Washington Lee High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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BLUESLGRAY ' ' ' 1935 EDITORIAL XY'ASHING'l'ON-LEE HIGH SCHOOL OPENED IN SEPTEMBER, 192-I, XVITH APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TEACHERS AND SIX HUNDRED PUPILS. THERE XVERE NINETEEN ROOMS, ONE OFFICE, ONE GYMNASIUM, A CAFETERIA, AN AUDITORIUM. AND A MANUAL TRAINING SHOP. TODAY THERE ARE FORTY NINE ROOMS, FIFTY SIX TEACHERS, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY NINE PUPILS. SIX OFFICES, TXVO GYMNASIUMS, A CAFE- TERIA DOUBLED IN SIZE, AND A STADIUM, BESIDES THE SHOP AND THE AUDITORIUM. A BUT THAT IS MERELY AN ESTIMATE OF OUR PROGRESS IN THE PHYSICAL, THE OUTXVARD MANIFESTATIONS, OF LIFE. THE QUESTION: HAVE WE MADE THE SAME ENORMOUS ADVANCE IN THOSE THINGS XVI-IICH REALLY COUNT? LOOK AT THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1955, THE MANY OUTSTANDING AND NOTABLE PERSONALITIES. LOOK AT THE CLASSES TO COME. RE- FLECT ON OUR CADET CORPS, OUR ORCHESTRA. OUR BAND, OUR AUX- ILIARY. OUR NEWSPAPER. FOR BY THEM THE SCHOOL IS IUDGED. BY THEM OUR PERSONALITIES, OUR ENTHUSIASMS, AND OUR CAPABILITIES ARE EXPRESSED. ARE XVE MAKING PROGRESS? MY ANSVUER IS-AYES. READ OUR BOOK: VISUALIZE OUR LIFE. THIS VOLUME REPRESENTS A CROSS-SECTION OF AMERICAN YOUTH. WE, THE CITIZENS OF TOMORROXW, HAVE INDELIBLY REGISTERED OUR OPINIONS. THE FUTURE OF AMERICA, OF THE WHOLE XX-'ORLD, IS IN THESE PAGES. GRANTED:-YOUTH IS ARROGANT. WE ARE HEADSTRONG AND NVE ARE XWILLFUL, BUT VUE ARE ALSO STRAIGHT AND CLEAN AND STRONG. IN SPITE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU HAVE SET BEFORE US, IN SPITE OF THE CORRUPTION ALL AROUND US. IN SPITE OF FLUCTUATING EDU- CATIONAL FADS OR HIDEBOUND CONSERVATISM, THE AVERAGE BOY OR GIRL OF AMERICA TODAY THINKS 'IUST A LITTLE STRAIGHTER AND SEES 'IUST A LITTLE FARTHER THAN THE BOY OR GIRL OF YESTERDAY. MEN XXIILL TELL YOU THAT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS AN INFERNAL MACHINE THAT TURNS OUT ROBOTIZED MORONS, AND THAT OUR COLLEGE SYSTEM IS BUT THAT MUCH XVORSE. MEN VUILL SAY. AS XVALTER B. PITKIN SAID, NO PERSON UNDER SEVENTEEN EVER THINKS INTELLIGENTLY OR ATTAINS ANY REAL SKILL EXCEPT PER- HAPS IN MUSIC. THAT MAY BE TRUE. I DO NOT KNOW' AND I AM NOT A FIT IUDGE, FOR I BELONG IN THAT IGNORANT CLASS MYSELF. IT IS FOR YOU TO UIUDGE. VCE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THIS BOOK A COM- PLETE AND LIVING PICTURE OF LIFE AT XVASHINGTON-LEE OR AT ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES. IT REPRESENTS THE XVORK OF STUDENTS ALMOST IN ITS ENTIRETY, THANKS TO THOSE TEACHERS XVHO HAVE STOOD IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALLOXVED US TO EXPRESS OURSELVES. ONLY REMEMBER. THAT XVHAT XVE ARE. YOU HAVE MADE US. 8

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BOARD OF EDUCATION - 2 w 15421 . ,Wg A BOARD OF EDUCATION. The School Board has endeared itself in the hearts of the pupils by their whole- ' hearted interest in the activities of the V P school. There have been very few events in th. the school which have not been supported by the presence of these members. i l:LE'l'C,HER Kamp. S11pwizzlwlrfezlf nf Srlwnlr. s. Rim' SIMPSON. .lmm M, S'I'liXX'.-'ili'I'. ARTHVIQ li. XVll.soN. Cfff.11r1n.11.f.