Albemarle High School - Peer Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Eliot i J ,Fl . U 3 li f .Y , 3 r of XJ Xi Q V ix Xlbf' SX-tgjl s ig axe U :xx XV i, goreword For 1962 Peer is dedicated to the cause of making us, the students of Albemarle High School, more conscious of the memorable past of our state and that of our county. We are quite surrounded with living remin- ders of this historical background. This year, 1962, is the two hundredth birthday of Charlottesville. This makes our theme for 1962 very appropri- ate, for we must bear the responsibility for this two hundred years of history. Albemarle County, in particular, has an abundance of its own brand of long-ago deeds and events. Though these are often attributed to folk- lore, most of them are solidly factual. The staff of The Peer has attempted to point out here some of those things which have made our county's half- legendary heritage so great a foundation for the future. The County of Albemarle came into being in 1744. Formed from a part of Goochland County, it was named in honor of the second Earl of Albemarle, William Anne Keppel, who was the governor-general of the Colony of Virginia. At first Scottsville was made the county seat, but it was changed to Charlottesville in 1761. Charlottesville was officially laid out and made a town the following year. Typical of our county's background is the origin of Shadwell plan- tation, east of Charlottesville. The four hundred acres of this estate com- prised what is now Shadwell, Jefferson's birthplace, and much of the surrounding land. All this property was purchased for just nine gallons of punch! William Randolph owned two thousand four hundred acres of land in the Shadwell area. Peter Jefferson had acquired the one thousand acres adjoining Randolph's estate but was unable to find a proper homesite on it. As the two men were friends, Randolph sold Jefferson the four hundred acres, the price being stated as Henry VVeatherbourne's biggest bowl of ar- rack punch. The bowl chosen was not an ordinary bowl. It was six feet around and held nine gallons. It was greatly valued even before this important trans- action, for it was made in the Japanese town of Arita, purely as a work of art. It belonged to a Japanese prince, traveled to America on a trading vessel and came at last into the possession of a Virginia family. Ifldeed. its history did not stop with the land transaction. The Arita bowl was used in the White House by President William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison. It is now in the possession of Horace Burr, president of the Al- bemarle Art Association. Everyone has heard the story of Jack Jouett's ride. While he is no riv- al for Paul Revere as a national hero, he holds a secure place in the affect- ions of Virginians. He can be claimed by Albemarle, for it was across our county that his horse raced toward Monticello. Another such figure was Dr. Thomas Walker of Castle Hill, Walker was instrumental in laying out the town of Charlottesville, but is remem- bered more vividly in connection with Tarleton's Raid. Tarleton's swift- riding soldiers paused at Castle Hill for breakfast, whereupon Dr. Walker bent his mind to delaying them. He was quite successful. The great men of Virginia are legion-Washington, Jefferson, Lee, Monroe, Jackson, and innumerable others. Thus the monuments are myriad. There are names of towns and counties, the statues of Lewis and Clark, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, Tarleton's Oak, Jack Jouett's Drive, and most vividly, the restored homes of Jefferson, Monroe, and Henry. Monticello, in particular, is the special pride of its locality. Its beauty and ancient splendor graces the hillside on which Jefferson himself had it built. Virginia can point with justifiable pride to the deeds of her sons- past, present, and, it is to be hoped future. Will this generation, our gen- eration, contribute as others have? VVhat higher goal can anyone aspire to? If Virginia is to hold its place, to progress, to do its best by its people and na io .owe m reach star-s an led oal. 7' .N P gfiff: Q lx if Eftiffei N s -SSW. Ji, -C X U 'S P r-Jig ross gWwfg.s.s fs B w -S is WS. is, fir 5 is 5 iii, RQ, --' YA ESQ 75 is EEE Ql35?m'iN3R.tb'r..' te J -We we we . ,V Xolkg e?'si'bQlrlQ7 -,353 6 Q if it FN'-rife f 1 Z 2 l 3 i Arita L Iwi., 'e Burr ra 5 E L Home of

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