Armstrong High School - Rabza Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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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

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