Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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dreom of o school come true. Dr. John F. Owens, Minister of Roleigh Court Methodist Church, in his dedicotion proyer, December 17, 1961, summed up eloquently the feelings of us oll: We thonk thee for those who hod the vision to see the need, ond the couroge ond foith ond spirit of devotion ond socrifice to undertoke this greot enterprise ond corry it through to this glod consummotionf' The School Boord's letter of intent wos written June 29, 1960. Ground wos broken on July 10, 1960. And on September 5, 1961, twelve hundred of us Cproud fresh- men, sophomores, juniors ond seniors, odministrotion officers ond foc- ultyj reossigned from other schools, moved in. We've been here o yeor now ond we love it! Courtesy--The Times World Corpo t

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' 0.7 O even while the buildings were under construction and while the faculty worked with new concepts of curriculum, that we as a class and student body would have to change many of our previous ideas and accustomed ways. We knew that Mr. l-larold L. Secord, principal of Jefferson for four years, would move with us to be principal and three new deans would be appointed. We began thinking of colors, nicknames, cheers, ring designs, seals, and uniforms for various groups that could be 'used at Patrick Henry. we wondered how the student government and clubs would be formed from the three units. - We discussed our new name, Patrick Henry, searching in every sourcebook for information about the well-known statesmanflfhe names PATRIOT for the yearbook, QUILL for the magazine, and ,STATES- MAN for the newspaper were chosen. After much debate we settled on the colors of purple, gold, and white. We dreaded the separation from our friends and a school that we all loved. We knew, however, that the change would require a tedious, industrious, and imaginative first year . . . and how right we were! 8