Lane High School - Chain Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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. , Egg.. -.,.v.,,, , 1 i kt'A'i ki'-kirirink DEDICATED T0 Corporal Foster Bagwell Gresllam ol the Unitecl Skates Army, lvetter lznown as HColonel , 'klae Senior Class ol 1943 wislles to express its gratitucle lor Aklle service lle renclerecl Wllile llere at Lane anal 1 lor flue service lle is renclering l1is country now. 'ki' 'ki kir'A'1k1ki kir if

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.5 -n,., .q . .--1 ,,.,.. CORPORAL FOSTER BAGWELL GRESHAM Technician Fifth Grade

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ll V- 4- -l 1-- . LANE AT WAR America's youth today recognizes the responsibility and challenge which is facing them in the critical period of their nationls existence. The pupils of Lane High School have entered Whole-heartedly into the victory program. Lane has joined with thousands of schools all over the country in entering the Schools at War program, outlined and sponsored by the Treasury Department of the National Government, and with the Victory Corps Movement, whose na- tional leader is Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Like all the patriotic institutions, Lane High has modified its curriculum to meet the needs of a community desirous of making the best possible contribution to the war effort. During the state-wide scrap drive, over four hundred students participated in collecting over three hundred thousand pounds. Their efforts were rewarded by receiving second place honor from the state. Competition bond drives have been held in the school during the year. In the first drive, the students worked successfully to collect over twenty thousand dollars worth of bonds and stamps. Accommodating the sale, the Lane High School Band gave a concert for which the ad- mission was saving stamps bought at the school. To stimulate interest in the second war loan drive, in which over sixty-two thousand dollars worth were sold, the senior class sponsored a bond ball. Classes and organizations in the school nominated candidates for the queen whom the Mayor crowned at the ball. The Victory Corps, which has over two hundred members, is an organization to train youth for that War service which will come after they leave school, and to provide active participation of youth in the community's war effort while they are still in school. To meet the requirements for membership in the corps, new courses have been started which include emphasis on a pro- gram of physical fitness combined with military drill for boys and girls. New vocational courses have been offered to students who wish to participate in the victory program. These courses are pre-flight physics and mathematics, pre-flight aeronautics, and automobile mechanics. The call for boys and girls to help in the civilian defense corps was answered by many Lane students. There are seventy-three spotters, ninety air-raid messengers, and nine air-raid wardens. The Junior Red Cross held a campaign which over two hundred Laneites supported by their contributions. Under sponsorship of the National Red Cross and the homemaking department of Lane, girls knitted, made surgical dressings, utility bags, wash cloths, and aided in the col- lecting of coat-hangers. Every soldier declares that nothing means so much as to be remembered by the folks back home. Lane students brought cheer to former Lane students now in service overseas by send- ing them gift boxes at Christmas. Over two hundred dollars were spent on a total of sixty-three boxes. Tahese boxes were sent to service men in Alaska, Panama, Newfoundland, England, Ice- land, Porto Rico, Hawaiian Islands, India, Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and South America. With the inevitable goal of victory ahead of us, Lane students and teachers are working to- gether to bring that goal closer. I8l F l