William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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'A man has to tie his own shoes' uniforms, drummers Isaac Chilton, and Mike Erdmann the tempo for a concert at Making minutes count, junior Karen Grogan brings her books outdoors to study for a final exam in English. : ..,-vv M! ,-. A lotto look back on 11

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Love is more than just a vocabulary word' hen you were little, you loved for many reasons. You loved because you didn't get dropped when you jumped off the four-step high porch. You loved because even though you colored outside the lines, your masterpiece was still hung on the refrigerator door. You loved because a tuck in bed felt good after an especially scary Twilight Zone or before the morning of your big debut as a Christmas shepherd. The four-step high porch doesn't seem so tall anymore. Coloring has made way for com- positions, and no one comes in now to pull the covers up under your chin at night. A lot has changed, but you've kept on lov- ing just the same. ,You love because someone did not choose the path to a dean's office or a college cam- pus, but thought the highest step to stand on was one where he could guide those in high school as they climbed. You love because someone takes as much time correcting your masterpiece as you took 'creating it, but still makes you feel that it's refrigera- tor-worthy. You love because someone still cares to tuck you in by making the time to listen, by taking the time to share. He is a gentle but demanding scholar, a master of the pun, the innovator of the English curricu- lum, a familiar face in the Flem- ing crowds, a one-time dean, and a lifetime friend. But it is not these titles, important as they are, that alone tell the story. lt is because, by his life, he has taught us that love is more than just a vocabulary word that we dedicate the 1976 Colonel to Mr. Charles L. Arrington. A Fleming graduate himself, Mr. Arrington waits for rows of his seniors to file by as the Capping Assembly gets underway. Q Dedication 13