Evening star., 1962-04-29
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/ Fifty-four Washington area
high schools won top honors
in the 33d annual convention
Of the Southern InterScholaStic
Press Association closing today
at Washington and Lee Uni
versity in Lexington, Va.
/ Ten southern States and the
District were represented at
the two-day convention, which
featured short courses, work.
shops and lectures on all
phases of secondary school
publications.
Some 305 entries representing
l78 schools were submitted to
the competition sponsored by
the Lee Memorial Journalism
Foundation.
Top trophy winner among
newspapers of schools with
1901 students or more was The
Beacon of Woodrow Wilson
High School in the District.
Among schools with enroll
ments of 601 to 900 students,
Lanetime of Lane High School,
Charlottesville, Va, was the
winner.
Winners Listed
I Other trophy winners in
clude The Highlander of Nc
Lean High School, Mclean, Va,
in the offset category.
Blue and Gray, the yearbook
of Washington Lee High
School, Arlington, won the
trophy in the category of
schools with enrollmentS of
l,401 or more students.
Among magazines, the trophy
winner was Tempo of George
Mason High School, Falls
Church. among schools of en-
rollments of 1.400 or fewer stu
dents.
Other area winners are:
Newspapers, Group 1 len
rollment 1901 or more) First
place award group: The Chat
terbox, George Washington
High School, Danville, Va;
Crossed Sabres. Washington
Lee High School, Arlington;
the Sentinel. Fort Hill High
School. Cumberland, Md.
Honor Awards
Honor award group: TIL e
Raider, Loudoun County High
School, Leesburg, Va; Fair
Facts. Fairfax High School,
Fairfax. Va.
Achievement award group:
The A-Blast, Annandale High
School, Annandale, Va; Tiger
Rag. Groveton High School,
Alexandria, Va; the Salvo,
Francis C. Hammond High
School, Alexandria, Va: the
Lance, Lee High School, Spring
field, Va.
Newspapers. Group ii (en-
rollment 901 to 1900 Honor
award group: The Albemarle
Highlight, Albemarle Hig h
School, Charlottesville, Va.
Newspapers, Group III (en-
rollment COL to 90O Achieve
ment award group: dian
Smoke Signals, Stafford High
School, Falmouth, Va; Lasso,
George Mason High School,
Falls Church, Va.
Newspapers, Group Nv (en-
rollment 351 to 60O Fir S
place award group: Kablegram,
Staunton Military Academy,
Staunton, Va.
Honor award group: The
footprints, Orange County
High School, Orange, Va.
Newspapers, Group v (en-
rollments $50 or fewer) = Honor
award group: The Shearings,
st. Agnes School, Alexandria,
Va.
i Newspapers, Offset - First
place award group: The PEPPER
gram, Culpeper County High
School. Culpeper, Va; EN- Wee
Hi. Mount Vernon High School
Alexandria, Va; the Raiders
Digest, j. E. B. Stuart High
School, Falls Church, Va.
Honor award group: The
Sentry. Yorktown High School
Arlington. Va.
Achievement award group
Shoelace, Quantico High
School, Quantico, Va.
School YearboOks
YearbOOks, Group / (enroll,
ment 1,401 or more) Honor
award group: The Anchor
Francis c. Hammond Higl
: School. Alexandria, Va; Tn,
Surveyor, Mount Vernon Higl
School. Alexandria, Va; TIL
Antenna, Annandale Higl
School. Annandale, Va.
Achievement award group
J The Clan, Mclean High Schoo.
Mclean, Va; The Shield, lie