Virginia High School - Virginian Yearbook (Bristol, VA)

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THEME t T WAS at Fort Chiswell that the freemen met and drew up a decla- ration of independence a year before the famous Declaration was made. Also, the men from the headwaters of the Holston and the Bristol vicinity defeated the British at Kings Mountain, and Col. Isaac Shelby led these same patriots to defeat the Indians in the Ohio Valley who were marauding the whole frontier. The culture, social background, wisdom, patriotism, and wealth of the Colonial period is not only to be proud of, but also to be sought; therefore the editors have carried out a Colonial theme and design in

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BRISTOL PUBLIC LIBRARY 701 Goode Street BristoL Virginia 24201 THEME ' HERE is no way to judge the future except by the past. The public school has been a part of Virginia history since early state ' hood and since the title of the book is The Virginian, the obvious thing as it appeared to the editors was to stress the culture and back ' ground of their illustrious state. The students of today should be con ' scious of their patriotic duty to community, state, and nation for which their ancestors have paid not only with material possessions but with blood and life itself. It was not only Eastern but also Southwestern Virginia which led in the formation of those principles of free and democratic government.

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WE ACKNOWLEDGE HE Annual Staff expresses deep appreciation to all those who have given of their time, energy, and encouragement to the reali2;ation of this twenty second volume of The Virginian. To the spon- sors — Miss Hillman, Miss Shoun, and Mr. Smalling — we are in- debted for their untiring efforts and endless enthusiasm in financing and managing this enterprise. We are grateful to Mr. Shelburne, who has granted our never-ending requests, and to the faculty for their kind co- operation in our many undertakings, and to Miss Aaron for the use of the library. We sincerely thank all pupils who secured ads, the com- mercial department, the photographers — Mr. Hutcheson of Hutcheson’s Studio and to Mr. McIlwaine of Kelly and Green — and Mr. Blair Preston of the King Printing Company for their suggestions and efforts in helping make The Virginian a success.