Fredericksburg High School - Rapahanoc Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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ORIGINAL SENIOR CLASS 108

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RPvPftHPittOC 1921 Mrs. Euliss: “Describe a cycle of typical summer weather in Eastern United States. Worley: “I don’t know what cycle means.” M rs. Euliss: “Well, take the word bicycle. Bi means two, and cycle means one revolution following another. Now see if you can answer the question.” Whorley: “It’s a two wheeled wind.” Miss Rhea: “Are there any questions in English today?” James Franklin: “What is the lesson?” Kate Gouldin: “Mr. Birckhead, I didn’t know ants had teeth.” Mr. Birkhead: “Well Kate, where did you get that idea?” Kate: “The book said that they had a sweet tooth.” P other day in English, in talking of Poe’s mode of composition of the Raven, Miss Rhea said “Poe was sitting on a midnight—” when Emeline exclaimed, “Oh Miss Rhea, that must have been an awfully unsubstantial seat.” Little bits of powder. Little daubs of paint, Make my teacher pretty. Even if she ain’t. While Miss Rhea was speaking on debate forms, Jo Dalton innocently chirped up and said, “Miss Rhea, you’ll show us a real good form, so as we can copy yours, won’t you?” And still she wonders why everybody laughed. We were having a lecture on light in Physics. Emiline wished to know why we could not see things at a distance. “Why the dust particles break up the rays. It’s very much more difficult to see things on a misty night than on a clear day.” “You know this for yourself” he innocently assured us. Mr. Swem: “If you had in your head what I have in mine—” Carl Happel: “Oh I had them once, but I managed to get rid of them. 107

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SNAPSHOTS 109