Jefferson High School - Acorn Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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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.

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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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On the Bridge HIS has been a year of tension and strain. Much has taken place beyond the ordinary—events that have necessitated radical adjustments. Faculty and students alike have made their adjustments and accepted new responsibilities with courage, poise, and good judgment. F aculty and students alike have gone into the armed forces, war industries, and civilian defense, and have helped in the rationing and conservation programs. Nevertheless, the in- structional program has gone on with even more seriousness of purpose. Other changes and adjustments must come, but Jefferson has demonstrated that it can and will measure up to emergencies, as they arise, with energy, en- thusiasm, and efficiency. (pn A Cadibe Ae Principal, Jefferson Senior High School.