Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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47 quill and scroll honors phs’s young journalists a national society for high school journalists, the quill scroll recognized students who contributed to the field of writing and publications. mrs. m. best was the advisor for the club this year, and she helped to reorganize the almost defunct club, the new members were initiated on february 23 this year, these 17 students were chosen by their out- standing work in journalism, also, they had to be in the upper third of their class, and had to be commended by a member of the fac- ulty. the admirable work of these students was certainly deserving of recognition, and their efforts were rewarded by invitation into the quill scroll. ji!l sheintoch and m. best serve cake and drinks to the newly inducted members of quill and scroll. , yi quill and scroll, front row: I. cox, p. pearson, s. poweli, h. bernard, m. parker, j. pace, second row: g. fauntleroy, t. ledbetter, d. warren, m. Schwartz, c. rubin. back row: m. ende, j. sheintoch, p. lum, p. laity, b. Wilkinson, r. martz, m. best. activities

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activities 46 nhs honors outstanding scholars at phs national honor society, front row: m. parker, j. carter, d. james, m. powers, j. jackson, t. ledbetter, p. kendrick, n. howard. second row: s. powell, I. laderach, g. walker, v. davis, c. ferrer, t. urquhart, s. lawrence, c. ehrenworth. third row: o. perkins, h. bernard, g. fauntleroy, j. sheintoch, a. goldstock, p. pearson, b. Wilkinson, j. Grumpier, r. martz. fourth row: r. draughn, p. lum, v. parham, p. laity, r. powell, r. Clarke, j. rooney, r. graboyes, p. david, s. stith. back row: t. Caldwell, j. frederick. the national honor society was an or- ganization for the recognition of out- standing students, scholarship, lead- ership, service and character formed the basis for selecting these students this year, also, the students were rec- ommended by a faculty committee headed by mrs. j. fredrick and mrs. t. Caldwell, the society’s sponsors. this year, the national honor society was extremely large in number with 37 students in the organization, these students fulfilled the prerequisites for membership which included a 91.5 or above overall average, these students were faced with the problem of reducing the size of the group, and, in addition, they chose a new standard for next year’s members, the national honor society proved to be an excellent way to recognize phs’s out- standing students. nhs members robert martz and jill sheintoch also get recognition in the quill and scroll.

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activities 48 missile staff initiates new ideas under two new advisors, mrs. n. walkup and mrs. e. hugate, the missle staff proved to be a group of hard working people this year. many changes were made in the or- ganizational setup of the staff to en- able the group to function more efficiently, the business staff was enlarged so that the selling of ads and patrons would be easier, this staff also helped sell missiles and class pictures. the literary staff voted to make the missile more modern this year, changing the colors and using a song for the theme were just two of many innovations adopted by the staff. entering contests also formed another realm of the 1972 missile, the students of the missile staff strived to make this year’s book the best yet. barbara Wilkinson tells paul kaplan how to get ads and patrons. missle staff, front row: j. kozak, b. Wilkinson, second row: v. tank, b. clary, d. james. third row: p. lum, s. lawrence, v. edmondson, j. jackson. back row: p. laity, t. urquhart, r. jones, o. perkins, p. kaplan.