Minor High School - Iris Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE IRIS-1926 j ciuor Class Ruby Estelle Thompson Topstf” Ambition: To master chemistry. A folio: Don't expect anything of anybody except yourself. Honors; President of Dcmctrian Society ’26. Athletic Association ’2(». Howard G. Tilson “. flip Dean Ambition: To reach the top where there is plenty of mom. J o lo: Mold on for the journey is near completion. Honors: Ford Debating Society ’25-26. Athletic Association 25-26. Howard W. Tutwiler Tul Ambition: To find the guy who painted the Red Sea. Jtotto: Treat me kind or let me l c. Honors: Ford Debating Society '25-26- Athletic Association ’25-26. Assistant Manager ’26. Baseball '25. Bertha Wrioiit Ritfhl . million: To l c the rightest (w)right that ever was right. J o lo: Why let the disappointments of this life down you. Honors: Dcmctrian Society '25-26. Adclnhian Society '24-25. Queen Esther Circle. Athletic Association '24-25-26. Ikanktte U. McAllister Jean Ambition: To Itocome a nurse. J o lo: A rolling stone does not gather much moss. But it sure keeps smooth. Honors: Eta Kappa Society '24-25-26. French Club '24-25. Athletic Association '24-25-26. Twenty-four

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THE IRIS—1926 junior (Class Ersie Palmer • ' Ambition: To lie the most successful successor that ever succeeded. Motto: I lc who falls for puppy love leads a dog’s life. Honors: French Cluh '25. Secretary Treasurer of Ford Debating Society '20. Student Council '25-26. Athletic Association '25 26. Nira Estelle Skidmore “Strile Ambition: To l e a stenographer. Motto: Things seen are mightier than things heard. Honors: Demetrian Society '2ti. I OK St.ATSKY Pimples Ambition: On to perfection. Motto: Plav the game square. Honors: Vice President of Senior Class of '2t . Basketball '26. Ford Debating Society ’2( . Iris Staff '26. Athletic Association. It.a Elvria Smith Ambition: To make a success in life. Jtotto: Don't worry over what might have l ccn, but make the l est of what is. Honors: Tutwilcr '26. Athletic Association 26. Carl Slovensky Fido Ambition: It is l ettcr to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Motto: To spend too much time in studies is l. th. Honors: Ford Debating Society ‘2 . Athletic Association ‘26. Wesley Hobson Smith Ambition: To l»e among the l est of leaders. Motto: Do as you please as long as you do the right. Honors: I.ee Society. TueiilYlbrre

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THE IRIS—1926 •jJreaiiient’s JXhbrcss I..ulics and Gentlemen: Happy yes. we are liappv tonight how could graduates l c otherwise? We are glad that such an enthusiastic audience oi friends and instructors have gathered to greet us on this our graduating night. We arc pleased to complete our high school course and to move on in our development to what we trust mav be. truly influential lives: that we may l«e in future years an honor to our past training, to ourselves and to our country. The Class of nineteen twenty-six heartily welcomes you this evening to their program of love and praise to our own dear country, into whose broad fields each one of us must soon pass to begin life's work. May your presence here this evening help us to take advantage of the bright ami promising opportunities of our time, as we hope we have taken advantage of them in the past four years. We must progress, for tonight is our commencement. The highest success ought to be ours. Each day opportunities for a liner growth, derived from the knowledge of literature and art and science, the chance of letter culture thru religion and wise association and travel, the way to a more ideal character is open to every hoy and girl who is awake to all the possibilities of our land. Do we not all have equal opportunities, all who live Itencath the folds of the Stars and Stri|«es. that dear emblem of liberty, fraternity and equality? We are a great people. Ours is a great country. Great are the advantages which we enjoy in the present form of govern meat. Great are the privileges of the present Opportunities of the | or Very great indeed are the mental benefits of today with a wealth of knowledge from the researches of the past years and the great researches of the present, and greatest of all are the religious advantages of today. May all appreciate these opportunities and strive to succeed. In behalf of the Class of nineteen twenty-six, I wish to say that word fail to express our deep appreciation and lasting gratitude to Superintendent Baker and the Fairfield Board of Education for their great kindness sliown us in this Our last and l»est year so great a kindness that we shall never lie aide to repay them. As we looked upon our beloved Alma .Mater in flames, many of us despaired of this coveted day graduation and all of us felt the heartaches of separation as we faced the inevitable. But such good friends as these came to our rescue and we were given far more than we could have ever hoped for. To say that we thank them but fecblv expresses our gratitude. Truly these many trusts and our own training inspire us and demand that as we go out into life we accomplish a worthy work, humanity demands that we do our duty, and God demands that we do our best. So may each one looking thru the years, labor ever onward, unharmed by doubts or fears. The past four years of strenuous study, the constant and daily association with teachers and companionship with one another, have l»ecn a training, have l ccn a preparatory course lor a greater school. Tonight we are graduated from the high school either to a higher school of learning or to the school of active life. In either ease, may we. adopting the thought of the great King Arthur to the present: Reverence the kine as if he were our consciencc and our conscience as our king. To break the heathen and uphold the f'hrist, To ride abroad repressing human wrongs. To s]icak no slander, nor listen to it, To honor our own word as if our God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity.” Again the Class extends their most hearty and sincere welcome to all who have assembled to witness these exercises, and it most cordially inv ites your attention to the program of the evening. Welcome, parents, teachers, and friends, thrice welcome is the greeting from the Class of nineteen twenty-six. , , Lynn Jones. President, '26 T tienly-Uve