Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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HONOR SOCIETY Seated (L. to R.)—Charlot te Sheffer, Joyce Mattox. Standing (L. to R.)—Gordon Jennings, Jess Miller, Bernard Furry. KaHmutl Jtiomu - §»nrirhj of §miniiaru, S ' rhonls Cluuiiu Staunton (fljnjjhM liiitiui all Jiii ' ii by llirtip j.Irfsruts.llmt mu I ' ri ' iia.fhaiartvr sdinlnrsltty Iraftrrship anil smart an- rarhmal tjualitirs .worthy of mVitmcu.U ' iitfut in all erltooU thmdorr the XaHmtttl I’nmur Sitriftu of rriutiianj rlnwts of thf Kitiimiitl Assofiatuut of fnnu ' iaru Srlnud (Jrmrtpnh yiitrs yranto ami iMryati ' s thnuiyh tin ' authority of this A ' barter the jjriuilftif ain ' t ynlorr to establish roniimt anO ainuiuister tlrr Staunton Chapter as a loral i£ haytrr of lltr 2Catiiiual Junior uru ' tu rtf §mmit;tnj S?rluuils tThis (£hartiT Kttnihrr MM. is worn mtii nrnntrii this 3f?ifth iimj of Jffbrunrtj.Miirlmi liimiurii yprtg-tSix. by the National (Cmtucil whose ouuiatmro arr affix eft brltuu £ yt SftrtUnj. - ■

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First Row (L. to R.)—Miss Eakle, Thomas Hamrick, Mary Crickenberger, Patricia Caldwell, Ann Armstrong, Judith Taylor, Constance Markley, Arabelle Sumner, |o Ann Vames, Mary Helen Click, Betty Dahl, Bonnie Rowe, JoEtta Fortney, Constance Dull, Haney Bragg, Eleanor Smith, Patsy Childress, Pauline Vames, Virginia Cacciapaglia, Sherry Lambert. Second Row (L. to R.)—Creed Trimble, Rosa Shirkey, Joan John, Margaret Clausen, Estelle Kauffman, Gail Leap, Helen Arehart, Peggy Drumheller, Dorothy Echols, Barbara Shorey, Peggy Hopkins, Kay Samaras, Mary Wooddell, Mary Lou Black, Nancy Farley, Jane Lucas, Betty Gardner, Patsy Tibbals, Beverley O’Baugh, Thomas Spotts. Third Row (L. to R.)—William Campbell, Jay Welliver, Joyce Mattox, Marianne Strivers, Janet Smiley, Betty Erwin, Ruth Smiley, Doris Hoke, Jo Ann Thacker, Pattie Cannaday, Jean Overton, Anna Anthony, Jo Anne Driver, Bernardine Hounihan, Betty White, Betty Humphries, Helen Flagg, Peggy Sousa, Peggy Bever, Margaret Johnson, Edward Corbett. Fourth Row (L. to R.)—Bernard Furry, Richard Hartley, Daniel Harris, William Diggs, Bruce Rhea, Tom Dalton, Gordon Jennings, Sam Pope, Robert Markley, Jess Miller, Robert Hanger, James Craig, William Schmid, Jack McIntosh, Jack Phillips, Hensel Wiseman, Earl Blackwell, Frank Cacciapaglia, Kenneth Moran.

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VALEDICTORY Joyce Mattox We, the class of 1949, have arrived at one of the most important events in our lives, our graduation from Lee High School. Now that we have reached this point, our desire is to go farther and take advantage of the new opportunities that will come to us. With these new changes will come many new experiences, and many important decisions will have to be made. How are we, who are so inex¬ perienced in the ways of life, to meet these conditions? The motto of the senior class is “Nosce te Ipsum, Know Thyself”. Before we can meet the realities of life, each of us will have to know more about him¬ self, truly know his own personality. Until now, we have made our decisions with the careful guidance of others. Now we shall have to make these decisions for ourselves. As we can see, we have no easy task before us. To know ourselves will require as much study, and probably more than we have spent on our school work these past years. Each of us has formed many habits, good and bad. It will require great will power on our part to break the undesirable habits that we have formed. Things done from habit make up a great part of our lives, and if the majority of our habits are bad, we have little hope of being better than our habits. We must realize that man is not perfect; there is only One who is perfect, and we should pattern our lives after Him. We know that as boys and girls we can do but so much and that each of us has limitations. Most of us, however, never put forth our greatest effort, and therefore we do not know what we can do. Therefore let us, now, know our¬ selves, and satisfy ourselves as to what we can or cannot do. The persons who get ahead in this world and become great successes are those persons who have the initiative to, at least, attempt new things. To keep that little spark of initiative, which most of us have, alive, we should set a goal and work toward it. If we earnestly strive to reach that goal, our lives will surely not be failures. Once we fully understand ourselves and know our possibilities and limita¬ tions, we shall be ready to take our proper places in life. Unless we ht ourselves into the work for which we are best fitted, we shall not be of much use to our¬ selves or to our associates. The task may seem hard at first, but it is necessary, and we should do it. We sincerely thank our parents, our teachers, and our many friends for their kind help along the way. We hope we shall merit their faith in us, and their hope for us. We promise, as we the class of 1949 say, “Farewell”, not to fail you.