Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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n ill Mrs. Beatrice Goodwin Jerrue was born and reared in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, where she participated in basketball and cheer- leading during high school. She continued her education and became a champion debater at Morehead State College. Her teaching career began in Kentucky and continued at William King High School in Abingdon. Since 1959, when Abingdon High School opened, Mrs. Jerrue has coached de¬ bate teams (the affirmative and negative teams won the state tournament one year). sponsored the junior class, instructed for¬ ensic contestants, taught social studies and speech, and served as chairman of the social studies department. After June 1976, she will have more time for her hobbies, playing bridge, reading and writing poetry, and enjoying riflery, dogs and horses. Students have commented, M She knows history . . . She knows her students . . . She inspired me to read and become aware . . . She is a friend. She checks the roll book atyhe Reading NEWSWEEK magazine, she marks all beginning of each class period. the important articles for her class. The flash of a camera astonishes Mrs. Jerrue as she teaches U.S. History to the juniors in 1968. Mrs. Jerrue takes her glasses off to rest her eyes after reading the morning newspaper which she uses in teaching current events.

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Above: Phil Bradley and Donnie Fleenor. Bottom Left: Jackie Atkins.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident , , . Life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- piness in education had an early beginning. The Puritans, filled with dreams of the good life, realized that their ability to conquer the wilderness lay in their children ' s pre¬ paration. From the NEW ENGLAND PRIM¬ ER, the Blue-backed SPELLER, and Mc- Guffey ' s ERADER to the OREGON CUR¬ RICULUM, the youth of our nation have been challenged to conquer the wilderness of ignorance. Sometimes we could not see the wilder¬ ness for the trees, obstacles that slowed our progress toward quality education. Life was not easy in the hot August sun. Coaches met prospective athletes for long hours of building the 1975 version of Fal¬ con football. A week later the rest of the administration met to sharpen the educa¬ tional saws and prepare to clear the wilder¬ ness for about thelve hundred eager studtlers. Athletics ... 8 Clubs . . .56 Activities . 88 Academics . . 110 ■%4 T ' People . 143 ] ! A,. • A dvert i se merits . 218 The Nature Trail is maintained by the ecology classes in the Science Department. Mr. Mike Lethcoe, coordinator, supervises his class as they take notes on £heir observations.