Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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ten new typewriting books and a chest to lock them in, so that some of her pupils will not take them home and forget to bring them back. Section 8. To Miss Elisabeth McDonald, French teacher, we will a senior French class that will translate their French homework before com- ing to class. Section 9. To Mr. R. J. Britton, social science teacher, we will a five year high school course, so that some of his pupils will finally graduate. Section 10. To Mr. James H. Bailey, freshman English and social science teacher, we will many more years of success as instructor, and di- rector of freshman plays. Section 11. To Mr. D. B. Orcutt, science teacher, we will a solid gold frame, in which he may insert a certain matrimonial certificate that he re- ceived this past winter. Section 12. To Miss Grace Schultz, our home economics teacher, we will a cook book which stresses the arts of pastry and bread making. Section 13. To Miss Martha Moreland, our librarian, we will ten new mouse traps to be used to prevent another riot in the library. Section 14. To Miss Betsy Blanton, mathematics and English teach- er, we will a book entitled,’ How to Drive in Ten Easy Lessons, which we hope will reveal valuable information to her. Section 15. To Mr. Cleveland C. Kern, our science teacher, we will a class room in which he may teach physics, without having to climb over the students to get to materials. ARTICLE III. Section 1. To the Junior Class, we will the experience of finding out that being a senior requires far more finances than being a junior. Section 2. To the Sophomore Class, we will the privilege of giving a three-act play as good as the one the Junior class gave this year. Section 3. To the Freshman Class, we will the honor of having their home rooms on the first floor, instead of in the basement as formerly. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. To the Derby Club, we will a 1929 Ford, to be used by the members from up Bellemeade way who always give as their excuse for be- ing absent: ‘We live so far away and have no way of getting to the meetings.” Section 2. To the Old Ironsides Club, we will Saturday night, on which to hold their meetings, trusting that they will not have to postpone them on account of any other club meetings. r “The Reflector page twenty-seven

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OT NULL HAD TESTAMENT Crea E, the Senior Class of Chester High School, in the year of the Lord, 1940, departing from these beloved halls, setting out to explore and conquer a new and strange world, and being of a sound and disposing mind, make, ordain, and publish this, our Last Will and Testament, in the manner and form following: ARTICLE I. Section 1. To Mr. E. S. H. Greene, our most efficient Superintendent, we will a two weeks’ vacation with full pay, during which time he may rest up from the effort he spent in getting a new high school for us. Section 2. To Mr. Fred Thompson, our beloved principal, we will the gratification for all the things he has done for us, and the many improve- ments he has gained for Chester High in the three years that he has been principal here. ARTICLE II. Section 1. To Miss Gladys Moses, our Senior sponsor, we will a ten minute home room roll-call period, so that her pupils will not be the last ones out of the school in the afternoon. Section 2. To Miss Nancy Creath, our Senior sponsor, we will a trig- onometry class that will not take advantage of her willingness to help them by making her work almost all of their homework for them. Section 3. To Miss Julia Melba Alley, junior and senior English teacher, we will an English IV class that will pay attention to what she says in class at least twice a week. Section 4. To Miss Edna Henderson, history teacher, we will a world map with elastic boundaries to meet the ever-changing conditions. Section 4. To Mr. Wilson Crump, Derby Club sponsor, we will a coat with large pockets so that he may store away plenty of refreshments at club meetings. Section 6. To Miss Elizabeth Pickhardt, sophomore English teacher, we will a streamlined, five-year guaranteed clock with an unbreakable face, to replace her dilapidated one. Section 7. To Miss LeClaire Daughtrey, commercial teacher, we will “Whe Reflector. . page twenty-six

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Section 3. To the Commercial Club, we will twenty students who will come to every meeting and take part in discussions, and also—pay their dues. Section 4. To the Home Economics Club, we will 14, pound of butter, 14 pound of sugar, 2 pounds of flour, and one loaf of bread; and may their cupboard never be bare. Section 5. To the Glee Club, we will a group of students who are al- ways ready and willing to work with Miss Robinson and Miss Groth, in- stead of always neglecting Glee Club meetings to go to some other club meeting. Section 6. To the newly formed “C” Club, we will a large letter ‘‘C” which is to be hung in the hall on meeting days, so that there will be less absentees. Section 7. To the newly formed Government Club, we will such suc- cess with their 1941 trip to Washington that they will have to charter five streamlined “Greyhounds.” ARTICLE V. Section 1. To the Football Team, we will a squad of forty boys who are willing to work hard with Mr. Cleveland C. Kern, our coach, and bring as many victories as this year’s team did. Section 2. To the Baseball Team, we will two dozen new uniforms that are second to those of no other high school in Virginia, hoping that this will prevent the boys from getting “‘uniform fright.” Section 3. To the newly formed Track Team, we will many more years of success as they have had this year under the able guidance of Coach Kern. Section 4. To the Girls’ Basketball Team, we will a separate hot water system so that they will not use all of the hot water, leaving none for the football team. We, the Senior Class of 1940, having fulfilled our duty to the best of our ability, do herewith subscribe our name and affix our seal to this, our Last Will and Testament. (Signed) SENIOR CLASS OF 1940. The following upon our request have agreed to let us use their names as witnesses. The Saturday Evening Ghost. Sleeping Beauty of Loreland. Pinocchio. “Whe Reflector. ° page twenty-eight