Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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27 leon hairston Virginia state college, b.a. government norman jenkins randolph-macon college, b.a. social studies roiand lewis Virginia state college, b.s. history mary niebuhr towson state college, b.a. history robert powers Cornell university, m.a. government margaret syme mary Washington college, b.s. history reese tucker waynewawner university of Virginia, m.ed. Virginia commonwealth u., b.s. geography history mr. lewis appears perplexed at the answer of one of his students. mrs. fredrick closely inspects john anderson ' s history paper. academics

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academics 26 history is always beginning anew even though the earth is infinitely old, each day brings new events to our world, these events affect everyone today, just as occurances of the past had a great impact upon the people of those times, regardless of the past, we start each day as if we’ve only just begun. this year the history department at phs sought to reflect upon the past, stay informed about the present and possibly predict the future, the teach- ers made history and government come alive for the students, while also showing the relevance of present events, each event, both past and present did indeed prove to be of consequence to each student. leon adkins new york university, a.b. history mildred caldwell Virginia state college, b.a. government florence coleman hampton institute, b.s. geography robert e. davis north Carolina central, b.a. geography col. powers listens intently to barbara Wilkinson’s oral report. nancy downey westhampton college, b.a. history josephine frederick kansas state college, b.s. history Cordelia vaughan and mrs. caldwell occupy themselves in government class.

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academics 28 the arts generate interest within phs “bonjour” and “buenos dias” were probably two of the most widely used words this year at phs. speaking foreign languages was fun and different for phs students. different languages were proven to be relevant to today’s world, teachers pointed out the usefulness of lan- guages in communicating and understanding people, with the aid of patient teachers, many students were able to grasp the proper meaning, correct spelling and careful pronunci- ation of the different languages taught at phs this year. mrs. broughton teaches henry branch the correct spelling of french words. martha broughton william and mary college, a.b. french allison brower macalester college, b.a. french william richardson Virginia state college, a.b. french june Smallwood mary Washington college, b.a. latin barbara vinson longwood college, b.a. Spanish Patricia wells Virginia polytechnic institute, b.a. Spanish