Minor High School - Iris Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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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

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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 Senior (Class jitmg Now we come to the cm! ol a Senior Year. Ami we sit for the last time in class. While the memories linger, memories clear. Of the joys in the year now missed. Do you think what the end of a Senior Year Can mean to a U»v or girl? When we each receive our diplomas here Ami go out into the world. Well this is the end of the last long mile. And for some the school days too. Hut we kept the faith and we fought the light As we traveled o’er the wav. Now we’re on the lirst long road to fame. As Seniors bold and strong Ami ended in the glorious journey here At the end of a Perfect Year. Carrie Mae Acton Class Musician Tune -(A Perfect l)av) Histnru of (Class of 1926 Four short years ago we entered this dear school. It was then and there that we laid the rock that we have l»een so continuously building on for the three years that have so speedily passed away. Well do we remember the first morning of our high school. It seemed ns if we were in a new-world surrounded by new friends, new teachers, and new associations, everything was so strange ami different. Hut in a short while nothing seemed new. We became one. all working for the same cause. With eighty in number we composed one of the finest Freshman classes that ever entered Minor High School. Never shall we torget our relations with Miss Falkner ami Miss Bates, the leaders of the Freshman gang, and to them we must give the credit for our l»cing one year nearer our goal. The years that passed licfore becoming Seniors were well spent trying to master our required subjects. We can truly say that the funior year was the most thrilling year ol our whole high school career. In any move which Mr. Petty undertook to put over, the juniors were always lirst. We even went ahead of the dear Seniors of twenty-five in putting over the popularity contest. ami at this present time we were forced to look upon the Seniors with pride, for we were speedily on the road to accomplish what they were about to achieve. We thought we were happy these lirst three years, but nothing could compare with the morning when we entered Minor as Seniors. Just nine more months and we would be out into the wide, wide world to choose our own life’s vocation. The thought of this made us happy. We were thinking of the time when we would receive our diplomas from clear old Minor High. So it was, from a dream to chaos; from a dream of happy, but earnest work in our career, to suddenly awake to the almost unlielievnblc fact that our dear, dear old school building was burned. However, we subdued our sorrow' of the loss of our building and plucked up the courage to enter school elsewhere with brave hearts and lorced happy minds. The last nine months ol our career here have come to an end, and we arc forced to say goodbye- In our hearts we arc sad because school ties have bound our hearts very closely to Minor, where we for so many years have suffered, struggled, and achieved for the cause ol an education. On the other hand through our sadness we arc made glad; glad to have achieved so great a success, to have so nearly finished our career in so grand an institution. Now we are ready for something bigger. Also through the efforts of our most Induced teachers, we each individually, have a bright amt glorious vision of the future. Idell Chowder. Class Hi.dor tan Tirrnly-tis