonely and desolate. the day af ter the snow has ceased to fall yet still she blankets meadows all mind ' s tranquillity under her frozen warmth, today i leave the window sill and go out on my own to discover street and hill. walking with the winds trying to snuggle further down into a coat of cotton for i have left the heater’s warmth, passing a boy bundled in his father’s scarf and dressed in wool from head to foot shoveling on and on i wish i could stop and wait that i might cry with him when he turns and finds that the wind has filled his path once more, blowing, ever blowing cutting deep into my flesh and how i relish heater’s warmth remembering and wanting but cold to the bone. yet still i continue onward i’ve set a goal and i shall reach it. besides, one does not easily pass up a companion to her desolation, and i continue. i am glad that i am light for i am able to walk on top of drifts instead of sinking to the knees as 1 have seen others do. yet i cannot deny that even 1 slipped on ice in boots i’d borrowed from my sister. finally i reached the store purchased carole king and chocolate coated vanilla on a stick and didn ' t even mind the look of the cashier for buying ice cream on this god-forsaken day. 1 left the score and walked into her land once more and the three of us walked together homeward but i refused to share the booty of this winter ' s walk with either carole or the queen. i found it hard to restrain a cry as once more i passed by and found the boy still going the wind still blowing filling in his shoveled spaces windswept snowdust cruelly treating the little boy cold and bleeding. finally i reached my doorstep beating boots against the stoop that i might not track snow on this floor that i just mopped. ' ’ breathing deeply my hand reaching out my wrist turning. once again i sit in the window sill and watch both street and hill only, now i feel no guilt in the heater ' s warmth. robyn burchfield 1972 185 This was to tell you of the stars in my eyes. You did not inspire that love poem, I could not write it. Instead, I have found, Though we are happy alone, You find joy in others. 1 am pleased by you with others. This love is not abiding. 1 have no patience with you sullen, deep-eyed, foul. This earth-bound side only fascinates momentarily; The skyward side I only glimpse. I have no hold on you And wish for none, to you: I have lived without you And will again, I love your voice trembling through my fingertips resting on your back 1 like the walk beside you however seldom the meadows. Karen Tomlinson Pen and Ink Jack Daly Woodcut Charlotte Allen Girlfriend Picture me in an old art museum Being glanced over twice a time too fast. See him skimming the frame but missing the splattered accents. Picture me dried, cracked, From the times hurt too many. Paint me with a rainbow of colours again To shine out my dying words — Paint him black and purple for looking at me That way. Discard me but do not cremate the remains, So i will always have myself to call my own. Terri Moger 186 What on earth is wrong with you? I’m sorry but there isn’t any pleasing me today. I try to write some music but I throw it all away, and everybody’s music sounds so off-key anyway and if you touch me I’ll scream. I’m breaking old and precious objects, keep away fn There’s imperfection glaring out from everything I (there’s nothing like a little premature senility). God help me now. So kindly wake me up befot€rH |e myself in black in which position one has no deferte against attack, say something that will gently wakotoae up and bring me but don’t touch me. ’ ;( � « • !%■ Karen Tomlinson 187 Of Friends Drifted Apart I love you Not only for what you are But for what I am When I’m with you 1 love you Not only for what You have made of yourself But for what You are making of me I love you for the part of me That you bring out You have done it Without a touch Without a word Without a sign By bein g yourself Perhaps that is what Being a friend means after all I’ve traveled my dreams with you, Revealing my deepest emotions. 1 wanted you to understand me. To know the depths of my soul. In striving for the gift of your understanding 1 neglected to perceive you. I never thought you’d change so fast. Or that we could ever drift apart. I should have realized it earlier. But I was blind to all but the past. I saw you through my memory, Not as you really are. Now that I see you clearly, I wish my vision was still obscured. For now I cannot deny, That you and I have changed. We used to share the same beliefs, Reach for the same goals in life. But now, as a valley divides two mountains. So have we been separated. I hope some day our minds will meet again; And until then, farewell my friend! Sharon Wolfe Mary Daly JteidiJohnson 3 « Uveninj Zlhe warm evening sun Penetrates my hack. Slowly, and with preat Patience, the shadows Cjrow. C7he coolness of the rass, the whispering Cf the hreeze Makes evergthirig dine. Pen and Ink Karen Tomlinson Collage Steve Clarke John Voss Diane Hill Pen and Ink Music flowing freefy Opening our hearts ' Reflecting our souls desires iBeaufiful Growing More than a boy but not yet a man And growing inside whenever he can Learning of life little by little Becoming confused cause he’s stuck in the middle Between two worlds between night and day Between two forces each pulling its own way Being torn apart and ripped at the seams By the needs of a man and a little boy’s dreams Tomorrow brings changes and signs of romance And tomorrow should win out if fate lends the chance Growing is not just physical you know There’s a lot of growing that may not show Emotions expand and develop inside But much too often the growing pains are easy to hide And no one knows that a change is going on Till one day they realize the little boy’s gone And in his shoes stands a full-grown man Who’s still growing inside whenever he can Carla Besosa 189 a song for jesus i think about you more than i really know i know about you less than i really thought i need you more than i realize i have been a less person than i am now i think i know but there is still doubt. . . i hope you understand i hope you forgive it is not there when i am looking the faith is just not there but. . . maybe tomorrow i will know more . . . Laura Settle Aquatint Kelly Fitzpatrick Hey Dad hey Dad, they tried to tell me you were dead but how can you be dead when you are living within me? they don’t seem to understand that to me you are more alive than ever, dancing around in my head and giving me memories. you’ve helped me get through some pretty rough times that I wouldn’t have without you, and at night when I am lonely you come and chase the loneliness away. when I was a little girl you loved and protected me, and now it is my turn to do the same for you. welcome home to my heart, Dad. Amy Gates 190 John Voss Jim Walter We see bloodshed through wars and find tears on our faces when we hear that someone close to us was knifed on the streets. Yet we keep producing the weapons that brought the tears from our eyes. And peace would come. Jeannie Flynn In times of great trouble you can look to the sky and see a sheet of beautiful blue. The blue is always there and never fails to light the world. Why, then, do they call unhappy times the blues? In dark hours two people in love can find peace in their souls through one another’s love. Why, then, do we put down those who have darker skin than our own? In times of cold, gray loneliness the sun’s golden yellow rays break through the clouds and give the world a warming peace. Why, then, do some call yellow-Japs? If people could only turn themselves around and look at the sun rising they might watch it set in a better light. Jack Daly Mrs. Martin, don’t you think it’s time you come away? Your roses are strangled by the weeds and your house has turned to gray. The floral print on your wall has now begun to fade, The man you think you’re living with is buried in his grave. Mrs. Martin, don’t you see the way the tides have turned? The welcome on your doorstep where no one is concerned. The world is cheating you from the love that you deserve. Your children have grown up and left without a word. Mrs. Martin, don’t you think it’s time you made amends. The candles on your mantle have burned down to the end. And your face seems as lifeless as the portraits in your hall, It’s sad to see you talking to the shadows on your wall. Stevi O’Rourke Leigh Gambino Today — 191 portrait of a northern town cold brittle stillness and a shivering black night hard bright lights glitter from the ships offshore on the bay four men with empty whiskey bottles muttering down the dark road, and one dog barks. this chimney’s old and crumbles rapidly, the wind shrieks through it. spare me one match, black town, i’ll leave tomorrow morning. . one match to light my candle. The experience of yesterday nothing to keep warm by but memories with the reality of today and a j ar k canc iie, n o, prepares us for the harsh truth of tomorrow ' . you won’t spare a match to a stranger. Debra Weber Beth Heubush 192 Pencil Drawing Robyn Burchfield OPUS The staff of OPUS, which is sponsored by Miss Skelley, is an art-lit¬ erary magazine working to make its voice heard at Oakton. In spite of its purpose, which is to publish some of the best creative work produced by Oakton students, the magazine is often relatively obscure. OPUS has traditionally been an outstanding magazine, and, in fact, won first place last year for creativity in the Virginia High School League Competition. It was judged by the quality of the work submitted as well as the format of the magazine, a feature that has set Opus apart from other art-literary magazines. In putting OPUS together, the staff must overcome several obstacles. Every year it must coax artists and authors to submit their work. Sub¬ mitting work for judgment always requires an act of bravery; the OPUS staff is pleased with the artwork which is submitted. The staff of OPUS hopes you enjoy this year’s issue and that its placement in the yearbook will help give it the recognition it deserves. Staff Members are: Jack Daly — editor in chief, Karen Tomlinson and Christy Miller —- art editors, Janet McCarthy and Mark Hendrickson — literary editors, Lynn Kassabian, Robyn Burchfield, Carolyn McCarthy, Ann Daly, Lois Fink, Joy Hoppe, Laura Settle, Kathryn Butkus, Helen Lippke, Albin F yle, Judy Tomlinson, Lynn Miller, Julie Stoffle, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Mary Daly, Barbara Fletcher, Suzanne Zanders. 193 Oakton Varsity Football Team: FIRST ROW (L TO R) Jim Scanlon; Mike Crosbie; Kevin Fitzgerald; John Worley; Mitch Witt; John Lloyd; Tom Morris; John Tunstall; Mike Jackson; Steve Primeau; Bob Matich; Curt Jackman; C. J. Schoepe;Jim Madigan; Dennis Weber; Tony Buscemi; Don Brady. SECOND ROW (L TO R) Jeff Wolfe; Chris Headlee; David Reid; Bruce Thompson; Mike Ewalt; Pat McGibbon;Joe Hales; Ned Gonei Tom Gove; Chuck Fisher; John Burkett; Steve Knicely;John Lee; Forest Schmeling; Tom Kahn; Greg Rismiller; Bob Bond; Jim Hawkins; Steve Beckwith; Ed Whitney; Alan Cybulski. THIRD ROW (L TO R) Brian Johnston; Nick Paulett; Larry Yeatman; Thor Kritsky; D. Alcalde; Steve Ward; Frank Lathers; Ed Sheehan; Mark McDonald; Joe Behrens; Rusty Powell; John Shugrue; Brian Lawler; Bill Brady; David Rasp; Kevin Shai non; Jeff Miller; Harold O’Conner; John Wickman. 196 Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Oakton Fairfax West Springfield McLean Y orktown Woodson Washington-Lee Langley Madison Marshall Herndon Oakton’s Varsity Football team had a difficult season, finishing with a disap¬ pointing record of three wins and seven losses. The team as a whole played well, and after the first victory against Fairfax seemed to hold the promise of success. In the game against West Springfield, the Cougars were plagued with a couple of injuries which added even more disap¬ pointment to their 14-33 loss. The fol¬ lowing week, the team pulled back together against McLean to bring home their second victory. The turning point in the season, according to Coach Edmonson, was the Yorktown game. Late in the game Yorktown received a long pass break, beating Oakton by a score of 14-12. The remainder of the sea¬ son was a series of defeats with the exception of a final winning rally against Herndon, to end the season for football, and a head-coaching career for Coach Edmonson. Despite the disap¬ pointing record, Coach Edmonson believed the team played well in most of its games, and felt that the attitudes of the players were commendable. J. V. Football The Oakton Junior Varsity Football team fought a hard season with a record of four wins and four losses. Coach Scott described all of the games as well-played by the Oak- ton squad. The strongest opponents were W. and L. and Yorktown, both beating the Cougars by only a small point margin. Oakton’s success in their winning games was par¬ ticularly credited to their strong second-half play and their ability to come from behind to victory. Although the team did not reach the goal of District victory, the coaches feel that the team gained valuable experience in high school football competition. Oakton 14 Herndon 2 Oakton 0 Washington-Lee 12 Oakton 8 Madison 7 Oakton 12 Yorktown 22 Oakton 21 McLean 14 Oakton 14 Marshall 16 Oakton 6 Langley 7 Oakton 21 Chantilly 8 (ABOVE PICTURE, L TO R, BO I TOM ROW) Mark McDonald, Tommy Williams, Doug Harmon, unidentified, John Bartholomew ( lay Stevenson, Brian Lawler, Mike Curtis, Bill Barret, Alan Miller, Jeff Miller, Drew Horne, Shawn Pifer, (SECOND ROW) Gus R, Brian Johnston, Greg Rismiller, Pat Purcell, Tim Kelly, Robert Devito, Frank Lathers, Richard Wessel, David Warner, Randy Loomis, Jol Christenson, Dan Daley, David Walter, Fred Stinard, Dan Purcell, Mike Showalter, Gary Walton, (THIRD ROW) John Shugrue, To Groome, Don Duce, Kevin Craig, Dell Register, Ken Atkins, Joe O’Donald, Paul Cramer, Jeff White, Ken Ursin, Joe Behrens, Richa Alcalde, Brian Daley, Joe Dodson, Ken Matich, unidentified, Ray Montgomery, David Knight, unidentified, Ed Sheeha (BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE, OPPOSITE PAGE, L TO R, BOTTOM ROW) Tim Yob, Mark Liberati, Bob Cole, Greg Johnson, Ric ard Fossum, Jimmy Thrasher, Chris Galgocy,Jim Arata, Leonard Echo, Robert Cook, Mark Creech, Ricky Garcia, Jeff White, Pat Brow (SECOND ROW) Steve Fielding, Danny Wessel, Dale Danissin, Chris Green, Bob Bowman, David MacDonald, Louis Chaconas, Ki Delker, Ken Mat , Ray Gaut, unidentified, Kirk Smith, Bobby Whitmore. (THIRD ROW) Mark Ward, Eddy Smallwood, Ken Morr 1 om Carter, Ken Wonderlich, Scott Schooling, Doug Fisher, Tony Matthews, Tony DeLuca, Andy Styncula, David Horne, Jimmy Sheeha Jeff Hahn, Stan Rogers. (FOURTH ROW) Robert Boykin, Tom Layman, Norman Krebs, Cary Hunter, Tom Rhyne, Bob Walter, Geor, Oxendine, Witt Garber, Sam Gill, unidentified, Brett Kassabian, Phillip Buscen 198 Frosh Football Oakton 0 Madison 6 Oakton 6 Falls Church 12 Oakton 0 Herndon 6 Oakton 12 McLean 28 Oakton 0 Langley 0 Oakton 8 Chantilly 34 Oakton 6 Marshall 6 199 The Varsity Hockey Team ended its most successful sea¬ son by placing second in the Great Falls District and fifth overall in the Northern Virginia Region. For many mem¬ bers of the team, the season began in late August, when they attended a hockey camp in Delaware. The excellent coaching at the camp prepared the team for regular season play. The season began with an impressive victory over Herndon. The skill and teamwork demonstrated in that game continued to be evident throughout the season. Miss Kemp, the team coach, described the team as a close-knit group, which was both friendly and cooperative. These qualities along with past experience and the added knowl¬ edge gained at camp were key factors in the team’s success. Oakton I Herndon 0 Oakton 3 Lee 2 Oakton 1 Marshall 1 Oakton 0 Langley 3 Oakton 1 Chantilly 0 Oakton 0 McLean 1 Oakton 1 Madison 0 Oakton 2 Herndon 0 Varsity Hockey Team: FIRST ROW (L to R) Michelle Picard; Sue Allew- elt; Jill Broaddus; Lynn Depalma. SECOND ROW (L to R) Nancy Steere; Nancy Pascarella; Becky May. THIRD ROW (L to R) Terry Ewalt; Leslie Phillips; Holly Gecan; Diane Hill; Anita Johnson. FOURTH ROW (L to R) Gwynne Johnson; Debbie Weber; Sue Edwards; Shelly Krick. 201 Oakton 0 Herndon 0 Oakton 0 Lee 0 Oakton 1 Marshall 6 Oakton 0 Langley 2 Oakton 0 Chantilly 1 Oakton 0 McLean 3 Oakton 0 Madison 0 Oakton 0 Herndon 1 J. V. Hockey Playing with new and inexperi¬ enced members, the Junior Varsity Hockey team ended it’s season with a 0-5-3 record. Despite this seemingly poor performance, the team played aggressively against all of its oppo¬ nents. This characteristic w r as espe¬ cially true against Herndon, when the teams battled to a 0-0 tie. Lack of coordination between the offense and defense was a major problem. While the skill and experience required to produce a winning season were not present, the desire and effort were. The Junior Varsity players should prove valuable to the success of future teams. Members arc lezel Hino, Robin Ellis, Jeannie Marvetz, Kelley Ewalt, Sue Grella, Ronda Whitney, Trudy Hails, Mary Beth, Monica McMann, Carrol May, Collcn Crutcher, Eva Barnes, Terry Bartezyke, I Joanne Bartezyke, Dianne Bland, Wendy Brown. 202 ,. • Mr % A- Wa, 1 l 1 M Members are: Peggy King, Kathy Crowley, Trudy Franklin, Kathy Kildoo, Siang Taso, Bagar Jut- ter, Debbie Rohr, Deanna Vanway, Pam Bessler, Helen Davis, Kathy MacQuire. Sheryl Bonney, Terry Shannon, Kathy Cannon, Patty Bland, Kathy Dunn. Tennis The Oakton Tennis Team, coached by Miss Gray, had a disappointing season. Despite hard practice and preparation, the team managed to win only one meet. Using strategy and teamwork, the doubles teams were more successful than the singles. An encouraging note was that Patty Bland and Terry Shanon placed third in the District and continued on to Regionals. Since most of the team will be returning next year. Miss Gray is optimistic about the future. Oakton 2 Herndon 7 Oakton 3 Yorktown 6 Oakton 4 Lake Braddock 5 Oakton 3 Marshall 6 Oakton 0 Langley 9 Oakton 7 Chantilly 2 Oakton 3 W-L 7 Oakton 4 McLean 5 Oakton 3 Madison 6 The relatively ignored and too-often unappreciated sport of Cross Country once again brought victory to Oakton. The dedication and endurance of the team members proved rewarding, as the Varsity team brought home a first place in the District Meet and a third place in both the Regional and State meets. This record marked one of the most successful seasons for Cross Country in Oakton’s history. The J.V. Cross Country team performed equally well, taking third at the County meet and second at the District meet. The scoring in a Cross Country meet is similar to that in golf The team with the lowest score wins. Each member of the team runs the course, the number of the place in which he finishes is used as his score for the team. For example, a fifth-place finisher would score five points for his team. The scores of the top five finishers on each team are totaled for the final team score. As illustrated by the numerous victories and the hours of practice and endurance, Cross Country has gained a reputa¬ tion which deserves both recognition and respect as one of the most successful team sports at Oakton. Oakton 2nd place Tri-Meet Oakton 1st place Tri-Meet Oakton 27 Washington-Lee 30 Colonial Invitational Oakton Langley Georgetown Invitational 3rd place Oakton 15 Marshall 45 Fairfax County Meet 2nd place Oakton Herndon District Meet 1st place Regional Meet 3rd place State Meet 3rd place 1 ' 204 Cross Country (FIRST C”) Gary Novak, Mark Mercready, Barry Novak, Doug Richter, Jim Alexander, Keith Cenkofski, Tom Walter, John Kidwell, Todd Orr, Pat Green. (SECOND C”) Mark Sullivan, Jack Daly, Pat O’Mara, Larry Lauffer, Jim Steere, Herb Hoppe, Tim Sullivan, Rob Hill, Dave Battaglia, Wayne Grove, Kevin McNerney. 205 I he Oak ton Cougar Varsity Basketball Team had a hard season with some impressive wins and several close losses. The Cougars lost games by one, two, or three points, and they lost to Langley by three points in double overtime. All players had opportunities to play, and played well. Dave Lawrence, Chris ’tost. Bill Quantrille, Ken Delker, and Eric Gunder¬ son all had impressive top scoring seasons. 1 he Cougars displayed a tough competitive spirit in their games, especially against their closest rivals, Herndon and Marshall. The half-time score was never an indication of the final outcome of the game. Several times, the team lost by two or three points, even though they had been ahead at half-time. For the first time, the Cougars participated in a tournament during Christmas vacation. The games were held at Mount Vernon High School and Oakton lost in their try for third place. The Cougars returned to the regular season with a double overtime loss to Langley and their victory of the season over McLean. (SEATED, L TO R) Jim Madigan, Ray Branch, Ben McLeish, Eric Gunderson, Bill Quantrille, Ed Whitney. (STANDING) Doug Hart, Ned Gonet, Ken Delker, Chris Yost, Dave Lawrence, Jim Bryan, Steve Salyer, lim Bull Varsity Basketball 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Oakton 82 60 Chantilly 56 45 Oakton 52 56 W L 55 58 Oakton 61 50 Marshall 66 59 Oakton 56 48 Yorktown 60 54 Oakton 55 Edison 43 Oakton 63 67 Langley 66 80 Oakton 52 43 McLean 50 67 Oakton 55 54 Herndon 57 57 Oakton 51 57 Madison 71 107 Oakton 55 Lee 77 District with Herndon — Oakton 57 Herndon 72 District with Madison — Oakton 57 Madison 107 District with Madison — Oakton 59 Madison 73 207 :«r 1st 2nd Oakton 48 52 Oakton 40 54 Oakton 40 40 Oakton 56 38 Oakton 64 59 Oakton 54 39 Oakton 36 34 Oakton 55 56 Oakton 49 Oakton 55 1st Chantilly 53 W L 29 Marshall 51 Yorktown 76 Langley 51 McLean 61 Herndon 48 Madison 85 Edison 61 Lee 83 2nd 58 45 45 76 55 51 54 67 (SEATED, L TO R) Richard Alcalde, Kirk Salpini, Robert Hersey, Doug Curry, David Moore, Robert Hill, Frank Williams. (STANDING) Mike Showalter — Mgr., Bobby Whitmore — Mgr., Robert McNerney, Louis Chaconas, Mark McDonald, Steve Ward, John Christenson, Craig Edge, Drew Horne — Mgr. (NOT PICTURED) Corny Whitney. 208 Frosh Basketball 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Oakton 27 26 Marshall 44 43 Oakton 30 27 McLean 32 36 Oakton 44 31 Chantilly 34 36 Oakton 36 40 Langley 26 46 Oakton 34 47 Madison 39 54 Oakton 40 30 Herndon 47 39 Oakton 26 Stuart 25 (PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R): Nelson Alcalde, Ken Winderlich, David Rohr, Jim Phillips, Mike Curry, Kurt Delker, Tim Smith, David Moyer, Fred Stinard, Dan Wessel, Doug Morton, Andy Stynchula, Greg Heglar, Mark Rohaley, Ray DeArmitt. 209 The Varsity Basketball team, coached by Miss Grill, had a successful season. Although the team lost the first few games, they became strong as the season progressed. By the end of the season, the team was one of the best in the dis¬ trict. While its offense was a little weak, the team’s good defense, especially its rebounding ability, enabled it to win many games. (PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Sharon Wolfe, Lori Wilson, Holly Gecan, Debbie Weber, Debbie Rohr, Deanna Vanwey, Donna Houska. (SECOND ROW, L TO R) Miss Grill (Coach), Patty Bland, Peggy King, Becky May, Leslie Phillips, Debbie Stewart, Kathy Howell, Siobhan Grayson. 4 J J Varsity Basketball Oakton 31 Robinson 55 Oakton 34 Jeb Stuart 53 Oakton 49 Wakefield 24 Oakton 50 T.C. Williams 30 Oakton 41 Marshall 54 Oakton 50 McLean 52 Oakton 48 W L 29 Oakton 43 Chantilly 38 Oakton 57 Herndon 42 Oakton 46 Langley 42 Oakton 27 Madison 75 Oakton 42 York town 26 210 W ' J. V. Basketball Oakton 22 Robinson 35 Oakton 19 Jeb Stuart 45 Oakton 25 Hammond 32 Oakton 39 Wakefield 16 Oakton 25 Marshall 34 Oakton 30 McLean 50 Oakton 36 W L 29 Oakton 32 Chantilly 30 Oakton 35 Herndon 36 Oakton 40 Langley 23 Oakton 31 Madison 35 The Junior Varsity Basketball team, coached by Miss Peters, consisted of fourteen girls, which included nine freshmen. Even though the team lacked height and experi¬ ence, it played well against its opponents. Due to its improved teamwork and ball handling, the team played especially well toward the end of the season. (PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Miss Peters — Coach, Donna Murray, Diane Bland, Linda Lincoln, Sally Buckles, Cathy Can¬ non, Carole Scott, Beth Weatherford. (SECOND ROW) Amy Gates, Susan Kingsbury, Robin Ellis, Mary Koshuta, Cecila Yost, Lisa Kear¬ ney, Leigh Hutchinson, Cathy Monroe. OAKTON COUGARS 211 Wrestling The Oakton Wrestling Team had one of its finest sea¬ sons. Its record of 7-5 justly displayed the abilities of the devoted team members. As a result of Mr. Underhill’s coaching and the talents of the wrestlers, the entire team attended district competition. In that competition, five members of the team, Dave Van Vleet, Nick Paulette, Pat McGibbon, Mitch Witt, and Don Brady qualified for the Regional meet. At regionals, both Brady and McGibbon placed, and were therefore invited to the State competitions in Richmond where Pat McGibbon took second. The team must face the loss of four seniors next year, but under the leadership of the remaining veteran squad, the team has strong hopes of continuing success. (TOP LEFT PICTURE, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Craig Williams, Curtis Buck, Derek Torrance, Jim Arata, David Van Vleet, Pat Purcell. (STANDING, L TO R) Nick Paulett, Tony Buscemi, Don Brady, Mitch Witt, Pat McGibbon, Gary Cefola. 212 Oakton 39 Woodbridge 16 Oakton 23 Woodson 24 Oakton 24 Lee 30 Oakton 27 McClean 24 Oakton 20 W L 29 Oakton 38 Langley 18 Oakton 18 Falls Church 34 Oakton 12 Madison 29 Oakton 36 Herndon 19 Oakton 29 Marshall 17 Oakton 42 Chantilly 13 Oakton 18 Yorktown 29 4th in District 14th in Region als PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Ken Matich, Kent Rockwell, John Kryasa, Clay Sevens, Mark Penze. (SECOND ROW, L TO R) Gus Ray, Mike Lawler, Ken Atkins, Bill Lucas, Truck Kause, Bob Cole, Arnie Howell, Sam Misleh, Jim Fetterer. (BACK ROW, L TO R) landy Lomis, Greg Rismiller, Brian Lawler, Forest Schmeling, Bill Brady, John O’Connor, Bob tawman. 213 Gymnastics (PICTURE TO THE LEFT, L TO R, BOT¬ TOM ROW) Deb Watson, Sharon Comer, Nora Tuggle, Stephanie Shroyer, Jill Broad- dus. (SECOND ROW) Karen Houck, Mic¬ helle Weimerskirch, Sandy Miguelon, Jennie Harrington, Rita Ashman, Kathie Aston, Marsha Conover, Stacey Orr, Mrs. Betty J. Weber. (THIRD ROW) Julie Hill, Erin Cejka, Donna Zazanis, Bonnie Tuggle, Wendy Brown, Elizabeth Dickson, Pam Tal¬ ley. Oakton 127.1 Oakton 111 Oakton 136.05 Oakton 135.05 Oakton 125.3 Oakton 129.7 Marshall 144.2 Herndon 119 Madison 142.1 W L 161.1 Chantilly 96.85 McLean 156.45 Langley 174.95 The Gymnastics team was young and inexperienced, but had great potential. Coached by Mrs. Weber, a new teacher at Oakton, the gymnasts spent many hours perfecting the routines which they performed during competition. The team did well on the balance beam and in floor exercise, while the uneven parallel bars was its weakest event. Julie Hill and Pam Tally advanced to Regionals following fine performances in district competition. Although the team lost most of its meets, the members gained valuable experi¬ ence for future years. 214 The Winter Track team, coached by Mr. Welker, had to compete in low temperatures and cold winds. Despite the weather, the team captured the district title with a 5-0 record. The team consisted of forty students who stayed after each afternoon and strove to lower times in running events, raise heights in the high jump and pole vault, and lengthen distances in the triple jump and long jump. Since much skill was shown in these events the team had an out¬ standing season. Members include Kirk Batteiger, Bob Boiler, Brian Daly, Ron Epson — Co-Capt., Chris Galgocy, Pat Green, Wayne Grove, James Haley, Dale Hockman, Herbert Hoppe, Clifford Jackson — Co-Capt., Brian John¬ ston, Roy Johnson, John Joray, Joe Koshuta, Debbie Kulow, Dan Leedy, Kevin McNerney, Mary Beth Norris, Barry Novak, Gary Novak, David Minyard, Pat O’Mara, Todd Orr, Rusty Powell, Jeff Ross, Virginia Seiberlick, Jer¬ emy Small, John Shugrue, Mark Sullivan, Tim Sullivan, Richard Wessel, and David Zobelein. 215 Baseball Coach Hall held baseball tryouts during the third week of February. 216 Soccer Soccer, a long unknown and there¬ fore insignificant sport in America, has begun to take on recognition. Oakton has formed, for the second year, a Varsity Soccer team. Coach Conklin met with various coaches in the area and arranged a highly compe¬ titive schedule for his team. Despite many misconceptions, soccer requires great skill, strength, and ability, and the coach expects as many as thirty to fifty students to try out. After a cou¬ ple of weeks of drills and practice, the team will narrow down to the final squad, representing Oakton at all its high school games. Because of vary¬ ing soccer seasons (fall vs. spring) throughout the state, as yet, no Regional or State competitions have been organized. However, a Coaches’ Invitational was set up, and with the returning experience of ten to fifteen players plus the ability of the new members, the team hopes to do well in all of its competitions. 217 Once the final flurries of snow melted away, and the courses cleared, the Oakton golf team began tryouts and practice for the 1975 team. Intra- high school games were held at local courses, where individuals played the course and totaled their strokes. Each score was then combined for a team total to determine the winner. With the returning seniors and juniors from last year’s team in addition to the new members, Coach Sachs holds high hopes for success in school competi¬ tion and the State tournament. 218 Approximately sixty girls were expected to try out for the Varsity and Junior Varsity softball teams. With this many girls trying out, the competition was tougher than in previous years. Miss Kemp, the Varsity coach, was optimis¬ tic about the team’s season. She believed that the team would be weak in batting but the defensive team, especially the infield, would be strong. Due to the large number of freshmen trying out, the Junior Varsity team, coached by Miss Gray, was both young and inexperienced. For the girls who made this team, the year was mainly one in which they learned basic skills and gained experience. 219 The Track team should be a major contender in district and regional competition. Miss Grill, the coach, feels that the team will be one of the strongest in Oakton’s history. Her optimism lies in the fact that all of last year’s team is returning this year, joining with some promising new members. As in past years, their strongest events will probably be the relays. Although Yorktown and McLean will be tough opponents, the team is looking forward to the Dis¬ trict championship title. V 220 Coach Martin scheduled the first tryouts for boy’s tennis during the last part of February, when the candidates for the team were observed during practice play. Members of the final team included both singles and doubles players. Each match between high schools consisted of nine sets: six sin¬ gles and three doubles. The school winning five out of nine sets wins the match. District, Regional, and State competi¬ tions were held on both a team and an individual basis. The top teams in competition, as well as qualif ied individuals, continued to State. Several of the returning members expressed the possibility of a chance at Regional and State competitions. 221 ■ - .� K� ' .‘ • 1 - , , ' Tt- . ' A� ' ■ n ' t i . v ' ; f] 1 , H ' fl You arc a distinctive and individual expression of a Cre ative Force. You are not a blueprint or a carbon copy or a ditto of anyone past, present, or future. You are YOU and there is no one quite like you in the world. You don ' t look exactly like anyone else, you don’t think exactly like anyone else, you don ' t live exactly like anyone else. There are things you can do better than anyone else can do them, and there are qualities and talents that no one else possesses in exactly the same way that you do. There are thoughts that are your own special revelation. That which makes you YOU is personal, unique, and exclusive. All of this is a reflection of a world and a life WITHIN. — Marcus Back 224 Each man should develop the most from the natural gifts of his body and mind for a sense of personal achievement. 225 The Revelations Club The Revelations Club, sponsored by Mr. Everton, met Wednesdays and provided Christian fellowship for anyone wishing to attend. In addition to the weekly meetings, cook- outs and swim parties were scheduled throughout the year. Guest speakers and presentations added diversity to the club’s experience and helped the members to explore their belief s and God’s word as it is revealed to them. (TOP LEFT PICTURE, L TO R, FIRST ROW) Pam Koan, Suzanne Revilla, Gayle Alcorn, Lisa Rentschler, Sue Diggory, Bruce Gasland, Kay Carpenter. (SECOND ROW) Lois Fink, Beth Murray, Chris Rossi, Sue Grella, Mary Crawford, Ramon Revilla. (NOT PIC¬ TURED) Leslie Tankersley, Kim Koan. 226 SAC The S.A.C., Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, is a group of five students chosen by the student body to represent the school at area meetings. The S.A.C. worked hard to get smoking areas and vending machines. They are now working on such programs as Open Campus. These hard working and dedicated students work with the Student School Board Member for the betterment of Fairfax County Schools. (PICTURE TO THE LEFT, L TO R) Bill Edmondson, Pat McGibbon, Debbie Watson, Glenn Maravetz, Kim Koan. The Breakfast Club (PICTURE ABOVE LEFT, L TO R) Alan Cybulski, Mike Jackson, John Tunstall, Jim Scanlon. 227 f International Relations Club The United Nations is the main interest of the International Relations Club. Three conventions are held annually in which the club members participate as delegates from various countries to debate topics of world¬ wide concern. Their conventions strengthen skills in debate and familiarize the delegates with international relations and conflicts. 228 (FRONT ROW, L TO R) Jane Bickers, Jeanne Jabara, Mark Labeda, Tom Quigley. (SECONE ROW) Ellen Morse, Beth Heubusch, Katina Vlannes, Steve Point. (THIRD ROW) Jim Walter Cindy Plant, Eileen Irby, Mike Row Human Relations Club The Human Relations Club had a rough beginning this year, but finally found both support and two sponsors, Mr. Neal and Mr. Duffner, and set about their purpose which is to develop awarness of minority groups. The dub, designed to extend togetherness and acceptance, meets to discuss problems and to try to understand the varying life styles of all peoples. (ABOVE PICTURE, L TO R) Sandy Talbott, Linda Lewis, Pam Jackson, Ann Babcock, Jill Newman, Rhonda Richards, Gail Garett, Anita Tate, Kevin Quinn. 229 Conservation Workshop The Conversation Workshop, a relatively new club sponsored by Mrs. Walker, meets on Thursdays to give students practical knowledge and experience in the field of conserva¬ tion. Overnight hikes, bicycle trips, and fossil hunts were included on the program this past year. Also, opportu¬ nities for studies in botany, wildlife, and ornithology are provided for any interested students. Community pro¬ jects, such as recycling centers, were designed and supervised by the Work¬ shop. Any student concerned about the welfare of the wild and the earth could take an active interest in the activities of the Conservation Work¬ shop. (Club pictures were unaailable.) Project Concern (PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R, SEATED) Wayne Grove — Pres., Pam Koan — Treas. (STANDING) B. L. Price — Sponsor, Pam Jackson, Oree Fieriti, Paula Dubill, Mike Wenning, Eleanor Morse, Connie Mac¬ Leod, Nancy Keiser. 230 Student Government The Student Government, under the direction of Mr. Cottom, serves as the governing body for Oakton High School and provides a sounding board for stu¬ dent voice and action. All student activities, dances, and assemblies are either organized or approved by S.G. The Student Government represents Oakton in all meetings regarding student interests. All students with leadership ability or simply an interest in their four years at Oakton are encouraged to get involved in student government. Elections for offices are held late in the year; interested students are asked to participate. (PICTURE TO THE LEFT, BOTTOM ROW, L TO R) Andrew Hing, Kathy Crow¬ ley — Pres., Greg Harris — V.P., Vali Hess, Jeff Long. (SECOND ROW) Cheri Allen, Mary Goggin, Ajay Nehra, Mo Goedtel, Ralph Ring. (THIRD ROW) Ken Wilt, Alan Schleeper, Paula Green, Frank Krebs, Robert Swindler. (NOT PICT LI RED) Donna Snyder — Sec., Jeff Wolfe. 231 DECO-OP (PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Dennis Weber, Bruce Thompson, Jim Vogel — V.P. (SECOND ROW) Kelly Maddox, Denise Plant, Debbie Hellerman, Edna Stanley, Rhonda Fossum, Cecile Holton, Debbie Campbell. (THIRD ROW) Fred Reger — Coordinator, Heather Hansen, Duke” Carter, Joey Games, David Burns, Dwayne Parks, Lily Baker, Phil Jessop - Student teacher. (BELOW RIGHT, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Rod Mitchell — ParL, Teresa Bang — Pres., Lisa Bailey — Treas. (SECOND ROW) Don Bee, Lynn Pitts, Karen Taylor, Debra DeWeese, Jim Mead, Lorraine Lee, Diane Lageman. (THIRD ROW) Curtis Kirby, Dwight Pickett, Bill Victor, Richard Rose, Rob Wells. PICTURE ABOVE, L TO R. FRONT ROW) Diane Bland, Audrey Garber — Chap. Sec., Sandy Burroughs, Michelle Dels. (SECOND ROW) David Woodson, Glenn Petersen, Mike Lay¬ man. I.vnn McCane, Mike Wenning, Kim Marks, Steve Mitchell, Geraldine Alexander, Shelia Coleman, Tacky” Whitney, Terry Moore, Mike Franks. DECA Distributive Education is a program of instruction in mer¬ chandising, marketing, and man¬ agement. DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, is sponsored by Mr. Reger and meets every second Wednesday of each month in the DE room or in selected restaurants. Besides being one of the largest clubs, fifty-five members, DECA is also one of the most active. Participating in the Mus¬ cular Dystrophy dollar-a- scholar” campaign, raising funds by helping stores with their inventories, and attending Vienna Chamber of Commerce meetings as members are some of DECA’s activities which are geared to developing future leaders in the fields of market¬ ing and distribution. The DECA members are proud of their community and school accomplishments, espe¬ cially the conclusion of a four- year project of remodeling their classroom into a business-like atmosphere. 233 Keyettes Keyettes is an international girls service organization whose purpose is to serve the school, the community, and the nation. Each year Keyettes work toward an international project and this year ' s project is the Red Cross. Teacher Appreciation Week, the the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance, and the Great Pumpkin Contest, were all Keyette sponsored activities. The club also worked with Headstart and assisted at nursing homes. Near the end of the school year, many Oakton Keyettes attended an international convention where they were able to meet other girls and exchange ideas for bettering their club. Members include Gayle Alcorn, Cheri Allen, Melissa Aston, Jane Behrens, Margaret Bialick, Laura Bombere, Devon Brown, Marcia Carter, Ramona Coppage, Colleen Crutcher, Helen Davis, Liz Davis, Virginia Davis, Julie Donavan, Jennifer Ernst, Terry Ewalt, Rhonda Ferguson, Kathi Frizzell, Linda Gehr, Maureen Goedtel, Mary Goggin, Sheila Goggin, Linda Green, Stephanie Gregory, Sue Grella, Jenny Hay, Jennifer Hine, Tracy Hicks, Sherry Hogge, Sharon Jacobs, Jean Jongewaard, Lynn Kassabian, Lisa Kleczewski, Adrianne Litch, Diane Lageman, Barbara McAlister, Carolyn McCarthy, Patty Maxwell, Lynn Miller, Beth Murrey, Karen Petty, Becky Phillips, Cindy Plant, Laura Primeau, Martha Post, Hilary Rappaport, Teresa Rector, Genia Reese, Lisa Rentschler, Christine Rossi, Helen Robbins, Janet Robertson, Lori Roth, Sheri Satterlee, Pam ' Schleeper, Claire Schulz, Carolyn Smith, Jayne Stevens, Leslie Tankersley, Teri Torgeson, Tsae Siang, Julie Wanamaker, Kathy Wilson, Katina Valannes, and Kathy Violett. 234 Key Club The Oakton Key Club, sponsored by Mr. Komar and dedicated to community and school service, attempts to add variety to school activities. Service projects include raising money through the annual Charm pops sales, Donkey Basketball Game, and a Santa collection for donation to needy charities and families. The Key Club strives to improve the school atmosphere and to provide exposure to the satisfactions of community service. Members include: Jeff Wolfe, Bob Matich, Dave Harrington, Jeff Galgocy, James Bull, Doug Hart, Larry Neidig, Larry Lauffer, Mike Crosbie, Greg Benson, Dave Battaglia, Dave Zoebelein, Dan Chang, Mike Jackson, Ajay Nehra, Steve Salyer, Jack Daly, Karl Grezena, Mark Hendrickson, Mike Row, Eric Gunderson, Frank Krebs, John Tunstall, John Worley, Jim Scanlon. 235 National Honor Society The National Honor Society, a group of scholastic honor seniors, has struggled hard to erase the label of status society”. The Honor Society, sponsored by Mrs. Lundegard, is a service organization which strives to improve the scholastic atmosphere at Oakton. A small paperback lending library offers a collection of popular books available at a ten cent per three-week rental. A tutoring service is also available to any student needing extra help in a particular subject. Inductions are held in the spring of the year for all qualif ied juniors and seniors. The members arc Gayle Alcorn, Cheri Allen, Bob Boiler, Fred Borsa, Gary Bowman, Patti Bradford, Jill Broaddus, Becky Garrick, Peter Carrier, Daniel Chang, Glenn Con- way, Jack Daly, John Dargon, Elizabeth Davis, Jay Derr, Elizabeth Dickson, Susan Diggory, Kathy Deedy, Terry Pwalt, Carol Fink. Ix is Fink. Peggy Flynn, Anthony Gal. Jeff Galgocy, Holly Gecan, Paula Green, Doug Hart, Chris Hcadlec. Mark Hendrickson, Nancy Holland, Sharon Jacobs, Joyce Jennings, Margaret Jirgl, Alec John¬ son, Chappy Johnson, Gwynne Johnson, Carol Jones, Jeff Kaiser, Lynne Kassabian, Pamela Kirkbride, Karen Kittlestad, Kim Koan, Shelly Krick, John Lloyd, Carolyn McCarthy, Janet McCarthy, Barb Meengs, Christy Miller, Teri Moger, Lydia Mollins, Susan Pavlinski, Don- aid Phillips, Michelle Picard, Cynthia Plant, Hilarv Rap- paport, Lisa Rentschler, Eugenia Reese, Virginia Reese, Annette Roush, Michael Row, Jim Scanlon. Ellen Schaaf, Mike Schaeffer, Ralph Spaulding, Jayne Stevens, Candis Stone, Richard Stumpf, Vicki Suomela, Leslie Tankers- ley, Doug Theisen, Annette Thomas, Karen Tomlinson, Teri Torgeson, Nora Tuggle, John Tunstall, Kathy Viol ett, Ronald Walling, James Walter, Denise Watson, Laura Weihe, Janie Wilkes, Steven Willett, Lori Wilson, and David Zeebelein. A stronomy Club The study of astronomy and the operation of the equipment in the planetarium are part of the interests and activities of the Astron¬ omy Club, sponsored by Mr. Fagan. The club meets Tuesdays and has been working on the construction of an eight-inch telescope. In addition, they meet occasionally in the eve¬ nings to observe the skies. 237 VIC A (PICTURE BELOW, BACK ROW) Bruce Kleinschmidt, Bob Holmes, John Gaines, Dave Gaines, Charlie Carter, Dennis Beaujean, Ed Sutphin, Bob Cangemi, David Howie, Rusty Siron. (FRONT ROW) Dennis McClafferry,John Dittig, Mark Evans, Mike Sabatino, Cindy Farmer, Walt Robbins — Pres., Holly Berry, Jenny Penney, Patty Maher, Bob Karnes. NHSBHS (PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, KNEEL¬ ING) Mark McCready. (FIRST ROW) Genia Reese, Dave Battglia, John Evans, Mic¬ helle Jessop, Ellen Shaaf. (SECOND ROW) Melody Rouzer, Vicky Smith, Jeff Galgocy, Lois Fink, Mark Hendrickson — Pres. (THIRD ROW) Cindy Plant, Tony Gal, Mike Fitzpatrick, Dave Allingham. 238 ( -■ IW. . r iy,,w yO « ' tOX Y C A Cl l - ' ■ ' ' t (£„S(-� . r.. „ l L r , Cooperative 1 pKo ✓■ r r • u i T tV vT6 • ' V- , W1-C rbo t.o r-— STVC — r y T 0 ce Education ;, ' JTL - T- £—■—• a nn . =1 hi )d jpectc. jl -v -7 v pQTSO ' , ' li 4 «.s c !l T .. .. p . • ' K, tjr { a v u ,J Y , ■ (PICTURE ABOVE) COE members include: Julie Dargusch, Nancy Humphrey, Tracy Malli- cote, Debbie Tucker, Sheryl Chism, Stephanie Wright, Dora Tread, Donna Smithers, Peggy Flynn, Sherry Conklin, Debbie Myers, Cindy Hoffman, Tammie Hendricks, Vali Hess, Meg Gulick, Wanda Reamy, Terry Moger, Rose Claveloux, Paula Thrasher, Kathy Latham, Darlene Stanton, Janet Mathias, Cindy Cunningham. 239 The Math Team Each Thursday, eleven dedicated and hard-working students meet with Mrs. Rittman and Mrs. Baird to test their knowledge of mathematics. These students are members of the Math Team and represent Oakton in county-wide competition. While stu¬ dents in advanced math courses are encouraged to participate in the club, the club is open to anyone who is interested in math and enjoys its chal¬ lenges. (PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, L TO R, SIT¬ TING) John Evans, Katina Vlannes, Doug Theisen — Capt., Barb Meengs, David All- ingham. (STANDING) Mrs. Rittman, Paul Thornburg, Jeff Galgocy, Chris Headlee, Mrs. Baird. (NOT PICTURED) Carol Fink, Pete Carrier, Mark Hendrickson. Russian Club (ABOVE PICTURE, BOTTOM ROW, L TO R) Bud Fields, Cindy Plant — Sec. Treas., Mike Row — Pres., Anne Smiley — V.P. (SEC¬ OND ROW) Christian Nolan, Mrs. Bryan. (THIRD ROW) Patty Stephenson, Jennifer Beale, Holly Grimes, Marty Post, Jim Walter. To study and understand the language and culture of the Russian people is the purpose of the Russian Club which is sponsored by Mrs. Bryan. In the beginning of the school year, the club took trips to the Ukranian Festival on Ice and to a Russian exhibit at Tyson’s Corner. Easter was cele¬ brated by having a party where Russian pastries and food were served. The Russian Club topped off a year of valua¬ ble learning experiences by attending a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Kennedy Center. 240 Chess Club The Chess Club, sponsored by Mrs. Dupuey, meets on Tuesdays and the purpose is studying, instructing, and practicing chess. The meetings are spent playing chess, preparing for the interscholastic meet held occa¬ sionally at the high schools. The club offers instruc¬ tion for beginners and practice and refinement for the more experienced chess players. (PICTURE TO THE LEFT) Rick Stumpf and Bill Berry are representatives of the members of the Chess Club. 241 Varsity Cheerleaders (PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, FRONT ROW, L TO R) Ste¬ phanie Shroyer, Barbara Matthews. (SECOND ROW) Mary Matz, Lisa Rentschler, Sherrie Satterlie, Betty Tunstall, Nancy Holland, Julie Wanamaker, Tammy Rugenstein, Jane Tunstall, Debbie Seymour, Cindy Alcalde. 42 J. V. and Frosh Cheerleaders Junior Varsity Squad: Mary Mclnerny, Lynda Petrini, Kathy Holland, Diane Latchford, Janet Plumb, Barbara McAllister, Donna Ramsier, Lisa Nangle, Helen Robbins, Lisa Shakman. Freshman Squad: Jenny Miller, Melissa T ' ayman, Lou Ann Ramsier, Jen¬ net te Moul, Leslie Lawrence, Gail Hubbard, Julie Baca, Dottie Goggin. 24 Bowling Club ' ■Ph ■ The Bowling Club, co-sponsored by Miss Owen and Mrs. Miller, meets on Tuesdays after school, when members are transported to Bowl America in Fairfax. Teams are chosen at the beginning of each year, and regular competitions are held weekly. The Bowling Club is open to any interested student and provides good fun” for all participants. (ABOVE PICTURE, FRONT ROW, L TO R) D. Baker, T. Hicks, J. Hino.J. Behrens, S. Leigh, J. Goodger, S Ridenour. (SECOND ROW) C. Kurtz, H. Kenega, S. Clarke (THIRD ROW) M Keeran. I Haislip, B Murray, P Kittlilstad, A Hing, H Koretz, K Murphy. (BACK ROW) L. Pruett, G Peterson, P. Donlen, R Hughes, J. Clarke, S. Gar- baez,J. Donovan, L. Harncr, M. Donovan. Ski Club Both expert and beginning skiers are welcome in the Ski Club, where snow is the single topic of discussion. The club, sponsored by Mr. Cottom, meets periodically to plan ski trips. Since the weather is never very predictable, the club operates on a relatively flexible schedule, skiing as long and as often as possible. (PICTURE BELOW, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Pat Borcherding, Dana Hinsen, Kim Rote, Lisa Kirk, Sylvia Cahill, Anna Woodruff, Mary Daly, Uwe Rumohr, Chris Bucher, Janice Eisen- lohr. (SECOND ROW) Cathy Wenning, Denise Williamson, Greg Harlow — V.P., Tom Mor¬ ris — Sec., Carrie McCawley, Bob Herbert, Brietta Ragette, Lori Titman. (THIRD ROW) Karl Barton, John Dargan, Martine Marsaguet, Todd Holt, Mark McCreedy, Ward Hinsen. (NOT PICTURED) Gail Ritchie — Pres. Mountaineering (PICTURE TO THE LEFT) Members Include: Liam McGranaghan, Ray Johnson, Paul Watters, Mark Pence. Flip Anderson, Carl Thompson, and Pat Kindell. 245 The Cougar Corps, sponsored by Mrs. N. Hall, is a marching unit which promotes school spirit by performing at all home football games, some pep rallies, and basketball games. This year, the girls were also invited to perform in the Vienna Halloween Parade. Each Tuesday and Thursday, the team meets in order to make-up and perfect the routines which they will later perform. The Cougar Corps also helped and performed at the Freshman Orientation. The Team Members Are: (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW) Denise Watson, Kathy Violett — Capt., Lisa Kleczewski, Sharon Jacobs, Cheri Allen — Sec., Gina Scinta. (SECOND ROW) Kathi Frizzell, Lani Baker, Barrie Skoda, Kathy Epson —Co-capt., Pat Hartigan, Jennie Ernst — Treas., Lee Anne Fagan. (THIRD ROW) Susan Clark, Pam Violett, Laura Swinburne, Jodie Sweet, Colette Crown, Joanne Collins, Lisa Roddy, Teri Roman, Maureen Quigley. 246 Majorettes (PICTURE TO THE LEFT, KNEELING, L TO R) Kim Swartz, Vali Hess — Capt., Carla Besosa. (STANDING) Becky Hire, Joyce Jen¬ nings, Lauren Nangle, Debbie Hire. The purpose of the Majorettes is to promote school spirit and to provide a social environment for the members of the squad. Tryouts are held each spring and the girls who make the squad attend a summer camp where they learn to per¬ form together. During the football season, the girls meet daily in order to perfect their routines. The Majorettes perform at football games, basketball games, and pep rallies. 24 248 (ABOVE PICTURE, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Patty Bland, Jill Broaddus, Leslie Phillips, Kathy Howell, Cathy Cannon, Leigh Hutchinson. (SECOND ROW) Sue Edwards, Diane Hill, Kathy Dunn, Anita Johnson, Ruth DeArmitt, Siobhan Grayson, Deanna Vanwey, Joanne Bartyzak, Sue Grella, Peggy King. (THIRD ROW) Deb¬ bie Weber, Michelle Picard, Robin Ellis, Libby Dickson, Eva Burns, Kay Carpenter, Nancy Steere, Carol Santman, Siang Tsao, Suzy Shaffer, Trudy Franklin. (BACK ROW) Gwynne Johnson, Kathy Lloyd, Glo¬ ria Simpson, Wendy Brown, Becky May, Helen Davis, Sue Allewalt, Denise William¬ son, Shelly Krick, Terry Ewalt. Jazz Dancers The Jazz Dancers, sponsored by Mrs. Keener, are a group of devoted girls who practice twice a week, creating dance routines to perform at various school events. The seven members spend several weeks choosing music, studying steps and routines, and finally per¬ forming the routine at a pep rally or game. Try-outs are held annu¬ ally for the following year’s squad. 249 I WOHS WOHS, a club basically designed for students with an interest in radio broadcasting, provides both broadcasting experience for its members and music in the cafeteria dur¬ ing lunch. Sponsored by Mr. H. Williams, the club explores new techniques and equipment in the field of communica¬ tions and all of the members are given the opportunity to try their hand at disk jockeying. (ABOVE PICTURE, BOTTOM ROW, L TO R) Jeff Kaiser, Doug Hart, Doug Lay, Bob Karnes TOP ROW) Braxton Loughran, Jim Allewelt, Ken Wilt, Steve Salyer, Keith Zarin, Jeff Wolfe. 250 irtf Occasional The Oakton Occasional, Oakton ' s news magazine, gives students a taste of journalism and the work behind a regular news magazine. The magazine was nicknamed the Double O and is designed to entertain, to provide a means of communication, and to establish a forum for student voice. Each month, the staff meets under the guidance of the sponsor. Mrs. Schneebeck, and the editor, Christy Miller, to determine topics, assign articles, and begin research. After the articles are assigned, deadlines must be met and extended until all of the necessary material is collected. Finally, the layout for the paper is designed, witty headlines are assigned, and the paper is taken to Leesburg for proof¬ reading and printing. The paper is dis¬ tributed and the whole process begins again. Other intermediate activities include brainstorming for new ' and original topics, and decorating the Double O” office. (PICTURE ABOVE CENTER, L TO R, FRONT ROW) Doug Hart, Christy Miller, Steve Salyer, Kelly Fitzpatrick. (SECOND ROW) Mark Hendrickson, Mike Fitzpatrick. (THIRD ROW) Vicky Smith. Bar¬ bara Fletcher, Paula Green, Dave Bat¬ taglia, Todd Holt. (FOURTH ROW) Lori Roth, Rex Vardeman, Stephanie Hill. (NOT PICTURED) Brian Clark, Sue Byrd, Kathryn Butkus, Karen Tomlinson, Ann Babcock, Robyn Burchfield, Ann Daly, Jack Daly, John Dargan, Bud Fields, Pat Kindell, Kevin Kreitz, Becky May, Joe White, and many others. 251 Thespian Society (THE PICTURE BELOW, FIRST ROW, L TO R) Tony Gal, Hilary Rappaport, Ralph Sancho-Bonet, Anya Spielberg, Lynne Kassabian, Gary Logan, Alan Schleeper, Karen Kittilstad, Gerri Lay, Carol Lay, Marty Post, John Monch, Dan Purcell. (SEC¬ OND ROW) Joy Hoppe, Ann Babcock, Roseann Sheridan, Liz Piper, Josette San¬ cho-Bonet, Beth Heubush, Nora Tuggle, Karen Tomlinson. (THIRD ROW) Jim Steere, Renee Picard, Don Cox. (FOURTH ROW) Chris Flores, Tom Crockett. Drama Club (BOTTOM PICTURE) Members Include: Tom Crockett, Karen Kittilstad, Ruth Dear- mitt, Nora Tuggle, Stephanie Shroyer, Josette Sancho-Bonet, Keith Dowell, Bill McDonald, Gary Logan, Hilary Rappaport, Dave Mor¬ ton, Carol Lay, Chris Rossie, Ralph Sancho- Bonet, Liz Piper, Renee Picard, Gerri Lay, Alan Schleeper, Jim Steere, Paul French, John Monch, Ann Babcock, Joy Hoppe, Lynne Kassabien, Dan Purcell, Roseann Sheridan, Anya Spielberg, Chris Flores, Laura Bombere, Don Cox, Mike Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Morri¬ son, Karen Tomlinson, Freya Spielberg, Beth Heubush, Marty Post, Mark Read, Greg Har¬ ris, and many, many, many others. 252 Paragon The Paragon staff, sponsored by Mr. Worthman and Miss Skelly, has worked on the publication of this book since June 1974 recording the facts and events of the school year 1974-1975. In keeping with its theme the goal of the staff is to publish a book that con- taines pictures of as many different people as possible. The combined efforts of the various departments of the staff were the main factor in the production and completion of the book. The organization of the book and the management of the staff were the responsi¬ bilities of Denise Watson and Sharon Jacobs. Without the financial management of Pat McGibbon and Sherry Hogge, color and spe¬ cial effects would not have enhanced the book. Jay Derr and Terry Ewalt were in charge of theme and documentation which consisted of keeping the theme throughout the book and writing the articles. Sue Edwards was in charge of the senior section and both she and Doug Theisen worked with the theme staff. The layout staff was made up of Robyn Burchfield, Karen Jensen and Shelly Krick who designed the arrangement of the pictures and copy. The photographers were Jack Kurtz, Mike Row and Glenn Con- Copy Staff — Doug Theisen, Sue Edwards. Theme and Documentation —Jay Derr, Terry Ewalt. way. You Guys!!! Business Staff — Pat McGibbon, Sherry Hogge. (ABOVE, L TO R) Layout Staff — Shelly Krick, Robyn Burchfield, Karen Jensen. (LEFT, L TO R) Photographers—Jack Kurtz, Glenn Conway,- Mike Row. 253 Art Club The Art Club meets periodicaly in Mr. Wilkins’ room to provide an opportunity for students with an interest in art to get together and talk. Most of the informal discussions are among friends, and range from personal concerns to plans for trips to culture centers and art galleries. Basically an unstructured group, the Art Club gives students an opportunity to unwind, build friendships, and explore vari¬ ous areas of interests. | 0m - 1 r Quill and Scroll Quill and Scroll, sponsored by Mrs. Hilgert, is a national honor society for high school journalists. Each spring, a banquet is held in order to initiate new members. To become a member of Quill and Scroll, students must rank in the upper third of their class and must have actively participated on a school publication or in some other phase of journalism. 254 (PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, L TOP R) Jill Broaddus, Karen Tomlinson, Mark Hendrick¬ son, Christy Miller, Lori Roth, Sharon Jacobs. -“Ncmatr tir A9 j ■ a • ■ 43 j MINIATURE GOLF weekdays 12 PM-10 PM weekends 12 PM-10 PM DRIVING RANGE weekdays 11 AM-10 PM weekends 9 AM-10 PM 3051 Chain Bridge Road Oalrton, Virginia 273-3794 tUi Ki n, 9 JL ' i JULA Aj JIxjuX Q 0 Z - LJ. 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THE WHOLE THING IS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. CALL ARMY OPPORTUNITIES TODAY AND ASK FOR ALL THE DETAILS. THEN GET STARTED IN AN EXCITING CAREER. VIRGINIA GALLERIES HENKEL HARRIS l y.mchtjor V,rg, 1 Queen Anne Silver Chest FAIRDALE FURNITURE ' S l OU £ 9960 Main S+., Fairfax Your Better Furniture Store in Fairfax GLADLY! LAMONT STUDIOS 5143 Lee Highway rlington. Va. 22207 CAMERA STUDIES BY GEORGE DEAL Congratulations to Bill Edmondson for winning the 1975-1976 Student Seat on the School Board. We ' re proud of ya, Bill. dkat oL-aJIA ijJU J 1 bidMcj juy eyed ( c2c 0 c o-v- to K- £ A-£ t OAui J, -iXjLA jl xJ2ilcj i o-Ocv ' Uo cuX jlakLsLl £ Zxi £u. -4JL. J aJUo a disuse- x_ [yulxd- cj A.. 3 Jl jfj ]V ZclcL - 2u JW J (£c MjO - l A-‘ JHUj-cA- U C 4 1 - rj.fi ,, m£i. T i 265 PATRONS Norma Jean Alcade Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Bohrer Mr. and Mrs. Hilton G. Bonnex, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Borsa, Jr. Col. and Mrs. Edward M. Bradford Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Brewer Roger and Jacquie Burchfield Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Carriclc Mr. and Mrs. John X. Carrier Cdr. and Mrs. M. E. Chang Mr. and Mrs. David P. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. David H. Conway Mr. and Mrs. John Cooney Mrs. Nancy R. Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Cybulski Mr. and Mrs. Julius T. Dargusch Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Delker Mr. and Mrs. Deri I. Derr Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Doody Mr. and Mrs. Heighter D. Dowell Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Drayer Mr. and Mrs. William Dye Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Fielding Mr. and Mrs. Floyd G. Fischer Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. James B. Frizzell Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Galgocy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gascoigne Mr. and Mrs. M. John Gecan Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Glodowski Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Gonet Col. and Mrs. Albert F. Green Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Grimm, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Pliny L. Haislip, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Harwick Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawkins, Jr. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Harold E. Headlee Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Hendrickson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Herbert Mr. and Mrs. William P. Herbert Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hess Mr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Hill Mr. and Mrs. W. Ernest Hogge Col. and Mrs. David K. Holland Mr. and Mrs. Clifford R. Hoyt Capt. and Mrs. Edmund P. Jacobs, USN Marvin E. Jennings, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Jeutter Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. T. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Marcel D. Joray Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Kassabian 66 L Lt. Col. and Mrs. Owen H. Kittilstad Capt. and Mrs. M. J. Kleczewski, USN Mrs. Knicely Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Krebs Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Krick Mr. John L. Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Laufter Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lillard Mrs. Margaret M. Long Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Maravetz Mr. and Mrs. Will A. McGibbon Col. and Mrs. Philip G. Meengs Mr. and Mrs. Lowell E. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Minchew Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mirabella Mr. and Mrs. James R. Molster, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Morgan Mr. and Mrs. William R. Nevitt Capt. and Mrs. Austin C. O ' Brien A ' I OJ V Elizabeth A. Olen Mr. and Mrs. Josepa A. O ' Mara Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Owings f J)T „ , The Paget Family Capt. and Mrs. A. W. Pattee Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Paulett Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Pendergus Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Personette Mr. and Mrs. Chester F. Phillip Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Picard Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Pitt: Mr. and Mrs. Boyd W. Post Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Puree Capt. and Mrs. Thomas D. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. William B. Randolp Lt. Col. James C. Reese Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Rismiller Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Robinson rY ' VAj Mr. and Mrs. James Roush The Scanlon Family Mrs. Dorothy P. Schemm Lt. Col. and Mrs. Paul F. Semmler The Silver Fox Mrs. Lois Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Sommers Mr. and Mrs. Claude D. Stephenson, Jr. Gail Story Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swartz Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Swinburne Mr. and Mrs. James Thrasher Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. S. Tomlinson Mr. and Mrs. Palmer G. Tunstall Mr. and Mrs. David S. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Watson Lt. Col. and Mrs. Shel ley F. Watson Lt. Col. Homer N. Willett Mr. and Mrs. James E. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wood Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Worley Mr. and Mrs. John O. Yeo :-s beam CX q ksLcd Odu-e had oack v 3 clo o h th ' ok -fda a f cox hdcklU- - tnO uJOC coax cxMLcdr Si ' no h ou °t§ }Ar an 4o aW. tW oooa Id . cddoP JTu da cjOQ Luck arod T 267 Student Patrons We ' d like to dedicate this line to all the good looking guys who aren ' t in Oakton. Cathye Kildoo and Susan Lessa and Pat Harrison To the good times the Jazz Lab had in Chicago with Maynard Ferguson. 2 I 6-74, Love Seat, My Sweet Lady, 6-22-74, She loves me, 8 8 74, The River — Where mornings are better. Thank-you RLP for a great year. Remember the Xmas dance and I ' ll be back! I am the greatest high jumper in the world — D.L. Anyone remember supposedly abandoned houses. Just to have you here; thanks for the song, thanks for you. I ' m convinced God gave me you. Super Wow! Stratford Hall, Pilot House, Baby Powder, You ' re beautiful and you ' re mine. Don ' t forget the security guard at George Mason, Anne. You just can ' t forget New Year ' s Eve, Anne Clinton. Denise, would you leave J.B.W. alone. COUGARS ARE DYNAMITE 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 To di-no-mite Oakton H.S. and the class of 75 — Good Luck Wolfeman Jeff Wolfe 75 Many thanks to the Graduation Committee for all your work. Good Luck! Sharon. GOOD LUCK SENIORS! Kathy, Betsy, Bruce, Butch, Dave, Bob, Sharon and Robyn — Remember the Good Times! Good Luck at camp and next year Drill Team! Remember all the good times and slumber parties, be careful when you walk behind the horses in the parade and SMILE! Luv ya, Jingles Lisa — Remember all the wonderful times we had, especially at Cotillions. Don ' t forget nicknames and lost articles and surprise birthday presents and parties! Good Luck and Luv S.J. Dear Friends, We just wanted to tell you that being editor and co-editor this year has been a great privilege and experience. We have learned a lot about the development of a yearbook and about you, the people who attend Oakton High School. Many people do not realize the hard work and long hours that go into creating a yearbook. We knew we didn’t, until this year. Sure it was hard work, but we had fun. Our deepest thanks go to Pat McGibbon (Business Manager), Sheri Hogge, Robyn Burchfield (Layout head), Shelly Krick. Karen Jensen, Jay Derr (Theme head), Terry Ewalt, Doug Theisen, Sue Edwards, Jack Kurtz (Head photographer), Glenn Con¬ way, and Mike Row, whose devotion enabled this book to be assembled. Others who contributed their talents and guidance to the staff for which we are most grateful are: Mr. Worthman and Miss Skelly, who were our sponsors and constant help throughout the year; Mr. Thomp¬ son, who instructed us on the construction of the book and helped us by taking color pictures and some of the pictures for Opus; Mr. Deal, who handled all our film and put up with our special needs like rush deliver¬ ies and color processing; Mr. Johnson who was understanding and inter¬ ested in our work; Mrs. Jacobs who helped us with the typing and proofreading; and especially our parents who put up with our long hours and short tempers. We hope that the yearbook reflects the year as it was to you and that you like the 1975 Paragon. Denise Watson — Editor Sharon Jacobs — Co-Editor 269 A ccept me as I am — only then will we discover each other A a °( Federico Fellini up ' � .A, a v c y Or 4 ' T j! 1 ' ’ g � _ - l vA ' r- f k n yP p « n Xx 9 ' A ‘O ps- rP Jp ' i. Disguises e My selves, my presences, like uniforms and suits, some stiff, some soiled, some threadbare, and not all easy-fitting, hang somewhere in the house. A vt,v3 v $ V (P A. -v— A friend or a misfortune will force me, on occasion, into a sober habit, uncomfortably formal, in keeping, though unwise, But otherwise I wear something old and easy, with little thought to please, nor a glance in the mirror, nor a care for size; being caught, in consequence, sporting the wrong color in inappropriate weather — odd shirts, uneven socks, and most unsuitable ties. • LsUcA- - ■ ■ L ° j I should have a tailor, or, failing him, a mirror; but being possessed of neither, I sit in my stubborn skin and count , , all clothing as disguise. S) Alastair Reid bJ-LA-A. M- OlaLaij_ L yO XU2- In Memory of John Walton (Walt) Robbins As We Knew Him October 5,1956-January 24,1975