Crewe High School - Railroader Yearbook (Crewe, VA)

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Teachers monitor closed circuit TV instruction, supervise teaching machines, and moderate dis¬ cussion groups.. .Administration no longer troubled with maintenance problems—solar-heated, air- conditioned, dust-free buildings.. .Clumsy buses supplanted by solar-powered motorbicycles owned by students.. .Dispensers in halls provide nutri¬ ments, vitamins and mineral snacks between classes eliminating cafeterias... Psychologists and psychiatrists necessary adjunct to staff.. .Robots perform many jobs, however, age of metal occasionally superceded by hickory stick for guidance.

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As this new program materializes, more advanced courses in grammar, composition, speech, and math will be offered in the twelfth year. This year, for the first time, Crewe High School can boast a full-fledged physics class with an enrollment of 12 stu¬ dents, plus a newly-equipped laboratory. The latest improvement to be made in the physical property of the school isstill in the construction stage as this book goes to press. A mobile unit costing $5000 has been placed on a cement-block foundation at the rear of the main building, near the auditorium stage exit stairway. When com¬ S —After renovation plete, this unit will house one of the elementary grade classes whose room is now located on the main floor near the princi¬ pal ' s office. It has been rightly said that the principal ' s office is so small and crowd¬ ed that he hasn ' t room enough to change his mind. With the advent of Mrs. Eliza¬ beth Wilson ' s being assigned a twelve- month guidance roll, the need for additional room for counseling and record keeping has increased. The present second-grade room adjoining the office will be made over into offices. CREWE’S FIRST PHYSICS CLASS FIRST ROW: Mr. Wayland H. Jones (teacher), Linda Wilson, Jack Boswell, Gerald Ragland. SECOND ROW: Junius Pridgen, Billy Atkinson, Ray Barlow, Herbert Mayton, Roland Coleman. THIRD ROW: Johnny Irvin, Glenn Garlick, Herbert Wheary, Bobby Strum. The mobile unit under construction. 4 i

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A Smoothly Functioning School Depends Upon These Administrators H.L. BLANTON ROBERT P. VIA MISS LILLIE TUCKER Madison College Visiting Teacher Superintendent Principal Hampden-Sydney, University Lincoln Memorial University of Virginia M. Sc. in Ed., Longwood The Nottoway County School Board is composed of Mr. Garland Jones, Chairman (Nottoway), Mr. William Gravatt (Blackstone), Mrs. Helen Wil¬ son (Crewe), and Mr. Taylor Jenkins (Burkeville). Mrs. Jane P. Borum became Clerk of the Board in July, 1959, upon the resignation of Mrs. Edith Bolling who had been clerk for 17 years. Crewe school, as well as all of Nottoway County, regrets her untimely death in January, 1960. Mr. Via at his desk MRS. MARY K. CARY Office Secretary First Semester 10 MRS. ADELE HUBBARD Office Secretary Second Semester