Girls High School - Halcyon Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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have slupped quuclcly away From our happy experuences at Gurls Hugh School we have learned just what Proserpunes sprungtume and gloruous moments on earth were beau tufully spent swuftly passed always remembered From our day s joys struggles successes at Gurls Hugh School we deruve a lught of lcnowl edge and culture that can never be obluterated by the darkness of Fate unto ugnorance and obscuruty Our munutes hours and days unstull un us the qualutues of grace and re funement Although some experuences luke some days hold fuller rucher memorues for us we would have thus bool: pucture our happuest tumes and unterpret the true mean ung of Our Halcyon Days as the class of I940 11? A 1 - 1 . . , . . . : ' : - , . . . . . I I ' - - I 1 ' . . . I . I I . . I . . . . I . - ' ll ll 'L 2 xv i 4 M 'I Q ' A.

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at Girls High School has a two-fold purpose. In every subject we take, our teachers strive to help us develop a desire for learning which will influence our entire livesg in each outside activity they guide us toward a more harmonious manner of living. The sense of true companionship, which is often found between teacher and pupil, has its beginning in the classroom, but is not fully developed until both teacher and pupil have entered into some activity together. lt is for this reason that most faculty members at Girls High sponsor some outside interest in addition to the regular subjects which they teach. The real object of our extra-curricula schedule, however, is to enable each girl to find a suit- able place to spend her out-of-school moments to the best advantage. Each club strives to promote the search for knowledge yet at the same time to enjoy fun and fellowship. Many of the teachers are advisors for clubs directly related to their school work. Leaders of the home economics club, the French club, the chemistry club, and G. H. A. A. are examples of this type. Others find it more enjoyable to go a-field for their activity and sponsor associations such as: the radio club, the dramatic club, Tri- Hi-Y, and Girl Reserves. There are some organizations in our school that are so vital to its existence that it would be hard to visualize Girls High without them. Student government, the bank, our Junior Red Cross coun- cil, the orchestra, THE GIRLS HIGH TIMES, and the HALCYON are all so definitely a part of us that we feel a lasting love for those teachers who so faithfully maintain them for us. And so we see that, through these many phases, the background for our halcyon days is formed by the wis- dom, the patience, and the guidance of our faculty. To us they are not merely teachers who evaluate our class work, but rather our true friends and companions who demand both our love and respect.