Woodrow Wilson High School - President Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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DEDICATION We seniors knew that the year 1955-56 would be one of interest to us all because of the change from the old to the new, and we looked forward to it with mixed emotions. We could not forget the dear memories we left behind in the old Woodrow Wilson, and at the same time looked forw ' ard to a glorious future in the new school. We were breaking our ties with the past and looking with uncertainty on the days ahead. It was not coming back to the same old grind and routine, but a return to a year of challenge and opportunity. Naturally, we felt a deep bond to the old school since most of our efforts and high school memories are centered there, but it was not long before we felt a closeness to this, our new school. We were its pioneers! We were the senior class whose job it was to keep alive the time-proven old traditions, and create new ' ones under new ' circumstances. The architect and contractors created for us a building that is rated among the best in the South. There is much work to be done in order for our achievements, honor and spirit to equal the greatness of our new building. We have tried our best to set the example as w ' ell as a goal for the classes of the future. May all their efforts and achievements be worthy of Woodrow Wilson High School. So, here is to the glorious past of the old Wilson! It is but a dear memory to us now. May the future of the greater new W ' ilson reflect and, in years to come, even outshine the old. May our dear Alma Mater rise to the highest heights possible. Reluaantly, yet with assurance, we drop the reins: reluctant that the year is ended and our pioneering is done, and assured of the fact that those same reins will be taken up by firm and steady hands of the future. Here is to the future of the new ' Woodrow Wilson! The glory of the old shall alw ' ays be with us. May the new reach even greater heights. Superintendent A. J. Mapp, school board members and city officials on hand os Principal R. L. Sweeney breaks ground for the New Woodrow Wilson, July 14, 1953.

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WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL Portsmouth 1 BUG PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA

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FOREWORD The function of any yearbook is to reflect the school year in pictures. This we have tried to do. However, since we found ourselves in a beautiful, spacious, new building when the fall term opened, we felt that this 1956 President, the first to come out of the new building, should also try to picture in detail all sections of the physical plant. As a result, we have given over the divider pages to as accurate a picture record of the new Woodrow Wilson High School as space permits. It is our hope that in years to come these pictures will recall many happy hours spent both within and without the walls of the structure we fondly call Woodrow Wilson High School.