Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Service through Organizations msfumiii mmmm Unity Among the Student Body Achievement in Academics MICHAB. FALLS CHURCH

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This Was The Year WE WILL REMEMBER Page 6 Participation in Activities

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On September 4, 1945, 522 excited students entered Falls Church High School for the first time. Each one felt the thrill of its newness and was anxious to explore every part of the building. A few months earlier, on May 18, the corner¬ stone was laid. It contained wine for strength, corn for growth, oil for wisdom, a roster of Presidents of the United States, a Bible, a copy of a United States history, and a list of the original students. Students soon became acquainted with the building. There were two shower rooms, two dress¬ ing rooms, a multiple purpose room, fourteen class¬ rooms, a home economics department, commercial department, two laboratories, and a library. Also, 450 lockers were ordered which arrived in March, 1946. In September of that first year, plans began for the presentation of the first printed yearbook. A printed book in an attractive binding carrying the school colors and abounding in pictures which will truly depict the people and events of the school year is being planned,” said Jaguar ’46 Editor Rita Crone. The famous Falls Church High band began with practice sessions during third period. In those days the band consisted of one saxophone, a set of drums, two clarinets, one trombone, one cornet, and one girl member who played the piano. The school was proud of the band itself, but heads swelled a little more at the thought of having three vocalists also. The Jaguars compiled a 4-6-1 record in football that year. They stomped Manassas Vocational School 20-6, but lost to Montgomery Blair, 6-0. Other rivals included Culpeper County High School and Charlestown High in Charlestown, West Virginia. The basketball team didn’t fare so well then. Their record was 0-5, bowing to Fairfax twice, 57-14 and 60-19. Even twenty-one years ago, students inquired about an honor system. A committee was set up to write an Honor Code. This code remained in effect until March of 1966. The October, 1946 issue of the Jaguar Journal reported: At the present there are 246 boys and 276 girls enrolled in the school making a total of 522 students. This is a grand school now, but after it is completed, no better school will be found, not only in this state, but in any other as well.”