Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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History of the Class of 1937 Do you remember September 1933 when we entered high school as Fresh men? It hardly seems that four years have intervened since that time, and that we are now on the threshold of graduation. Our high school life extended over that period of time will be a treasured memory in years to come, one in which we have mingled both our joys and sorrows. Flipping hack the pages of our school calendar to our Freshmen year, we come across those unforgetahle days when we received our first schedules, signed up in our first classes, and witnessed our first assemblies and pep rallies. Perhaps the exact dates are blurred in our memories, still we recall well the election of our class officers who were Bill Wyatt, president; Jane Winne, vice-president; Louise Masters, secretary; and Jeanette Cooper, treasurer. Nor can we forget those football and basketball games, the plays, the May Day exercises, those first exams, and those first credits of which we were very proud. That was our Freshmen year—the foundation for better things to come. So with the “march of time” we come to the beginning of our next school year when we were Sophomores. At first we possessed a feeling of superiority and wisdom hut it was soon crushed as we began to tackle such subjects as Caesar, Commercial Arithmetic, and Biology. Although no outstanding events took place during this year, it was at this time that we began to realize that we were a part of the school, not in its en¬ rollment alone, but in its functions as well. Nelson Groome, president; John Robins, vice-president; and Louise Masters, secretary-treasurer, were our class leaders. In June of that year wet took our last examinations, as they were dis¬ continued in the school the following term. With the turning of the pages of this historic calendar we entered upon quite an exciting year—the time when we were Juniors. Our class roll was in¬ creased then with new students from Phoebus and other schools. It was during the first part of this year that student activities tickets and a new grading system, in which numbers replaced letters, were instituted in the school. Many of us

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the kpabba Ashe, William Bickford Barber, Reginald Lee Bonning, Charles William Hill, Harrison P. Hutton, Henry Moore, Rosamond Mary Raines, Thomas Henry Richardson, Harold L. Thomas, Nathalie A. Todd, Andrew W. Trayniiam, David

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the krabba o entered into the school activities with equal success in dramatics, athletics, and scholastic organizations. If you remember, our class was not officially organized until the spring of ’36 when we chose for our officers, N. K. Lee, president; Kathleen Sheehan, vice- president; and Eleanor Rosser, secretary-treasurer. As usual we had the pleasure of entertaining the Seniors with the annual prom which was made possible by funds received from class dues, food sales, and sponsoring a motion picture. As the Junior girls took part in the commencement exercises last year, and as our class president received the cap and gown from the president of the class of ’36, we assumed the responsibilities of Seniors. However, it was not until fall, that we began to undertake these duties. Our class officers for the year were: Jeanette Cooper, president; Sallie Berkeley Drummond, vice-president; Mary Gibson, secretary; and Florence Moore, treas¬ urer. Since we were Seniors, naturally the members of our class were leaders in the school activities. So as our fingers glide over the events on this last page of our scholastic memoir, visions of those wonderful football victories, “My Man Godfre ,” the movie sponsored by the Senior class, the Phenix singers, and the cheering squad are clearly presented before us. Alas, we stop at a red letter date— Thursday, November 26, 1936. It is not Thanksgiving which makes this day outstanding for us, but the one on which our boys defeated Danville, thereby winning the Virginia State Scholastic Class “A” football championship. Fol¬ lowing this, time was spent on plays, Christmas programs, mid-term grades, basketball, and other activities. With the arrival of our rings, the order for the invitations, the pictures taken for the annual, and the election of class celebrities, graduation seemed to appear closer on the horizon. The word “graduation,” which had always brought joy and expectation to our hearts, now became sad at the thought of departure. So as we place aside this record of events, we know our memories will always bring us hack to those glorious days that the class of ’37 spent within the walls of our o dear Alma Mater. Sallie Berkeley Drummond Class Historian.