Sumter High School - Paragon Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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Activity Periods Offer Retreat From Classroom Grind Every other Friday, students eased the weeks' tensions by attending club meetings, watching old Charlie Chap- lin movies and cartoons, playing card games, and catching up on the local l gossip by the way of Activity Period. l The amiable atmosphere and variety of scheduled activities satisfied the T mood and interest of every student in one way or another. fir l 'C 't I l W3 2 T 5 F' W 11:4 ffm, at ,mn-sf,f,,. is Qs ,Q A 1 afar., i 4 E ,, it ,Is-,,. Ak., -T 113 Barbara Taylor learns a new pastime during an Activity Period crocheting session. C25 Relaxing, playing spades , and sharing a little gossip are Linda English, Thelma Linton, julia Richardson, and Charlie Mae Mack. C31 Mellow music is Barry Phillips' escape from the day's worries. C45 George Williams, lames Galloway, james Richburg, Ferris Williams and james Green find Activity Period a perfecttime for jamming . Student Life 3'l

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WDX Y Disc jockeys Lead Seniors In Raising 574,300 Placards, water pistols, and kazoos marked the opening of the senior mag- azine campaign in October. Senior homerooms were divided into two teams, Charlie's Chargers and Powell's Pistols led by fun-loving WDXY disc jockeys, Charlie lay and Bob Powell. Chargers and Pistols were herded into the auditorium prior to the campaign to receive the maga- zine sales pitch and to take part in boisterous, spirit-raising, team rivalry. After four weeks of pacing the Sum- ter community and peddling popular magazine subscriptions, the senior class raised approximately 514,300 Charlie's Chargers outdistanced Powell's Pistols in the stretch to claim high sales honors, but Will Bynum topped all seniors and won the grand prize of 55100 by selling almost S600 worth of subscriptions. The profit earned from the '72-'73 magazine sale was used to finance the school's yearbook, newspaper, and literary magazine. 4, W t QW- VIJ Gleeful Pistols lead their team in a victory yell C25 Charlie lay challenges his chargers to establish a new record in magazine sales. C35 Brian Borry devotes his free time tabulatlng subscrlp tion sales. C47 The door to door solicitation tired many seniors but Connie Shorter Greg Alford Liz Woods, and Theresa Heinmiller find that the endless money counting is a bit tedious too 30 Student Life

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nyffffw Maj. Gen. james Revives Waning Patriotism On Tuesday, November 11, the au- ditorium filled with students expect- ing another monotonous, uninspired Veteran's Day speech. However, that was not the case, for Major General Chappy james, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, delivered a speech that made even the most in- different sit up, take notice, and mark hisinspiring wordsfor days to come. Through the stirring account of his personal triumphs and defeats, Major General james planted new seeds of patriotism and revived new hopes for the American Dream. 32 Student Life