Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Open School Veer Like a wheel of fortune, opening week at Valdosta High School predicted an exciting cycle of events in store for the new year. Student Council members, along with the Sandspur and Dosta Outlook staffs, set the wheel in motion by giving a tea for the teachers in the school lunchroom on Wednesday of preplanning week. On the first day of school, a fresh-off-the-press issue of the ’Dosta Outlook lay ready in home rooms for each student. To implement their “howdy campaign,” Stu- dent Council members directed bewildered sopho- mores and other newcomers to their classes. New Sandspur staff members started going around in circles later in the week when they helped last year’s staff distribute tbe 1967 annuals. OPPOSITE PAGE: Past and present students excitedly mingle to receive 1967 annuals. BELOW, LEFT: Jani Shirah and Patti Huckaby serve teachers at faculty tea. ABOVE LEFT: Bewil- dered sophomores seek directions from Student Council members. ABOVE: Students. minus text- books, spend opening day getting adjusted. 17

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Ssh Mice Play While Ca! fs Near! Sludenla Surprise Principal As quiet as mice they crept from room to room to ask, “Have you collected any money?” They were home room representatives, class officers, and anyone else brave enough to risk the “mouse trap” of one hour for roaming the halls during home room period. For a week before the special chapel program on November 22. students and faculty joined forces to finance a surprise gift of a cashier’s check and an engraved silver bowl which read, “Howard Bridges, VHS’s Be§t Friend, from the students of 1967.” All of this—the secret gathering of money and purchasing of gifts—was part of a “slick” operation designed to honor Mr. Howard Bridges, principal of Valdosta High School, for his thirty-nine years of not-so-quiet motion, but of his active duty and faith- ful service to Valdosta High School. Senior class president Paula Buckner, speaking for the entire school, presented the gifts. Mr. James Copeland, history teacher, supervised prep- arations for the occasion. TOP, LEFT: Mr. Bridges slops in amazement at the auditorium door. Mr. W. C. Nunn, superintendent of the Valdosta City Schools, directs him into the auditorium for the big surprise. BOTTOM LEFT: Senior Class president Paula Buckner presents Mr. Bridges uith the gift certificate. TOP, RIGHT: Mr. Bridges beams with pride when he receives a standing ovation from the student body. BOTTOM, RICHT: Mr. Nunn congratulates Mr. Bridges. 18