Dunbar High School - Dunbarian Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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people of very high intel Lewis Af fe able: to undertake the role of a history teacher. Freida eee use.her lit sped to become a French teacher. ee i. In our class ¢ of the Aries, are ‘ . | st estate agents. Using pe ema ace of energy ‘Navey Mingis! hod Edmonia Terry will Bia ok gl become beauticians. With his s knowledge | ‘ sporis announcer. William Saddler will be ‘ Fors with The Harlem Globe Trotters. Alice Morris will use her scientific knowledge to become a laboratory technician. These people are exceedingly versatile and can learn to do any work well. Our members of the sign of Leo are to be the most successful in whatever profession chosen and they can fulfill executive positions. They seek highest honors, best jobs, and are known to win out in difficult battles of life. Frances Scruggs and Emma Ross will make fine nurses. William Womack will become a good senator. Mary Reid will be the tennis queen of the United States. James Greene will be a renowned biologist. I trust that these prophecies will assist you all in facing the future fearlessly and that you will receive them in the same spirit in which they are presented. I hope they will remain as the bond of union between you and me throughout the years. The one question in our minds is sure to be, “shall we be prepared for these honors or duties?” But don’t forget to thank our lucky stars for whatever success we achieve. James Lloyd Greene Prophet and Seer

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LASS WIL] We, the Class of 1953, of Dunbar High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and’ Testament, in manner and form following, hereby revoking any will, or wills Wéretgfore made by us. We €ntreat that you receive your respective legacies in the spirit which they are given. u Ve, the Senior Class of 1953, do hereby dispose of our possessions thusly: Tof out) Principal, Mr. Seay, we leave the relief that we have graduated and the PLEASANT, memories of our five years together. To the%teachers, we give our entire store of knowledge. From them it came and 6) themei¢ slid be returned. ev ly, the studiousness of Clara Clark wi 4: your ability. Mor the quietness of Mgr h this admirable the hope that you will growing™m To G you enjo To Ja will learn to To John Hava To Julia Reeves tt To Gilbert McCagyy To Joan Brown, th¢€ po To Delores Johnson To Janice Robinson, To Rosa York—Emme To John Miller, the brain ' To John Scott, the busines! To Wayland Mitchell—Gafnel To Irvin Bradley, the cuteneS To Vernell Brown and Delofég | Aarcia Wright’s last strand of love, to be divided equally between the ) u know what we mean.) To Harriet Ferguson—Pearl Sandifer’s dramatic ability. To Delois Mosely, Frieda Mclvor’s fatal charm and sex appeal. To the undergraduates, we bequeath the following vacancies left by the member: of the Senior Class: Twenty-one positions on the Chronicle Staff, ten Chorus Robes, nine Band Uniforms, eighteen Theater Guild positions, twenty-six Le Cercle Francais vacancies, seven basketball suits, eleven football uniforms, two track team positions, six vacancies in the New Homemakers of America, two spaces on the tennis team, ten Negro History Club seats, and five beats on the Patrol Force. We hope you will assume these positions and fill them as well as we tried to. To the faculty, we bequeath our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness. We therefore declare this to be our will in witness whereof we, the Class of 1953, the testator, have set our hand and seal on this fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three. epeioh by William Haskins. We hope carried” by Leslie Ross We hope you™ oy ilit tofjive the girls. —Rosetta Johnson