Armstrong High School - Rabza Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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guiding beacon along the treacherous shoals of life. We cannot tell how far our little candle may cast its beams nor who may be laying his course by its flick- ering light. Classmates: There isnot one among us who is not capable of accomplishing something that Old Armstrong will be proud of. What that something will be rests with us. Armstrong must go forward, and we who will in a few days owe our first di- plomas to this institution should see that she does go forward, always remembering that he who achieves success after a great struggle is much greater than he who encounters no obstacles in his path. Keeping ever before us the valuable instructions of our Alma Mater as to the proper performance of our duty, and ever remembering that all our talents and powers are but trusts held for the service of our fellow man and humanity in general, we may hope by due diligence in the performance of our every task to retain ever the good will and confidence which mark our first entrance into life. Let us gratefully accept the responsibilities to which we have been called, fully determined to use all our powers for the welfare of our fellowman. [cies tiney IE | I N the present occasion it is fitting and natural that the Graduating Class of 1905 should re- view its annals, should retrace the stages of its his- tory from its infancy in this school and should try to find from the remnants ofits past which it may gather together, such experieuce as may yet be profitable to it in the future. As I ponder over our past history, my mind goes back to our organization as a class in igor at the Douglass School. At first we numbered twenty: five girls and twenty-one boys, but as each year rolled by we found that there were fewer of us, until now the Section C-4 has only twelve members, of whom seven are original, the rest coming from the M Street High School, Time would fail me if I attempted to do justice to all the treasured memories of that first vear. The hours passed all too soon trom the cheerful ‘Guten Morgen ’ with which we were greeted by Miss Crom- well who gave us a German turn of mind to those long spelling lessons under Mr. Bassett from which we regularly emerged about 4:32—two hours beyond the close of school usually sufficing to make us See the point’’ and ‘ Grasp the idea.’

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Our physical culture was largely received by marching from school to school to attend our regular recitations, and especially to the Miller Building which looked more like a barn than an educational institution but contained all things necessary for our lessons in architecture and drawing under Mr. Craig. Not long did this intermission last, however, for when cold weather approached, Dr. Evans, our good prin- cipal, thought it too much of an imposition for the little girls of C-1 to tramp through the snow. Much other outside pleasure was had in attend- ing the M Street High School for sewing and free hand drawing, and the Cook Building for domestic science. The girls, especially, were always rejoiced on the days when we were to meet Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Shaw, to whom we owe so much. With the beginning of our second year we erter- ed our new home. There the industries were carried on more extensively, as our new departments were better equipped for the various subjects. Additions were made to our course of study this year. Mr. Brooks, our instructor in physics, taught us that “Science is exact knowledge.’’ We could not for a moment forget Mr. Wilder who always asked the “‘why”’ and ‘‘wherefore’’ of things. How much we all loved Miss Ida Gibbs, who made our English so very interesting by reciting “‘Charcoal ’ for us! We may no longer hear her lov- ing voice for she has chosen a better stand in life and has taken her abode in Madagascar with her husband Mr. Hunt, the American consul. The third year rolled around quickly and we found as our associates A-1 of business fame, and B-1 who were bent on out-ranking us in Manual Training subjects. This year found C-3 studying Shakespeare, whose dramas we shall always cherish, and compos- ing poetry, which added pleasure to our English, Miss Emily Harper, now Mrs. Williams, will always remain with us because of the memorable way in which she impressed our minds with ‘ French His- tory,’’ Perhaps the most interesting event of the year was C-3’s dinner at which Miss Harper, who acted as hostess, served all the dessert to the guests, and left not a taste for the cooks. Very enjoyable also were the trips to M Street High School fot Biology where Mr Thomas, our teacher, taught us to gen- erate nitrous oxide, 'the laughing gas.’’ ‘This gas remains inexhaustible in C 4, It has always been said that girls could not be mathematicians, but Miss Mabel Harper who joined us in the third year sufficiently proved the contrary through C-3's solid geometry, Our present year has been especially noteworthy because of the life and spirit of A-2, ‘They have the