Warren County High School - Mirror Yearbook (Front Royal, VA)

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Several changes also took place in the high school curriculum during this period. ln i920 the normal training course was discontinued. An agricultural course. with accompanying shopworlc, was added in I927. In I934 the band and choral groups were organized. Home economics was introduced in I936. During the stay in the Crescent Street building, numer- ous extra-curricular activities were introduced including the annual and various vocational-related clubs. The eighth grade was added in i928 and a tive-year high school began operation. CHAPTER IV An announcement. in I937, that the American Viscose Corporation intended to locate a large rayon factory in Warren County made it necessary to act at once to plan tor a new high school building. Sixteen acres tronting on West Shipe Street and crown- ing a hill in southern Front Royal were purchased tor Sl5.000 as a site for the new high school. Construction began in I938 and the 5300.000 structure was completed tor the I94O-l94l session. This building, one ot the best equipped in the state, contained eighteen classrooms. four laboratories, a tive- room home economics department, an auditorium seating 975 persons. a double gymnasium, a sound-proof music room, a cafeteria and kitchen, a library, three othces for the administration, thirteen ottices tor teachers, tour loclrer rooms. and a vocational shop. Special teatures ot the school include: an automatic clocl:-and-bell system, a public address system over which announcements can be made to the entire school, and individual lockers. To this plant, tour more classrooms were added in I95l in order to accommodate the rapid increase in enrollment.. Mr. Q. D. Gasque, who became principal ot the high school in l925, served as principal in our present location until I945. At that time he became Division Superintendent of Schools for Warren and Rappahannock Counties, and Mr. James S. Duff succeeded him as principal. There were A home of our own-a dream come true in l9I0 500 students enrolled in W. C. H. S. in l94O. Today our school has an enrollment ot I.O2O students. ln I940 a course in general shopworl: was added to the high school curriculum. With the co-operation ot local merchants. a course in distributive education was estab- lished in I946. Improvements have also been made in the college preparatory course. Students in the tour upper grades may now take advantage of 'Four years in English, social studies, and mathematics: three years in science: and two years in Latin. Spanish, and French. Four years of physical education are available to all students. Those with special artistic talents may also talce advantage ot' our art program. Today our school boasts a student council, six service groups, five musical organizations, two publications, ten class-related clubs, a sports club, and eight athletic teams. Each organization malces a vital contribution to our lite at Warren High. Special high-lights this year include our band perform- ance at the Mosque in Richmond tor the Virginia Education Association Convention this tall, and our undefeated toot- ball team, the tirst in our history! is a n As this year draws to a close, golden memories ot our first titty years mingle with golden dreams of the future. and we lool: baclcward to a most wonderful past--'Forward to a more glorious future. -by Joyce Steed Home, Sweet Home-present and future. I fm 4

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THROUCJI This is our birTl1place- OddTellows Hall -I906 Second floor Davis Hall was Transformed from an opera house To our second home in l908. THE YE RS.U . . . Warren CounTy High School has been a symbol of The search Tor wisdom and TruTh. Her hisTory is wriTTen in The hearTs oT graduaTes who have carried her inTluence To all parTs of The world. Since her founding in l906, our high school has conTinued To produce men and women who have Taken Their places in The world wiTh greaTer wisdom and keener undersTanding gained in The years spenT here. Come wiTh us, as we relive The golden memories oT our TirsT TiTTy years. CHAPTER I ChapTer l in The sTory of Warren CounTy High School reveals The acT of creaTion, The moTive behind The acT, and The immediaTe eTTecTs of The acT. On March I4, l906, in order To TurTher public school educaTion, The legislaTure of The STaTe oT Virginia enacTed a law which provided Tor The esTablishmenT and mainTenance oT a sysTem of public high schools. AlThough cerTain high school subiecTs had been TaughT in The2ounTy for more Than ThirTy years, a Tour-year high school did noT begin operaTing unTil The l9O64l907 session, following The acT oT I906. The T'irsT high school, known as FronT Royal High School, had iTs beginning in a Three-sTory brick building locaTed on SouTh Royal Avenue. AT ThaT Time The building, which also housed The graded school, was known as OddTellows Hall. Mr. Thomas W. Troxwell was TirsT principal ol' The high school deparTmenT which boasTed Tour Teachers and TorTy sTudenTs. During The period l906-l908 commercial work was in- Troduced in The high school curriculum. CHAPTER II ln l908 increased enrollmenT made iT necessary To move The high school To Davis Hall, a building on Main STreeT formerly used as an Opera House. Tha high school now had Tour classrooms, a sTudy hall, and an assembly hall. The Two-year sTay in Davis Hall saw The inTroducTion of a normal Training course for Teachers. CHAPTER Ill A second Transfer was made in l9l0 To a new 525,000 brick building on CrescenT STreeT, known as The FronT Royal High and Graded School. This building conTained eleven classrooms, an audiTorium, a principal's oTTice, and a library. Mr. A. B. BrisTow was The TirsT principal in The new loca- Tion. The TirsT graduaTing class, oT Tive members, received Their diplomas in This building. The nexT Tew years wiTnessed The consolidaTion oi sev- eral counTy schools and in l9I8 The name of FronT Royal High School was changed To Warren CounTy High School by The counTy school board. However, This change did noT acTually Take place unTil The I923-l924 session. Con- solidaTion broughT abouT our bus TransporTaTion sysTem, and This in Turn soon over-loaded The high school TaciliTies, To provide Tour addiTional classrooms, The TronT base- menT of The high school was excavaTed in l923 aT a cosT of 54000. The nexT expansion Took place in l927 To provide Three addiTional classrooms. Upon The compleTion oT a new primary building in l936, Tive more classrooms were made available Tor The high school deparTmenT. I

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FOREWORD Today The Mirror STaTT loolcs baclc on edu- caTion in Warren CounTy High School. IT is a long glance Tor iT covers a Tull TiTTy years. IT sweeps Through Tour diTTerenT buildings, Tive superinTendenTs, and an unTold number oT prin- cipals and Teachers. TT covers you, The pupil. The essenTial ingredienT oT all high school ac- HvHies FiTTy years ago This glance inTo The pasT would have held noThing buT The ambiTion oT leaders. Today iT holds TiTTy years oT accomplishmenTs in The Tield oT educaTion. Since I906, when a high school was begun in Warren CounTy, unTil The presenT Time, many golden memories have made Their appearance. School days provide us wiTh more experiences. opporTuniTies, momenTs To remember, Triend- ships, and exciTemenT Than we could ever Tind so combined elsewhere. Warren CounTy is proud oT These TiTTy yearsg we oT The Mirror STaTT are proud oT Them. IT is our privilege To inviTe you To review wiTh us These years, and To help us celebraTe The Gold- en Anniversary oT high school educaTion in Warren CounTy. There will be memories- Golden Memories--of . . . CONTENTS H I PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS I I I FEATURES SPORTS R 51 .- THE TA