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

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FORE WORD Enthusiasm marked the spirit with which the students entered Robert E. Lee High School this year. It has been a year of excitement and achievement as well as dis¬ appointment and frustration. The many new courses introduced at Lee this year have excited the students to work with a spirit of adventure and exploration. The seniors have been caught up in the anticipation of new experiences and vistas opening up for them in college. Athletics played an important part in the life of Lee students this year. The Lee teams entered into each competitive event with a zest that swept the Lee students into the spirit of the games. With the help of an understanding faculty, the students at Lee co-operated to produce new ideas and productions which made 1965 an eventful year. As the year went on, a spirit of togetherness, as well as a serious¬ ness of purpose, became more and more evident. The shock which reverberated over the na¬ tion when they lost their President had a lasting effect on the students of 1965. Everyone seemed to feel a deeper sense of patriotism and showed more interest in the choice of their leaders in the fall elections. In the 1965 Leeway we shall try to capture the many spirits of Lee High. 5