Eagle Rock High School - Eagle Yearbook (Eagle Rock, VA)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY True hlstory, lt has been sa1d, cannot be wrltten untll t1me rolls 1nto years and years 1nto centuries, but the class of 1945 needs no centuries to brlghten 1t's record of 8Gh16V6 ments and actlvlties Its h1story dates back to the fall of l94l, when fortv s1x happy boys and g1rls entered Eagle Rock Hlgh School as Freshmen fe were 685113 d1St1Hgu1Sh6d fromihe rest of the hlgh school by our shyness and the fear that would not go to the r1ght class when the bell rang The f1F8t few hectlc days, lt was our let to draw all the utterances of rldicule from the upper classes,sinee our every action stamped us as the greenest product 1n Everyone endured these taunts 1n1t1ation on nRat Day H then school students ' Ne had but hlgh school the Freshman rat N Nlth flno sp1r1t unt1l after the we were 1n nFull fledged hlgh a sllppery foothold on the flrst rung of the ladder, the ladder that N6 must cllmb to reach the helghts mentlened ln our motto nNot On The H81ghtS 1ng 1941 1S a year that w1ll never be forgotten by our class, but by the world, for on December 7 year, Am6P1CB'S entrance 1nto the second Nerld Jar But Cllmb not only of that was assured by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor All shyness lBV1nb d1sappeared, a WISOP more determlned group entered hlgh school at the oeglnnlng of our second year As Sophomores the group worked hard to galn a sure foothold on the ladder, the halfway mark between us and a d1ploma Just as we had been transformed from green and 1nnocent Freshmen to N150 and determined Sephomores, so we returned the follovxng ye r s uJoyous Juniors N Nhat fun we had lnitlatlng the Freshmen, ordorxng our r1ngs, plannlng the Junlor Senior banquet, present1ng the Jun1or play,nMama's Baby Boy,n and taklng part 1n all the upper class QCt1Vit16S, ro had looked forward to for so lengt Yes, nearer and ne fer we :ere press 1ng toward the goal ln vlew the top rung of the ladder And new we are at the end of our h1gh school career,proud nd dlgnifled Sen1ors Through our four fear 1n hlgh school we have, as most classes do, decreased :ar and vhat not have thlnned our ranks to the present number of tventy three At the beginnint of the year, tha class selected leaders vho have proved worthy of thelr tmtles Errl est was chosen Pres1dent Vlfglnla Graham V1ce pre 1dert ard Illda Van Ness Secret ry nd Treasurer Onlv now, the tlme grows short may we pause nd recall all these th1ngs 11th Wh1Ch we assocl te some of the happ1est days of our 11VGS Remember1ng is the privllege of the SCDIOTS R mcmborlng ll those unforgett ble - - . . . Q . . . .- . . . 0 Q . ., . . . . o r 7 A . we . . o . . . . Q I Q . . Q 1 . . . A H . . . . - ,- V . , . 1 ., . . 0 , ' A , - 1 .'! 1 0 I I . . - Q- , o Y . 'T . ' X . . , . . .- . . . . J I 'f . J 0 . 1 - 4' V . A A Q . . . . .4 V. 0 -. . . . . 'Q 1 . . . . . . ' T' a- , Y T.. 1 . . . a . . . . . . a 0 V ' S ., x .., 1 0 . Y . '- , . s 'Q x t ' ' 'ir 7: 0 If 4 Q . . . . . . 0 . I A L , ' S A I A 1 I' 0 'V I' 1' . ' L51 4.4 l L I Six! I . . . . CL A .I 1 1 a . V . . . ' ' n 1 ' 1- f- o l V L+ 1 fl