Pomonkey High School - Roaring Tiger Yearbook (Indian Head, MD)

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Please please' W1l1 this pra1se never cease'P we pleaded waited waited and waited for The Class of 1957 to graduate and an opportunity to stand rn the spotlight our opportunity to be really seen our moment of importance September 19571 It came It came and we returned from summer vacation We returned to the halls of Alma Mater We walked proudly into the darkened arena The spotlight had not been turned on Mentally we re hearsed our bow and curtsy We held our breath for the moment when we would be encircled in light waited Suddenly the light was on but lnstead of us standing in the spotllght there were brlcks steel sand gravel trucks workmen blueprints plans for a new Pomonkey H1gh School You ve turned the spotlight in the wrong direction we cried We re over here Please look over here We ve waited for this year You ve got to turn the llght on us We re Seniors now Can t you hear us'7 Our voices would not be heard and the shadow of the future loomed over us greater than that any upperclassmen could have ever made So instead of the threat of a human superior there were the bricks and the sand the crane and bulldozer all adding up to create the promise of a future with physical greatness beyond our present The spirit of a Senior IS undauntable and from our dejected mass emerged that composite face not smudged and t1ny but sull eager The body no longer little expanded still with pride and the voice that issued forth was still conf1dent The spotlrghtl Who wants that spotlight? It qurzzed The greatest spotlight is within us The only determlnauon our ambition our talent our initiative All of this IS our spotlight and we need not humble our selves to anything physical And the face that was no longer t1ny and smudged the body that was no longer small but still expanded was the composite Class of 1958 We took our stance and as our chins lifted we did find illumrnatron from within From within us it came and we wondered how such a spotlight had come to be formed there Softly we heard our conscious whispering Sing a song full of the fa1th that the dark past has taught us The past had given us this 1nner glow We had not realized it wh1le we were frightened Seventh Graders nor while we were Eighth Graders teeming w1th exuberance We had not seen this as Ninth Graders nor Sophomores An inner glow was develop1ng all those years while we walked 1n the shadow of upperclassmen Shadowed beneath Thy hand May we forever stand True The shadow' The shadow of upperclassmen The Class of 1957 the Class of 1956 1955 54 53 52 The traditions of Alma Mater established by her graduates are our inner illumination Walt Just before we turn the pages to enter The Class of 1958 s hall of memories ROARING TIGER, let us remember her graduates who created the shadows her classes which permitted The Class of 1958 the opportunity to walk in the shadows her classes which have made Pomonkey High School a spirit that cannot be crushed They maintained the past made possible her present and we with them have given promise to her future This volume 1S our record of the heritage This volume IS proof that we too stood in the spotlight and spread our shadow ROARING TIGER is the record of our spotlight and shadow our Moment of GLORY The Class of 1958 IS honored to dedicate ROARING TIGER to the Alumni of Pomonkey High School 'LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING James Weldon Johnson 5 . . . ' ' ' . . . We spotlight is within us. Class of 1958, no promise of the future can overshadow our present, for the spotlight is our ,,. , . by

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The Dedlcatlon lnhat wlll be the story of the Class of 1958 ten years hence'7 How wtll tts past slx years be recordedg Mxght ll be read as Once upon a tlme there were many small Chlldfell lrvlng 1n Charles County and as these chlldren boys and gtrls played IH a fteld a stranger passtng along the highway asked one of them Say ltttle fellow what would you llke to be when you grow up'7 Me? returned the eager ltttle face carelessly covered wtth smudges of dtrt The man nodded 1n antrctpatton of hearmg a dream for world wlde 6XP101IS The ltttle body that went w1th the l1ttle face expanded wlth prlde and the answer came confrdently I am golng to be a student at Pomonkey Hrgh School Ten years hence could thts be the beglnnmg of our story told as a fatry tale and bathed 111 memories of youth and the Joys that attend those years'P Th1s could be our begmnmg for the lad on the sand lot baseball team drd grow up and come to Pomonkey Hlgh School along wtth many other boys and glrls who had heard of Pomonkey when they too were qutte young and had yearned for the day when they would be a part of her school famxly The boy dld come for rn th1s one smudged face 15 a compos1te of every member of The Class of 1958 How have our years at Pomonkey Htgh School been'P Have they been pleasant fru1tful'P Have they been what we had expected them to be? For just a few moments before entertng Roarlng Tlger The Class of 1958 s hall of memorles let us pause for reflectlon Pomonkey Htgh School' What has tt been for us? A new wonderland w1th many corners to explore many new teachers whose names we had dtfftculty rememberrng and spelltng sophtsttcated grrls tn sweaters and natural bucks btg boys wearlng school letters Thls was the Pomonkey we knew as Seventh Graders when we felt com fortable only w1th1n the confrnes of our own homeroom Th1s was the land of our childhood dreams and now we were no longer saylng that we are g01Hg to be but that we are students at Pomonkey Hlgh School Our days wlthln her halls turned to weeks and these weeks grew to become months And as the semesters passed we turned from frtghtened and anx1ous Seventh Graders tnto norsy Etghth Graders and frnallylnto mtld sophtstrcates ourselves as Ntnth Graders What were these years l1ke'7 We came to reallze that just bexng at Pomonkey Hlgh was not the all Important accompltshment Instead we had to make our presence felt attract the eyes of students st11l more cosmopolttan than we had become We Jotned organtzattons and clubs We entered contests We were taken on fteld trtps Sttll always there was a class above us a class tn whose shadow we had to walk So the months sped by and we found ourselves Sophomores Please stop and look at us as though you really see us we heard our VOICES beggtng tn the empty room Please stop and look at us We re here too But thts vord would not be fxlled and the Iumors and Semors hurrled on thetr busy ways tramplmg sens1t1v1ty whrch we wore on both sleeves The shadow lengthened No one could see us and we contented ourselves wxth the thought of becommg Jumors the day when we too mtght spread our shadow over underclassmen Jumors' We are now Juntors We busted ourselves w1th plans for the Junlor Senlor prom Whlte Jackets were pressed corsages were ordered Streamers hxd the ce1l1ng of the gymnastum palms latttces tables soft lrghts And a ntght rn Gay Paree evolved Thts w1ll do the tuck we whlspered This w1ll l1ft us out of the shadow of the Senlor Class Our guests arrlved They waltzed to the muslc They smlled at us They thanked us for the most memorable nlght of the year Yes they smrled at us for just one fleettng moment For just one moment the shadow was lxfted and we expertenced the glory of recogrutxon But the prom was over and the decorattons had sagged The band members yarned and lazrly left the stand The ball was over The shadow returned N eyes saw us No eyes trted to fmd us for they focused upon Semors Oh thxs class has so much talent we heard them say as we watched from our seclusron The Senror Class ts sponsormg a trtp to The United Nattons butldrng Drd you see OFF THE TRACKS9 I m gotng to the class ntght Dtd you see ROARING TIGER9 Why that theme comtng from EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL IS terr1f1c 4 0 0 , . . . . Y . . ,, . . . . . 4 . 1 1 . s- . . . . V , . 1 1 1 1 . v , 1 1 . . . . . . . - 1 - 1 - - 111 1 . 1 1 1 , ' , . 1 , . - - 11 1 ' 11 1 . 1 1 1 , , 1 . 1 1 1 . , 1 11 11 1 ' ' , 1 - 1 - 11 - 11 11 11 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 11 11 ' ' - 1 ' 11 1 11 ' - ' - 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 11 11 11 - - - 11 - 11 1 1 - 1 , 1 . ,, . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . , - 1 . . A . ,, . H - 1 - 1 1 . ,, . . . . . . . . . , . . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . H 1 1 1

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Roaring Tiger Pomonkey Hugh School 958 Volume IV Published by the Class of l958 fx Cyp I -sr. v :MX EDITORIAL STAFF Barbara V I-Iarrrs Gladys C Thompson Shrrley Monroe Samuel Moton I-Iarrrett Datcher Alfred Mrlstead Rosella Slater ASSOCIATE TYPISTS John Barnes Barbara Blarr Jerome Curtrs Patsy Baker Earl Thomas BUSINESS STAFF Gladys C Thompson Fern Wood Ann Slater Charles E Butler Jr Marre Onlcy Shrrley Posey CUB STAFF Edrtor m Chref Assocmte Edrtor Make up Edrtor Make up Edrtor Copy Edrtor Copy Edrtor Clerk Typrst Pauons Advertrsements Budget and Sales Clara Plater LaVerne Holly John Ward Joan Atlee Wrlham Betts John Marshall Clrfton Bowman Efford Moton FACULTY STAFF Dorothy S Proctor Advlsor F FT3DC1SK1Hg J Advlgof HGHVY N Freeman Ch.11rm'1n The staff of Roarmg Trger gratefully acknowledges Amerrcan Yearbook Company of Hannrbal Mrssourr for rts specral assrstance grven to thrs publlcatlon through Mr Freeman 6 'T +1 I vb I Sisx 5 11 2. Lu Q in I fr WI : I 52 I , N27 'v ff- S ' 4- K Q J 1 f 5 4 I A nnn.....-q..-q--n...--....4..-. ..... ' - i. .. .. A. I. .q .- If I I I ....-.....q'n.--11--..--..q.v-.--.--.s-........ 7 I June Williams .........................................,,.... Clerk-Typist I . I I I Y - 1 - 1 I l I ' J 7 I I I I I I Y I 3 . ' ' , r ..,...... ........................................ '