June 1959
1957 Anchor, p.4
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Newport News High School,
Newport News, Virginia 1957 Anchor, p.4 05/20/04 |
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Class Motto: "." Class Colors: Blue and White
Class Flower:
Class Sponsors: Mrs. Margaret Farrar Baab and Mr. Charles W. Nuttycombe |
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Faculty: Mrs. Jean Woolwine Clift, Mrs. Garland January Conn, and Mrs. Phoebe Bobbitt Hoyle |
Whit Hancock, Aretie Gallins, Nancy Oldfield, and Harry Conn |
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Courtesy
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Northern VA - 11/30/05 |
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..... there
was a link to NNHS.
Well, that one did it, Carol. That’s where I stopped. Having attended many
high school graduations as an assistant principal, I recognized the introduction to Pomp and Circumstance right away. I sat and listened while I looked at the images of our old high school. As the introduction gave way to the familiar strains at which the graduates begin their procession, I was awash in memories. I went back years in my mind and saw the Class of ‘59 lined up in the hall outside the auditorium. And there was Dorothy Crane, the drama teacher, making sure that we were all in step. She stood in the hall by the entrance to the auditorium, sweeping her hand in a huge arc to keep us in step as she called out, left, right, left, right her voice emphasizing the word left, to make sure we all stepped forward at the same time on the correct foot. The effect was that as the line moved up the ramp into the auditorium and down the incline to our seats, every single tassel swayed in the same direction at the same time. We all swayed gently to the left, then gently to the right. Not being especially graceful nor having a good sense of rhythm, I had to watch the student in front of me. I kept my eyes on that foot in front of me to make sure I was putting the same one forward at the same time! When I got to my seat on the stage, I could finally relax. From the vantage point of the stage, I could see the rest of my classmates marching in. What an awesome sight to behold, the line moving in perfect step and I can tell you that it was never as magnificent, as awesome a sight at any other high school graduation that I attended, and I attended a lot of them. Miss Crane also made sure that we had our graduation caps on our heads exactly right. The front down over the forehead just so with the mortar board perfectly parallel to the ground. And the music, the NNHS band, with Mr. Wilson’s baton, playing that magnificent Pomp and Circumstance. The music on the NNHS link brought it all back to me, as if it were yesterday. Thanks for the memories.
- Aretie Gallins Patterson ('59) of
Northern VA - 03/24/05 |
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Graduation
Day
- Joe Sherman / Noel Sherman, 1956
(Beach Boys version recorded 05/05/65)
There's a time a for joy
A time for tears
A time we'll treasure through the years
We'll remember always
Graduation day
At the senior prom
We danced 'til three
And there you gave your heart to me
We'll remember always
Graduation day
Though we leave in sorrow
All the joys we've known
We can face tomorrow
Knowing we'll never walk alone
When the ivy walls
Are far behind
No matter where our paths may wind
We'll remember always
Graduation day
We'll remember always
Graduation day
(This page was created on 07/20/06.)
"Graduation Day"
mid courtesy of
http://www.sunncity.com/music/search.asp?artist=Beach%20Boys
located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/20/06
Thanks so much, Dave!
"Graduation Day"
version tabulated by
James Ouzts available at
http://www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/songs/gsongs/graduation_day.html
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12/02/03
"Graduation Day" lyrics courtesy of http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1956/861956.html - 12/02/03
Graduation clip art courtesy of http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/graduation/default.htm - 07/20/06
