Danville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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:N L -'T -- X F Now we were Seniors. That magic word! It's the dearest of all we ever heard. We took our place and did our bestg We worked so hard on every test. We pushed the Clmfterbfm' right alongg We helped the Freshmen right their wrongg W'e loved the Hi and Mr. Clarke. At every game you'd hear our bark. Miss Moore, our adviser, was strong and trueg When things went wrong she never was blue. We passed mid-year 'xamsg they weren't so bad, And when they were over we were some glad! The Juniors party we attended with glee, And had the best time you ever did see. Then came graduation, it seemed awful sad. There were tears in our eyes, but still we were glad. We were happy because we had done our best, And in Danville Hi had stood the test. Then goodby, Danville Hig your image we cherish, Our love for you will surely never perish. ELIZA H TATE. 4 fe fx . , - Xi' X J e- Q? e '-E-1-5 W f. ww , at 2 - , 5, rffffffrrfff ,,,ff,,W,M --i -I ,I KP A flF 'Q' ia , . . - , 'Ml .' A 41 The '25 Cardinal

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,f 1 I- :f Y S Qblasz ikaistnrp of '25 'We never have felt so dismal and scared As on that clay to the High School we fared. The old ones were there with their paddles so grim, And we ran by with a run full of vimg They laughed at our plight as we marched into school, And we in our life never felt such a fool. VVe herded together like scared little sheep, And tried so hard the tears for to keep. At last with the help of kind Mr. Hall W'e removed our mourning, the dark Freshman pall. Our Sophomore year was cheerful and bright. XVC loved our dear high school, and for it we'd fight. WVe teased the freshies. It was such great sport 5 And then the girls we began to court. Wfe went to the games, and rooted, and yelledg The championship for Danville Hi we held. We passed our exams and even a test Vlfhich of all things Mrs. Hill loved best. Then we read Shalcespeareg Portia was fineg And then as Juniors we all stepped in line. Our junior year was big and splendid The Seniors we helped and their plans amended. Miss Hyla Bagley was our greatest friend, And to her our love and honor we send. l1Ve worked for honors at Charlottesville too, lfVe fought very hard, as we still do. We gave to the Seniors a party, and bade Them all to comeg a good time we had. In June they took their diplomas, and we In their places as Seniors now could be. 40 The '25 Cardinal it

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r . Cl l v F- i i Glass ibrnpbenp I'm not a poet, I know it. I'm better on prose, So here goes. I-Iarken! Music, professor, please! Lo! It came to pass that the insane stan' hath appointed me prophet. ' - Oh! yes, Mr. Kelly, Hot Tomalie. As I gaze into the vast open spaces of the future, I the humble prophet-vision- YEAR 1950 Lois Bennett is assisting Loula Boisseau in the writing of her new hook. VVho Said Boloney First P Alice Carter! Alas! How cruel has fate been to her! She's Mrs. Horace Taylor now. Graham Cobb is a private detective. They say he knows what became of Sally! Hoffman Culpepper is working for the city-parking down sidewalks and cutting corners. Yippi Dyer is taking Pink's place at D. H. S. julia Davis and Mary Hylton have adjoining padded cells at Staunton. On second look, I see Julia has eaten half of the padding in her cell. Hartwell Harrison is now teller in a bank-tells the people which way to go. Virginia Raine is now one of the end-girls in a Broadway musical comedy. Robert Stembridge has a job as the human skeleton in a circus side show. Margaret Holland is selling candy in the newly-erected live-and-ten-cent store. Howard Gammon is in bed, suffering from paralysis and Saint Vitus dance at the same time. Pauline Martin is seen picking posies on a Florida grape ranch. Russell Myers was installing a giant dynamo at Stone Mountain, when a great crowd of buzzards grabbed him and carried him to the north country. Frances McCain and her cousin, Mattie, are lisherwomen on the Nile River. They eat bird eggs and bacon in vast quantities for their meals. Tucker McFall is a lone star ranger on the dear old river Chiceupaw. He scalps Indians and plays at quoits 'all the day long. Alma Nall has the sleeping sicknessg her husband, John Ragland, is greatly grieved. Marie Noderer is the owner of a great gang of hound clogs. Ethel Perkins is the wife of Julian Meade. She is very happy and eats prunes at four o'clock every day. Marvin Watson, that two-timing baby is a cross-eyed comedian in the Follies. His baby- blue eyes have left a string of broken hearts behind. Thelma Williams and Claiborne Martinare running a shoe store on Colquohoun Street. Katherine Reynolds is a bathing beauty in a comedy which has replaced the old Mac Sennet. 42 The '25 Cardinal