Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Photo by Gorner Walker

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Lines Help Move Students Through Year Students formed many lines this '85-'86 school year. They swayed as seniors sang the alma mater and the drill team per- formed. And lines of students clasped hands in silence as they joined in mourning America's Space Shuttle Challenger crew. Pep rallies provided laugh lines on Fridays. Teachers performed skits while the chorus and band provided the music. Freshmen lined up on the front row of their new classes on the first day of school. Their upper- class peers were content to take a back row seat. At the front office, students lined up along the stairs as the flu bug took heavy tolls each day. Frequent bomb threats forced students to line the campus for sometimes an hour or more. Although computers have tak- en over much of the load of reg- istration each quarter, lines still formed in the gym as students searched for electives. Before school started players, managers, cheerleaders, and coaches took their place in line as photographers recorded Pic- ture Day at Cleveland Field. Clubs and organizations filled the school calendar with a line- up of dances, car washes, and bake sales. Poinsettias lined the front office in a colorful seasonal display before the Key Club de- livered them to area nursing homes. Signs announcing such events as homecoming, wrestling matches, yearbook sales, the talent show, and sweetheart dance lined the hallway each week as students moved through the year.

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Seniors Honor Webster’s gives the following definition for the word dedicate: addressing or inscribing some- thing to someone as a mark of respect or admiration. Seniors had both respect and admira- tion in mind when they over- whelmingly selected Mr. Ansel Cox as the recipient of this years' Sandspur dedication. In his social studies classes, Mr. Cox successfully combined dry Dedication Of Special Teacher humor, anecdotal lectures, and honest concern for his students. These qualities have earned him the respect of a wide variety of students and faculty and most especially the senior class. Today's young people are not easily fooled. They appreciate honesty and sincerity in adults. Seniors realized early that Mr. Cox was always interested in them as young people, as friends, and as students. His hos- pital visits when they were ill and his adjustments of homework as- signments during special times were just part of his honest con- cern. He was never too busy to help them. In dedicating their yearbook to Mr. Cox, seniors may have had in mind one of his favorite sayings. They made his day. ABOVE: Mr Cox and Mr Ralph Guarino share a moment between classes ABOVE LEFT: Mr Cox gives his undivided attention to Julie Burns' question. LEFT: Mr Cox helps Gradon Pierce with his assignment as Kathy Oliver. Mike Wite. Marty Graves, Andy Griffin. Dawn Zager and Lineasia Holland work on theirs. 7