Amelia High School - Amelian Yearbook (Amelia, VA)

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MISS COFFEY MISS WARD MISS RUTHERFORD MR. HELTZEL ROY HELMS MR. STEELE MISS CROWE MR. HURD PRINCIPAI MR. LINDSEY MISS MARTIN MISS SPINDLE

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GLASS HISTORY The discovery oi the class of 19S9 was an accident Roux ytars ago, early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1925, the faculty of Amelia High School were strolling aimlessly ttiroigh the halls Suddenly they caught a glimpse of something new and strange. Just inside the front door, huddled together in mute embarrassment and anxiety, were the members of what became the class of 19o9 ' lo tne casual eye they seemed merely a group of ordinary boys and girls, well dressed, reasonably good-looking and badly frightened. But to the trained eyes of these experienced explorers, these trangers seemed di stinct individuals, each possessing talents, deficiencies, and capaoilities decidedly worth finding out Gently attempting to dispel the fears of the strangers, tne faculty bade than enter, and succeeded in gaining their confidence and friendship. Each of the discoverers became an e lorer. The grangers were given the name ‘•Freshmen’ , divided into small groups, and assigned to tlie care of different explorers. They were taught many new customs and manners, and required to learn difficult lessons The most unpleasant thing about this Freshman year was the contempt in which they v;ere held by those who had been residing in the school f or a longer period than they. Some of the Freshmen showed signs of unusual ability in various fields. Ann deKrafft won the tennis championship; Richard SydHP played baseball; and William Wright played basket ball At the end of the year, a terrible disaster befell the Freshmen. Although it was intended to prove of lastir benefit to them, they suffered greatly Many had their growth retarded a year by it, and u few, permanently disabled, left the Freshman class forever. This disaster was called Final Examinations and proved to be one of the worst massacres of the time. It is easy to understand v;hy the joys of the exempt knew no bounds. With the coming of the next September, the Freshmen were rename t Sophomores. The talents discovered the previous year werp rapidly developing, and the exploring teachers found much to please them, but also much to astonish them. Instead of the intellectual gold mines tha.t they had hoped to see, they found vast, arid spaces, totally uninhabited. The class organization of the Sophomores v as as follov s: President, Martha Selecman; Vice-President, Richard Sydnor ; and Secretar: Treasurer, Jane Beasley Amy Farley was a member of the cast of the winning contest play Jane Beasley was District Secretary of the Students Cooperative Association. Ann deKrafft, Webster Morris, and Stewart Deekens played on the basket ball teams Charles Holman, Webster Morris, Stewart Deekens, Richard Sydnor and William Wright played baseball.