Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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(1) Teachers sipping coffee furnished by the SCA before the faculty meeting. (2) One of those Algebra 4 humdingers is being prepared by Mrs. West. (3) Miss Doan and some of her Latin students, Susan Griswold, Cooper Pearce, Alli- son Stoneman, and Nancy Powell, examine the Missile. ( 4 ) The girls’ Physical Education class is being introduced to softball by Miss Kiser. ( 5 ) The study of biology goes from hamsters to a skelton in the closet. Asking Miss Ownby about the hamsters are Betsy Towler and Marty Willis. (6) Mr. Churn is telling his History 4 class how the Marines won World War II. (7) The slide rule is made easy when it is explained by Mr. Alexander. Looking on is Alfred Rucker. (8) Miss Inge and Mrs. Brown converse on Parent’s Day while Mrs. Brown’s little daughter, Jan, stands by. (9) The devotions are being prepared by Miss Rowe, the shorthand teacher. twelve

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MATH AND SCIENCE Seated: Ellen M. Moyer, Marion College, Longwood College, B.A.; Arithmetic, Plane Geometry, Gold Blazers’ Co-sponsor. Hayden Gwaltney, Wil- liam and Mary, B.A.; Geometry, Algebra, Junior Class Sponsor. Gwen Hardy, Longwood College, Colum- bia University, New York University, B.S.; Math, English. Eleanor Van Horn, Longwood College, B.S.; General Science, Biology. Janie E. Wood, Westhampton College, B.A.; Algebra. Standing: Hollis C. Fenn, Auburn Polytechnic Institute, University of Alabama, Alabama College, University of Virginia, B.S. in Science and Agricul- ture, M.S.; Chemistry, Science Club Advisor. James W. Sutherland, Randolph-Macon College, Univer- sity of Virginia, B.A., M.Ed.; Chemistry, English, Senior Class Sponsor. Kay Ownby, Westhampton College, B.A.; Biology. Georgia W. West, Randolph- Macon Woman’s College, A.B.; Algebra, Business Arithmetic. Patsy N. Newman, Madison College, B.S.; Arithmetic, Geometry, Freshman Class Advisor. Eurton F. Alexander, University of Virginia, B.S., M.A.: Algebra, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, Cir- culation Staff of Missile Advisor. John M. Leete, Randolph-Macon College, B.A.; Physics, Hi-Y Spon- sor and Science Club Advisor. Not Pictured: Jane W. Green, Greensboro Col- lege for Women, Richmond Professional Institute, B.S.; Biology. ENGLISH Seated: Judy M. Brown, Emory and Henry, B.A.: English, Square Circle Advisor. Frances Morgan, Longwood College, B.S.; English, French, Guidance Committee. D. Pinckney Powers, Uni- versity of Virginia, B.A., M.A.; English, Weekly News Advisor. Katherine Warner, Madison Col- lege, B.S.; English, Odd Girls’ Advisor. Rhea J. Dodge, Mary Washington College, B.S.; Librarian. Frances Evans, Longwood College, B.S., University of Virginia, M.A.; English, Missile Advisor. Standing: James B. Jean, James W. Suther- land, Lois C. Parham, Northwestern University, B.S.; English, Forensics. Anne Payne Stites, Fran- c es M. Stronach, Meredith College, Wellesley Col- lege, B.A., M.A.; English, Senior Section of Missile Advisor. Ann W. Abernathy, Longwood College, B.S.; English. Mary H. Holloway, Gladys Wil- kinson. Not Pictured: Lucretia Litchfield, Marshall College, B.A.; Speech, Assistant Librarian, Audio- visual Advisor. COMMERCIAL AND SECRETARIES Seated: Helen H. Brooks, Longwood College, B.S.; Shorthand, Typing, Goober Pep Advisor, Typ- ing Staff Advisor for Missile. Anne Scarborough, Madison, B.S.; Typing. Grace Boswell, Secretary. Doris Curlin, Secretary. Standing: Janie Lee Reynolds, Averett Col- lege, B.A., Mary Washington College, B.S., New York University, M.A., University of Virginia, University of Minnesota, Advanced Graduate Work; Bookkeep- ing, Guidance Director. Nancy Inge, Longwood College, B.S.; Stenography, General Business, Com- mercial Club Advisor. Ella Gordon Rowe, Mary Washington College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; Business Education. eleven

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GENERALS The “Dictator”, which is a 13” mortar used by General Grant to shell Peters- burg, Virginia, during the Seige of Petersburg, stands as a massive symbol of the intensity of the struggle between the North and the South in the final period of the War. Those dates were decisive, just as the final year of a senior at PHS is decisive. After the four years of long and sanguinary conflict, the South was ready to re- build and begin again. In the same manner, a senior, after his four years of suc- cesses and defeats, emerges ready to meet new challenges in the “conflicts” of adult life. thirteen