Warwick Junior High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Sure.... every group has rules. Wubby wanted to know about the rules and regulations we have at Junior High. Well,” said Dick, we think we are very fortunate in this respect. You see, we have an unusually fine faculty; we have a large student body but a very cooperative group. Students, or the majority of them, are proud of the reputation which the school has earned. So we do not need a great many rules and regulations. Also, every rule has a reason. There are no laws” at Junior High which are imposed just to satisfy the whim of someone in administration. For example, we do not chew gum here at Junior High. We do not because gum has a way of attaching itself to all sorts of inappropriate places. Perhaps our most interesting rules are actually unwritten laws concerning the manner of dress which we encourage. You know, it ' s funny, but people do tend to be- have according to how they are dressed. In the costume of a bum, a person acts like a bum; Sunday best” manners usually are displayed when one is appropriately dressed. And we have proved that being careful about our appearance has paid divi- dends. Student behavior at Junior High is something we can brag about. Other necessary rules concern tardiness, use of the library, absences from school, and other routine matters. The important thing, we think, is that with QUALITY a trademark at Junior High, we can hold rules to a minimum, and each of the existing rules has a very good reason behind it. It might be interesting, Dick told Wubby, to compare the rules we have in our school today with the rules that were common in earlier schools. Sometimes stu- dents think that school, and home too, restricts them too much. On the opposite page are some of the many rules and regulations, along with the punishments meted out for each infraction, which were in effect in a certain school 100 years ago. Let ' s take a look at them and compare them with rules of a modern school. 30

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Homemaking Department Four teachers advise and coun- cil with girls of Junior High con- cerning the problems the students will some day meet as home- makers. The home ec department is a suite of five rooms including bed room, living room, sewing room, and two kitchens. Another phase of the homemaking business, and a very important one, concerns the matter of preparing meals. The home ec girls frequently prepare various kinds of food, and take advantage of the latest kitchen equip- ment with which the kitchens are furn- ished. In the picture above, Susan Thomas, Mildred Green, Karen King, and Patty Bammer seem to be a little uncertain about results. Joyce Cook, Billie Burgess, Helen Brant, Barbara Murray, Carol Rey- nolds and Delores Fleming begin les- son in sewing. One of the things taught in the de- partment concerns proper procedures for making a neat bed. In the picture above, Ruby Padgett, Betty Ward, and Kay Sommers try their hands at the task. 29 ■ - •

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But back in the old days.... Following are some of the punishments set forth in the rules of Stokes County Academy of 1848. The number following each offense listed is the number of LASHES a student got for each offense: Boys and girls playing together, 4; Quareling, 4; Gambleing or Beting, 4; Playing at Cards at School, 10; Climbing for Every foot Over three feet up a tree, 1; Telling Lyes, 7; Telling Tales Out of School, 8; Nick-naming Each other, 4; Fighting Each other in Time of Books, 2; Swaring at School, 8; Blackgarding Each other, 6; For Misbehavior to Girls, 10; Going home with Each other without Leave of the Teacher, 4; for Drinking Spirituous Liquors at School, 8; Making Swings and Swinging on Them, 7; For Misbehaving when a Stranger is in the House, 6; For waring long fingernails, 2; for not Making a Bow when a Stranger Comes in or goes out, 3; For going to Girls ' Play Places, 3; Girls going to Boys ' Play Places, 2; Coming to School with Dirty Face and hands, 2; For Caling Each other Liars, 4; For Playing Bandy, 10; For Bloting your copybook, 2; For not making a Bow when you Go Out to Go Home, 2; For Weting Each other Washing at Play Time, 2; For Hollowing and Hooping Going Home, 3; For Throwing Anything Harder than your trab ball, 4; For Every Word you miss In your Hart Lesson, 1; For not Sahing yes Sir no Sir or yes Marm no Marm, 2; For Troubleing Each others Writing affares, 2; For not Washing at Play Time when going to Books, 4; For Going Playing about the Mill or Creek, 6; and for Going about the Bard or doing any mischief about the Place, 7. Yes, it is true that our school, like any organization, has its rules and regu- lations. But like all good organizations, our laws are designed for the benefit of the greatest number of students, and instead of making life miserable the rules we go by make life at Junior High pleasant and profitable. 31