South Rowan High School - Southerner Yearbook (China Grove, NC)

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Pushing T e Pencil A fast moving world requires a solid educational foundation. Itls essential to move forward in lute and graduating seniors are entering an accelerated world. Progressive attitudes will shape Raider successes of the future. Attending school for one hundred eighty days, going six hours and fifty minutes a day for twelve years is a long time for a piece of parchment. Some students go to college which adds longer hours and addition- al years to the quest. Senior Deresa Scarborough says it's a great accomplishment to have made it this far, 'Now that Ilve made it this far I plan to attend Pfeiffer College and major in lawf, This process takes approx- imately eight years depending on bar exams. Bryan Corrigan also plans to attend college. He has f ,fi its f i 1-Q 'Y 4. K ' 4 -'vi!f:T.:il'fif ' -is . .V - i t , 1 T? ' ri 4 ' Mx ' -ffi?? l.-- -, f ' V .Ht - Q. itz! Q . N y K X in W ..,V N . 5 v, i A 1 sr -V it V V I Citi? ' L' .M ft it K . t A ' . t.sigy,,,W . x .f,.,,f ,, My i f 'J SWS-Riu.: .. ,,., 'W ' Q r... - NL- .ww f A W., , H i t rrrrf . f Vi W ' 1 .N rrehi X 2 V: it ' vfif e i' TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE S ' D Il' z d euior onna art in junior Todd Barlow put their heads together to brush up on vocabulary terms tor a weekly test given in English. Photo by R. Upright. MAKING THE GRADE Seniors Damie Bost, Patience Ferguson and Marty Campbell concentrate on one of Mrs. Wisels vocabulary tests given to improve SAT verbal scores. Tests are given weekly. Photo by J. Carithers. chosen East Carolina in order to manor in finance. His best subjects are Calculus and Physics because, I like solving complex problems using mathematical equations. Corrigan said. For those who arent going to college the job world is open. Randy Pigg plans to continue working at A-1 Plumbing following graduation. He said I canit afford to go to college and my boss is going to sell me his business if I work here long enough. His favorite subject is English, 'Because it seems to be the only subject I can passfl Pigg commented, as he smiled lightly. Students like Pigg who have jobs have the option to leave school after four classes which allows them to study before they go to work. The courses that allow such privileges are Industrial Cooperative Educa- tion QICTD and Market Educa- tion CMEJ. These two courses prepare students for respon- sibility, give them knowledge of the work force, and give them experience in working on the job. By june Carithers and Richard Upright. 2 f Scholastic Life

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-'if -J Q L. N ,, , ...fwp-n.,,, A-1-..,. .sw V. CATCHINC UP. Taking a break lrom herfkccounting class, senior Dorothy Patterson reads the poem Beowulf to prepare for a test in her English Litera- ture class. The intent look on hcr face shows that she is rcally interested and wants to pass. Photo by j. Carithers. nv,- INFOIIMATION CALOIIE. During his lunch periocl, senior Darren Honeycutt reacls one of the libr11ry's many magazines to catch up on current events and other interests. llc is one who realizes that the lihruiy is not just another place to hang out, Photo hy A. Price. GIFT UF LIFE. Sergeant Major Burke and Major Otsunko present an oak tree to Principal james II. Donnell while JROTC cadets Susan fl2lVlIl, Kirk Christy, and Rodney Newton observe. Photo hy J. Carithers. Scholastic Life f 3