Boydton High School - Beacon Yearbook (Boydton, VA)

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CUSS POEM “Senior’s Good-bye” We, the Seniors of Boydton High, This year must bid you all good-bye, But before we go, we must say We’ve worked and strove in every way To do our utmost at Boydton School. Behold! We’ve carried out every rule. We thank our teachers, who were kind, They were strict but we didn’t mind; We knew that they were doing their best, T’was up to us to do the rest. If we have failed to do our parts Forgive us, teachers, in your hearts. Whenever things went kind of bad It seemed to make our principal sad; He’d share our joys and sorrows, too, Mr. Waldrep, we’ll all miss you. You were a considerate man And sure lent us a helping hand. We won’t forget our fun had here, Parties and trips made school days dear; We won’t forget dear Boydton High Who sets each goal facing the sky; We seniors vowed to never stop Until we’d reached the very top. Good-bye all of you, Junior Class, Work hard next year and try to pass; Remember these are yours next year Work and play, and a little fear. Our goal is ready to renew, Let’s hope next year, you’ll reach it too.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September 5, 1946, we, the graduating class of 1950, made our grand entrance into high school with a class of twenty- two. Thus it was a very brilliant step, but our teachers thought we were very, very green. The sun may have been rising for us but it was going down for the teachers. They have changed their minds now, however, and call us Boydton High’s gold mine. That’s where our class colors Green and Gold came from. We had so many parties that year that our teachers thought surely the “party bug” must have bitten us. We entered our sophomore year with a class of twenty-one. Some had stayed behind to repeat the Freshman year and some had dropped out but others had moved in to take their places. We didn’t have quite as many parties this year, as we knew from previous experiences that it would cost more than our treasury could afford. Having been informed by the Junior class that we had to take them on a trip the next year, we decided it was a very good idea to conserve what we did have and start collecting from other sources. One of these was an April Fool’s Party at which we took in a very tidy sum, in our opinion. We managed to struggle through the rest of the year with great hopes of being Juniors the next year. Yes, the most of us, twenty-three to be exact, made the grade and were at last in the Junior Class. This year was to be very eventful for us because we knew we had to raise enough money to take the Seniors on a trip. This we did, which came as a shock to everyone, especially the class. The trip was an extended tour through Staunton, Skyline Drive, Luray Caverns, Front Royal, Washington, and Richmond. Everyone had a wonder- ful time. In return the Seniors gave us a picnic, which very few of us could attend, but those who could attend had a very nice time. Our year was climaxed when the Seniors allowed us to walk in the Candle Light Service and to present them with a Daisy Chain. At last it was September 8, 1949 and we were those dignified Seniors with great ideas for what we would do this year. We have one outstanding fact to remember, that Mr. Waldrep has been our principal for all four years. We had only nineteen Seniors, but we planned to work all of them as this was our last chance for such as this. First we published an annual, which was the first one in nine years. Second, Miss Claiborne helped us with a senior play, the first one of those in about five years, and third Mr. Short had a minstrel. Then the Juniors took us on a trip to Washington for the weekend, and we gave them a Junior-Senior Prom, so you can see that this has been one busy and eventful year. Now here it is the last week of school, and we are about to get those little pieces of paper that way we have graduated from high school and are ready to go out in the world on our own. Now that the time has arrived, and we think about leaving Boydton High, we really aren’t as anxious as we had thought we would be. You see, we love the place. Before the final night, there is Class Night on June 2, then our last picnic together on June 3. After that will come the Baccalaureate Sermon on June 4, and then on June 5, the day of graduation, we bring to a close the history of the Class of 1950.

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