Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL BOARD OF CULPEPER COUNTY, Left to right: Mrs. G. B. Shadrach, Cedar Mountain District Miss Minnie Burton, School Board Clerk; Mr. Fred Huffman, School Board Chairman, Salem District; Mr. Paul Hounshell, Superintendent of Schools; Mr. J. A. Covington, Stevensburg District; Mr. R. M. ' VC ' illis, Catalpa District; Mr. James Button, Jefferson District. SENIORS 1949 The value of your school experience depends upon your ability to select, grasp, and hold on to worthwhile things and, at the same time, to discard those which are undesirable. It is my sincere hope that, while in public school, you have received a foundation upon which you can build a happy and successful life. Diiision Superintendent of Schools. t, I Mrs. L. N. Warren Mr. Charles W. Weisiger, Jr. Miss Esther James Putnam B.M., Juiliiard School of Music; B.S., M.A., University of Virginia. B.S., Mary Washington College of New York University; Barnard Director of Instruction. the University of Virginia; Rich- College. mond Professional Institute. County Supervisor of Music. Visiting Teacher. J 8 b

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ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Culpeper County has always been fortunate in having men of outstanding caiiber to take the lead in civic and military affairs. An outstanding figure in the early history of Culpeper County was General Edward Stevens, nationally known for his part in the Revolutionary War and respected by his fellow citizens for his interest in local and state affairs. At the commencement of the Revolution he commanded with distinction a battalion at the battle of Great Bridge. Soon afterward he was made cobnel of the 10th Virginia Regiment with which he joined General George Washington in the north. At the Battle of Brandywine he saved a part of General Washington ' s army from capture. He distinguished himself at Germantown, and was made a general of Virginia Militia. He served with gallantry at Camden and Guilford Courthouse. At York- town he performed important duties, and throughout the Revolution he possessed the respect and confidence of General Washington. He was a member of the senate of Virginia from the adoption of the state constitution until 1790. General Stevens also had the honor of casting the first electoral vote of this district for General George Washington for president of the United States. % General Stevens gave the land adjoining his family burying ground to the Freemason Lodge for the Masonic Cemetery, as it has been called for over a hundred years. General Stevens also gave the land on which was erected and now stands St. Stephens Episcopal Church and an acre on which to build a Presbyterian church. In the following section we present the leaders of Culpeper High School today, the adminis- tration and the faculty members. In fulfilling their duties, they are comparable t o the early leaders of Culpeper County. In the picture two seniors read the inscription on the slab over the grave of General Edward Stevens in the Masonic Cemetery.

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ADMINISTRATION Mr. J. H. Combs M.Ed., Duke University. Principal. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL No greater reward can come to a school and its faculty than that the graduates of that school become worthwhile citizens of the community, state, and nation. To that end are the energies of the faculty directed. To that end must you — seniors and undergraduates — direct your efforts, and when, as you surely will, you have found your position in com- munity life, may you regard your high school as an institution which gave you help and encouragement along the way. Then will this book, prepared with such diligence by the staff and sponsor, afford you endless pleasure and serve to keep alive priceless memories. Miss Elizabeth A. Griffin B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia Secretary to Principal. i 9 y