Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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► K Y h r r r, L Y • r. i K K K K K K T'7 7T77TT ' .T ' .'.T .r j CLASS . HISTORY. The purpose of this history is not to relate every step in the progres s of a people, from their humble beginnings as Freshmen to their arrival at the dizzy heieht they now occupy. On the contrary, in accordance with modern tendencies, the au- thor aims to emphasise only those factors in our class deve- lopment which appeal to us as most vital from the standpoint of to-day. It will be noted that there has been no attempt on the part of the author to sentimentalize or to smooth over any awk- ward spots in this history, but she has faithfully adherred to the truth, and treated it in as coherent manner as possible. The work is divided into three parts: Discovery, Explor- ation, and Settlement, with an afterword in which some strict- ly personal opinions arc hazarded regarding the probable fut- ure of the class. DISCOVERY Four yeets ago on the twenty-third of September 1936, the teachers, called dauntless explorers, wero suddenly startled to see a group of sixty-fivo badly frightened, good-looking boys and girls within their doors. « They gently attempted to dispell our fears and bade us to spend the next few weeks in exploration. This exploration wa.s done in agony because of the contempt in which the others of the school held us, EXPLORATION By Thanksgiving of the year 1936, the mrjoritv of the Freshmen class had learned which corridor to turn into and very often we wero jn the right pla.ee a.t the right timo. Although much information was gained during tho first y0ar, a great disaster befoll us at the end of the year—— Final Examinations----vahich ranks as one of the worst

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 —- ’ ff rj'7T 4. 4. IJmjLL '777Z7777.7777777ZZ7Z7 77777777777 7I JV massacres of the time. With the coming of the next year wc wore celled Sophomores Tho routine being familiar wo found studying easier. In the third year wo be cerno Juniors. Greet indeed was our scorn for tho Freshmen end Oophomoros, This was a year of herd work but wc come through with flying colors. Many of these colors wero exhibited rt the Junior-Senior banquet, tho one bright spot of the season. Now we como to the fourth and greatest yo' r in the his- tory of the class. Y hon wo attained tho title of Seniors wo beg-n to take ourselves more seriously and were positively dizzy with dignity. At the expiration of tho four years, tho principal de- clared himself p Ion sod nd that wo wore eligible for admission as citizens, And by vry of celebrating, a strngo corcmory was hold, known as cormcrccmont. There wore spocohos, songs and each Senior wrs given a diploma, SETTLETEFT This period is not easy to doscribc. Some are going to stav in the land in which thev have «pent four years exploring while others are goir. to now fields. They h ve all chosen their vocations. We hope that some mong this brilliant class will be dauntless explorers such as those who fir t discovered this class. APPENDIX I Some of our best friends say this history is ambiguous and misleading. They say it should have been written tho way it really happened but avo say it is our history and we wrote r . f it to suit ourselves. APPENDIX II Wc ta.ko tho opportunity so S'-y nova that in our far from humble opinion the class of 1940 is tho most brilliant nd at- tractive of any class known to history, and vail] always bo row. membered by the Faculty of Floyd High School and the people of tho town as, That wonderful class of 1940 , Myrtle Slushcr, Historian K77 77A7OT; r r r 7777T7 7 T 7J j - j y 77777777777777777777777777