Lane High School - Chain Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION . . SENIORS . . UNDERCLASSMEN . CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES . . STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS . SPORTS . SPECIAL FEATURES . . ADVERTISEMENTS . 5

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FOREWORD The 1960 CHAIN takesthe occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the year when the first CHAIN was published to make the theme of this forty-second issue of our annual Charlottesville's high schools through the years. We have tried to suggest this in our cover, in the endsheet drawings of Lane and old Midway buildings, in the pictures and art work on the divider pages, and in an historical sketch on pages six and seven. Yet the main purpose of any single issue of a school annual is to record the life of the students, in word and picture, in the current school year. This we have done by pic- turing our students working in all school departments, including some Lanites in train- ing jobs in the vocational programs of our Business, Distributive Education, and Voca- tional Education Departments. The social activities centered around semi-monthly dances in our gym, and homecoming. Band and choir concerts and sports events have been covered till the end of February. Student government groups and all student clubs were vigorously participated in. A very active French Club was formed in January. Our student body voted to bring over to be with us next year aforeign student, asking that he come from southern Europe. Summer delivery of last year's annual permitted us to cover the whole 1958-59 year. Returning to our usual plan of spring delivery means that this annual can cover only two-thirds of the school year. The most serious omission is spring sports, which must await coverage in next year's annual. Pleasant lookin', you all! 4

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FROM MIDWAY Midway Building In 1890, twenty years before the CHAIN saw the light of day, Charlottesvil1e's first high school was organized. The site was the old Midway Building on Vinegar Hill. The purpose was to prepare public grade- school pupils for college. Two resolutions of the school board at its organizational meeting, held August 8, 1890, in the office of the Chief of Police are interesting: both Boys and Girls shall be admitted and taught . . . studying in different rooms. There shall be 2 Teachers, a Principal and Assistant, the former to receive S80 a month and the latter S65 for nine monthsl' The first subjects taught were Latin, German, French, history, and mathematics. The school opened on September 10, 1890, with thirty pupils attending. Classes re- mained small and no changes were made in the curriculum until 1909. In that year Mr. James G. Johnson became school superin- tendent and addedabusiness course of study. New subjects offered were typewriting, sten- ography, b o okke e p i n g , and commercial arithmetic. In 1924 the Charlottesville High School was renamed Lane High in honor of Mr. James W. Lane, principal from 1895 to 1919.