Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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el historia del class a la swing as june of li-34 rolled by we said au revoirl' to junior high. the next september we dug in hard- oh, how we dreaded the first report card! we had many subjects from which we might pick- rcading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic. miss donald and pythagoras, oh, how they did stagoras. to miss newell and her errors-taboo we gave the conventional pooh-pooh-pee- dooh mr. reed was hard as flint with his, 'tlet me give you a little hint. when vacation time arrived at last, we felt the hardest part was pastg ye author for one got burned at the beach, yet they say that experience prudence doth teach! is if ik Pk if 214 114- 112 Pk september again, and once more we hear the school bell ringing upon our ear. miss kelley and miss carmack are librarians fine- Cnotice the pun on the last word in that linel in this year the morse sisters we metg they sure kept us going, that's a safe bet. we cannot forget our class's beach party that left uis all neither hale nor heartyg and to make complete this lousy ballad, we of course ate potato salad. Ci wish i could use a few capital lettersll for dan williams, this year's president we can't find a rime, so let us lament. while this year's seniors' praises are 'sung we were still declining, the verb, Uswing, swang, swungfl little thought we that the future would bring not, oh, say can you see, but oh, say can you swing. year mcmxxxvii from daily swimming in the gulf we turned to studying beowu1f . reading milton was a pleasure, with mrs. knapp to interpret each measure. miss lois morse gets angry it seems, when senior class meetings upset all her schemes. as for the stupendous senior class play, it's praises we'1l 'tswing for many a day. when we had our class election, ' for president, wilder was our selection. the juniors gave us a masquerade, but, alas, there was no lemonade. we had a novel graduationg it was our very own creation. this history we leave for our posterity-- in hopes they will not question its verity. 'A

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senior chatter staff -for senior edition of the c. h. s. chatter- clearwater high school, clearwater florida 0dif01' in Chief . ...,. ,,i,,,.,,,,,,, c . eddye burleson aSSf. Cditor ,,,,,,,, ,,,,Y,,ML,YYY,Y e rig picker feature editor ..,,.. .,,.. albert kilburn DlCtl1I'e editor ,,,, ,A,,,, essie mae griffin sports ediltor W ,,,, ,,,,,,,. r obert thompson swing editor ,,,,,,,, ,.,,,, burr j. randall, jr. associate editors ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, doris o'quinn, louis taylor, bill beck, john meek. business manager . ,,,i,,,,,.,,, ,,,, j ames Wilder our objective we have dedicated this publication to t'svving and have attempted to carry out a swing theme . we think of t'swing in this use, not as music, but as a symbol of mod- ernism. we do not mean by putting swing into our articles that they should read with a crazy rhythm, but that the composition should be simple, devoid of complications, and that the material ,should flow easily from the mind of the writer and thereby, easily into the mind of the reader. glossary of swing terms jam sessions: an informal meeting of mu- sicians playing for their own amusement, without leadership or score. alligator: a non-playing swing devotee. paperman: a musician who plays only writ- ten music. ride: easy going rhythm. screw-ball: crazy, unbridled swing. 4 Ll in the groove: carried away or inspired by the music. cats: the musicians of a swing orchestra. licking their chops, or friisking their whis- kers: 'getting warmed up to swing. gang: a medley of songs. lick: an original interpolated phrasing. break: dropping the rhythm for a few beats. mugging light: soft, staccato swinging. mugging heavy: as above, with heavier beat. kicking-out: very free, improvisation. john adams receives award the bausch Sz lomb honorary science award was presented to john adams, treasurer of the senior class, as being the member of the graduating class, who, in the faculty's estimation, has shown the greatest progress in the three years of scientific studies. this award, which has been established by the bausch and lomb optical co. for the futher- nce of student interest in the sciences, was presented in clearwater high school for the first time this year. six seniors on honor list the six following students have the distinct- ion and honor of being the only students in the senior class who have had a scholastic average of 90 or above during their three years in senior high school. douglas davis marguerite dressler albert kilburn burr randall walter Winchester mary worts

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If ' 27 szlas, the chore boy -by Upert ridleyu- high school hilarity hit historical high when the senior class play swung into action. the villian, gerald blake fplayed by eddye burlesonj, amid prolonged hisses' and boois, and of course the proverbial ttvillian mo- tive, snaked his way through many well played and conviiizing scenes, trying to out wit the bee-oo-ti-ful heroine, and gain pos- session of some valuable papers. margaret keller as cecil dare, the heroine who had loved not wisely, but too well, won the hearts of all who saw her as the poor unfortunate girl, being pursued so re- lentlessly by ttthat man. the hero, arthur ridley, tplayed by james wilderi was only a farmer's lad, but oh, such a handsome one. his lines were long and his part was hard, but hecarried them off in a way that would make true-blue harold hang his head in shame. walter Winchester, as silas stebbins, the chore boy, lived in a world all his own, filed with cowboys and indians. he could be found at any time of day reading the glor- ious adventures of scar-face mike, the ter- ror of the plains, which in the end proved to be o. k. since he used his wild west tac- tics to a good advantage in the capturing of poor cinch. the comedy element was supplied by burr randall, as cinch, the poor nigger who did all the dirty work for the villian, his weak- ness in life was a good pie or a good crap game hiram ridley, fplayed by eric pickerj, the father of the hero, and staunch believer of 4 the golden rule gave a very good perfor- mance. he lived up to the usual role of the father in a melodrama, by threatening to turn the poor heroine out of his house into the cold, cruel world. but the truth will out and being a man, all was forgiven in the end. betty clement as nancy ridley, hiram's old maid sister, gave a creditable performance. her part was very amusing, especially the way in whiih she would go about trying to gct jed perkins to propose to her. jed per- kins as the town constable, fthe part taken by john adamsj was also quite good. he and nancy furnished the secondary love inter- est in a very convincing fashion, by getting 'thitihedn after he had at last done some- thing heroic. pert ridley, tplayed by doris o'quinnb the hero's litlile pig-tailed sister, proved her worth by sticking by cecil through thizk and thin. orchids to our director, miss ila hopkins. despite her red hair, which is always a sure sign of temper, she was very patient with us. it is to her that we owe a great deal of the success of the play, most of us even sur- prised ourselves at the acting ability she brought out in us. this account would not be complete with- out giving a special vote of thanks to our Hprop-man , jack phillips. a gardenia to ro- zenia. it was under miss rozenia dunn's dir- ection that the flora-dora chorus swung out. to albert kilburn goes the credit for the eX- cellent advertising our show received. We are all proud of your unique advertisement, albert.