Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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STAFF. Anne Gilliam, ’19 Editor-in-Chief ASSOCIATE EDITORS Sadie Zimmerman, ' 19 Sarah Cooper, ’20. Edward Meakin, ’19 Exchange Editor Emily Roper, ’21 Alunani Editor Ernest Williams, ' 20 Boys’ Athletic Editor Lelia Drewry, ’21 Girls’ Athletic Editor Mary Nichols, ’20 Head Reporter Samuel Reinach, ’20 Business Manager Ramsey Leigh, ’20 Assistant Business Manager Irvin Eigenbrun, ’21 Second Assistant Business Manager Eugene Bain, ’20 Circulating Manager Horace Woodhouse, ’20 Assistant Circulating Manager Robert Budd, ’21 Joke Editor Hettie Ellis, ’21 Art Editor Published six times during the school year, at regular intervals, by the pupils of the Petersburg High School. Subscription price: 50c. per session; 10c. the single copy. Address all communications to Petersburg High School, Petersburg, Virginia. Entered as second-class matter at postoffice, Petersburg, Va. Att Appeal to % Alumni. The “Missile” has been doing everything within its power to arouse the alumni to an interest in their Alma Mater. Through our “Alumni Notes” we have showed our graduates that we are following them even though it be across the seas. In our last issue of the “Missile” a new scheme was tried to make our alumni wake up. Wallace Ridout, of the 1916 class, started a series of ar-

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20 The Missile For the pedestrian, foot paths were made on either side of the road with frequent stepping stones so he might cross to the other side above the mud and dust of the wagon way. There were also seats made by the mile- stones for the convenience of travelers. Blocks of stones were made for the horsemen to mount and dismount. Fountains and watering troughs for men and cattle were made by the springs. Some of the roads went one hun- dred years without repairs. In the construction of the road first a cut was made of sufficient width and depth to hold a filling which varied with the nature of the soil. The earth at the bottom of this cut was made level, and upon this was put the statu- men, a foundation of course stones not too large to hold in the hand. Over this was put the rudus, a nine inch layer of concrete made of broken stone and lime. Over this came the nucleus, a six inch bed of fine concrete made of broken potsherds and lime in which was set the dorsum or final course of blocks of lava or some other hard stone. This was furnished by the adjacent country. These blocks were laid with care so as to leave no seams or fissures to admit water or jar the wheels of vehicles. On less traveled branch roads the agger seems to have consisted of a thick course of gravel instead of blocks of stone. The Flaminian Way, constructed by censor Flaminius, led from Rome to the North. Aemilius Lepidus, consul for the year 180 B. C., con- structed the great road which bore his name through the new colony of Bononia to Placentia. This was a con- tinuation of the Flaminian Way. Augustus knit the empire together by building a net- work of well paved military roads over the remotest parts of the Roman world. All of these roads were used for sending supplies to the frontier and the massing of troops in the shortest time. Lois Barnes .

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22 The Missile tides describing his experiences in Uncle Sam’s navy. This shows that at least one graduate is thinking of the place where he received his start in life. After Mr. Rid- out completes the account of his experiences, we purpose to have an article or letter from one of our former stu- dents published in each issue of our magazine. We hope that this will help to make them take as much interest in us as we have in them. We keep track of them, but it is surprising how very few of our alumni think of us enough to subscribe for the Missile, which some of them have even helped t o published. If the alumni only knew what an influence they could exert over the present pupils, we feel sure that they would not hesitate in using it. The pupils will see that boys and girls who have left school many years before still love it, so why should not they who are in it love it? Once get them really to love their school and half the work is done; it will be a very great impetus to harder study and more interest in the school activities. We are very willing to work for something we love. So wake up, you alumni, to your obligations to your Alma Mater. a. g. Class ©rgamzatimt. Girls, we want you to become more interested in Y. W. C. A. work. School spirit must be increased in this way, and let us have a larger number of girls as repre- sentatives of the High School in the Y. W. C. A. work. You have seen the good results obtained by the Friend- ship Club, which has been the active club of the school and in which only a small number of our girls are repre- sented in comparison with the large number in the school.