Fairfax High School - Fare Fac Sampler Yearbook (Fairfax, VA)

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The words and pictures of the 1956 SAMPLER help you remem- ber that NOT SO LONG AGO you attended a Fairfax High that . . . Was a personality, not a structure 8 Exemplified knowledge and guidance 10 Gave us five of our best years 22 to reach the top of the ladder 24 to become responsible leaders 44 to gain necessary confidence 52 to be recognized as a class 62 to explore new fields of knowledge 72 Offered more than books and homework 82 Promoted sportsmanship and spirit 110 Assured us of happiness and good times 142

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JB. • w flEfl Hp p 1 1 1 An accumulation of six weeks, report cards, dances, committees, and friendships — a year to recall as one of the best years of our lives! . . . The dread of tests and ring of early morning alarm clocks will be forgotten then . . . Time makes many changes . . . Students will come and go . . . But for us Fairfax High will always be the same — the same as it was when we laughed and learned together . . . We grew this year . . . Some grew wise; others, foolish ... Yet we were bound together by a common love for the Fairfax High that was ours NOT SO LONG AGO.

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We pledge in u?wd and deed Fairfax High School is a symbol of many things — a mixture of chalk and daydreams, adolescence and maturity, the development of the human mind . . . Some see it as a group of buildings, a structure of bricks and mortar; others, more fortunate, know it as a proving ground of personal worth — a blue- print for life, an institution dedi- cated to learning ... It has taught us disappointment and frustration as well as achievement and suc- cess ... As time passes, corridors and classrooms will become hazy recollections somewhat erased as the intangible goods of Fairfax High gain meaning. Our school skillfully combines our dreams and ideals with reality and for this GOOD taste of life, we dedicate this XXI volume of the FARE FAC SAMPLER to our Alma Mater — Fairfax High School.