Fredericksburg High School - Rapahanoc Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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R PvHD£ 1921 9 Mrs. Williams teaches us Parlez-vous, -m-m-m- She makes us sit up and listen, too, -m-m-m- She comes to school in a jitney bus And she and her husband never fuss. -m-m-m- 10 Mr. Birkhead is our supermini, -m-m-m- With him we ll always be content, -m-m-m- He listens to all our trials and woes And helps us to reach all our goals. -m-m-m- ii Now we’ve sung our little song, -m-m-m- We trust that it was not too long, -m-m-m—— We ' ve done our best both large and small And hope we’ve pleased you one and all. --m-m-m- 8l

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RpvPBj-mrmc 1921 jfatultp g ong ;. ir - J VK” t c -1- A— TV I m J t mi m f j F 4 r — 4 — If -- i S M l We’re going to sing a little song --m-m-m- We re going to sing a little song -m-m-m- We re going to sing a little song If you’ll just be patient it won’t be long. -m-rn-rn- 2 Mr. Link he would a-wooing go, -m-m-m- Whether his mother said yes or no, -m-m-m- He married Miss Payne in the middle of the year And went to the altar without a tear. -m-m-m- 3 Mrs. she is his wifie wee, -m-m-m—— Sometimes she makes him take to a tree, -m-m-m- She teaches us to cook and sew, They’re just the things we ought to know. -m-m-m- 4 Our Mrs. Courtney keeps us straight, -m-m-m- She always knows when we are late, -m-m-m- She pounces upon us if we speak a word, When we never thought it would be heard. -m-ru-m- 5 Mrs. Blake embroiders all day long, -m-m-m- But she knows what ' s going on, -m-m-m- She has two eyes in the back of her head That even stay open when she goes to bed. -m-m-m- 6 We have one sport on our faculty -m-in-m- The fair Miss Rhea, of Tennessee, -m-m-m- She has fooled the boys of the Senior Class And makes them think she’s a very young lass. -m-m-m- 7 Miss Johnson has the most wonderful eyes, -m-m-m- H er head is soaring in the skies, --m-m-m-- She is a shorthand expert., too. And there ' s nothing else that she cant do! -m-m-m- 8 Mr. Swem is such a sensitive child, -m-m-m- When we laugh at him he gets so wild, -m-m-m- He’s making us into suffragettes, And likes to think that he’s a coquette. -m-m-m- 8o

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mf: RPvPBHPvPIDC 1921 •mT Av r VL )t all of Jfamc D O you know, I had the funniest dream the other night; and it all seemed so natural, too. Well, I dreamed i was walking in the hall of fame, and just guess whose was the first statute I saw? “It must have been Woodrow Wilson or William Jennings Bryan.” No, it was neither of those; but the first thing I saw was the statue of Mr. Birckhead. It was a tall and stately statue with that ever enduring smile, wearing that same blue suit and winter hat, holding in one hand a Biology and in the other a book entitled “The Trials of Married Life.” As I walked on I came to the second statue, which was of Mrs. Courtney, dressed in her green sweater and brown dress, telling the seniors to copy all of their civics by to-morrow. The third statue I saw was of Mrs. Williams trying to drive French into the heads of the boys and girls on the back row. Then turning around my eyes fell on a statue of Mrs. Blake, standing with her knitting under her arm in the act of telling the cooking class not to make quite so much noise. The very next statue that caught my eye, was a very tall one, that with Mr. Birckhead towered above all the rest. Looking more closely I recognize d Miss Johnson in the act of writing her will in which she willed a dozen typewriters to the Fredericksburg High School, for which she had plead so hard while teaching in that school. And next to her I beheld Miss Rhea holding in her hand a long list of quota¬ tions telling the English class to learn them all by to-morrow. Then I saw a very peculiar looking one, it was of three women, holding a very earnest conversation, coming nearer I recognized Mrs. Euliss, Mrs. King, and Miss Gouldman, arguing should or should not the junior high be allowed to come to the third floor. 82