Paul M Dorman High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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It was number 74024 who made a C in English; it was number 73406 who sent in his college application. Names were lost amid the punch cards and data sheets; and with them, identities began to slip from view. Students themselves brooked no interference from numbers in their school-oriented activities while academic courses increasingly relied on numbers for identification.

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oc o a. IV ui LU a; O O OC a. You got out of a year what you put into it. Dorman students showed participation in all fields of extracurricular activi- ties—athletics, worthwhile charities, school programs, and much more. But through each, numbers never failed to enter the picture. Football players were viewed by sportscasters, sportswriters, and fans as numbers, not people, running across the field—numbers, not people, made that foul shot or stole that ball. Students became tagged with numbers once again as Delmar pictures were taken and numbers were designated to each person. No number, no picture!! Numbers entered the year still another time as prices continued to rise throughout the school term. E Not only were students num- bered, but also the cars they drove and the buses, too, were identified by the numbers on their sides, rears, and bumpers. Through all this, students kept trying to come through. Each wanted to be recognized, singled out from all the rest. We never ceased to make attempts to shed our numbers, to exist as individual people with individual needs.