Dunbar High School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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l- zl-fi Without a song, life In and out of school would be almost unbelievable The Girls Choir, Musically spreads that ray of sunshine throughout our day THOUGHTS OF YESTERDAY While lying here in my bed in the confines of a hospital room shared by two other patients l remmisce a little about the hours that have passed, the hours that soon will be called yesterday Yes yesterday to me seems like a magic word For it is the yester Clays that mean so much In a persons lite To some woman In this hospital yesterday ended the muffled agony and pain of labor and marked the beginning of a new life cl lite now shared with the presence of a tiny dovwny haired human being To some child In this great wide world yesterday meant the emergure from a dark and lonely room A room where he previously sat staring out of the window watching the wonders ot the world arouno which to him then seemed only a fairy tale where he could not trespass because he could not walk until yesterday To others the world over yesterday meant a day of a miracle A miracle because they had stumbled through what seemed like It would mean they could see Yes they were blind, and yesterday and medical science and God brought them vision Sight a precious commodity which so many people take for granted l slt up now and stare out of the window Thoughts enter my mmd thoughts of yesterday Yesterday To me the magic word will mean ll hope and prayj the end ot a life full of dull uninteresting sublects Small things like the trees the houses the animals he birds the bright smiling faces that will take on new meaning to me because tor the first time in my life I will be able to see them as l was meant to see them from the beginning of my life Not divided or blurred or all at one time But I will be able to see them separately individually I will be able to look at people without any doubt in their minds that I am looking at them Yes, yesterday that one word we should thank God for I recline now and my mmd ns peaceful and quiet and l remimsce a little about the hours that have passed, the hours that soon will be called yesterday Written by Hazel M Johnson M . I l 1 . . . I . . . I . I . . . . ,, ,, . . . . - , . , . . , . . . . I . I I I . ' ' - 1 - ' 11 ' 5 U , 1 . U rf I . n . . an eternity of darkness, ever searching . . . searching . . . searching for just a flicker of light, knowing, that when they saw this light ' I . I . . I I I ' - I I I . I . . . ' , . I I . I t . I . .. . . . . . . I . 1 I . . . ' . . . . . , . ' I ' . . . . I . . . - H 1, 1 . . I ' I 34 Q ',

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OUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Shurley Carter, Delorse Wulkunson We 'l2Bl on thus June Day Beung of sound mund to do what we may Do sut to put forth our last decree Tellung how that after our departure thungs should be Before we begun we want to say Just how our luves have been at Dunbar to thus day Our furst day was a day of frught We were atraud wed do wrong not knowung the rught The eught grade came and so ut went Then graduatuon and a presudent Mable Hardy was ut as you all know That year she really stole the show Beung valeductoruan us really o lot, And then to be presudent surely tops And so the years went we dud let say aur Perhaps we could have done better but who can e Then the tenth grade and no tume to thunk Because Muss D Sungleton was typung us punk Then the eleventh grade and me oh my Shorthand so tough we wanted to cry 'llA and another great event Barbara Coue and Carolyn Woods runnung for student presudent If we saud llth grade shorthand kept us on the run That us because we dud not know Mrs Brown untul 'l2B'l What all the other students were doung at thus tume Of course there us Delores Wulktnson who us quute a gal Everythung she dud she dud quute well There were three fields un whuch she made her plans Arthur typung and the Dunbar Band Glorua Makel was one who never had much to say Whatever she dud she dud ut un a quuet way She was determuned to get the thungs on whuch her heart was bent And ended beung the Gurl s League Presudent Melvune Brown everyone wull agree Was as kund and truendly as she could be And when ut came to dancung she really topped She should have been made queen of the Juke Box Hop Lets see now there was .lohnnue Fenner Who un everythung was bound to be wunner I cant get thus mnety word letter he would groan And when the tume came he posses wuthout a moan Oh, yes Shurley Scott has to be acknowledged lt would really be dangerous uf thus gurl went to college Who do you thunk was furst to pass her suxty word letter Shurley of course, because no one else was better ln Alma Barton and Corrune Puerce we can really boast When ut comes to scholarshups to them we take a toast These gurls though eftucuent when theres one When put together really get thungs done There are Lulluam Jones Louuse Thomas we could go on to say Audrey Woodland Marlene Woody who were all great on theur own way We wont forget Sarah who was Moody you mught belueve Of course she really wasnt we just satd that to tease Betty Kught and gym and gosh' what a scare She dud thungs that the rest of us wouldnt dare That gurl was determuned un everythung she trued To get ut exactly rught even uf un the process she dued Edna Wyche and Bernetta Banks was really quute a twosome Bu as an exceptuon to the rule they were not gruesome Edna could hold an auduence when she started talkung And anyone would take a look when Bernetta Banks was walkung Sylvua Bauley and Lulluan Cornush were among those who saud lutt'e but dud much And Phyllus Tunson was one who never was un cu rush These gurls were kund an consuderate too They always dud what they thought best to do When lu comes to personaluty theres Maruon and Geraldtne lt would be of munor honor to crown these gurls queens Darlung' Dear' Sugar' Maruon would always say Geraldune never saud much but would smule your frowns away Oh we wont forget the looks un thus class lt looks and personaluty can rate you homecomung queen Then Angelue Blanks was really on the beam There are some gurs who are small but very gay Theur sense of humor would brughten any day Verna Shuvers was an example of thus type Beung un her presence was really a dellght ln thus class you wull fund I thunk you wull agree Every type of personaluty that un thus world be ln every outstandtng fueud someone un thus class would pursue And accomplush such thungs as l have showed to you As we were sayung about thus decree That tells lust haw thungs should be We leave to you fellow students our good character trauts, Personaluty talent and scholarly rates To our beloNed teachers we leave our very hearts To show that we apprecuate the knowledge that you dud umpart lt angered us and yet ut dud amaze To see how you taught rebuked and then gave us praise We beung of sound mund as we before have stated On the above day that thus decress us dated Do hereby Instruct our lawyer Muss Wunfree by name After our departure to carry out thus claum Our death wull be an enuoyable one though ut us the end Because we belueve we are leavung our valuables to depend able fruends I I . I ' ' I I I , 1 . . , ' . . - , , , . . , . I . . . . I l , , . , . , . ' , 'l l , . . I o I Ilf ' ll 1 - . . . I 1 , t ll ' , ' , I . 4 n l h D I u , .A . , . . ' 1 I ' ' . . . . . . , , , . . , We dare DOY fdll to bring to YOUI' mind Even though we waited to mention it last. t . . . . , I , t 1 - ' Q I . . . I . . I . . Q. I - - t - , . I . I . . . , 1 I A A I I s , . , II I ' ' II l . , . . I . . . I I . n , , I I . . I I . . I , . u . ' D

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1 , ' ? 3 .n..,. .ff We is f -fife- There are always some Interesting exhlbltlons In the many show cases scattered throughout the school Here some domestuc art work catches the eye of some curnous sensors FAMOUS SAYINC-S OF TEACHERS Jamesetta Hollnman Carolyn Scruggs and Frances Dowe Mrs V Cook My dear children T A Johnson When I was commg up Mrs Whndbee Are there any questions? Mrs Mamue Woodford Name class and date at the top of your paper Davcge Snt down you messed It up Mrs M Seaborne What can I do for you young lady James Curtns Hey you there' lets have It qunet Mrs A Thomas Arch your buck and polnt your toes Mrs A Patterson Alrlght people Mrs E Hnghtower Is that clear? L: Mr. . . - ' Mr. Burgess-When I was in Springfield Mr. - ' , ' , . - ? Mr. ' - , . ' ' '