Fairfield High School - Crucible Yearbook (Fairfield, AL)

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T I I E C K UC I B I. E 1Q.‘X •IIIUIIIIMIIIfll FINISHED YET BEGINNING Finished wc are in Math and such; We've worked and studied and accomplished much Four years we've struggled with toil and pain Rich opportunities and success to gain. From cradle on, we learned to work And never a daily task to shirk; For things that arc gained without the price re as red pep| er mixed with 'pice. We can't be healthy and wealthy, too, Until we learn each lesson through. One may be finished only jiolished and line. Rut tlie house of life doesn't need that kind. Instead, a wholesome, thoroughbred soul I' the sort who always reaches the goal. Re he humble and p« or. hut faithful and true. His ta k is lighter, and he's happy, t»x . We're beginning our voyage at sea. nd the sails l clong to you and me. Shall we be tossed ant) rolled on the deep, Or shall wc the safety of an anchor keep? Have wc finished our voyage in joy and mirth Or are we useless and just orphans of the earth? Have we courage to fear the things of life. The battles with failure, filled with strife? Arc wc happy the whole day through? Do we have pride in all wc do? Finished—yet Ix-ginuing—is our motto each day: Another reminder along the way. We find contentment in the golden rule— The greatest lesson in life’s hard school. Tu'tntyfonr

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 THE CRUCIIJLE y.’A' Kpwabo T t;« k kk— Turk Vincent High School '24. ‘25; l ..-i»kethall '24. '25; Fairfield High '26, 28; VfoSPrcaidcnt Junior ClaM '26; Pretndent Senior CIa»a '28; VicrJ'rciidwt Thucydidr Club '26. '27; Athletic A»«Ociatitin '26, vfee- President IIJ-Y Club '23; Football '26, '28; I lowball ’27, 28; Captain Raakctball Team '27, 28. Ambition: To l c able lo make a (‘ without a minus (—) sign after it. Motto: Work to get out of work. Hobby: Loafing. Joe Tucker—t otton Vincent High School '24, '25: Fairfield High ’26, '28: Delphian Club 26. ‘27: Athletic Association '26. ’28; K Club '.’6. 28: llaskethalt '28. Ambition: To bo able to inform other people where my younger brother is. Motto: All’s well that ends well. Hobby: Basketball. AI LEE N W ILT.t m s—A Hill' Ttitculocisa High ’24, '26; Athletic Association '24, ‘26: Spanish Club Glee Club '24. ’26: Fairfield High School '26. '28; Glee Club '26. 28; Athletic A» o-riatlun '26, 28: Sponsor '26; Cheer Leader '27: tiler Club Concert 26: Promethean Club '26. '28. f’c't School Booster '27; Ile t Si«n '27; Cntctlile Annual Staff '28, Ambition: To be a musician. Motto: No —Be yourself Hobby: Swimming and dancing. Tmnty'thrft

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THE CRUCIBLE HISTORY of CLASS In the Leap N ear. 1924, we were fired from the Grammar School Cannon into the I'air-ficlrl High Crucible. We were small, green .shot, wrapped in diplomas. So fresh were we tli,-it we had had net time to .shrink Our heads were swelled with ideas of the blessings which we should be to the school that was so fortunate a to Ik- receiving us. During the freshman year, the sophomores ami seniors showed us the error of our ways. We were mere numbers, not human livings, possessed of ideas. Worn into smaller round halls by class discipline, by scientific investigation, by algebraic equations, by historical conclusions, by foreign conjugations, and by English themes, after nine months of refining, we fell out of the Crucible with groans—as the dames died down for the summer. As some of the halls were left so square that they could not lit into the round moulds demanded, they were unable to return for the next nine months. Youth is resilient. During the entire sophomore year the idea that our group bad entered this Crucible that a finer metal might Ik; turned out. prevailed. The dames ceased to scorch us so severely, for we were a little nearer the top. Occasionally there were gleams of luster, and the smcltcrcrs began to feci that some gold might result. Upon reaching the junior year, wc were becoming stabilized metal. If the coach needed steel to make strong a football wall. In- |x»urcd a junior into the gap. If the stall needed color to brighten the year lx ok. it saw the glow from junior metal and chose that. Now, the Leap Year. 1928, is here. In the short span I ctween the two leap years, wc have liecome refined. A glance at the flow of gold reveals many jewels. The big lumps are athletes; their purple and gold lias brought much recognition. Those so close to them shine with the glamor that comes from serving on tlx Crucible staff, in the magazine contest, and many student activities. Then come those of tine gold, smooth, round, choice. Their re linen lent has come through much study. The Council of Honor has claimed them; college is before them. Perhaps again wc shall lx; only small round balls, wrapped in diplomas; but when the Crucible of the world is through with us. may wc lx? highly enough refuted t » be worthy to I laid at the feet of the Master. Joe Cacua.no, Historian. TntHiyUff