Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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WPHS PRESENTS . . Today television is the center of the home life, all members of the family being interested and influenced by its varied presen- tations. We watch programs dealing with literature, history, science, and religion; also, we are informed of the latest happen- ings and events in our world today. Television is one of the great- est forces of education at the present time and in the future will surely assume even greater importance and use in our schools. Because of its prominence and influence in our lives we, the staff of 1958, feel it to be appropriate to organize our Missile as a television presentation. four

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MISSILE ' S EMMY AWARD Mr. D. Pinckney Powers, our beloved English teacher, has been a good friend and teacher to many students since he came to Petersburg High School in 1921. Mr. Powers received his Bach- elor of Ai ' ts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Vii-ginia. Before coming to Petersburg, he taught at McGuire’s School in Richmond, Virginia. He has been the advisor of the School Weekly News and, as a pianist, has been active in music circles in Petersburg and Richmond and, at present, is the organist in the First Baptist Church in Petersburg. Mr. Powers is indeed appreciated by his students, past and present, for his impartial aid and advice. Because of his excellent teaching, his pupils have gone into institutions of higher learning and along different roads of life with a better conception and un- derstanding of the English language and English literature. Even more important than this, however, Mr. D. Pinckney Powers, with his high moral and spiritual ideals, sense of humor, and keen ap- preciation of beauty and the finer things of life, has been an inspira- tion for the students of Petersburg High School. With pride and affection, the Missile staff of 1958 dedicates this yearbook to Mr. D. Pinckney Powers. six