Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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THE 1936 KRABBA president, Sydney Vincent as vice-president, Libby Wilson as secretary, and Jane Powell as treasurer. With these leaders the Class of ’36 passed smoothly through its sophomore year. “Another term! We were juniors! Our ranks were greatly increased by a large number of students from Phoebus. This made us the largest of the four groups in the school. “In spite ol our size we were able to meet all together to elect class officers. The elections were run swiftly and efficiently and Raymond Lewis was made president, Reed Patrick, vice-president, and Amelia Wornom, secretary- treasurer. “It was during our junior year that we ‘woke up’ so to speak. It began to dawn on us that it was possible to take part in school activities. Some of us tried our hand at athletics and came through on top; others, tried dramatics with equal success. This, we began to realize was a part of the play of high school. “It was customary, at that time, for the juniors to give the seniors a dance, or, perhaps to explain it better, to take care of the arrangements and expenses of a Junior-Senior Prom. We were no exception. We raised the necessary funds by sponsoring a moving picture at the Langley Theatre and by giving two very successful dances in the gym of the school. The main event came off in the spring of 1935, and it is with a feeling of pride that 1 say that the Class of ‘36 gave the Class of ’35 one of the most successful dances that any junior class gave a senior class in the history of Hampton High. “Soon after the dance, however, we began to study for exams, and after exams, again we were free, with a three months vacation. “Three months slipped by quickly; summer went; autumn came and with its coming, we once again turned our footsteps toward Hampton High. Dignified footsteps they were, for we were now seniors. “For the last time in H. H. S. we held a meeting in the auditorium to select four persons good and true, on whom we were to depend for leadership. The result was; Jane Powell, president; George Shackleford, vice-president; Catherine Thomas, secretary and Ruby Pierce, treasurer. “At the beginning of our senior year a new grading system was introduced in the school. Through the new system, numbers instead of letters were pro¬ vided for grades, and exams were discarded as being obsolete. “It was during our senior year that we began to realize fully what a wonder¬ ful experience our school life really had been. We began to realize that the times spent in high school are the happiest days of anyone’s life, and let me tell you, Johnnie, my hoy, that while the high school to which you will soon he going may be better in many ways than the one which 1 attended, it would he impossible to better the happy memories that the Class of ’36 have of Hampton High School.” Jefferson Harrison.

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THE 1936 KRABBA History of the Class of ’36 “Uncle Walter.” “Yes?” “When did you go to high school?” “Oh—a long time ago.” “Say, how about putting that newspaper down and telling me all about it. I’ll be going to high school myself, in a few weeks. I want to see how much the times have changed.” “All right, if you insist.” Uncle Walter, who was Mr. Walter C. Williamson to everyone except his youthful nephew, Johnnie, put aside his newspaper and began. “Well, Johnnie, I didn ' t go to high school in New York, as you will. The high school that I went to was in Hampton, down in Virginia. It’s been quite a while ago, too, twenty-two years, to be exact. “I was a member of the graduating class of ' 36, which started in the Sep¬ tember of ’32. We had a hard time of it that first week. Officially we were freshmen, but to the upper classmen we were “rats.” We may have been “rats,” but we certainly led a dog’s life that first week. “After that unforgetable first week, however, things began to become orga¬ nized and so it was with us. We held a meeting in the auditorium, and elected class officers. Jefferson Harrison was elected president; Evelyn Gammage was given the office of vice-president; Catherine Thomas became our secretary; and Leslie Sweeney took care of the finances. We picked green as our color; the clover as our flower, and “Fresh and Green, as our motto. We were fresh¬ men, all right, and we didn’t care who knew it. “One of the highest highlights of our freshmen year came during football season. We defeated our bitterest rival, Newport News, for the first time in fifteen years. This was the crowning success of a successful football season. “Football season was followed by basketball, mid-term exams, more basket¬ ball, track season, and then the final exams and vacation. That was out- freshmen year. “The first day of school the following September found us in an entirely different position from that of the year before. We experienced a certain feeling of superiority whenever we saw a new- “rat wandering bewilderedly along the hall. We were sophomores. “Next, came the inevitable, a meeting in the auditorium for the purpose ol organizing. Classes may come, and classes may go, but organization meetings in the auditorium go on forever. This time we elected Jefferson Harrison as .W Jt V —— iiO! A A - 1 M x K 1 ‘ H M ► . ' ■• 1 j o .yi ( 1 ++»+r »rr»l ' -gmmM Z ]C7

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THE 1936 KRABBA The Last Will and Testament We, the senior class of ’36, being of sound mind and body and knowing that, by Almighty decree, all things must come to an end, do make and declare this our last will and testament. To the Juniors, who have stood by us well in these, our last days, we leave our sympathy in the trials to come and the difficulties and hardships which they will en¬ counter. When the above mentioned Juniors become of proper age and attain the mental stature of Seniors, we leave them our dignity and privileges as Seniors. We carry with us memories of pleasant associations and accomplishments which have accumulated during the past four years. We shall always remember the spirit of helpfulness tendered us by the members of the faculty as well as our high regard for them. The following personal possessions are left by individuals of the class: 1. Turner Poe leaves us the “Krabba.” 2. Hazelwood Burbank leaves her wit to Shirley Lee Whiting. 3. Amelia Wornam finally leaves her “hero”-—“Corky” Davis. 4. Wilfred Hendricks leaves his feminine ways to William Stanworth. 5. Luther Myers leaves Buddie Hill to carry on his work in the shop. 6. Bertha Copeland, Mildred Creasy, Grace Quinto, Jeanette Bryant and Catherine Thomas leave their excellent grades to the Freshmen. 7. Elsie Moore and Ruby Sclater finally leave. 8. Dick Braig leaves as the last of the “Braig Boys.” 9. Lewise Conner leaves her winning ways to Helen Cartwright. 10. Dick Traynham is off for 52nd St. leaving the Rattlers minus a president. 11. Neal Hughes leaves his good looks to Nelson Groome. 12. Jack Spencer leaves his quiet way and dignified manner to Billy House. 13. Annie Sear leaves her personality to Jackie Moore. 14. A Triangular Love Affair—Carrie Massenburg leaves with Otto Horstmann or Waverly Wornom—we wonder which! 15. Elsie Lee Davis leaves her tongue to waggle in the halls of H. H. S.— and she seems to be singing “Has Anyone Seen My Tommy?” 16. “Toadies” Parker is left a very despondent girl by Mr. Wooten. 17. Frank Bader leaves his record-breaking walk to Mr. Littl e for his next year’s Track Team. 18. Bill Kelley is off for Connecticut leaving that “Lil Bit Independent Air” to his feminine admirers. 19. Jacqueline Ruth leaves in the same quiet way in which she entered. 20. Gladys Muire leaves two heartbroken boys from Phoebus. 21. A vacancy in the D. D. K., Dramatic Club and Thespians is left by Judy Hickey— It’ll take a real girl to fill it. 22. Irving Fuller leaves his “Hot air” to be used in the shop. 23. Elbert Hutton leaves a few pounds of weight to Mr. Lewis. 24. Jean Collier leaves giggling as usual. 25. Someone else headed for Newport News—Doris Davis is on the way to Mr. Gayle Parrish. 26. William Cornelious Tyler leaves his middle name to Dorothy Lee Bryant. 27. Willard Myer and William Speake leave to carry on with Guy Lombardo anti his Royal Canadians. 28. Mildred Laws regretfully leaves “Doc” Shelburn to Miss Temple. 29. A fine scholastic record is left by John Bush. 30. Peter Gmitter, Ernest Luke, Bobby Newton and “Dolly” Todd leave their positions on the football squad to Billy Cannon, John Keralla, William Ashe and Byrl Kirsner—We hope they will beat Newport News.