Jefferson High School - Acorn Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Mrs. Helen S. Rewis Mrs. Mildred S. Sadler Latin, Advisor, Junior Acorn Magazine Classical League Voice of Christian Youth Quill and Scroll Mrs. Mary H. Richardson Mrs. Lecy H. Smith Advisor National Honor Society ‘ The I, rs Of A 1 gses Bob Bowman, Shalmir Glenn, Nancy Wilson, reading of Richard Ill. Mrs. Ruth J. Staton Miss Jean L. Umberger The Jefferson News Quill and Scroll Senior Counselor Mrs. Lottie W. Tice Mrs. Dorothy S. Walden Junior Red Cross ii ag : and Mary Ricks take part in a Senior class Mrs. Elizabeth O. Ward Guidance Mrs. Virginia D. Wood Junior Y-Teens

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Jefferson’s largest department, English, counts eighteen teachers, offering sixty regular Academic, General, and Commer- cial English classes. In addition Mrs. Cronise teaches special reading classes; Mrs. Staton, World Literature and News- paper production; Mrs. Sadler, Creative Writing and Staff work for the Acorn Magazine; and Mr. Cohron, speech classes and related stage activities. Our students enter various drama, forensic, and writing competitions, usually winning honors. Alice Estes, Judy Kessler, and Jimmy Korte have been recognized as Virginia 1960-61 win- ners of Achievement Awards by the Na- tional Council of Teachers of English. Our Publications always receive high ratings at Southern Interscholastic Press Association (SIPA) and in the Columbia Press Associa- tion listings. This year the Acorn Maga- zine and Jefferson News received Medalist Awards at Columbia. Our one act play won District and state honors, as usual. In Mrs. Nina Cooper’s first period Sophomore A class, Mrs. Katheryn Young, student teacher, and Bill Mangus distribute new books. Norma Milam is in the foreground. Mrs. Cooper’s three Sophomore and one Junior classes have this year purchased over two thousand Scholastic paper backs for their name libraries. Mrs. Ruth B. Dorsey Chairman, English Department Mr. Joseph W. Cohron Speech, Drama, Advisor of Thespians Mrs. Nina S. Cooper Mrs. Sadie D. Cote Miss Ruth M. Cronise Reading Improvement Coordinator, Advisor of FTA Mrs, Elisabeth M. Drewry Yearbook, Advisor of Quill and Scroll Miss Sarah C. Goodwin Advisor, of Voice of Christian Youth Mr. Perry E. Mann, Jr.

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Mrs. Florence C. Stump Chairman Mathematics Department Advisor F.T.A. Mr. Donald Bartol Guidance Coach Varsity Basketball Mr. James W. Bishop Coordinator of Guidance Mr. Marshall Denison Wrestling Coach Mrs. Stump, Sonny Noell, Ben Owens Miss Margaret Fisher and Bill Hoffman discuss math without bothering others working independently. Mr. Arthur H. Freitag Margaret King, Judy Kessler, Wayne Jesse (first row) and Peter Munger, Judy Williams, Danny White and Bill Turner waste no time in second period experimental programed trig class.