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

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Looking up into the heavens, we see myriads of brilliant silver stars, some blindingly bright, others distinctly clear and some rather dim. Those bright stars represent the height to which all seniors rise. We seniors of 1944 all over the country are now the stars of the stars of the show, a show which is Decoming increasingly less hilarious and more dramatical. Remaps a Das been necessary for us to adopt a slightly more serious note to our roles, because of the effects present wonu conditions are having on all our senior classes. However, we haven ' t assumed black as our class color — nothing so droll as that. No sir, we have had gay fun playing and growing up together. Remember the readin ' and writin’ and Tithmetic days of grammar school when you “played Hooky” instead of “skipping ; the annual track meets which always meant spring and an approaching vacation? Remember how scared you were when you came to junior high for the first time ? How freshmen looked like seniors and seniors looked like giants? Remember playing six-man football and worshipping the star Tornadoes? You’ll never forget Glee Club parties and the contest trips. And how about that historical best ride to Honeymoon Island as freshman? Then we really became interested in acting our assigned parts in our high school drama. At first, as mere appren-

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Jacutty First How: MISS AMBER VIVIAN TURNER Shorthand, Bussiness Arithmetic, Typing. PROFESSOR E. V. McMULLEN Principal. Second Row: MISS RACHEL DONALD Plane Geometry. MISS C. MARGUERITE MORSE Physics, Chemistry MRS. EDNA KNAPP Senior English, Journalism MRS. MILDRED TURNER Spanish MR. JOE SCOFIELD Typing, Bookkeeping Third Row: MR. A. J. BLIZEL Sophomore English MRS. RUTH HR l BECK Diversified Cooperative Training Coordinator MISS MARTHA KELLEY Latin. Sophomore English MTSS SARAH DE KIRKPATRICK Junior English, Speech MRS. NEAL ALEXANDER Secretary MRS. J. Ml CROWELL Librarian MR. R. B. REED World History, Modern History, American History Those not in picture MISS LOIS MORSE Biology, Higher Mathematics MISS VARDA BRIGGS Home Economics MRS. N. M. FAULDS Home Economics MR. ALFRED MEADOWS Printing MR. FRANK HANCOCK Athletic Director, Physical Education MR. WALLACE GAUSE Instructor of Vocal Music MISS ELREANA ISELIN Girls’ Physical Education MISS CHRISTINE CARMACK Social Studies

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tices, we simply helped out as stage hands, picking up bits of knowledge, with our leader, Wallis Skinner, urging us along the way. The main job we were allowed to do was us- her at the bacculaureate sermon for the seniors of 1942. The following year we were allowed to criticize and profit by watching the stars as an onlooking audience preparing to succeed those in the spot light at chat time. Jerry Taylor was our guiding light during this year of close cooperation with the seniors of 1943. Rememoer che Junior-Senior beach party. How we thought C. H. S. couldn’t get along without those seniors, as we decorated for grad- uation ? , , i , i , Now it ' s our turn. We hold the spotlight and are proud of it. The star with top billing in our senior class is Sigmund Liberman, and under his tireless energy and tenacity we have achieved a great deal in our supporting roles. We shall never forget “What A Life ’ Skip Day, Junior-Senior party, and then graduation night. There is some ecstacy in recalling cheering at football games, going to the week- end dances, grumbling about homework, and whispering in chapel, none of which will be quite the same again. No, we wont forget these years; for it is impossible to forget what we shall always remember.