Wilson Memorial High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Fishersville, VA)

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EP OVRE, VW Gal good-bye to an old order. We truly hope that this ak. editors of the 1937 WILSoNIAN are really bidding annual will be the “biggest and best.” It is the last WILSONIAN. It must be representative of not only our class, but our school; not only our progress, but also the school’s progress. For indeed it has grown. Next year our faculty will be housed in a new school, and a new order will have begun. Those who have worked so untiring for education and progress will at last know the joy of attainment. That is how we shall feel at our graduation—our attainment. If we can only show you the panorama of our progress in this volume, we shall have achieved our ends! CONE Nes Administration Classes Activities Athletics Ads

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THESEAC WEIN A MESSAGE FROM MR. JENNINGS Truly in many ways this has been a year of progress in the Waynesboro Public Schools. There has been much growth in a material way. All of the buildings have been painted both inside and out and the furniture in the classrooms has been cleaned and shellaced. All of this has been done with the cooperation of the W. P. A. and at a very small cost to the local community. Be- sides the improvement in appear- ance, this has improved the sanitary conditions in the building and made them more cheerful for children to work and live. For a number of years the en- rollment has increased rather rapid- ly and this year’s enrollment is the largest in the history of the school system. This increase in enrollment has been quite marked in the high school, growing from 170 to 330 in the past nine years, and causing a very congested condition at present. Fortunately, we were able to secure a grant from the P. W. A. and a large, fireproof high school building is now under construction. This will be the finest school build- ing of the state and will represent the peak of progress from a material stand- point. In keeping with this material growth the teaching personnel has increased in number, qualifications, and esprit de corps, thus bringing about a higher type of instruction and greater advantages for the children. ; A number of stimulating “and progressive studies are being made in the schools this year. In the elementary schools a comprehensive testing program is in progress. The high school was one of three public schools in Virginia chosen to participate in a tryout program of Secondary School Standards. These studies are stimulat- ing to both the teacher’s and the pupil's s growth. Physical education for girls is Bene offered in the high school for the first time this year. There has been marked growth in negro education for several years Gti eaciare in a four-year accredited high school this year offering vocational courses for both boys and girls. Along with this progress in the public schools there has developed a stronger and finer community interest in and attitude towards education. The administration ap- preciates this cooperation, and with its continuance, pre- dicts future progress in the Waynesboro Schools. Proressor. R. C. JENNINGS Mtss CoyNner, Secretary