Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Senior Honors Cap Year's Hard Work Four years of pushing, studying, striving for grades, and making self sacrifices for school activities paid off in the honors garnered on Honors Day for the class of 1972. While most awards honored individual excellence, per- haps the most meaningful to the seniors was the spirit tro- phy earned by the class as a whole. Signifying participation, loyalty, and enthusiasm in school activities, the trophy is the hoped for prize of each class. Robert Orr, president of the Student Council, made the presentation of the award to Michael Simmons, senior class president, amid the cheers of their fellow seniors. To honor the individual efforts of forty-six seniors for maintaining ninety or above averages for four years of hard study, gold cords became the possessions of honor graduates to wear with their caps and gowns. Finishing as the three top honor graduates meant special recognition for Margaret Espinosa, Melanie Eanes, and Re- nee Smith. Margaret achieved the rank of valedictorian by a fraction of a point above that of salutatorian Melanie Eanes. Picked as the Best All-Round Senior by a vote of the faculty, Stanley Bounds served his classmates as vice-presi- dent of the senior class and as quarterback of the football team which made the seniors number one in Georgia and in the nation.

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Crowns of Glory Some are born great, some achie ness, and some have greatness thri them.” — Shi Honors Day . . . tense excitement . . . agonizing suspense . . . well-earned praise . . . proud parents . . . tranquil satisfaction . . Honors invoking pleasant emotions for years to come. 1972: Robert On. Nancy Rogers. Stanley Bounds, and Melon Eanes represent Outstanding Teenagers of America. ABOVE: It 1928, doss leaders posed in the same manner.

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TOP: Honor Graduates: FIRST ROW: Shirley Norman, Dorothy Tewell, Laura Jones, Maggie laMontagne, Micki Folsom. Jani Miller, Donna Pius. Margaret Espi- nosa, Gwen Stickley. Elaine Fame, Deborah Fletcher. Ruth Oliver, Kristy Rowell. SECOND ROW: Sherri Teffeteller. Ann Watson Ussery, Mary Henry, Becky Mc- Donald, Suzanne Gomto, Mary Jane Beck. Patricia Jeter, Debbie Classman, Pam Stevens, Lynn Polonsky, Renee Smith. Karol Hendrix, Annette Norris. THIRD ROW: Woody Leonard, Ken Newlin, Melanie Eanes, Bill Cowart, JoLynne LeFiles, Brenda Ward, Stanley Bounds, Susan Guldens, Jack Jenkins, Susan Bolen. Mary Alice King, Pearce Scott, Nancy Rogers, David Slowik. BOTTOM: Chosen by their teach- ers as being among the outstanding members of their class. Jack Jenkins, Melanie Eanes, Margaret Espinosa, and Maggie LaMontagne stand waiting for the names of their fellow superlatives to be called. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Valdosta High’s top three honor graduates, Renee Smith. Melanie Eanes, and Margaret Espinosa, receive plaques for their scholastic at:hievements. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM: Mike Sim- mons, senior class president, accepts the coveted spirit trophy from Robert On. presi- dent of the Student Council. 15