Douglas Southall Freeman High School - Historian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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ee: UNEXPECTED HEAVY SNOWFALL BROUGHT WITH IT CLOSED SCHOOLS AND A HOLIDAY FOR DELIGHTED REBELS. “LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN” was the theme sophomores chose fo r decorations at their dance, first class-sponsored activity. WEARING HER SPARKLING CORONET, sophomore Evelyn Perham smiles as she hears her new title, FBLA Sweetheart.

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Snowstorm brings early second semester holiday Exams over, Rebels entered enthusiastically into their second - semester activities. With fresh energy they cheered at Saturday wrestling matches and at- tacked new assignments. As Valentine’s Day approached, FBLA members be- gan planning for their traditional Sweetheart Dance. Giving the cafeteria a romantic mood, they turned bright red cupids loose to flit among red and white hearts and streamers. During a lull in the Lo-jos’ music, couples saw sophomore Evelyn Perham crowned DSF Sweetheart. Interrupting the orderly progression of events came “snow days.” Rebels greeted the swirling white crys- tals with mixed feelings—delight at the prospect of a surprise holiday and despair at the thought of days to be made up. The first emotion triumphed when a voice announcing that school would close early came through the public address system. Students merrily thronged the parking lot to clean snow off windshields and to dodge a few stray snowballs. The “midnight sun” shone in the gym as sophomores danced at their first class-sponsored fete. After choos- ing their theme, “The Land of the Midnight Sun,” they decked the walls and ceiling with sparkling silver suns and crepe paper streamers. In senior homerooms the time of measuring for caps and gowns and ordering calling cards was at hand. SPECTATORS HOLD THEIR BREATH while a Rebel wrestler With it came the realization that graduation was not struggles to maintain his top position over a wriggling opponent. so distant after all. JOURNALISM STUDENTS STUDY MECHANICAL MAKE-UP OF A NEWSPAPER. BEFORE OFFERING CRITICISMS.

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CURIOS FROM FOREIGN LANDS, placed in upstairs hall cases, attract interested Rebels during Language Emphasis Week. INTENT UPON HIS WORK, an art student with steady hand carves on a linoleum block. Rebels pass winter with dramas, Language Week With a few experimental forays, spring once again began coy preparations for her entrance. After weeks of chilly mornings, Rebels would awake to find dew xe- placing frost on the grass. They alternated sweaters with winter coats in their efforts to combat the muta- ble weather. DSF thespians resumed their drama activities as the Night of One - Act Plays approached. When the red curtains parted and the plays began, actors treated audi- ence to a variety of moods—the wistful poignancy cf A White Butterfly, the comic strangeness of Joey, the tragic tenderness of Romeo and Juliet. Hardly pausing for breath, energetic students fol- lowed the plays with Language Emphasis Week. To acquaint fellow Rebels with the customs and languages of other countries, members of language clubs decorated hall cases with displays, and they prepared European delicacies for after-school bake sales. At assembly pro- grams, Freemanites who studied Spanish, French, or Latin invited an interested audience to join the singing of songs in unfamiliar tongues; German students taught conversation in their skit showing the troubles of an ¢nglish-speaking student abroad. Classes continued at their normal pace since students had not yet caught spring fever. Seniors, however, were suffering from another equally wide-spread ail- ment, “‘senioritis.”” While exasperated teachers strug- gled to cope with this, their charges continued to dream of picnics and graduation.