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FOREWORD This is the story of a year. It is a special story . . . one that will live long in the memories of four hundred and seventy-five students who compose the student body of Aiken High School. In every school year there are certain events which stand out strong in the minds of the students. Some events hold only a passing fancy, here today and gone tomorrow, some will have a more permanent impression, never to be forgotten. The activities of the school year vary as the seasons change, for early fall brings registration and its accompanying confusion, the renewing of old friendships, the thud of bodies on the gridiron as the Hornets prepare for the “pig skin’’ parade . . . the renewing of our serious pursuit of obtaining an education in the classroom, library and laboratory. The fall of 1949 was a busy one for the average Aiken High student. The state Student Council convention which was held in the local school was a great success. The three-dav affair proved highly instructive as well as enjoyable. To round out a full program of activities were the usual pep meetings, football games, dances, class plays, assembly programs, band concerts, etc. These are only a few of the events which we shall associate with autumn 1949. Old man winter brought many events worth remembering . . . the football banquet, holidays, preceded by a mad fury of getting term papers finished, wrapping presents, fixing bulletin boards, and practicing for the Christmas cantata. We shall also remember basketball games, working on Hi-Times, The Hornet and The Pine Needles and Exam Week — when lights burned late . . . good times were a mere memory . . . for one week Aiken students really studied. Politics gained momentum as many of the year’s honors were determined during the winter months. 4
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The warm days of March brought with them many events associated with spring, golf, tennis, May Day, baseball, and again school politics —with the tense atmosphere of the polls on election day, concerts, debating, expression, field trip s, tournaments, press conventions, and finally graduation with its unforgettable features. These w e r e the outstanding events of an eventful year at Aiken High. Through the medium of photography and words we have tried to catch these various phases of the school year as they unfolded and so to preserve for the reader a true record of the 1949-50 school session. Glee Club serenades Council Convention a a a n o rv ( r p a
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