Clinton High School - Eagles Nest Yearbook (Clinton, LA)

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WITHI THESE W LLS THE STORY OP CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL 1938-1985 Toler Hatcher 1938. First year in new school. .... They showed us a picture fwhich turned out to be an artist's renderingj of the new school. I didn't understand how they had a picture of a school that hadn't been built yet. My grandfather KE. L. Dunn then president of the school boardj finally made me understand. That picture is now at the new new school. H. Toler Hatcher 1948. The New Clinton High School was commissioned by the Parish school board early in 1938. Members of the board were: Mrs. I. P. Carruth, Mrs. I. W. Ross, A. F. Guttzeit, C. C. Chapman, I. L. Street, J. W. Gersch, C. E. Gillum, W. P. Sowell, and E. L. Dunn, president. Herman I. Duncan 8: Co., Architects, of Alexandria, La. drew the plans. The contractor was W. M. Bozeman of Covington, La. who bid 537,000 for the job. Construction took only four months. At the beginning of the 1938-39 school year the students marched from their old wood frame building on Bank St. to the new brick structure on Plank Rd. The design of the new school was up-to-date and incorporated steam heat. Much thought was given by the adults in the educational system to ins iring the proper awe and respect for the wonderful new facility in the consciousness of the young people who would benefit from its modern design and conveniences. The reaction of these pupils, even after nearly fifty years, is uniformly one of feeling fortunate to have been privileged to go to school in such a fine edifice, surrounded at every turn by tangible proof of how much their elders cared for their education and hoped for their success. After all, a school building is just that, the tangible sign of one generation's investment of hope in future generations. The red well. '

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WITHIN THESE WALLS . The story of a school is the story of people. The history of the world, the state, even the parish goes on around it, but it is a world apart. Then, when each class graduates, it passes into memory, and memory takes on a life of its own. To write the story of the forty-seven years in the red brick school we asked a member of each class to give a memory, and we mixed in a history of the times. Sometimes the forces of history broke into the consciousness of the school, but usually not. The simple realities of high school, football, proms, teachers, pranks prevail from earliest to latest days. Here we begin. 1939-The governor of the state of Louisiana fRichard Lechej would soon resign his office under a cloud. Franklin Roosevelt, a charismatic popular president, was in his second term, Germany and Italy, threatening war in Europe signed a military alliance, and Clinton High School graduated its first class from the new red brick on Plank Road. Arch Doughty '39: Our new school with its whopping big auditorium was the finest school in the world to us after our years in the old white frame school. 1940-War had broken out in Europe after Germany invaded Poland. Earl K. Long, Leche's Lt. Governor was serving out Leche's term as governor while Leche served time in prison. Wendell Wilkie and F.D.R. squared off in the Presidential elections, and Germany invaded Belgium. The class of 1940 graduated at CHS. Mildred Beauchamp Willarealj '40: Our junior-senior picnic out at Mrs. Martin Young's lake was rained on and nearly flooded out. We all scrambled under a flat-bed truck to eat. Our banquet was held in the Gulf States building next to Hubbs' Cafe. The boy who sat next to me h d H . . . . . . a a y in his tea. We all thought that was Q funny. Our graduation was memorable because the girls wore white dresses and carried roses, and it was so hot. 1941-The Battle of Britain, pitting Hitler's Luftwaffe against the spunky British, was raging. The U.S. stepped up military preparedness as Roosevelt began his third term. Sam Jones became governor, and the Class of 1941 passed onto the state of local history. Charles F. Rex Record, jr., '41: Dick Munson, Skeet McKnight, Hollice jackson and others were with me on the first football team. My class picked the mascot and colors. We went to play Port Sulphur which was supposed to be the best six-man team in the state and Prof. tRogersJ surprised us with brand new uniforms. We beat Port Sulphur 32-28. No way could we lose in those new uniforms. RSX Rewfd V117 -The bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, brought our nation into war. The Selective Service draft of ages 20-44 began. The U.S. was immediately involved in battles in the Pacific, and Bataan fell involving its defenders, including some local men, in the infamous Death March. Despite this grim world picture life still went on at CHS, and the 1942 class finished W. Conner Percy, Sr. '42+ The first thing that comes to my mind is Rex Record and Ed Partin fighting-all the time.