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

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MISS PRUDENCE SPOONER, Librarian DEEPER LET US TOIL IN THE MINES OF KNOWLEDGE. In The guieT sooThing aTmosphere oT The library, sTudenTs Toil over Their as- sfgnmenTs using The many reTerence and pleasure books Tor Themes, book reporTs and iusT plain reading enjoy- menT. From a ToTal oT 6222 books, includ- ing TicTion, non-TicTion, biography and Travel, I5 sTudenT librarians circulaTed approximaTely 2000 books monThly. From 350-400 sTudenTs visiTed The li- brary daily. STRESSING FUNDAMENTALS . College Boards won'T puule These sTudenTs who are sTucIying vocabulary words under Mrs. Czarnifzki. LANGUAGE IS THE DRESS OF THOUGHT English, as The medium Through which we Think and express ourselves, was con- sidered The basic subiecT and was re- quired each year. Classes were Iivened by discussions, panels, dramaTizaTions, and reading. l.iTeraTure by ouTsTanding auThors sTEmulaTed: a consisTenT sTress on spelling, vocabulary and grammar broughT abouT improvemenT in wriTing. I6

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MR. JOSEPH EARNEST slands behind The office desk ready for any and all quesfions fhaf mighl arise 'From innocenf-'Faced sludenls. As vice principal he manipulales fha many +ransfers and lreeps 'tab on our sfale of heallh almosl' daily. ADMINISTRATORS INSPIRE, SERVE A D GUIDE US faking, il was necessary al limes lo seek permission lor an underlalcing or advice. They were happy when lhey received a Go Ahead, buf regardless of The answer, They were conscious ol lhe wisdom of The decision. MR. JAMES S. DUFF The problems seemed difficulf, ihe solulion no where in sighl, unlil we placed fhem in ihe hands of our principal, Mr. Duff. Years of experience aided him in giving lo all who cared 'lo inquire, palienf, wise advice lhal was sure lo dissolve fhe bifs of doubt and almos phere of uncerlainfy. 15 2.2 A

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Warren I-ligh in !956 was a cenTer oT acTiviTy Tor sTudenTs and TaculTy. From The shops To The class- rooms, iT hummed wiTh The sounds oT The IOI5 young WarreniTes on The go. Locker doors were slammed as The kids sTowed Their coaTs or grabbed books Tor The nexT class. Movie proiecTors purred in The classrooms and guieT conversaTion driTTecl Trom a Teacher-pupil conTerence. The auTomaTic dishwasher rumbled in The kiTchen and TesT Tubes claTTered in The chemisTry lab. STudenTs chaTTed while waiTing in line Tor Salk sho+s. Rousing yells shook The building during pep rallies and enThusias- Tic clapping Tollowed assemblies. ATTer classes were over each day. commiTTees meT, aThleTes, musicians and acTors pracTiced, and iournalisTs worked on pub' licaTions. These Teenagers were on The go. Behind all oT The husTle and busTle ThroughouT The year were The guesTions: WhaT shall l do when I grow up? WhaT courses do I need To be pree pared? These busy youngsTers discovered TacTs abouT diTTerenT occupaTions in many ways. They Tired guesTions aT people who have achieved similar goals and lisTened eagerly To whaT These people could Tell Them. They searched Through books, Took cerTain courses, Took apTiTude TesTs, joined clubs and held iobs To Tind ouT more abouT The Tields ThaT in- TeresTed Them. ATTer analyzing The TacTs, They made The big decision and seT ouT Toward becoming every- Thing Trom ieT piloTs To housewives. The requiremenTs Tor each was diTTerenT buf There was one common denominaTor-The 'FundamenTaIs. Top Row: MR. JOHN OGINT: Language Arisq MISS GAYLORD GIBSON: Language ArTs, Guidance, MIR- ROR sponsor. BoTTom Row: MRS. ESSEX B, WAGNER: Language ArTs, Social STudies1 MRS. MADGE CZARNITZKI: Language ArTs. GREADIN' RITIN' AND 'RITHMETIC' QM, MR. JOSEPH M. BROWNLEE: Language ArTs, WA-CO-HI-LIGHTS sponsor: MRS. MARIE ROBERTSHAW: Social STudies, Language Ark. 17