Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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■ v t r i r yt lr it H. WILSON THORPE A. B., William and Mary College Principal ROBT. M. NEWTON L. ., B. S., William and Mary College Supt. of Schools City School Board Dr. J. Wilton Hope, Chairman John Weymouth L. M. von Schilling County School Board F. M. Boggs, Chairman W. Ward J. White W. S. Benthall Dr. 0. Elijah Wallace L.

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it xr ic !r Tl 1 T X J-L ' JLl ir-T T The New Athletic Field HE dream of many loyal Crabbers, past and present, is soon to be fulfilled. Hampton High School is to have at its disposal a real, modern, improved, handsome athletic field. This is being made possible by Mr. Frank W. Darl¬ ing, one who has always been a staunch friend of Hampton High. Mr. Darling has bought the land on which the old park stood, as well as several lots to the north of it. The swamp at the rear is being filled in. Thus the new athletic field will extend from Victoria Avenue clear across the block to Thornet Street and from the school building back to the fill. The ground is being graded now (April) so that the field will drain quickly after rains. The remains of the old board fence are being torn down and a concrete wall will be built around the whole park. This work is being done by the Gannaway-Hudgins Construction Company and will be completed in time for the football season in the fall. Mr. Darling has stated that he expects to present the athletic field as a gift to the whole community, and especially for the use of the high school teams. Of all the organizations in the town the high school will, without a doubt, receive the most benefit from an athletic field. If Crabber sports have flourished under former difficulties, what future can one predict for them with these facilities and this en¬ couragement that they are about to receive? No citizen could help the boys and girls of his community in any better way than by providing a means for athletic activities, because physical fitness leads to mental alertness and moral sanity, and these are the things that make towns progress and form the motive force of powerful nations. Charles H. Taylor Memorial Library I JT ' Tp HE Charles H. Taylor Memorial Library of this city is the first public county library in the state. It was given to the people of Hampton, Phoebus and Elizabeth City County by Mrs. M. C. Armstrong as a memorial to her father, the late General Taylor. The building is a beautiful brick structure of colo¬ nial design, furnished with the most up-to-date library equipment of its kind. The cos t of the plant represents an expenditure of $26,000. It is maintained by public funds, the Board of Supervisors, City Council and Board of Education sharing in its upkeep. The library was opened to the public July 12, 1926, and has been in active opera¬ tion since. There are now on the shelves 4,420 books with several hundred more to be catalogued. These books were largely donations, 1,350 being transferred from the Esther Burdick library at Syms-Eaton School. The graduate librarian is Miss Bessie Lee Booker, a former teacher of English in Hampton High School. The library is admirably located in close proximity to the high school and the largest grammar school in Hampton. Thus a large number of children readily make use of this splendid institution. There has been a registration of 1,542 people with a steady increase all the time. The Library Board, appointed by Judge C. Vernon Spratley, is composed of M. C. Armstrong, chairman; L. M. Newcomb, vice-chairman; Mrs. L. M. von Schilling, sec¬ retary; Supt. of Schools Robert M. Newton, treasurer; and Mrs. Hunter R. Booker. 1927 ® 35SS Mevi

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IX : Virginia Lee Amos Roanoke, Va. A. B., Richmond College English Anna Seaton Cameron Newport News, Va. B. S., Harrisonburg College Home Economics and Arts Thomas Alva Cooke Hampton, Va. B. S., William and Mary College English, Director Athletics Richard Watson Copeland Hampton, Va. B. A., William and Mary College Physical Training Elva Cunningham Newport News, Va. A. B., Randolph-Macon College Latin, Spanish Lallie Beverly Darden Hampton, Va. Commercial Arithmetic Bookkeeping Milton C. Elliott Hampton, Va. B. S., Va. Polytechnic Institute Chemistry, Physics Lou Belle Ellis Bowling Green, Ky. B. S., Bowling Green College Commercial Subjects Sadie Forbes Franklin, Va. B. S., William and Mary College Biology, General Science John Walston Henderson Williamsburg, Va. B. S., William and Mary College Mathematics Madeline Jones A. B„ Western Maryland College Latin Luther W. Machen, Jr. Norfolk, Va. Graduate Bliss Electrical School Electricity T hirtorn