Cohn High School - Accolade Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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CHARLSIE STEXVART BRYANT LIGGETI' BETTY JANL THOMERSON Colm Medalist Civilan Medalist D. A. R Medalist SENIOR SUPERLATIVES First T010-JEAN FELTS: bios! popular girlg most funj best danrer, mast striking persoualily, most 'uersalileg DOROTHY NEELETTE: Best all-around girlg JESSICA McDoNAl.n: Prettiest girl, cutest lnughg BETTY ANN GARRIOTT: Il-'iuiest girlg NORNIA JEAN REYNOLDS, One-half most popular couple. Second TOXU'-JANE MAR- SHALL: Illosl athletic girlg NANETTE ALEXANDER: Mast musical girlg CIIARLSIE STEWART: Most studious girl, rlass hlsioriang YVILDA JUNE HUNT: Best-dressed girlg BRYANT LIGGETT: Most popular boy, most likely to surrecrl, besl all-around boy, best-groomcd boy, most striking personality. most versatile. Third row--ARTHUR LEE Wins: Most dignified Imyg LENA Jo SEAGRAVES: Class poet: JLJSEPHINE TAYLOR: Most philosophical girlj most dignifiedg PIOXVARD PAYNE: Most fun: BETTY JANE THoMERsoN: Mast ambitious girl, most likely to succeed, willnmkerg JAMES DORRIS: Afost philosophirnl boy, most ambitious boy, prophet. Fourlh 'row-TOM- Mx' RA1NEs: Handsomesc boyg BESSIE NICKAY: Most bashful gi:-lg CLINTON HUTcHIsoN: Oratorg FRED l'lATCHE'l'I'! Most sturlious boy: GUS SW!-LENEY: M'ost courteous boyg LEE Rox' SATIERWHITE: Most musical boy, best rlrmrrrg NORIKIAN HOOVER: Most bashful boy. Piriures not appearing-BILLY DRUBIRIGHTZ One-hall most popular couple, must athletic bay: BILLY BELL: Cutest laugh, :uitticst boyg KATIE JEAN YOUNG: Afost courteous girl. 1- l

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BETTY JANE THOIXIERSON Secretary, Senior Class, Dramatic Club, '43-'45, President, '46, '47, Leading Speakers in Nation, '46, '47, N. F. L., '43-'45, President, '4li. '47, Clarion Staff, '45, Editor, '46, '47, Annual Stalf, '45, Busi- ness Manager, '46, '47, Senior Service Scouts, President, '44, '45, Secretary. Philosophers Club, '46, Red Cross, '43, C Club, '46, '47, junior Dramatic Club Spon. sor, '47: Secretary, junior Class, Clam Yvilllllilktffl Most Ambitious Girl, Girl Most Likely to Suc- eced. NIILDRED 'I'RAVIS Girls' Glec Club, '43, '44, Engcm. ble, '45-'47: C Club, '45-'47, Senior High Cheerleader, '45, Girl Siserves, '43, '44, Red Cmss. '43, PAUL USELTON, JR. Band, '43-'47, Orchestra, '43-'47, ll-City Band, '44, '45, hliddle cunessce Band, '44, Orchestra, 44: Middle Tennessee Band and Orchestra, '-15. A ,T ARTHUR LEE YVILLS Football, '46, '47, Band, '43-'45, Orchestra, '43-'45, Hi-Y, '44-'46, Glee Club, '43, '44, Ensemble, '45-'47, Annual Stalf, '47, ELINOR BUISIPAS CLYDE VERNON 'THRONEBERRY BIARY FRANCES TROXEI. Band, '44-'47, Majorctte, '45-'47, 0I'fll0Sll'H. '46, '47: Band Council, '46, '47. ALAN G. XVI LLIS Senior Hi-Y, '42-'45, Chaplain, '46, '47, President. KATIE JEAN YOUNG T. and I. Club, '46, '47, Most Courteous Girl. LEE DAVIS ESTES Cihorus, '44, '45, U. S. Army, '45, ' 6 NIILDRED PERRY President, T. and I. Club, '46, Feature Editor, T. and I. Paper of Tennessee, Spring, '46, D. O., Editor-in-Chief, T. and I. Paper, '46, '47. THE SENIOR CL ASS a

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S A L U T A T O R Y JOSEPHINE TAYLOR OUR DEBT TO POSTERITY Tonight we are leaving our Alma Mater. Behind us we have the memories of our school days, which are now at a close. Many memories run through our minds, and we relive each incident for a few short seconds before passing to the next. After reminiscing for a while, we turn our minds to the future. wondering what lies ahead of us. Of course, we have made our plans for the next few years, but we wonder if they will turn out all right. Are we ready to look to tl1e future? Have we paid all our debts? Of course we have-we paid all our fees and dues before putting on our caps and gownsg or have we? Haven't we missed something, and something very important at that? Yes. we have overlooked the debt to our teachers for the many things they did for our own good. NVe are prone to forget their many sacrinces-the many sleepless nights they have spent because we hadn't been learning as fast as we should-the silver hairs that made their appearance all too soon because of our miss chievousness-the nights they stayed home to grade the papers of a test about which we had complained so much when what they really wanted to do was to go to a movie or to some other entertainment--the wrinkles that prematurely creased their brows because of countless other things that we did or didn't do. Our teachers are not the only ones who have spent many trying hours with us. Our parents have also devoted much time training us. They have stayed awake many nights to look after us. Vve have also caused them many worries and sleepless nights. They have also grayed be- cause of things we did which at the time seemed small to us, but not to our parents. The things in which our parents instructed us are not the same kind of things that our teachers taught us, but they are every hit as important. 'These things may seem trivial. but they are not. They are a very important part of our lives. But for the i sacrifices of our teachers and parents, we would not be sitting on this platform tonight awaiting our diplomas. Mihat shall we do about this great debt? ive should do the only thing there is to do-pay it back. George Peabody said that education is a debt due from the present to the future generations. But how can we repay this obligation? The best way that we can repay it will be to try to help other people. VVe have upon our shoulders the responsibility of seeing to it that the chil- dren of tomorrow acquire an education. It is our duty to help them as our teachers and parents have aided us. This does not necessarily mean that we have to become schoolteachers, but we should choose a vocation which will he beneficial to others. We should not be selfish, for think what would have happened to us if no one would have been willing to make some sacrifice-if no one had had the inclination to be a teacher-if our parents had not cared whether we got along or not. Even if we do l10t want to become schoolteachers, we can became active leaders in the church which we attend. lVe can be interested in making the community in which we live a better place and in helping many people. Mle can be considerate of others in the vocation we choose. WVe can be courteous to people whom we know and whom we meet. lve should not neglect other things, but neither should we disregard being helpful. Therefore, in our plans for the future we should leave room for the com- munity in which we live. for the church we attend, for the business into which we enter, and for everyone with whom we come in contact under any circumstances. Our plans should concern our city. our state, and our nation. Yve, the members of this graduating class, are the ones who will either hold the offices or choose those whom we want to serve as the officers who will rule the country. YVe are the ones who will make up the communities and the churches. l'Ve are the leaders of tomorrow, and to- morrow comes with the dawn.