Fredericksburg High School - Rapahanoc Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Eapafjanoc junior league Organized October, 1025 OFFICERS President — Charles Hunter Vi ce-Presiden t — Cl a i re Freeman Secretary — Thelma Moody Treasurer — Emmett Thompson Director — Mrs. E. S. Courtney Reporter — Lemuel Houston AIMS To Train for Good Citizenship To Develop School Spirit To Improve the Body and the Mind

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TRIBUNUS LATINUS aut FELIS BARBA Vol. I FREDERICKSBURGAE in PROVINCIA VIRGINIA No. 1 Semper Fidelis Jupiter aut Pluvius aut Serenus Erit Pridie Idibus Decembris Anne MGMXXIV Schola Superior Fredericksburgae in Provincia Virginia REDAGTORES Redactor Maximus—F. Orde Literarum Redactor—Josepha Piscator Poematum Redactor—Virginia Meltoniensis Artium Redactor—Marguerita Gulielmi Orationis Redactor—Johanna Cenaculum Renum Familiarum Redactor—Alicia Scotta Redactor Argentarius—Duffus Viridis Redactor Iocularis—Lotharius Doddus ( Carolus Venator Ludorum Redactors j Thomassus Do}or De Magno Periculo in Tribunum Latinum Impenden Do!! Magnum ScelusH! Inter- fectores Prosecuti Erint!!! We, the pupils of the Vergil Class, are endeavoring to publish a Latin newspaper, at the earnest suggestion of our Language Teacher, Airs. Wil¬ liams. It is not an easy task, but we are doing our best to put out an in¬ teresting paper. We are working with the motto, “N on nobis solus,” and hope this pa¬ per will be “Pro bono publico.” We have worked “Ab initio,” and we feel we have come a long way since we struggled over “Omnis Gallia divisa est in partes tres.” Now we are digging and plodding along through Vergil, wondering how a man could sing these hard pages of Latin; yet he opens his book with “Anna virumque cano,” and it seems as if he is going to sing on forever, “Sic transit mundus.”—F. Orde.

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“Come ©ut of tfie littcfien” N April the 3rd the stage curtain rose on the first presen¬ tation of the comedy, “Come Out of the Kitchen,” at the Opera House. The play was given by students of F. H. S. for the benefit of the “Rapahanoc.” The cast was well chosen, and made for the success of the play, but the greatest credit is given to Miss Helen Crawford, who ably directed the production, assisted by Mr. Mack Cowan. Her untiring efforts and skill in shaping raw material into characters and acting that would do credit to professionals, was recognized by the audience. The High School greatly appreciated the work done by Miss Crawford. “Come Out of the Kitchen” has to do with the Dangerfield family of Virginia, who rent their home for the summer to revive the sad condition of finances. They rent to Burton Crane (Richard Gaffin), from the north, who brings as his guests Mr. Tucker (William Hayden), his lawyer; Mrs. Faulkner (Betsy Embrey), Mr. Tucker’s sister, and her daughter, Cora (Nancy King). The Dangerfield children have to take the servants’ place until they can get a white staff from outside. Olivia, alias Jane Ellen (Alice M. Scott), the Irish cook; Paul, alias Smithfield (Warren Farmer), the butler; Charles, alias Brindleburg (Brawner Bolling), the boy-of-all-work; and Elizabeth, alias Araminta (Dora Farmer), the maid. Mandy (Julia Troland), Olivia’s colored mammy; Randy Weeks (Webster Sullivan), the Dangerfield family lawyer, and Thomas Lefferts (Lemuel Houston), the poet and admirer of Cora, added touches of color to the play. The plot progressed with many complications until the bachelor dinner, when the ladies had left with their dignity ruffled. Then Jane Ellen gave herself away by several slips during the dinner, one of which sent hot soup down Mr. Tucker’s collar. Her descrip¬ tion of the supposed austere and stiff Olivia was entirely broken down when Crane solved the problem by saying, “Olivia, come out of the Kitchen.”