JEB Stuart High School - Sabre Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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7 □ “Blessed is the man who has found his work.” OPENING

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OPENING □ 6 Progression. Did Rome look like this when it fell? . . . through size This year the size of our building was doubled. A larger cafeteria was built and eventually, we got a new gym. The new wing gave us some much needed room although we found that the halls had not widened and that the risk of being trampled had not diminished. For once, even upperclassmen experienced that uniquely freshman feeling of being lost. There were a few minor difficulties, as there always are: A few of us still froze or melted in the quonset huts while more of us began to bemoan the unpredictable heating in the new wing; voices of protests were raised when, after a month and a half of school, some of the new-wing homerooms still pledged allegiance to non-existant flags. However, for the most part, the year ran smoothly. And in the midst of these petty disturbances most of us managed to learn a little about something besides construction.

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OPENING □ 8 The written word. . . . through learning Not only did our building grow in size, but we grew in knowledge. We learned new words, new formulas, and new ideas; we read, we wrote, and we thought. In the classes the faculty taught us facts; outside the classroom our teachers and our friends taught us something about living. Longfellow said: “Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.” Some of us must wait for one, two or three years to apply this “Psalm of Life” to the reality of the world; some 485 others will experience all too soon the truth of Longfellow’s words. As these seniors go off to colleges and to jobs, they will learn quickly that growth does not stop when diplomas are awarded. Long after graduation all of us should still be achieving certain goals and always be pursuing others. “Seek and ye shall find:” the knowledge we seek isn’t limited to facts found in books. Living is learning.