Grundy County High School - Mountain Laurel Yearbook (Coalmont, TN)

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asf my eg Y, v-yyxef ' ftgilr c W , M, ,Z A. Q. , ,. ,, f-1-.la of programs in which we were expected to parm ticipate. During this year we sent two readers and four debaters to the fourth-district tournament at Murfreesboro. The Seniors have come near losing their dignity because of the strenous work placed on them by the teachers. As several students can tell you, they have suffered nervous breakdowns work- ing on English notebooks. I wonder why one of our history classmates hurried home from church so early the other night. Could it have been because she had a chapter of history to read and fifteen questions to get? Yes, her hair turned gray over night. In early mornings we noticed lights still burning in many shorthand students' rooms as they manfully labored over their work. Kiss Yarber, history teacherg Mrs. Colston, English teaeherg and Miss McConnell, shorthand teacherg fing it hard to realize that we are still high school students and are not yet in college. ' We have played our part in the drama of Grundy High which will end April 25, 1943. Just how well we have acted our roles, we will leave for the faculty to judge. As time goes by we will never forget the years of joy and sorrow that we have shared together, and we will hold their memories close to our hearts forever.