Jefferson High School - Acorn Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Dedication “Chere is no Frigate Like a Book” E WHO stand on the threshold of a troubled world, impatient to play our part, harrassed by events around us, find ourselves seeking, from time to time, to gain some equilibrium in a world of calm and relief. Because she has made us at home in such a world—a world of books, be- cause she has helped us to experience the thrill of research, and because she has stimulated us along the delightful paths of good reading, we dedicate, with appreciation and affection, this Fiftieth Anniversary Issue of the Jefferson High School Annual, THE ACORN, to Dorothy Storey Watson

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Effort Physical education has been empha- sized greatly. The new inner system is taking the possible future rejectees of selective service and building them up while they are still in high school. The necessity of First Aid has been proved repeatedly, and a new emphasis is placed on this training through Phys- ical Education classes. An army fights on its stomach. Jef ferson girls are learning to keep army stomachs in A-l1 condition through nu- trition classes and with the aid of several white rats. Air raids are be- coming part of the Jefferson students’ daily schedule. We have become accustomed to them and are very serious about the possibility of real blitzes. Jefferson has its own civilian defense organization. We are at War! Jefferson students realize this and have rallied to the call. Forming a bond between school and community, Jefferson students assist the war effort in innumerable ways, and help to awaken their elders to the threat to our way of life. Tor: Air raid drill. CENTER: The track team collects paper for trip expenses. Bottom: First Aid training in the gym. (Heaven help the victim )

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u” RESENT ARMS,” is the order given a squad of Marines. The bugle notes of To the Colors” float across the tropical sea. Every sailor topside faces the flag and salutes. The flag is slowly hauled down and stowed away. With this simple but significant ceremony, the Navy pays tribute to its flag and all it symbolizes. The making of an all-round sailor is a difficult job. The Navy has a definite program which broadens and enriches the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of the individual. The eventual success of such a program depends entirely on the attitude of the recruit and the way in which he accepts the training given him. The training of the high school student is not unlike that of the Navy recruit. The simple school flag ceremony tends to teach devotion to the country and the need for a serious attitude, so much desired in the well-rounded student. The high school boy and girl needs careful guidance, for it is in these school years that lasting impressions, which play such an important role in later life, are formed. A certain amount of discipline is needed, as is a deep understanding between student and school. The aim of the school program is not merely the assimilating of subject matter, but the producing of hardy citizens who are capable of serving their community and country to the extent of a definite contribution to society.