Lane High School - Chain Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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In 1901 Mr. Hugh L. Sul- fridge was graduated from the College of William and Man’, and two months after his graduation, became prin- cipal of the Coeburn Graded and High School. In 1911 he accepted Ce position of principal in a school in Stone- ga, Virginia, where he staved for two years ; then he went to Appalachia, and remained there until 1919. For the next ten rears he was principal of the Big Stone Gap High School. After receiving his M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1929, he be- came principal of Lane High Watson, Perry, Gleason, Hartman, Snyder, Robinson, Balz, Hawkins, Dettor, Quarles, Mann, Perkins, Johnson Offi Leers School, a position which he holds at present. Since he. assumed his duties in September, 1929, he has been the president of the Vir- ginia Education Association, a member of the Legislative and Executive Committees of that association, and is a mem- ber of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Virginia Summer School.

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Dr. James G. Johnson Superintendent At its March meeting, the City School Board re-elected Dr. James G. Johnson for his twentv-sixth year as super- intendent of Charlottesville Schools. He has held that po- sition continuously since June 1, 1909, shortly after receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. During Dr. Johnson’s term of service in Charlottesville, three public schools for white children and a new high school for the colored have been add- ed to the two original struc- tures. Since Dr. Johnson has seen the rise of the local school svs- SCHOOL BOARD W. Allan Perkins MEMBERS Albert G. A. IIalz W. Towles I )ettor W. I Inn-: Gleason Fran k It 1 1 art man B. Lee 1 1 aw kins Gertrude Mann Randolph 1 1 . Perry |. Cuv Quarles 1 1 a r k v 1 1 . Rom n so N William 1 1. Snyder Robert A. Watson tern which we find today, he is Chairman signalizing this development by the publishing of a com- plete school history. The his- tory will cover the official ac- tions of the school board and superintendent, lists of teach- ers, development of courses of study, text-books, state board regulations, and legis- lative acts with reference to education. The history will give a complete picture of the growth of education in Char- lottesville from the time of the one-room school to the present.

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ADA LEE BERREY MATHEMATICS Sponsor of Student Council B.S., Harrisonburg State Teachers College; University of Virginia Summer School CLARENCE JOHN MARTIN BLUME ENCI.ISH Sponsor of Literary Contest and Bumble Bee A.B., Newberry College;; University of Bir- mingham, England ; M.A., University of Virginia LUCY WEBB BROWN LIBRARIAN A.B., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; University of Virginia LILLIAN STUART BUTT H IST0RY, MATHEMATICS Sponsor of Girls’ Hi-Y Martha Washington College; Virginia In- termont College; B.S., M.S., University of Virginia MARTHA WALKER DUKE BIOLOCY B.S., M.A., Columbia University; University of Virginia GEORGIA MAY ELGAR MATHEMATICS Sponsor of Chain M.A., Mount Holyoke; B.A., University of North Carolina; University of Virginia; Columbia University Summer School; Hunter College Summer School MARY IRENE GARRISON ENCI.ISH Sponsor of Girls’ Athletics B.S., Harrisonburg Stale Teachers College FOSTER BAGWELL GRESHAM ENCI.ISH Sponsor of Sophomore Class and Midway Student A.B., Randolph-Macon College; M.A., Univer- sity of Virginia; Princeton University