Chester High School - Cestrian Yearbook (Chester, SC)

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4 J7' ' CLASS HISTORY to and planning the annual junior-senior banquet. Shortly after the junior-senior banquet, we began to realize that our joyful junior, days would soon be over and our season of seniority was fast approaching We are now seniors Our dignity I assure you, is felt throughout the high school. A Junior College has been added to the high school this year and in order to do this, it was necessary to make a change in our block system We feel that we have helped make this new system as well as the Junior College a success This habit of co-operation, I hope, has been engraved into our character and will do much toward making use Sul and successful citizens of the Chester High School class of '34- There are only twenty-two of us who have received all of our gram- mar and hxgh school education at Chester The following are these students Esther Adelshexmer, Philip Adelsheimer, Mary Janet Alexander, Billy Andrews, Louise Bigham, Steele Caldwell, Luclle Clark, John S Collins, Leslie Cox, Mary Evelyn Duncan, Tom Gregory, Catherine Irwin Margaret Land Anne Leitner, Clarke Miller Edwin Morrison, B111 Nunnery, Virginia O Donnell, Kathryn Refo, Mary Lee Robinson, Ruth Smith, James Walton, Mary Wylie So runs the history of this class We came in with the How of '30 and go out with the ebb' of 34 to whatever fame or fortune-we com mit to Heaven MARY WYLIE, H :storum 34

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s R. - s .,3,. A z s sas: .es s-ess LSE is . .. as s - H H s ss se +b + b1 + v s H , , , 1 E I ' . , s ..s s c LA s s I-1 I s T 0 IQ Y f s s P , :ly I -.g.fQ, ' . ' . ,lf , ,f - f Qk,,,.J's,, ' N 1923 many small children of Chester started their career in school. Q .g Q s s 'X Q. Some went to College Street School, some to Dora Jones, others to 5 ' H l s t . Foote Street, Baldwin Mill, and Eureka. We began struggling through g i ws + s s s .s f alia eeeo s' s s j s 1 o s s o s s s the grammar grades. Many of our classmates moved away and some we H m is 1 A Q s jls f sg, even quit school, but new students joined us and we proceeded to the .. f , iff .t.. tett g f s 36' p seventh grade, or Junior High School. Here the students from the Al as - esss r Q ff. s , , s . E51 fi i K gt -4 5 g t 4 ffj several grammar grades joined forces and became one large friendly class. -1 s' Xt--k I ilk 1 K' - 1 f L-hl ' l :i if so s, ,Q . s a - ll. 2 Q Q?-F .jpg ,QQQ We made the acquaintance of all our fellow students who had joined 35 , f stts f ' tiit Q 'fffffff ig 'ste i fggff If ii us from the county schools, and together mastered the block system and 3 llg if adjusted ourselves to high-school life in general. We were soon at home E, KQQX 5 E in the high school and began to take an active part in its operation. Many Q iff? clubs were organized to create interest and to enlighten students on vari- j a isisi ,o H s ' I ' -gffgigji ous subjects. We managed to pass Latin and algebra and proceeded to p the sophomore class. 1 In the fall of 1931, a band, under the direction of Mr. Jenkins, and an orchestra, under the direction of Miss Betty Eileen Hutchins, were 5' 1 ' d Th ' ' dd d ht tfootball ames . Ti Organize . ese organizations a e muc oour pep a g Q7iffi-v- f? ,fjfasfisfj f' iliffgggirgfi3,2fp, b ' I .a G fs' 45 3, and to our programs given in the high-school building. The Glee Club, lf i f sl i A .fiff-Q ' . . T f f,,f,f 5, also under the direction of Miss Hutchins, increased our appreciatron of espt Q - , classical music and introduced a cultural note to our activities. We were as proud to be a part of the high school and help advance its standard. We atjpt, esag wished to keep the high schoo1's colors always flying. Z s 5, pssas In our jumor year a new conduct system was introduced and the dis- .A p 5 ,... ' I . f, 1 J .fi cipline improved. As juniors we spent much of our time looking forward lass-93 'f'fsl.fN s istss :X 1 i s N 'lt ' .. ,, ,.,,, . , - ------ --- , 'tii 'ii N E,1i,3.5l.i N :gi ..,, ..k. . .,..., ,Q ..,. .. k , i f, 1 . -- zfflzf' .... Q sift .-i- s I ,- dir? sl -.sj .,--- s..' Elifiiirfffisliff? ' X -'i ssj. 5. - is s s s s , , T gsp s ss 55,21 . . fl 14 kxhx Q I 3l,,lg. X I V .k,. ..L..,.5x,..?ti-5 y'Lx 5 'L in is it -Kii gif . A if . ki i .Q Qi ' S Ve - it- 1 .. N5 if xii tsss t so with -H J at fv .. tsss t 6 s - si' ,Ei s s at ss' 1' . ttt' . 1 1 ssst li'- X' f ' Q . ,'.s.tt , K - ' - ,. I .i.i 3 s 1 1 - K l' ' 1 , ttss sifs- . . -,s-. -sf as P as .s P .-.. . ..,. . .. J .N - .s-- . sw Q sys' . - X r --:asa 2 .513 jk - ik v 1 5,5 It K- ? N ..s. - S. , 6 xx ig-niflig i gilg ,- .... t s t's'ss 'A 1' .... ,', ,,. V . f ' sss e -- W7 ee.s TT -'--7 E.,-f .--- ' s '-ss f

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IE, J' T I A., l lI-l.'l6l'I'l'S Of THE YIEAD 1933-34 Players band together for first football practice . . School opens . . Pupils get a taste of the five-hour periods . . junior College is installed . . The library makes its way book by book to the study hall . With many croaks and squeals Glee Club practice begins . . Chester defeats Union . . About half the town make the trip to Charleston to see our team wipe up Charleston CES'1lRIAN staff is organized . . Red Cy- clones turn -ducks and defeat Orangeburg in a downpour of rain Chester defeats Rock Hi . Football season ends without Chester's goal line being crossed Exams come and go Students enjoy Thanksgiving Holidays Senior Class pictures are taken Lamar Kelsey breaks the camera and causes much delay Juniors play Seniors . . Miss Blair blushes de- murely under the mistletoe over the door of the Chemistry room . . Rotary Club gives the team a banquet, and the Block C sweaters are presented P . Good ole Christmas Holidays arrive Red Cyclones tie the All-stars on New Years day january 2nd, 1934, finds everybody back on the job Liquid air dem onstratxon in chapel, strange to say, nobody eats the egg fried on ice P C. Glee Clublentertains most royally on a Friday night . Everybody -that is with the exception of the day-dreamers and loafers-settles down to study for the next five months the seniors with pleasant anttcxpattons of what is to come and all the under classmen with the fond hopes of making their grade Q CAN You IMAGINE Phelps Brooks not blushing? S W Hopper not shooting some little girl a Lib McDonald not making eyes? lme P . William MacLauchl1n not teasing the girls? Mf spfarman not Interested in football? A , Catherine Irwin not making A plus? Jamieson Byars talking so no one can hear him? Margaret Land vstthout a bad eye ? Charlie Porter being called shorty P Miss Bigham not making gestures? Julian 'Hollis not trying to be funny? A Bill Andrews paying attention in class? Miss Hutchins not interested in drug stores? Mr Patterson spending a week-end in Chester Jessie Oates being quiet in Chemistry class? iHSICHd of CO!!-mlbia? - Mary Janet Alexander not giggling at some- Mary Wylie mis'-'mg 3 questlon? 4 Y ll . ' ' U H . H ' ' H thing? 1 i All the seniors making A+???? R