Ramsay High School - Rams Horn Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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SENIOR POEM A L O n A the breaking of known threads Seems too hard. If the obscureness of roads ahead Frightens your heart. If the dividing of our paths firings tears loo near, Do not whisper loze. -‘Farewell, Or cry a laughing. Adieu Let your lips imprison All words of finality: Let not a brave adios. Or a harsh good-bye Break through your guard! Say what your heart is saying: Say what you feel and hope' IIV shall meet again II hen years haze wrought their hange. Bernal love for you. Alma Mater. H ill be safely hidden beneath our lives. Say. with me. my friends. “Aloha ' —Frances Baldwin, January '37

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SCH ROEDER. ROSETTA. TeJa Ambition- To succeed in everything I undertake. Activities Dramatic Club 36: Marshal 35. SINGLETARY. MARY EVELYN. Alabama Ambition— Tajakea Caribbean cruise in mid-winter. Activities—Dramatic Club ’36. SMITH, LAVIN' I A. Lu!i, Ambition — “To shove Haile Selassie. Activities Banker 33. '34. 35; Dramatic Club 35: Cheerleader 'My SLAVRAS. GEORGIA Ambition— To meet the wolf at the door and come back with a fur coat. Activities Marshal ’36; Banker 36. '37: Dramatic Club 'My 37. STEIN. BEN. Benjy Ambition To run up window shades. Activities -Corporal of R. O. T. C. STIER. ELENORA Ambition Talk all I can today for tomorrow I may lx- tongue-tied Activities -Sports Club 35: Marshal '34. WALLACE. JOSEPH. Shore Ambition— To put up a sail on the Show Boat. Activities President of Student Body 36: Vice-President ot Student Body 36: President of Junior Red Cross 36: Cabinet '36: Ushers Club 35, 36. WERTHEIMER. LEONARD. Heine” Ambition To enjoy life. Activities- Marshal 36; Usher 36. WESSON. MICHAEL MARION. Stcede” Ambition To watch Ramsay from Vulcan instead of watching Vulcan from Ramsay. Activities Football '35. 36: Basketball 35. 36: Track ’36: Band 33. 34; Orchestra 34: Marshal '34: Vice-I’resident of Session Room 34: R Club 35. WILLIAMS. WM. CAL DM ELL ROSS. Bitty Ambition Not to work. Activities Vice-President of Session Room 33. 35. 36; Secretary of Session Room 34. ’35: Marshal ’35. 36. WOOD. GLADYS IRENE. Grandma” Ambition To live a successful life.” Activities—Schedule Club 3o; Secretary of Session Room 35. 36. '37.

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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS JANUA R Y Classmates and Friends: Masefield has given us the immortal lines: “And all I asked is a ship and a star to steer lier by. To-day we step up the gangplank and sail aboard our ship. In order to live a joyful] useful life may we use the star of character-education to direct our course. Each of the five points of this star plays an important part in developing our characters and in equipping us better for life’s sea. Use and follow this star to the harbor of success which is wisdom and virtue. During our high school career, we have become quite familiar with the first point of our star co-operation. Willingness to work together for the common interest is indeed one »f the greatest tests of the strength of one’s character. The welfare of our country depends upon the ability of its citizens to recognize the true meaning of this word. Mow can we serve our nation better than bv caring for the welfare of all? May we always let the rules of love and justice control our action. The necessity of world ’co-operation is felt to-day by all races and by all nations. The worthy use of leisure, the second point of our star, makes us realize that the old proverb, “An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. still holds true and even more so. for the rapid rate of progress of the machine gives us more and more leisure. We. who have had the advantage of a secondary education, know the pleasures obtained from books, music, art. active participation in sports, and the joy of creating. The character of the people of a country determines largely its strength. How important it is then that our leisure hours be wisely spent! There is no obstacle too large to overcome if we possess the third point of our star courage. The few frontier men. who made the great American democracy, had it. The courage of youth to-day builds the constructive citizen of the world tomorrow. King Arthur and his knights were courageous because they pursued and defended a cause worthwhile. May we not profit by our study of Burns who unfortunately lacked this quality when it touched his own life? Carlyle tells us that only one whose ideals can stand the most penetrating scrutiny possesses integrity. Thus we come to our fourth point. How wise is the expression. A truthful man is a respected man”! Honor and respect can be gained only by being honest both in private and public life. Social integrity leads people to understand one another better, and where there is understanding, there is no hatred and war. If we are to possess self-respect, we must not only have courage and integrity, but we must seek self-control, the last point of our star. Wordsworth reminds us: A man without self-control Would seek what the degraded soul Unworthily admires. Fellow classmates, may the good in us ever prevail. Seek always the best in others and the l est in us will grow. May our influence always elevate, not degrade, the lives of our friends. Then there will be happy days and nights on the friendly deck of our ship as we meet new people and do new t ,nSs Jim Norman. January, 'y?