Hueytown High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hueytown, AL)

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STATISTICS Dear Classmates'. I feel that you are indeed honored in having me address you this evening. hen you imposed upon me the work of compiling statistics 1 felt unequal to the task so I resorted to books and Mr. (iilmore for guidance. In iny search I read 29 almanacs. 13 encyclopedias. 1 dictionaries, 3 cook books and 2 report cards. I finally arrived at this definition. A statistician is an amalgamated,, unsophisticated, ignorantly educated depository, commonly termed the eomplor or prognosticator of facts pertaining to the condition of people, their prper-ties. and talents. I shall not mention the talents for our vacant faces sadly bespeak their absence. Hut I will indulge in a lengthly discussion and enumeration of our properties. For convenience, let us take this class as one large family. In this class there are thirteen different varieties; seven are human, the rest are only girls. As a whol our class weighs one tone four hundred ninety five pounds and four and one half ounces. The heavy-weight championship goes to Beatrice Franklin and the light-weight to Flora Carter. If we were to stand on each other's shoulders we would he high enough to see an airplane without looking up—provided it were on the ground. Our tallest brother stretches 70.5 in. short and our shortest sister can peep, over a five foot wall. When I think of the sleepless nights we have spent with Chemistry I wonder that we are not all gray headed, bus such is not the case for I see there are eight blonds, seven black headed and four brown headed in our family. Such color if intremingled. would rival one of Kress diamonds. The color of our eyes varys as much as our hair. I find we have thirteen blue eyes, thirteen gray eyes. 10 brown eyes. 3 glass eyes and one black eye. ( Luther Knight went to Alliance last Sunday). If these eyes were combined by the law of signs the diameter would be 03 feet. With it we could find the hamburger in the buns bought at Mr. Huey’s store every day or maybe see the point of Mr. Deese’s jokes. We could even see a dime in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. If all our feet including Roy Dyer’s were made into one it would be lo feet long. Using logarithms we find it would take 1,658,312.4 steps to cross the Atlantic. It could he used as a bridge across alley Creek. Now. do not think that our feet are the largest part about us; bv careful measurements we find that our heads including Aubrey Wilson's have a circumference of 45 ft. and 3 in. If the heads were made into one and used as a reservoir it would supply Ravine with water for a year. By the law of combustion the weight of the brain is equal to pie (3 1-T) times the diameter squared, multiplied by the circumference. Therefore our brains weigh I lbs. 3 1-2 ozs. Classmates, just think what would be possible with this enormous amount of brains. W ith it we could do all our work including Chemistry and Math in 20 minutes. By our imaginative instinct we could see Furoj e as our History teacher wants us to. Every one in our family is a good sleeper. We have slept I 1.444 hours. 20 minutes. We would have had 1 1.444 hrs., lo min. but Miss Thompson caught Page Twenty-four

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hotter than gold is a thinking mind That, in the realm of books, can find A treasure surpassing Australia's ore, And live with the great and good of yore. The sage's lore, and the poet’s lay. The glories of empire past away, The world’s great dreams will then enfold. And yield a pleasure better than gold. I letter than gold is a peaceful home Where all the fireside choiristers come. The shrine of love, the Heaven of life. Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife. However humble the home may be. Or tried with sorrow by Heaven's decree. The blessings that never were bought or sold And center there, are better than gold. Dear classmates, in bidding you a last adieu, let us carry with us the spirit of Huey town High School so that no matter where we go or what we do, we will continue to learn and fill our places in the world, honorably, loyally and truthfully, and permit me to wish that the most beautiful flowers may blossom in your pathway; that your lives may be lives of service; that life and death may be to you one grand sweet song. Grady Howard, 23. I'uitc I unity-three

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Homer about the middle of the period one day so he lost 20 minutes, then, we would have had 5 hours more but YVelby Smith went to see Harold Lloyd in “Safety Last” (at least he said so the next day). Our chief source of amusements is hearing Miss Riley talk about Chemistry, Mr. Deese about Psychology, and Miss Thompson having us practice songs, and moonlight picnics at Hay view and Avondale. I know you want to know where our money goes so I will read the finance committee's report: YVc all spend 15c per day for lunch, except Luther and Welby. Wclby bums his and Luther borrows his. so they do not lose anything. If we total this up with Jack Newton’s 10c powder puff. Laura's hair cut and Welby's trip to the show, we find we have spent $892.31. All this is not extravagant as $10.00 went for diplomas (The diplomas only cost 98c but 2c went for postage). For our names, we have one for everything, we have a Parson in our class, we also have a noble Knight, a bright Ray, only one Skate, and neither are we without jewels as we have a precious Pearl. Seriously, though fellow-classmates, as our happy schooldays draw to a close. I feel a strange tearing at my heart and I know you feel the same. c are about to leave pleasant memories and beloved teachers. F.re long w shall Ik separatee! and our former pleasures will be only a memory, but let us hope btat the good will and friendship of our fellow students will go with us through life's journey. Knox Davis. ’23. Page Twenty-fir’