Lebanon High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Lebanon, VA)

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CLASSES “ The four happiest years of your life ” . . . the freshmen years the well-worn expression with mute acceptance or a cynical shrug; the senior echoes it with sincerity.

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SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND GUIDANCE First row, left to right: Miss Blanche Campbell, Mrs. Julia Bundy, Mrs. G. H. Givens, Mrs. James Gilmer. The mathematics teachers are Mrs. Giv- ens and Miss Campbell. Miss Tate teaches the Home Economic girls. Teaching the future farmers is Mr. Skeens in the Agriculture de- partment. To develop harmony among nations is Mrs. Griffith and Miss Elliott teaching in the foreign language de- partment. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Our business educa- tion teachers are Miss Elliott and Mrs. Meade. Our Physical Education teachers this year are Miss Johnson and Mr. Stuart. Adding spice to our school life is the different phases of mu- sic taught by Mr. White, Mr. Becraft a n d Mrs. Jessee. Our Library is under the supervision of Miss Fleenor. Left to right: Mr. Gordon Stuart, Miss Laura Johnson.

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CLASSES The Seniors, Class of 1954 — The Juniors, Class of 1955 — The Sophomores, Class of 1956 — The Freshmen, Class of 1957 Peculiar to each class is the different personality traits and the special func- tions of the students themselves for the school. The freshmen are the necessary new material bringing with them entirely different backgrounds and viewpoints. They are introduced to our high school life; and they learn to adjust to it. When they enter, high school is merely a world full of mystery; by the end of their first year they have served the initial apprenticeship and are ready to assume responsibilities. In their sophomore year they return to a familiar place where they begin to constructively lay down the foundation of their future development in school, whether it be scholastically, in activities, or in a general cultural back- ground. The sophomore has a touch of the personal superiority but not enough to be obnoxious to the upperclassmen or burdensome to the Freshmen, yet he has a sufficient amount to impress himself. The main responsibility of the jun- iors is that of being the incoming Senior Class. It is in this year that their time is spent in wo rking to fulfill their ambitions for high honors so that they can be attained when they are Seniors. The Juniors begin to concentrate on the scho- lastic major and to specialize. The Senior year marks the culmination of all these preceding classes. There are those who have obtained highly coveted scholas- tic honors. Yet, now when they have become the leaders of the campus the time has come when their thoughts and plans turn to the future. Perhaps he has gained all he expected to gain from high school, perhaps more, but in all pro- bability he has missed some of those honors and benefits he had hoped for. Yet, despite this, he has matured a great deal; he has learned to adjust to new ways and to live with widely differing people. School, in taking off the rough edges and training the students to think, has prepared them to start at the bottom again in the outer world, only this time they have a substantial background to guide them — a background which will anchor them to stability and better ser- vice their abilities.