Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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flam Game ' With fyi, 7a School This, Uncle Sam, is our high school. Although the main building was completed in 1924, the wings, housing the boys ' gym on the south and the library in the north, were built in 1939 Both the main portion and the wings are constructed of cream-colored brick, with the facade in typi- cal Corinthian style. Then, too, because our our city has no other civic auditorium, the school double-duties as both an institution of higher learning and a gathering place for the citizens of our fair community. Here you see the front of the school as it appears on the night of a high school play, a Community Concert, lecture or any of the many other night meetings. The lighted windows, Uncle Sam, may quite possibly denote the class-rooms in which night-school classes are being conducted, as on two or three evening a week, adults are given the opportu- nity to take refresher courses, or work for degrees, in any number of subjects! 6

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Itiau+id Oub Gitif . . . AS YOU CAN SEE by the first two pictures, the big word in Newport News is ships. This is a picture of our famous James River Bridge — a draw bridge of four and nine-tenths miles connecting our peninsula with the Smithfield side of the river. For twenty years it has stood as one of our more fa- mliar landmarks. THE MARINERS ' MUSEUM is a museum of mariners ' equip- ment from ships to silverware. Established by Archer M. Hunt- ington in 1 930, it now stands as a loadstone for tourists who flock to our peninsula. WHEN THE Newport News men came back from World War I they were reminded of their Paris ventures by march- ing through our own Arch of T riumph. VICTORY 1 918 5

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And Abound And A Lout LIBRARY: Our school library is one of the largest and most complete in the State, and con- tains more than 16,000 books. In addition to two full-time librarians, a staff of student assistants works there each period. ANNEX: Built in the north court in 1946, our shop annex houses the metal and machine shops, complete with the lat- est and best equipment needed in both of the courses. STADIUM: Now that we have night lights in Saunders ' Stadium, we can hold all our home track-meets and football games, even night meets, right on home territory! OFFICE: In the office, all the high school business is transacted, and students go there for tardy slips, sick leaves, and those needed recommendations for jobs! CAFETERIA: On the double-duty list is our cafeteria. We not only eat here at lunch time, but we dance here on the nights of special school dances. TYPICAL SCENE: In the spring, a young man ' s fancy, Uncle Sam, but this is one of the sights seen in our halls all year ' round 1 7