Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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smdei, smug larged by a stadium, wings for the library and gym, and a shop annex. The Junior Yard is building Scholarship to improve the students' mindsg Citizenship to strengthen their charactersg Friendship to widen their horizonsg Leadership to de- velop their personalitiesg Sportsmanship to advance their ideas of fair playg and C-ood-fellowship to warm their hearts with the joy of living, 5

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1 l Nik I '7!:e Wand Baile!! '7!ww7J1iZuf '7!uu49hz', A FEW BLOCKS AWAY from the Senior Shipyard is the site of the Junior Yard, Newport News High School. Here the pur- pose is to prepare young people for the voyages they may take, whether to college or into a business or trade. Since 1891 when classes were opened for secondary educa- tion, the enrollment has grown to 1,409 students and 75 teachers. The present building, erected in 1924, has been enf 4

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'7f1e Meihacf of G 'an 94 Ifwwwd OH THOSE LUCKY knds In school thunk the hard working shlpyard em ployees sometlmes l wlsh I were back In school Oh those lucky men nn the shup yard sigh the hard studying hngh school students C nt walt trll lm out on my own Just who are the tortunate ones? ln the shupyard men report at 7 oclock and get busy wuth tools machines steel fittings and cranes In the Junior Yard students report at 8 45 and dag wnth papers penculs and books Both must glve their grey matter some exercise If they want to get ahead Both have those tough slow moments when the plate won t tlt or the prob lem won t check Both have those tleet :ng gay moments when they eat and hear the town gossip ln one yard the long awauted sound IS the 4 o clock whustle an he other the b At the end ot a shnpyard worker s day he goes home eats and relaxes wath his paper The student oo goes home eats and relaxes He turns on the ra duo whats thus? Margaret Whltnng slngnng Homework l Want to do Homework Ohhh Who are the fortunate ones? Well the grass rs always greener In the other mans yard X wx WX Yx s w 'VW Q., wg, . . l 1. f - ll ',,,,fJi+ ll I - Il '- . ' . . ' I It A 11 - ' r ' ll . V . I 11 - - ' I - . . ,, . . . I , . g . ,V ll G I - 1 - I 1 l 1 ' ,, 3:30 ell. - - I I - 1 ' I ' L I ' I I 1 1 I ' ' I ' ' - ' lj . ' ' II I ' I I ' ll ' - ll In , , , . - . . . ' ' ll II - 1 I II II 4.1 .V 4 ,WL .K z. l' -I .3 .:' fum X . it Ve GL! 4 ,. , 12- .. oy f. M N, H ii .ix tt-I 'fur . W O ' t N . V , ' . O ' - , Y 5' 321.933, 1 tw r, z . VL' 5, -. . , ,A X, sh. ,xxx 11 ff s l x V - ' Q I' I 1 1 ,lk . 45 ' A N l . . , ' ilu ' 1 , 'A 1 , A QPU N , X' RX 1 Q- Y' f. 3 ' '. ,fl V' Ogg MX, ff N. A Q x ff f Qt' rr - 1 y ,jv I X if -qw' f Q I x I W ' f