Jefferson High School - Acorn Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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,,. ,, 5: '1 -... ..-1 x--,-as .aa 2.- , 2 - Q - - Q 0 -' 7 The Seniors above are unable to suppress their excite- left, is giving out collars, and Richard Martin, right, ment over the arrival of Graduation caps and gowns, pretends to award white cords to Honor Graduates, and therefore try them on immediately. Steve Hodges, Deaf fe1?2'f'J'01z This is Jefferson-your school and mine. This is the place where we study. dream of the future, learn good sportsmanship and team unity, Where we develop our various talents, swear eternal friendship, develop spiritually, and learn tc appreciate the world into which we are moving as adults. , fo Mae. - l l - a

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i L '-z. QD J , . wg-g as - -- -N1 nseamih ': ffl.-5' vnefdisf ,iggqg Ysfrfgarfk, D -15 1' i To Jefferson, the biggest school we had ever known, we came as strangers. Sopho- mores spend the first year getting to know each other, getting acquainted with new subjects and new teachers. Juniors, with that feeling of newness now ipassed, settle down to accomplish the wonders long dreamed of. A Seniors, old friends now, are themselves sur- ., mal w A prised at thefeeling of closeness that springs if J -if up, within so large a group. The only sad thing about graduation is the going away, friend from friend. This loss is keenly felt when seniors sing for the last time together - Dear Jefferson to thee . . . . T - -as Becka Quinn, Gwen Coleman, Harriet VVillianis, and other f 1 Q students take advantage of the rare opportunity for a snow battle. , A 1 W sf 4- ,ng All students eagerly await lunch time at Jefferson. Our on the last shifts get really hungry. Pocketbooks ap- lunch schedule is divided into seven periods and those pear to be the main course at this table. K 1 If 1 is .A , V2

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JEFFIIEQ HRC KJKHIEFUL ,..-x .rf .wsu Q wi' Pictured above are Mr. Houston B. Sizer, Man ager of Student Activities, Mr. Jerald R. White, The most important people at Jefferson are its students-this year 1755 of themg 685 Sophomores, 566 Juniors, and 504 Sen- iors. Provided by the School Board to help them are the Principal, the Assistant Prin- cipal, the Director of Student Activities and their staffsg the facultyg the cafeteria ladies, and the custodial staff. Mr. Harold M. Secord, Principal, and Mr. J. R. White, Assistant Principal, have the Assistant Principal: and Mr. Harold L. Secord, Principal. joint responsibility of determining and ex- ecuting policy and regulations, of establish- ing the curriculum and assignment of stu- dents and teachers, and of representing Jef- ferson to parents and the public in general. Their assistants, Miss Edna Chesney, Mrs. Una White, Miss Barbara Grasser, do all the surface things that we notice-such as answering the phone and sending us the thousands of messages for mothers and em-