Clarksville High School - Oriole Yearbook (Clarksville, MD)

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CLRSS HISTORY On September 3, 1041, twenty ix L ncy free freshmen found tlemselves in room 15 under the watchful ere of their new he e room teacher, His Chell Our summer vacation was really over new It was up to us as lndiwidual to make the west of the fae lities placed beio e us In that way, we wwuld make a stcce of our class and earn the respect of our upper clas men We proceeded, much as any other freshnzn class does, in rexicwlng the prop r step In parliame tary prodedure. Our usual r utl e xa changed wher Miss Chell was made studert adJ1 or lor thc eneize school Mrs. Langdon, who wa tren Miss Ia c , t ol her place as oxr home room teach r Gther +eae rs of our clas w re r hax Smith, principal are afliculture ch r, M1 John arldoll, Eng Mis Janet nePade r, noze economies and related science teacher, Mis h IC W1 tl girls' athletic instructor and avnry capable onc as was proved when the girls' fieldball team von the county chameionship ln the fall Two of the freslnen eirl w re uc v u h to have pl yed in sore of the games. The last t 3 tle r t e estcr, the 'lrisky Freshren, ke aaprooriately named ours lve , g Ne our first assembly a stephen lostez Iinstrol Show Thls uniquf program was reccived by an enthu iastic audience, much to our satisfaction Our class sponsored very successful contest in the sale of Defense Ponds and Stamps As you know it was on that iateful Sunday, December 7, 1941, that nmhe Dirty Little Japsn bombed Pearl Harbor, our Naval base in Hawaii Almost immediately aftcr that war wa declared on Japan and the Axis powers. To buy defense bends and stamps was the least that we at home could do to help our boys in the service, During this year, Doris Ba sler and Wilma Vigfield lent their talerts to the oporetta, nThe Slip of a Slipper. Thls was the last operetta that C H S has had since the war Here's hoping that aft r the war is over this typo of wholesome enttrtainment will be continued even on a larger scale. 'N 9' l v - . v '-s fa. - , Q v -r 1 A . . K Y! Q' A Af S Q .4 . vo v ' ' S ' . . I .A 3 L 1 L hx 1' I I ' ' fe . 2, ss ' l l ' s.N . ' , . 1' ..r1 ,' 4 3 - e N s 1 . n - ' 4 q . . -Q Il ' 1 S .L 'Y 3 .' - A N U Q. s ' 3 4 t-'- . . - , ca , x 7 Q ff .w -v ' r ' . 1 S. 51 A A ,. L I Ax. 'x.J . . L f , x -e . ' - Yr' I - v L- 10.13 . Ll G K UA Q X 'LQ H 1' J' CCH .c.' 'e D C ' - , , , lish and cavics teacher, also the boys' athletlc instructorg 4 S S 'Y' S ' Yr? L S , fx ' .. 1 x 2 ' s 'ak s v:s me f A ' .: 1 ' I , , - . . A 1 , x. J AA .. Q 1 A Q. s e 1' ks' one gl ' - a A i. .1 -5 z 0 1. . ! ' par 1.4 an Su S 'ASX - ' P 'L ' he H as vw , A . .- e -s ,a'a -. v -1 U X - . 'P x W . . 3 4 , . , - ' ' s 1 ' O . . , bt A X Y .v I 1 A 5 1 5 . A A . . J. . ' Q . ' . 1 : S . , . 1 1 I . . , 4 X 1 - 5 1' ' Q Q I . .L ,A n ' . ' O O O . N , c W . . 1 X , . A