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

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PUFFS 6- PATCHES 1936 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY N September, 19232, we the graduating class of 736, entered the C. H. S. Library olf learning. Home of us C'tIlllC a little soonerg however we all came with that sanie feeling ot ambition to do things worth while. We were eager to see what this gray building could possibly have in store lfor us. Seine were seared, and others were too exeited to know what they were doing. Our upperelassnien seemed to take much interest in us. The Sophoniores gave us a great W6lCO1l1C at our initiation, and party. They know that we had our greatest and most interesting books ot lil'e to read, and they wanted to see us well prepared. This library was divided into Jlfour large rooms or years. The first being the room for the .Freshmen and may be called the first year of high school. The second was the rooni tor the Sophoinores, and the third was the room for the Juniors. The fourth was the largest and inost important. This was the room we all loved so well and hated so badly to leave. We knew that we would miss it terribly. The books in the first rooni elf the library seemed a little complicated. They were stacked in the shelves waiting to be opened and studied. Algebra was rather hard to get used to but, to nie, Latin was the book. There seemed to he so many phrases and Clauses we had never heard o.I', but may we not say better late than neverf' Thus we went through the first room and leplft for our vacation. We eaine into the second rooni the following tall to study larger and better books. lVe had discarded our shaky feeling and we could work better. We seemed to know a little more of what it's all about. If we didn't know then, we certainly had our chance to learn. Ilere we went with Uacsar through some of his wars, and in speaking ot ourselves, we inight even repeat his famous words, vini, vidi, vicif' We also had another interesting book in this rooni, biology was the name. None other than Mr. Mitchell eould niake ns understand this hook so well. We learned the nieaning ot 2llllOClJtl and 1JHl'2l1llCCllllll, two popular words ol? C. H. S. When we came into the third room. we accomplished even more than we did in the other two years. We gave the English language a little more justice and learned of the important authors and poets. lVe studied about the good old days when the horse and buggy were in style. Some ot us selected the aeadeniie eourse for the remaining two years, and others selected the conunereial course taught by Miss Allen who really did things 'for the eoininercial department. One ot her achievements was getting new rooms for us. lt was with her aid that our Senior Ulass ol' '36 gave oL1r play, Adventures ot Toni Sawyer? 22

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Aid Club- '34-'35 Debaitinfr Clubg 332-333, Airplane Clubg 333-'34, Air- 1 , b, '34-'3 5, First Aid Club 5 '35-'36, PUFFS G PATCH BOBWEST i 32-'33, First Aid Club 3 '33-'34, First 3 7 O 35-'S 6, Dranuitie Club. RUSSELL WILSON Jlune Club' '33-534 First Aid Clu ' Auditorium Club. ANN MARIE WOODSON '32-'33, Debating Clubg '33-534, Glee Clubg ,134-'35, Pep Clubg 535-'36, Knitting Club. CERALDINE DOUGLAS 532-'33, Debating Club5 '33-'3l-'35- '36, Knitting Club. CHALLENGE O God, that flzuue-kissed, waiting star out there Is like an uusought voice which calls to me, And, though it tells of no great lofty stair, Comnmnds to climb come clear, insisteutly. These lougiugs, unfullilleil, that Hood my heart, 'lhere throbbing dreams that pull me to my feet Cuu't they be stilled? Vlihy must they tear apart The old eouteutmeut of a chzu'tered bent? I almost wish ltd never raised my eyes From setuid security of tried paths here, lint, since I've seen, the shouting song of skies Falls like ai reveille upon my eztr. I must be up! Oh, I must make at stair! This Darkness shall not keep my own from me The way is steep, but. dear God, help me :lure Aseents Where I may walk all strong and free. Aud then, perhaps, some day Iill reach the thing, On hard-built steps, far Hung into the sky. I'lI think my Hngers brushecl an angel's wing Until I see the Stardust drifting by. E S I 93 -LOUISE WALTON, Class Poet, ,36 21

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PUFFS 6' PATCHES 1936 We not only studied in this room, but we haql our Qlfun. We get more pleasure, I think, in giving the Seniors a banquet and dance, the first in C. H. 5. Everyone seemed to enyoy it, and it was on this night that the Seniors ol' '35 told us that they were leaving their shoes behind tor us to till. The fourth and last year we came back to U. H. S. to read the hardest and inost interesting books ol' the entire library. We knew that we 1IlllSt lill these shoes, and in my estimation, we crowded theni. lt seenis that eheniistry was a book hlled with a lot ot hard workg I didn't hear of anyone playing with it. Business, as well as English, was getting inore and more interesting. We learned to keep books, but not the kind found in libraries. Shake- speare occupied a. lot of space in this room. There seemed to be Shakespeare pushing Macbeth along through l1is tragedy a.nd ailter hini Johnson and his ffnnous circle. We were taught that ainbition can soinetiines cause disaster. l think a very important aeeoniplislnnent ol' the Senior Class ol' 536 was to bring the annual, Pnrrs axn Pixtrenns, bark to lite. It had slept for about six years and we thought that was long enough for anything to rest. lt was a real success and showed the talent that we didn't know could be found in the class. Junior Mauck was our Cllltili'-lll-L'l1lCf and John Davis was business lnanager. Our class gave whole hearted support to the fl?'lIlUlHlCl4I', our school paper. Then something happened to the attendance olf the class and we had our contest between the two senior class rooms. l inight add that our social activities CHIIIC to light again this year, the greatest being our proni given by the Juniors. We all had one grand get-together that night. The last olf May had brought about the niost exciting and important days of our livesg they were happy and sad. Many in our elasses have won distinetio'n. Claude Nicely as an orator, Junior Mauck with his untiring etlforts to inake our class a success, Olin fl'a.vne with his pleasing personality, and let,s donit forget Buster Ballenge:-ts disagreements with Mr. Curtnian in eivies class. We also had many good actors and athletes who put forth niueh effort in helping our activities. NVe are leaving the C. H. S. Library and all its good hooks to children who will beeonie outstanding citizens of Covington and hope that they will learn and enjoy its books as niueh as we have. We feel that now we may be of some benefit to our community. -EnN.x Nonenoss, Firm ll'liRl0l IiHI1 23