Denver South High School - Johnny Reb Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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' H One of the most unusual, interesting and dedi- cated personalities of our faculty is Madame Combs, who has been teaching at South for thirty years. Born and educated in Bordeaux, France, Madame Combs taught in a junior college in France before coming to Colorado as a French war bride in 1919. After teaching at Manual for four and one-halt years, she moved to East in 1924 and then to South in 1930. To her many students at our school she brought a rich and authentic background and a thorough knowledge of French customs and culture. In 1935 Madame Combs instituted a series of biannual trips which enables chosen students to tour France and see the life of the French people. Through these tours the students have the oppor- tunity to visit France more completely than the average tourist, and the French become acquainted with the representative American Teenager. For her work in bringing a closer understanding be- tween France and the United States, Madame Combs was decorated by the French Consul in 1938 with the Purple and Silver Award of the Order of the Academic Palms. Madame Combs, with a twinkle in her eye, is able to draw the best from a student. She teaches him how to study effectively and then enriches each night's lesson through her personal knowledge of the French mind and culture. With her many stories of the French and their way of life, the study of this people's language takes on a vivid color. For the service you are rendering both to your native cmd your adopted lands and for the guid- ance, discipline and stimulus you give to our young minds, we dedicate to you, Madame Combs, the 1961 IOHNNY REB.

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The shadow ot death which passed over these Rebels had made them an immortal example and a guiding light tor future generations ot Americans. Students who read these names, a few ot the thousands on the roll call ot the mighty, can feel a sense ot awe in the great sacrifice that they made. From their hands we have received the torch ot treedom that we may light new paths ot human experience.