LONGVIEW, Texas — Etched into the cover of the 1971 Longview High School yearbook is a scene of high school normalcy.
Students, some carrying books, walk down a hallway, maybe headed to the next class or to meet friends in the library. Look at it long enough, and you might hear their conversations — talk of weekend plans, the approaching prom, an overdue homework assignment.
Flip through it, and there’s more of the same.
Football players sit side-by-side as cheerleaders behind them shake their pompons, whipping up school spirit at a pep rally.
Students with lowered heads fill rows of desks in a classroom, pencils in hand, as time ticks away to complete a quiz.
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