Mobile High School - Bartonian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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ARTONIA demand the 9Xl'lllJ1t1OIl of good 1udgment and tactful d1sc1et1on WVe f1nd that xxe haxe b3.lllSl'l6d all thoughts of fea1 and fallule as well as that 1'T'11S6121lJl9 teehng ot t1m1d1tx that xxas so pl0Il0llUC9d xvhen we xx c1e F1GShlfI1t.ll and Sophommes and xxc Cl1SCOX6l that xve possess 111 stead a 19II'1fllk'1lJl6 deglec ot P0159 It 18 xx 1th g1eat plea u1e that xxe note the p1og1css that old Ba1ton has made 111 sO manx IGSDQCTN NIHCQ xxe haxe been xx1th he1 and t IS evcceedmglx g13.llfXl1lg to us to feel that lt IS pa1tlx th1ough the 6ffOltS of the JLIHIOI Class that she ha succeeded so xx ell As a LOIlLlt,tC examplc of the succcss of Ba1ton s 1ecent ente1 p11se xxe cltc Student Government, the pl'1n of xxhlch xx as f11st con ce1xed du11ng ou1 F1eshman xea1 That plan has mate11al1zed 1nto a successful O1g'3Il1Z3l1OI'l that 15 noxx maklng the tudents of Barton splend1d and laxx ab1d1ng c1t1zens xxho ale st11x1ng ca1nestlx to make school l1fe the llfe togethe1 Yes It cannot be den1ccl ou1 JLlll10l X831 IS our annus mnrabxlns, fOl haxe xxe IlOt pubhshcd xx 1th g1eat p11clc The Barton News wh1ch we have smuggled to make the b1ggest and best and news1est paper Ba1ton has ex 91 had and best of all haxe xxe not 1ece1xed our p1 GCIOUS gl een gold class Illlgg the pllflf-3 of ex SIX g1aduate s heart Our rmgs 11ke the 3llC1f,Ill tahsmans haxe the malxelous poxve1 of g1VlHg us cour age and st1ength to f1ght the last g1eat battle Thex 1em1nd us that the goal of en1o1sh1p ls close at hand 1nd that the long fought lOl XlLtO1X IS nea1lx xxon I paused 1n mx speech and old NIe1l1n la1d down hls pen but ll bade h1m takc It up agam and xx11te 111 LOIlCll1b1OIl Oh happy JUHIOI xea1 xou a1e mdeed the most IHQYT1Ol3lJlL xear of all FLOIBF CUTHBERT tgyff ,Q XX' Yll 19 B N 24 Y . 1 . 6 , ' , 1 1, V V V KV 1 LV V V , AV V .v , 1 1 V 1 1 1 Y V V u Y 1 1 U , 1 V , 1 , V V V V - V , V V 1 V V V V - 1 1, 1 11 11 K- 11 V 1 V c 1 , LV . U ' V' V V 1 V V V VV V 1w 5 X11 1 V ' V V 1 V . V V' V V V' V 1 1 u 1 1 1 , lv . V a ' V. V l -V 0 v 0 1 1 t L 1 1 V , V LV V VV KV S .V 1 1 KV V l U V 1 1 1 -x Y V V 1 1 VK- V V ' V V V- ' 1 s, ' ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 ' - 1 . V 1' v 1 V v u V 1. . ' 1, 1 1 1' ' 1 ' ' f ' S 1' v . V- . . -. 1 Y ' Q. V. 3 Q 7 1 1 1 1 , ' 1 ' ,v U ' . i . x 4 1 ' Y Q 1' . 1 . 0 1, , V 1 V V V ' V V V' V V' , K , 7 ' 1 1 , v V V 1 x v Y v . v Q . 1 , 1 , V VVV V' 1' v V V 1 7 ' V 11 1, v 1 . , v V v 1 v ' 1 I . J c 1, c 11 ' I ' . I '1 ' V 1 . w 1 1 . V 1 S ' VAV ' 'AV , LV V , 2 - -' V V' , V V ' V V V '7 Y' . Y ' X ' . 1 . 1 t 1 1 1 , 1 x . r . v '. 1 I a Y. H Y 1 1 1 1 - 1 V V V 1 1 1 1 V ' 1 1. ' . ' A L J . ',-11 4 1 !.S pg. r, .vs Q

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19 BARTONIAN Jumor Class HISIOTY I had the queerest dream last mght By queer I do not mean that It was a tangle and confuslon of utterly rldlculous unconnected and Jmposslble events such as my dreams usually are but one that was so clear and v1v1d that It was lemarkable It was probably the 16 ult of my havmg la1n awake for hou1s try mg to thlnk out some clever and altogethel unlque manner of com pos1ng our class h1story Try as I would I could not form a slngle o11g1nal 1dea My head felt queer and ha7y and 1ust as I was be comlng thoroughly dlsgusted XV1th mv mental IIIHCIIVIIX I began to fall Oh' what a long fall It was and I began to wonder lf I was another Allce 1n Wonderland tfo1 she began her adventules wlth a fall d1dIltSh67 and 1f I were to have expeuences Slmllal to he1 own I trled to recall Allce s many adventules but strange to say I could remember nothmg about he1 saye that she met a Whlte rabblt yy ho carrled a Watch I was sure of the VVh1t8 rabblt and remembered d1s tmctly that he carrled a watch At last my fall was over Just 1mag1ne my sulprlse when I opened my ey es and found my self IH Klng Arthurs Hall seated at the Round Table and across from me 1U hls te1r1ble chan Selge Per1lous was Merlln the anclent maglclan A huge volume lay open before h1m and he was readmg aloud ln! spectfully and sllently to old Mellln for I was greatly awed by the fantastlc appearance h1 vsunkled face presented framed IH lts locks of shaggy grey han that yy ele so long they mmgled Wlth hls flowmg whlte beard Thls wlse old man sulveyed me c11t1cally a moment then sald Ah you have come at last and late you are too and seemg my pua fled face he contlnued ln explanatlon Inach year ln my gleat book I recold the class hlstorles of Barton See I have them all here except the Jumor h1St01y of th1s year Now make haste my chlld and tell me bllefly what you W1Sh recolded fo1 tlme flles and I have but a short hour to devote to It I collected my W1tS and told hlm as rapldly and coherently as I could our Junlor hlstory Our Junlor year I began mlght well be termed the year be tween We have passed the lnfantxle stages of Freshmen and Sopho mores and have not yet reached the d1gn1f1ed and mature stage of benlols It 1s the year of reflectlon one 1n whlch yye may pause and look back ovel the past yeals We are able to lecall oul Weaknesses and hortcomlngs and proflt by the lessons ou1 many and varled ex perlences have taught us We d1scove1 that we have learned the meamng of self rehance and that we must assume 1espons1b1l1t1es that 24 O O 1 . , '7 s .. , , . . . Q Q ' ' 1 v- - . .. . . , . . 1 A AJ, - L K. L. A K v 5 7 a - I KW v ' L as ' ' U , Y , - . . n . , ,, . 1. . . . 1 , . . . I ,Y Y 1 w v 'Y ' V7 , . n bg' 1 . v Y Y , 4, . v sy ca H , ' ' 1 . 4 . .x ,, . . ,, . . . . - , . 7 some mystlc language the words Wr1tten on 1ts pages. I llstened re- . Q . 7 l 9 . .S yi. y . . u 7 ' 7 '1 -w w 1 11' ' w D , . . , . , u H ' , Q K- n r s - r . . . ,, , . y 1 4 ! 7 I A 1 l -1 I '1 1 ' . . . , A . s , , ' Y A! ' ' 77 , . , . KK ' ii ll ' 6 9 1 ' ' . l ' ' , , g x n L ' . . , . s ' . ' - ' L Ls x n

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