Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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History best possible method of writing the series of events known as listory is to obtain a direct source of known value. Thus, m my diary are gleaned these excerpts from our life in ool, without special regard to date, unity, or coherence. So v, my readers, take this for its historical and not its literary rit, for of the latter there is none. September 15, 1921 : Fifty-six of us marched from the graded to the high school. Then given our room, such a time as we had, meeting the teachers, and the new subjects, Latin and Algebra. September 16, 1921 : Sophomores seem to think we’re made of rubber, they treat us like tennis balls. Girls got off easy, wasn’t even an ink well spilt on them. Looked in the Algebra book and said my prayers. Miss McCarthy says the thing isn’t so hard, so we hope for the best. September 29, 1921 : First lesson in Latin. No wonder they say the language is dead, think I’ll be also. January 27, 1922: Year half over, Miss Conner had to leave, bright pros¬ pects though. Red-headed lady came in to look us over, thought she would smother in the chalk dust. I’m afraid we’ll have to behave if she is going to teach us, but chalk and erasers certainly flew that day. January 29, 1922: First lesson under Miss Jones (the red-headed teacher) ; she’s not so bad. Think we’re going to like her. May 15, 1922: Final examinations next week. Hope I don ' t have to take any. We’ll soon be Sophomores. “Tempus fugit” (I think that’s right). We are going to take it out on next year ' s Freshmen. September 15, 1922: Only fifty of us back. School seems to be a quite necessary part of life’s work. Freshman class is some class, we’ll start on the boys tomorrow. Miss Jones is back again, she’s still our room teacher. Think 1 still like History. September 16, 1922: Finished with Freshman boys, mv arm aches, but 1 think they do too. Three thought they would get out of it, but we fooled them. Bet they wished they hadn ' t tried to get away. This Algebra is the limit, hope 1 don’t flunk.

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WILLIAM HENRY PARKER “bill” ' Class President ’21, ’24; Vice-President ’23, Athletic Association ’21-22, ’24, Presi¬ dent Athletic Association ' 25, Sidney Lanier Literary Society ’24-’25, Assistant Business Manager Cohisco Outburst ’25, Circulation Manager Annual ’24. Business Manager Annual ’25, Baseball ’23-’24-’25, Football ’24-’25. “I could not love thee, dear, so much Loved I not honor more.” Behold, girls, a constant man !—and one of the best all round fellows in class. Wil¬ liam has time to do everything that he should and a few 1 things he shouldn’t. If red-haired girls inspire such records as Bill leaves behind him in all the activities of C. H. S.. we would advise all boys to worship at the shrine of some “strawberry blond.” GRACE AILEEN WOLFE “gracious” Sidney Lanier Literary? Society ’24-’25, Debating Team ’24- ' 25, Girls Athletic Asso¬ ciation ’22-’23-’24-’25, Boosters’ Club ’24-’25, Vice-President Class ’25, Editor-in-Chief of Annual ’25, Valedictorian ’25, Orchestra ’25. “Worth, courage, humor, and intellect. These, indeed, are her birthright.” Grace, the versatile! Grace, the popular. Grace, the beloved of all the school. She takes her sense into her fun and pep into her work—an excellent formula for success, as she has demonstrated. She is the pride of the Class of ’25.

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March 23, 1923 : Four boys thought they would like to see a teacher at , Mallow, and left at 12 :30 in a Ford. Some disappointment occurred and they got back at about 1 :30. Moore kept awful quiet for a while. We had one grand laugh. The play, “Green Stockings,” was a line success. I suppose because it had two of the sophomores in it. May 14, 1923: Examination time again. Juniors next year. We’ll have to become more dignified, I suppose. Worked harder than ever before. September 15, 1923. We’re Juniors. The class was divided into Junior A and Junior B. Miss Jones is still our room teacher, looks like she’s going to stick. September 16, 1923: New principal, rumor says he’s “six feet seven inches high and weighs two hundred and fifty-seven pounds.” I haven’t seen him yet, but hope he’s not quite that. September 18, 1923 : Saw the new principal, the height was exaggerated, even if the weight wasn’t. Wonder what he would look like without that mus¬ tache ? September 19, 1923: We have to take French this year too, hope’s it’s easier than Latin. If it’s like its teacher I ' m glad I’m taking it. Rumor says we’ll have an Annual this vear. March 20, 1924: We received our pins the other day. They are really pretty. Notice several people besides Juniors are wearing them. Asked Delmar how it happened, he didn’t say anything. Working hard for the Annual. We have an Orchestra this year from the school. Hope it improves. May 25, 1924: Started fixing for Commencement songs, decorations of the hall and the Strand. Think I won’t decorate any more for anything. Had a Carnival not long ago, big success, of course. Pretty near through examinations. We’ll soon be Seniors. Hope we don’t have to work very hard. September 15, 1924: We’re Seniors, what are the Freshmen? Sophomores are passable. Juniors are very nice. But we’re Seniors. Miss Jones is still our teacher. All’s well with the world.