Princess Anne High School - Peerage Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Never before has the country been so conscious of the serious and grozeirig shortage of brain power. The highly' pubiieized com- petition zritlz Russia in the numbers of trained engineers and scientists has llif!1l1li1L'llI0fI a fraetion of Ilze prolzlenz . . . The short- age is basie and serious. Fred ull. .lleehlirzger fgllfllfdllj' Reriensj Over-crowrlerl classrooms. inaflequate eurrieula. unquahhetl anrl poorly eonipensaterl teaehers anrl the other rnultlfarlous errors of a negleetesl ecluea- tional system haye finally attraetetl the .ittention of our .-Mmrifaii puhlu llltqsf' tonflitions were of sufhrient quantity anfl quality to hrtonir tarp s the two major Ilflllilidl parties in our ruent prr. ulential clrrtion. Sinee we. the stuclents. are the henefieiaries of this system. The Peerage staff llils ehosen as its theme. etlueation. Hur seope will he liniiterl lo our own Prineess Anne antl our attention will he foeusesl on our efforts to meet this problem. Wie ean state with pritle that many' of the national erlueational flifheulties have not y'et reared their ugly' heatls within our sehool. Hur faeulty nienihers are all quallhefl anal our sturlent hotly has not heeoine oppresserl hy a limi 1'l1I'I'll llllIIll. A suryey of our grafluates rryrals that their Intl of rllttists rollegzr ls folnparahlf to their arhifyenifnt in high school. V e are not yet o PIl0llg,ll to 1lCit l llllIlf their dffUIll!Pll.llIIlf'Ill, .iftfr ,,r.irluat1on. Pritle in our avoitlanee of these l'tlllI'lilltJllitl pitfalls tlitl not elireet our ehoiee of a theme. Vie were lliotivatefl hy' fear that the national eflueatioia apathy' might rleseenrl upon us.