Botetourt High School - Post Yearbook (Gloucester, VA)

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TO THE MOTHERS AND FATH¬ ERS WHO HAVE LABORED SO UNTIRINGLY FOR THE EDU¬ CATIONAL WELFARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR NEIGH¬ BORS’ CHILDREN AND TO ALL CITIZENS WHO HAVE AIDED IN BRINGING OUR SCHOOL SYS¬ TEM TO SUCH A HIGH STAND¬ ARD OF EXELLENCE, DO WE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME. 2

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The DUAL Annual cl Al chilles — B otetourt High Schools GLOUCESTER COUNTY VIRGINIA Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editors Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Treasurer J. Walter Kenney E. D. Flory, J. E. Smith W. L. Creasy D. J. Berger Ernest Hambrick

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The DUAL EDITORIAL Gloucester County is built upon a past beautiful and sanctified by a true patriotism and a holy devotion to service. In times past, when her fields ran red with the sacred blood of her young manhood, she bore up patiently and bravely. In every conflict in which our country has engaged Gloucester has sent the flower of her youth to battle for the right, and in every instance the noble young men played the part of the true and brave Virginians that they were. If brave men and virtuo us women make a county great, then Gloucester is great, indeed. Though rich in the glories of the past, happy and prosperous in the present, she has caught the spirit of progress and looking into the future she sees the vision of a better day and by following conservatively the star of hope, with an unfaltering faith and courage, our county will ere long be great in every way beyond the expectation of the most sanguine. We boast of a splendid climate, fertile soil, a happy and intelli¬ gent citizenry. Our people still cling to the landmarks as their guide and stay. The true reverence for the higher and more lasting things is evidenced by them upon every occasion. Faith in God, love for country, a fine belief in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man are taught around the fireside, in the Sunday Schools and from the pulpit. Our system of public schools is improving rapidly. Consolida¬ tion has brought about increased efficiency. The school buildings and other physical equipment measures up well with the sister counties of the State. Our two modern high schools, with excellent faculties, are doing a fine piece of constructive work. These two high schools have been recently the recipients of most favorable comment from both the State Department and the Federal Bureau of Education. Four¬ teen per cent of our white school population is in the high schools. These schools are yearly sending young men and young women into the different fields of usefulness, a large percentage continue their education in higher institutions of learning. The community leagues 3