Charles City High School - Charles Citian Yearbook (Charles City, VA)

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Prophecy Dot: Oh, dear, I am so tired. I have had so much to do since Dr. Brown has been away on his vacation. I wish somebody would come in to talk to me sometimes besides sick people. I do get so tired of talking to them all the time. Why, hello, Randolph. Gee! but it is grand to see one of my old classmates again. Ran: Good morning, Dorothy. What are you doing here? Dot : I am hero as Dr. Brown’s assistant. Have a seat. What are you doing now? Is it true you are practicing law in New York? Tell me about yourself. How is business? Ran: Business is fine, thank you. I bet you could never guess what my last case was. No, you could never. It was to help Gladys Avery secure relief in some of her domestic troubles. Dot: Oh, dear, and Gladys and her husband were getting along so nicely the last time I heard from them. Speaking of Gladys, wasn’t it grand to hear that two of our classmates, Colin and Buxton, have circled the world in their plane? Ran: Yes, they always said, while at school, that they were going to be aviators. The other day, while looking over the paper, I saw a picture which looked familiar to me, and under it I read, “Mr. and Mrs are spending their vacation in Europe.” The title was blurred so as not to be legible, but it read, Mrs before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Adams, of Roxbury.” Won’t she make a dandy housekeeper! Dot: I guess that you know both Louise and Nannie are teaching at William and Mary College. Nannie is teaching that so-much-loved Math, of hers. Louise is teaching Latin, her hobby. Mildred is also teaching. She is the Physical Education teacher at dear old Charles City High. Ran: Another of our classmates, Mitchell, I shall never forget him. Mitchell has the job to survey the land explored by Commander Byrd on his South Pole expedition. Dot: I received a letter from Florence this morning. She has just completed her master- piece, the “Rights of Women.” She also said that Dorothy Haupt had received her R.N. degree from Stuart Circle Hospital, and had been made superintendent. Ran: Yes, Florence always did argue that women were held unduly in subjection. Do you know that Clarence Tally is one of the most successful farmers in Virginia? It is getting late; I must be going. Won’t you come to lunch with me? Dot: Yes, I remember Clarence; he was always reading some magazine on farming. Oh, thanks for the invitation, but since Dr. Brown is away I have my lunch sent up. You know I was always a hard worker. How long are you going to be in town? Ran: My engagements will hold me here a few days. I hope that I may see you again be- fore I leave. Dot: I live at 2222 Chamberlain Avenue. I would be glad for you to come if you hav e the time, for I am just crazy to talk over the good times at C. C. H. S. Good-bye. D. W. R. B. IS

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History of Senior Class T was in the five and twentieth year of our Lord, in the ninth month and on the eleventh day there entered into the Land of Learning seven and twenty seekers of knowledge. Many travelers had come this way and met with success, but this was a gala day in its history, and many people gazed with wonder at the great gates of “Charles City High School,” and also at the band of youths; for it was rumored that they were about to set forth on a long and tedious journey intd a new land. And as we did enter into this land we were welcomed by those who henceforth were to lead us up the slippery by-ways of knowledge. We were also received by a band of wild beings called Sophomores,” who caused us to suffer great things. Soon after we did enter into this land we were all seized by a strange infirmity, which caused us to act with much strangeness of manner, and to wrestle with our fellows in much rage and seeming ferocity. Wise men were called to look upon us and to examine and pronounce the infirmity — in male “baseball” and in female “basketball,” — and assured the frightened lead- ers that it was a necessary evil and must run its course. And lo, none were hurt, and great was the rejoicing throughout the land. And after some months our eyes were turned toward vacation and some began to make ex- cuses, saying, “I must needs toil at home, therefore 1 cannot study.” Another said, “I am dull and I love not to study; I pray thee excuse me.” Thus the class at the close of the first term was five and twenty. II. Now it came to pass, at the beginning of the second year, only twenty of our class of nine and twenty returned, the other five having decided to remain no longer in the Land of Learning and to finish the journey with the company of those who should come this way in the years to come. We chose as our leader Mrs. Yates, who was ever faithful and taught us much of the Land of Wisdom. One of our best female athletes, Sara Thomas, was forced to leave us, which caused much sorrowing. III. Now it happened that there dwelt in an adjoining territory Miss Mary Booker, a woman of good repute and of much learning, who joined us and dwelt for a time with us in this Land of Learning as our leader; and the travels of the class of nine and twenty continued for many days. Success looked fair upon us. Then the great cry arose, “Lo ! and if we are to graduate after many days, much money will be needed,” and so, thinking of these things, the class made many a feast and the public was bidden. The first of these was held in the fifth month and on the twelfth day in the great Temple of Learning, Charles City High School. And lo! great crowds gathered to hear the wonderful music, and much money was taken in. The class also did aspire to sell candy and other refreshments, and this again added to our treasury. More of our band became weary and tarried beside the way, until at the end of our third year we were fourteen. IV. Now this, the fourth year of the history of the great class of nine and twenty, has been one of much labor and very little resting by the wayside, for preparations had been made ready for us to make our final departure from this land. It came to pass that of the seven and twenty who entered into this land in five and twenty, only thirteen will depart, for verily, verily I say unto you, that broad is the gate and wide the way which leadeth toward High School, but straight is the gate and narrow the way that leadeth toward graduation. Four years this; class of nine and twenty sojourned in this land and gathered in large pro- portions of the fruits from the tree of knowledge. But it is written: “In the days when ye have eaten of all these fruits, ye shall surely be driven forth from the land.” Now I say unto you that we are about to depart, to each go a separate way, to lands we know not of. And may the blessings that ever attend the good and the noble follow us all and abide with us forever.

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Last Will and Testament , THE CLASS of 1929, of Charles City High School, having come to my last hours, and being in full possession of my faculties, feel it my duty to say a few words to my heirs concerning the long years we have passed together more or less happily. My life has been long and full of vicissitudes, yet I have often thought that the life that is full of ups and downs is most enjoyable, became the contrast between light and shade, prosperity and adversity, makes a varied existence which is attractive to every human being. I have seen some lives that rolled on with such perfect peacefulness and quiet, no startling upheavals, no change of any kind, that it becomes wearisome just to behold them. Article I. 1 hereby bequeath and devise to Mr. Cox, our beloved principal, a truck in order that he may take the baseball and basketball players to games. Article 11. To Mrs. Yates I bequeath an alarm clock, so that she may get up in time to be ready for the truck in the mornings. Article 111. To Miss Cox 1 bequeath some real estate in Petersburg, as it seems to be in her estimation a wonderful city of opportunities. Article IF. I hereby bequeath and devise to Miss Parker a book telling how to be a good automobile salesman, so she can help her friend to be more successful. Article V. To all the teachers I bequeath all the patience, long-suffering and self-sacrifice ever possessed by me, on the principle, “To him that hath shall be given.” Article VI. I hereby bequeath and devise to Louis Christian a little quietness, as he seems to need some. Article VII. To Helen Smith I bequeath a special telehpone line to a certain place in North Car ' olina, so she can keep in touch with someone there. Article VIII. To Julian Walls I bequeath some Adams Chewing Gum, as he seems to be particularly fond of that kind. Article IX. I hereby bequeath and devise to Virginia Hartsell some patience. Article X. To Glyndon Warriner I bequeath a little debating ability. Article XI. I hereby bequeath and devise to Elizabeth Vaiden a box of hairpins to keep her hair from falling down so easily. Article XII. To Richard Blackwell I bequeath a box of candy and a hunch of roses to give a certain person for graduation. Article XIII. To Cary Waddill I bequeath a little art of speech making. Article XIV. I hereby bequeath and devise to Roy Cecil the ability to fill an engagement occasionally, as he seems to be in the habit of breaking them. Article XV. I bequeath to Beulah Binns a hard organ that she may put into proper use and make money with her monkey fa es. Article XVI. I hereby bequeath and devise to Ida Chri toph free mail service to Danville, to she will not have to spend all her change for stamps. Article XVII. To Pearl Horsley I bequeath the ability to grasp geometry easily. Article XVIII. To the Sophomore Class I bequeath the ability to have a few members on the honor roll monthly. Article XIX. To the Freshmen I bequeath patience and ability to overcome hardships, so that they soon will become Seniors. Article XX. My ability to see things which never had any existence, to enlarge and magnify trifles, I give to the community at large, which is fond of telling what it would do if it were the teachers or the board of trustees. Hereunto have I set my hand and seal this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred, twenty-nine, with the understanding that this will is to stand against all attacks of time and change. Senior Class of 1929. Mitchell Binns, Testator. 1 6