Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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language codes to express meanings of messages Every word of this brief essay fits students at Valdosta High School. In classes they assumed demeanors of propriety and learned the different levels of language: literary, formal, informal standard, colloquial, regionalisms, dialect, jargon, slang, vulgarisms, and barbarisms. They thought teachers should use informal standard language. And they used this level for speaking and writing for class activities. But once the bell rang and they started flowing out to change classes, their conversation became private. Any teacher catching a snatch of such an exchange might have been mystified by You know, what’s her face, What it be? or Oh, she’s preppie. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP. LEFT: David Parker. unior class president and emcee lor the Miss VHS Pageant, asks Kellie Strickland one ot the telling questions OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP. RIGHT Donald Dilliplane noses in between Jennifer English and Laura McRae after the newly crowned queen goes backstage OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM. LEFT: Kim Wright, after receiving her crown and roses denoting students' choice ot her as Homecoming Queen, leaves with her escort. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM. RIGHT Kelly Schroer. Miss Valdosta High School lor 1980. rides on top ot a car driven by Ferrell Scruggs in the Homecoming Parade LEFT Barbara Butler gets earned away by the spirit at a pep rally ABOVE Vic Hartman seems to be lost in a private world while he crops pictures for the SANDSPUR 7

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Seniors Dedicate Yearbook to Tough Guy When seniors vote for the teacher they want to remember with the SANDSPUR dedication, they reveal many aspects of the personality of their class. Instead of sweetness and light, this year's group voted for toughness in all of its connotations. This word in its modern meanings signals superlative qualities — the best of its kind. This connotation fit Coach Marion Butch Brooks. In a more traditional way the word suggests virility and demanding power. Seniors classified Coach Brooks as a tough teacher and a tough coach for football and baseball. Tough may also connote someone or something that is hard to handle. Coaches and teams from other schools certainly found that this meaning fit Coach Brooks. In the eight years that he was on the faculty and coaching staff at this school, this versatile teacher-coach combined all of these connotations. Seniors appreciated his winning ways with sports. They noted his always jovial manner. He was, to them, a tough image. And they hated to say goodby to him when he left at the end of winter quarter to become head football coach at Washington. Georgia. ABOVE: Coach Butch ' Brooks exchanges a few choice words with an umpire TOP, RIGHT: One of Coach Brooks's assignments for several years was teaching driver's ed. Perhaps the young lady receiving instruction will remember this shot BOTTOM RIGHT: After the Wildcats end a winning season. Coach Brooks and a cheerleader share a mo- ment of triumph.