Clear Spring High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Clear Spring, MD)

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Class Histor After these graduation exercises are over who of you will remember the Senior Class of 1950? We have written this history to help you not to forget us Since the first graduating class in 1916 when there were only four graduates each class has had its own individual history Through the years courses teachers and educational theories have changed but devotion to one s class and school has remained the same In the fall of 1946 sixty nine enthusiastic students who believed themselves to be very wise indeed eagerly entered high school As we soon discovered however we had much to learn The academic students who were indeed very brave to attempt to master the Latin language under the supervision of Mr David Miller began learning conjugations and the technique of translating Mr Miller was later succeeded by Miss Anderson The general students were quite lucky to find that they would not have to be bored with civ1cs because a teacher was not available The vocational girls under the direction of Miss Gross were en grossed in learning to become the perfect homemaker while Mr Way taught the vocational boys the principle of farmmg Then there was our favorite class physical education taught by a new faculty advisor Miss Eastep and by Mr Snyder Mr Strite assumed the great responsibility of teaching us the fundamentals of algebra We had quite a time understanding Mr X and his neighbor Y Miss Smith the Engllsh advisor safely conducted us through the adventures of Treasure Island and successfully made As You Like It our first Shakespearean work understandable Our voices were exercised by M1ss Carpenter Mr Babylon our general science instructor carefully arranged the pieces of the puzzle until we could explain it that is almost Miss Anderson was our home room teacher No act1v1 ties were held by the class during our freshman year although we d1d have a day of great ex c1tement One very warm spring day when the sun was shedding her warm rays from the ocean blue cloudless sky on the freshly plowed earth and the spring birds were filling the air with their melod1ous tunes and everyone was affected by the illness called spring fever the freshman class went beserk Mr Strite entered his algebra class and found only thirteen students' The other members had decided to spend the afternoon in leisure by the most simple method playing hookey Their first attempt was astound1ngly unsuccessful and after Miss Anderson s severe punishment it was the last attempt The freshman year was successfully completed by fifty four students Those who had decided they had obtained enough knowledge or else had selected another school were Jean Shirley Margaret Taylor Helen Bridendolph Esther Mowen Anna Shank Thelma Harnish Dorothy King R.1ta F:-nth June Salmon Donald Mason Harry Bowers Arl1s Shives Lester Mowen James Alsip and William Grosh In the fall of 1947 we began our second year in our h1gh school career Classmates whom we discovered had not returned to school were Henry Johnson James Farmer Edna Mills and Helen Smith This year we had Mr Haugh for our homeroom teacher as well as for biology A very interesting subject if It would not have been for those weekly Friday tests Second year Latin students continued their study under their capable advisor Miss Anderson Translations were our mam concern with much hard work being involved The general students were taught world history by Mr Bookbinder who was our new guidance counselor Algebra was replaced by geometry and Mr Strite was our 1nstructor who patiently drilled the theorems O 7 . , . . . ' ' 7 7 7 7 . , . ' i 9 ' U 7 7 . , - . . y I - - 1 , . . . 6 E , , - 1 I C , , . . . n . - - v s Il 77 Il ' YY 7 7 n 7 another new faculty advisor. The operation of the steam engine was an enormous puzzle until - 1 . , . - ' 1 7 7 . f . ' . , . . 7 7 ' 7 7 7 . Y 7 7 7 7 7 7 , . ' 1 , , 9 - .