Alberta High School - School Daze Yearbook (Alberta, VA)

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MAS COTS MARY WA TKnrS YOURff DAUGHTER OP MR. AND MRS. LYNN YOUNG WARFIELD, VIRGINIA EMORY HALE SAMPORD SON OP MR. AND MRS. EMORY SAMPORD ALBERTA, VIRGINIA

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SENIORS THOMAS ROBERTS Baseball-1, 2, 3, P. A. Reporter-3 »1|---Ba3ketball- 2,3,1 .-Glee Club-2, 3“Clasa Reporter-3 — Class Play-3- Ip-H Club Pres.-l Annual Staff -Ip- -Monogram Club-Ip. HARRISON SAMFORD Glee Club 1,2 P. P. A. 1,2 Baseball 3,4 Boys s State-- 3 4-H Club 1,2 Member Junior Play Cast GERTRUDE SMITH Pep Club Ip PEGGY TRENT Class Officer l»3»Ij- Pep Club 2. Glee Club 1 Latin Club 2. Dramatics-- Club 2. Home Economics Club 2. Annual and Spot-- light Staff. Junior Play. ALVIN WHITLOW Baseball Team 2,3»Ip P. P. A. 1.2,3 Glee Club 1 Member of Senior Play Cast Monogram Club 1|. ANN V ILSON Library Club 2 Pep Club Ip SHIRLEY ROYALL Glee Club 1,2,3 F. H. A. 2 Pep Club Ip Member Play Cast 3 SYD SETTLE Glee Club 1,2; P.P.A. 1,2 President of Junior Class Vlce-Pres. of Senior Class Pres. Monogram Club — Ip Basketball 2,3,4 Baseball 2; 4-H Club 1,2,3 BARBARA TRAYLOR Glee Club 1,2,3 F. H. A. -2,3 Annual Staff 4 Spotlight Staff 4 Pep Club 4 JOAN TUCKER Glee Club 1.2,3 2ep Club 4 S oft Ball 3,4 Annual Staff 4 CHRISTINE WILLIAMS P. H. A. 1,2,3 F. H. A. Reporter 3 4-H Club 1 Treasurer of F. H. A. 3.4 PRANCES YOUNG Freshman Reporter; Sect. Treas. of Beta Club 3.4 — Member of Beta Club 2,3.4 Fun Editor of Spotlight 4 Member of Junior Play Cast

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SALUTATORY ADDRESS Parents, teachers, schoolmates, and friends, on behalf of the senior class of 19 1 I extend to you a moat hearty welcome to this, our last commencement exercise. We owe to you our success, our place in life, and our ability to go forth this night looking toward the future with open minds, hearts free, and the ambition to move forward. To you, classmates, who plan to start working now, may your work be a means of tell- ing what kind of person you are. May it show that you have worked hard and faithfully and that you will continue to do so in the future. May we as a class make up to this school, ovir Alma Mater, for the suffering and hardships we have caused her. It matters little what we choose as our objective in life so long as it is hon- est, decent, and worthwhile. But the main thing to look for in any job is happiness. We must not look for the way to make the most money, the biggest name, or an easy way to get by. We must have some goal to work toward. Make this goal be one throu iAiich you will accomplish something worthwhile, and one that you will find pleasure In reach- ing, one that will challenge you forever. We are living in an age in which no one knows what he may need to do next. Each and every person should do his part in making this a better place in which to live. We are, classmates, the leaders of tomorrow. May we accept this responsibility in such a manner that those who look to us may not be lead into paths of foolishness. I hope this leadership will make this country a more peaceful place in which to live andhelp other nations to understand that the free way of life is the best and only acceptable way to live. EMERSON SAID: Hitch your wagon to a star. One can see in those six littlewords the summary of human ambition, and an everlasting inspiration to the future races of men. Prom Socrates to Edison, every forward step taken by mankind through revolving cen- turies, every advancement by humanity toward the ultimate goal, has been led by some valiant dreamer whose eyes were fixed upon the dawn. Moses, with dying eyes, saw a star that blazed in the Promised Land; the radiance of an eternal star led Three Wise Men to the manger in Bethlehem; Columbus pinned his faith in the dawn of a new day; Kepler, announcing the laws of the unchanging spheres; Newton, watching the applefall, each looked beyond, and into the future. Class, let ' s all hitch our wagon to a star and look toward the future. We sire not going to be pushed through this world; we are going to have to pull and woric hard. Our wagons will be as light or as heavy as we choose to make them. If we do our part and sometimes more than our part, we shall make our wagons light, but if we just play aroiind sind expect others to do it and give us the benefit, we must change our ways of living now before we have to learn the hard way. To ponder, to acquire, to have, and to hold Is a gigantic conception of one very bold. To idle, to dream, to while away time. Is an early requisite of a decaying mind. One must act, act in accord With the reasonable idea, not with a sword. The mind that is active never is soddy Always remember the mind conquers the body; So pledge yourself to a difficult task Whenever in doubt remember to askl Always strive to put yourself ahead Be successful, my friend, keep out of the red. May we. Classmates, determine in our hearts to live acceptably and well. When we can give ourselves in ilnselfish, useful service to mEinkind, we will have given a meas- ure of that which God intended we should give. We will have justified the sacrlficea and investments which have been made for us. Our homes, our coramixnity, oiir school and our state can then be justly proud to call us their own. Again, ladies and gentlemen, may I say — WELCOME. We are indeed glad that you have cornel MILDRED CORUM SALUTATORIAN