Homer L Ferguson High School - Mariner Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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m7 Due to the combined cooperation of faculty, administration and student body, Ferguson has acquired high academic standards. The admin- istration and faculty are responsible for guiding the students toward their prospective goals. We, the students, are grateful to these people for their dedication to us throughout our years at Ferguson. The members of the faculty are graduates of many colleges throughout the nation. They have earned various degrees in numerous fields which qualify them as able instructors. Serving as advisors, many teachers contribute much of their time to academic and service clubs. Many teachers express their loyalty to the school by participating in such events as Stunt Night and the Faculty-WGH Microphonie Basketball Game. Most important to the efficient maintenance of our school are the devoted administrators. Their capable leadership and service are neces- sary to maintain order and carry out the school functions. Their advice, guidance, and coopera- tion will always be remembered. The Ferguson graduate is well prepared either to begin his career or to further his edu- cation. From the eighth grade the student is offered various electives along with required courses. A student has the opportunity to excel in any subject he desires. Advanced courses include modern European history, advanced composition, world literature, Senior math anal- ysis and genetics. Various clubs allow the stu- dent to further his interests in many subjects. Ferguson is fortunate to have the academic program prepared and presented by a dedicated faculty and administration. the foundation for learning. 15

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Our dedicated principals In taking this record of your 1965-66 school year home for inspection, you will find that it will recall different events, a variety of friends, some accomplish- ments as you read it in the years to come. You Seniors will leaf through it to polish the memory of months that stretch back to that time in your life when you never thought you would have a Senior picture in this annual. You will be able to reconstruct a ball game from some of the pictures; you will, in the years ahead, wonder what ever happened to this friend or that buddy. Eut Ferguson High will never be the same to any one of you. Doors open, and you step through, but you do not go back, unless in memory you learn anew from the past so that you can make mature judgments about your future. For some of you, this book is the final record of your last formal education. But I would say that there are other books, and your education should not stop so long as there is a book to be opened. For all of you, I should say that in the coming two years, you will know more about what there is to know than at any other time in your lives. To those of you who go on, this is but a record of my heartfelt wishes for fulfillment of your prayers and your dreams. For those of you who will find jobs, let me wish that you ' re always thinking and wishing for something a bit more, a bit better, for this is the stuff of which ambition is made. To those of you who remain at Ferguson, let me say that you Seniors have wrought a firm and proud tradi- tion in these early years of Ferguson ' s history as a high school, and we shall build carefully and well upon those foundations. Mrs. Mary L. Passage Principal