Franklin County High School - Animo Yearbook (Rocky Mount, VA)

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THE FACULTY LOOK 10 THE FUTURE ““There will come a day!’ To all of us this expression means the realization of personal am- bitions, or the vision of hopes and dreams fulfilled. What does it mean with reference to Frank- lin County High School ? One does not need a crystal ball to visualize our building in its final form. The gymnasium and cafeteria wing is already under construction. We hope for the completion of a unit of fifteen additional classrooms by September. The auditorium should be ready for use by the middle of the 1951-52 school year. We shall then have a school building three times as large as our present plant, and one of the most beautiful and complete high schools in the state. As soon as adequate classroom space is provided we shall complete our consolidation pro- gram. Under this plan the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades will be brought in from other -schools. This will give us an enrollment of from eight hundred to a thousand students, and place us on a par with other large city and consolidated high schools. Of first importance is a wider and richer offering of courses. We hope for Diversified Occu- pations and Distributive Education programs for those students wishing to work and attend school under a coordinated plan. Our program will include an expansion of the science department to include physics; of the home economics department to offer a wider range of experiences for homemakers; of the commercial department to provide commercial training for a larger number of students; and of the school workshops to provide manual arts training for all eighth graders and others wishing this type of work. We foresee a summer school for those finding it necessary to take make-up or additional classwork. This will include a summer counseling and guidance program arranged to give stu- dents and parents an opportunity to contact the school to plan for the students’ work for the com- ing year. We look forward to the time when we shall have a school newspaper published exclusively for own school, and a yearbook worthy of the highest awards. Beginning with September, 1951, we shall have a modern school cafeteria with a feeding ca- pacity of eight hundred persons. We are planning for a well organized activity program, with opportunities for each student to belong and become active in some worth while club. : We foresee for our school a brass band, an orchestra, anda glee club second to none in this section of the state. These should provide a wide range of musical experiences and serve as a means of building fine school spirit and morale. There will be a regular auditorium program, utilizing school talent along with well selected troupes from the outside. . Our gymnasium will be the envy of all who see it. There will be shower and locker rooms of the latest design, and physical education activities unhampered by weather, no matter how foul it happens to be. We can see a lighted football and athletic field with ample seats and parking space for im- pressive crowds of spectators----to be used not only for intermural, but also for intramural sports. These will include football, baseball, volleybali, outdoor basketball, tennis, badminton, hockey and track, We can see our library open to the public during the summer, with all the outmoded and un- suitable material removed, and the shelves filled with books that are bright and new and spark- ling and tempt us to sit and read, and read, and read! These are some of the ‘‘things hoped for ’ by the faculty. We may confidently expect them in the not too distant future. A. O. MORAN CO. .

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MISS DOROTHY SISSON B.S. in Home Economics Home Economics Co-sponsor, F.H.A. MRS; GLYDE R, TURNER B.S. in Education Roanoke College English Sponsor, The ‘‘Animo”’ Sponsor, ‘“‘“F.C.H.S. News”’ MISS ELSIE TURNER B.S., Longwood College English, Social Science Sponsor, Junior 4-H Club MRS. IDA P. TURNER Blackstone College Science, Mathematics Sponsor, Junior 4-H Club MR. H. A. WATSON B.A., Lynchburg College Vocational Agriculture Sponsor, Fh. Ay Radford Women's Division of V.P.I. FACULTY

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SENIOR MEMORIES At last the day had arrived! Although we dignified seniors had very much enjoyed our last summer be- fore we faced the cold world alone, we were secretly glad to be starting school, It is thrilling enough just to be a Senior but to think that we would be the first group to graduate from our beautiful new school made us even prouder. A new experience to us was the handsome gray lockers that lined the halls, and we couldn’t wait until they were assigned to us and the combinations tried. This year we had many new experiences to share. Football practice had started before school opened and we were anxiously awaiting our first game. There was no cause for anxiety because our Eagles finished the season with four triumphs to only three losses. At our last game, Muriel Motley, ‘‘our very pretty Se- nior’’, was crowned ‘‘Miss F.C.H.S. of 1950. ’ And how glad we were to see our Student Body President, Billy Cooper, who just that morning had returned from the hospital, present the roses to the Queen! With all the new things, however, there was still the old habit of the same old gangs going to the Steak House after school. The ‘‘something new’’ that we lost, which was reflected in the sad faces of the girls was Richard Brown , who got his greeting from Uncle Sam after only a few months of teaching. One of our class wasn't satisfied just to get that diamond on her thitd finger left hand. She went and tied the knot before she could graduate. Although the months had passed rapidly, we were glad to see the Christmas holiday roll around for the last time in our high school life. After the holiday, we were getting ready for mid-term exams and also the basketball games were just getting well under way. What we lacked in winning the games, I’m sure the players and cheerleaders made up for in fun. I know they'll never forget those trips on the crowded bus. Many of us had a gay time at the Beta Club Convention that was held in Roanoke in March. Those Betas are noted for being smart but they aren't ‘squares’ either. Old but ever new, a custom of the school, but always new to the class in whose honor itis given: The Junior-- Senior Party, Seniors, all together for probably the last time, enjoying their last party given by the on-coming Se- niors. And then comes the biggest mo- ment to every Senior class. Gra- duation! The seating, the program, the theater decorated just for us, and, last of all---the scroll that means The End. GECILMOVGE BARBARA SKINNELL Mary Ann Drewry Vice President Secretary VALERIA CLEMENTS BOBBY COOPER Treasurer President THE MART RESTAURANT