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

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DEDICA TED TO. . . PRINCIPAL ROBERT MAI DM ENT, FOR YOUR DAUNTLESS EFFORTS AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION. Entering Neivport News High School with the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-three, Principal Robert Maid- ment, during the past five years, has surely known the feeling of fulfillment. As administrator, advisor, and friend, he has won the respect and admiration of the faculty and the student body. Mr. Maidment has encouraged balanced programs en- volving every phase of school life. Working closely with department heads, he has coordinated the courses to a pro- gressively better curriculum. Under his administration a variety of advanced courses, audit courses, and honor pro- grams have been offered to the students. A loyal fan and avid supporter of Newport News High School, Mr. Maidment has attended innumerable school functions and has participated in countless activities of the students. Whether beaming over a trophy, adding a spark of humor to an assembly, or seriously dis ' cussing the future of a student, he constantly radiates a feeling of well-being and pride.

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All are architects of fate Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. The construction of a house must follow the blueprints created by the architects. Therefore, the quality of the architects is re- flected in the quality of the house. Teachers are the architects of our structure of learning. For their students, they open up a world of color and form. In the classroom, teachers mold their students’ minds in the same way that fine architects create a well- planned blueprint. The first requirement of the blueprint is the foundation. The faculty of Newport News High School try pri- marily to give the students a firm foundation of knowledge which will support them for the remainder of their lives. After the architects have drawn the foundation in their blue- prints, they begin including little details which will make this structure differ from other structures they have created. So it is with the teachers. Having fortified the students -with the basic essentials of knowledge, they devote their efforts to fully develop- ing the individual tale nts of each student. The preparation which these students receive will determine the kind of world in which we will someday live. Thus, the faculty of N.N.H.S. are in reality architects of fate.