Griffin High School - Aerie Yearbook (Griffin, GA)

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X C -l 4 'A ' '-r' ' HONOR STUDENTS, 1926-27 ALL AROUND GROUP Wellborn Persons Marguerite Powell A Charlotte Tyus Ann Stuckey SCHOLARSHIP GROUP Seniors Wellborn Persons fall A'sJ Harold Newman Nan Brooks Mary Edna Griffin riances Warren Juniors Irene Stuckey Doris Chappell Frances Crowder Elizabeth Hemphill fall Aish Elizabeth Moore Florence Pocind Josephine Pritchett Mildred Crawford Sopkomores Gladys Goodman Martha Weaver Rice Graham Marguerite Powell fl BJ Freshmen Charlotte Tyus Ann Stuckey tall A'sJ Gordon Futral Mildred Greer EX1RA-CURRILULA Acuvrrnss Debaters Mac Cheatham john Goddard Ann Stuckey Clovis Greer lfrances Warren joseph Smaha Marguerite Powell Charlotte Tyus Q Placed in District Meet C-ertrude Scifres Lewis Murphy Frances Warren ' Mac Cheatham Mabel Moore joe White Edward Davis Karl Bridges' Theodore Shepherd Stokes johnson Floyd Mullins Placed in Contest in Macon Virginia Patrick, Jr. typewriting Publications Hilda Hutson Nora Ethel English Gertrude Scifres Eva Autrey Wellborn Persons Glee Club Fannie Willis Niles R. O. T. C. C. T. Cooper, best behaved cadet fno demerits in three yearsj Albert Riley, neatest cadet Russell Elder, best rifle shot james Kimbrough, best drilled cadet Vernon Greer, most useful officer Athletics Edward Davis, football Carl Shivers, basketball Theodore Shepherd, baseball A. L, McKneely, baseball Mabel Moore, girls' basketball Page Ten , ,,., . - A A of S tg,1 f.q4r.s,,-sg:-: R .v5.: .v-A .- ix-as G lx:-I 'tb 1 N iff r

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fg 'tn-i'Si '1, e- -., ,. , 1 --f 'es so Historical .94 The Sam Bailey building, which was erected by the trus- tees of the Griffin Male institute, was used to house the first public high school in Grifnn. At this time there was only one teacher in the high school dpeartment. The class of 1892 was the first to be graduated from the old high school tthe building now occupied by the seventh gradej. From 1895 to 1899 this building was used successively by the Alhambra Normal university and the Charles M. Neel institute. In 1899 the Board of Education assumed control of the high school again. Many important changes took place in our high school during the first fifteen years of the twentieth century, the most important, perhaps, being the change from a three- year school to a standard four-year school. The class that was graduated in 1911 was the first class to spend four years in the school. In 1909-10-11 G. H. S. put on the field athletic teams the equal of any in the state. Another one of the important changes which took place during this period was the increase in the number of boys in the school. The class of 1900 contained only one boy, while the class of the following year had eight girls and no boys. But by 1915 we find the ratio between the number of boys and girls about even. The history of the Griffin High school during the past ten years is one of constant development and improvement. In 1916 the school had four teachers and 175 pupils. This year the enrollment is 380, and there are 16 members of the faculty. The year 1916 was the last spent in the old high school building. In the fall of 1917 the school moved into the handsome building now occupied. The building then seemed too large for Griffin, as there was an enrollment of only 175 pupils with facil- ities for 250. But a.ready the school has proved inadequate for the enrollment, which has averaged 260 for the last five years. The year 1916, too, saw the birth of the Spotlight, the Griffin annual. A group of earnest seniors, assisted by associate editors from the different grades, worked untiringly to make the first issue of the Spotlight a success. The annual has grown until it has become one of the best put out by any high school in the state, and it is a most im- portant part of high school life. By 1916 athletics was slowly coming into prominence at the high school, and Griffin was beginning to put out teams that were known and feared over the state. The girls started a basketball team and the boys took renewed interest in football, bas- ketball, baseball, and track. In 1921 the boys and girls entered the Co-Ed league in Atlanta, the boys winning the basketball pennant that year. A year later the school entered the G. I. A. A. In 1923 the Board of Education erected the Atheltic court, which has been a most important factor in the athletic life of the school. In this P1 P Twel 55 r 'lxfNf :QI V0 ' ' D9ESik ' I if N S L' ra r-f-1 .--Q-T -me-1 .-v-1 g xg V7 il f WM'