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

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Gave Polished Performances TWO SYMBOLS of a senior, the class ring and the :ap and gown, are admired by Ring Committee Chairman Joyce Fenton, and Cap and Crown Com- mitee Chairman Nelda Cobb. GRADUATION REALLY seems near when seniors begin ordering their pennants and invitations Jean Tappan, chairman of the Invitation Committee, and Carl Kemper, chairman of the Pennant Committee, are ready to put samples on display. FRANCIS HULL, chairman of the Motto Commit- tee, places his original mottor, We build for char- acter, not for tame, upon the bulletin board as Jo Ann Merritt and Richard Pulsifer watch. CJ. :mia f.Q V Qlw-rnclsr. CLARENCE HILLINC-, Color Committee Chairman, visits a local florist with Lenora Miller, chairman at the Flower Committee, Here they are looking at gladioli and carnations which were chosen as the senior class flowers.

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Senior Cfiicers in Leading Roles TAKING TIME from their official duties, senior of- ficers pause for a moment at the entrance of the Creek Theatre. For this play only, Cecil Underwood and Caroline Crutcher, Honor Council Representa- tives, Bobby Sterling, treasurer, Jane Peirce, sec- retary, Ronnie Jenkins, vice-president, and Ralph Whitley, president, assume the roles of spectators rather than leads. AFTER JUDC-INC auditions, Senior Assembly Co- ONE OF THE highlights of the senior year is the prom, the responsibility of which rests upon the Senior Dance Committee headed by Rosemary Joyner and Jean Roberts. Chairmen, Caroline Crutcher and Claude Barfield, run over the musical score for the annual senior assembly.

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Aided by Veteran Actors Dear Seniors: One phase of your life is complete. The vacancies you leave will be taken by countless others but the memories are left behind to challenge them in an attempt, some day, to reach your place in life. You are entering another phase of life. In it you will meet strangers, make friends, work, establish homes, and be- come a part of your community, What part you play in thi drama is entirely up to you! Yours can be a leading part oi merely a minor one but be sure it is well played no matter how great or how small! Remember, nothing can be better than your best. J. C. RANGE MR. J. C. RANGE The Class Sponsors Seniors of '53: Congratulations upon having achieved the long awaited and aspired goal of completing your high school education. Although many of you have more years of school ahead, the majority of you are now to be on your own. Many people try to advise and alarm you by assuring you that the adult world into which you emerge is cold and cruel. You have experienced this world. Though in school you have lived a somewhat protected life, this is life. You have worked hard at times and relaxed or loafed at other times, you have been happy and sad, inspired and disgusted, successful and disappointed. Life was abbreviated here, yes - but real. Did you find it cold and cruel? Few of you found it so. lf you did, could the fault lie within you instead of without? Just as a lamp will brighten the darkness, a flame will warm the cold surroundings or a small amount of matter will tend to fill a vacuum, so you can brighten, warm, and fill the world around you. The world around you cannot remain dark nor cold, nor empty if you are filled with spiritual light, warmth and affection for others, and enthusiasm for living. l challenge you to live life to the utmost. My every good wish for your success. Sincerely, PATSY DALE Miss PATSY DALE