Douglas Southall Freeman High School - Historian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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is N. Moments, hours, days of living - this is the time School's opening reveals itself giving assembly breaks the ' in many ways at Douglas format of a usual morning, Freeman. Lush paths appear a spirited pep rally brightens in the grass in front of DSF as a gray afternoon. But for the the lawn mower grooms the most part, hours spent at campus for returning stu- Douglas Freeman are a time dents. A rested Rebel vaca- to write, to discuss, to think. tioner lifts a sun-faded beach Often a daydream replaces a towel to a top shelf. A hope- formula, eyes shift from a ful football coach sorts and chalky blackboard to a soft assigns uniforms to eager rain falling unnoticed on the Rebel athletes, soon to share annex roof. An idle Freeman- the district crown. Soon after ite gazes at a new crack in students climb the cement the back wall, old initials steps of Douglas Freeman that lodged in a desk top, or a for- first day, life settles down to gotten calendar still showing a regular schedule. A Thanks- the 1962 graduation day. 3

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Student Life . . Organizations Athletics . The Classroom The Classes . . Senior Directory . . The Community . . The Index . 6 22 60 82 98 138 152 'I83

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.ci Classroom, outside activities spark life at Douglas Freeman Within the classroom Rebels find pop quizzes and home- work all a part of the daily routine. A pensive biology student dissects under the ever-vigilant eyes of an alert instructor. A senior English class acts out Elizabethan drama. A government class contrasts Communism and the principles of American freedom. Life at Douglas Free- man reaches beyond the classroom. Before school, Rebel athletes assemble with coaches for pep talks and strategy plans. Band mem- bers liven up the early morn- ing spirit with a rhythmic march at a before-school pep rally. After school, a staff room light burns late as a dedicated iournalist seeks in- spiration for an urgent edi- torial. A Rebel cheer, not yet polished with practice, re- verberates through an empty hall, the murmur of voices drifts from a lighted room as a confused student seeks help from a devoted teacher. In a dark auditorium, a Rebel ac- tor repeats a faulty line, a talented pianist practices.