Harrisonburg High School - Taj Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1930 volume:

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X.. .- 15... .-.....m41 THE TAJ Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Harrisonburg, Virginia, under Act of March 9, 1879 Vol. 15 HARRISONBURG, VA., MAY, 1930 No. 5 Published 'five times a year by the students of the l-larrisonburg High School from November to june. lt is issued in November, january, March, May, and june Terms: One dollar per year. I Twenty-five cents per copy Contents The Staff ...........,.... ..........,.....,...,....... ..., 2 The Class of '30 ..i..... 1 ,,,,,, 3 Graduates ,,........ ........,. 4 -Z0 Salutatory ...,............,............... ........ 2 l l-listory of the Class of '30 ........ ........ 2 2 Class Poem .,,....,................,..,.. ........ 2 4 Prophecy ..,.....,,....,.....,....,. .....,.. Z 5 Last Will and Testament ...,.... ......i. Z 9 Valedictory ..................,.. ....,.. 3 2 Made to Order ...... .,...... 3 3 Dark Romances ...... .....,. 3 6 Book Reviews ,...., ....... 3 9 Editorial ......... ........ 4 Z School News .,..... ......, 4 4 Athletics ...... ..,.... 4 7 Exchanges ....... ....... 4 8 jokes ........ ....... 4 9 THE STAFF The Class of 1930 Motto: 'A11TER THE CLOUDS, THE SUN. Colors Fl0'we7' BLUE AND ORANGE . lVlOUNTAIN LAUREL Class Officers FRED FUNKHOUSER .,,..... ..., ..,.....,..,....,.....,...... . ..,.,, ..,. P 1 ' esiderzt ESTELLE FAULS ........ . ..... Vice-President JANIE SHAVER ...... .....,...., 7 'reasurer MARIA Sl-IEEHY ...,.,.,. ......,., . . ...L..,. Secretary Farewell Song CTO the tune of The End of a Perfect Dayj lVlADAL1NE NEWBILL ' When we come to the end of our high school life, And go from its shelter tonight, There's a pang of regret that comes over us For the joys fading from our sight. For we'll love l-l. l-I. S. to the end of our lives, Where e'er we may scatter now, And we'll cherish its name while the old school survives, And support it fore'er, we vow. We'll remember the cheers for the teams that we yelled, As our boys played a valiant game, We'll recall how the songs of the Glee Club swelled, As we sang and acquired much fame. We'll not forget exams and tests That we studied so hard to pass, Or the fun that we got out of pleasant jests- We'll remember them all to the last. So, farewell, dear old school, how we hate to go From the happy life we have had, But we swear solemnly that we love you so That we'll stick by thee good and bad. We must part from our alma mater tonight, And our 'feelings we can't express, So we say once again with all our might, Farewell, old H. I-l. S. ,mg,g..-- we ss H. .. wil- M ,M .. F , 0 ESTELLE FAULS A smile for everyone. Characteristic Occupation: Talking. Suppressed Desire: To be a college French teacher. Occupation ten years from now: Teacher in a small school Activities: Athletic council, '26, '27 Assti joke editor, Taj staif, '2. Advertising IHZIIIIISCT, Taj staff, '30 Vice-President of Senior Class, '30 President Glee Club, '30 Member program committee of the French Club, '30 Maixiager of basketball team, '10 Ability, sweetness, popularity -describe Estelle. It seems that no one can resist her winning ways and her fascina- ting smiles, especially Staun- ton boys. The fact alone that she has held so many otllces tells us she is one of the most popular and capable girls in high school. Even with all these otliees to iill, she is never too busy to bc accommodating. At all the games and school entertainments Estelle is al- ways therc to cheer and assist. Her work on the Taj stall' is always in on time and is cor- rectly done. The high school will not soon forget Estelle nor will our class. Estelle expects to go to S. T. C. next year, and we hope she will make as e11- viable a place for herself there as she has here. vi - 'gun fy ' -2 .. 1 s FRED FUNKHOUSER When I take the humor of a thing, I am like the tailor's needle-I go through. Characteristic Occupation: Going up Franklin Street. Suppressed Desire: To be a lawyer. Occupation ten years from new: XVorking in Bctt's rock quarry. Activities : Football Letter '28-'29-'30 Vice-President of Athletic Association '28 Vice-President ol' Junior Class '29 Track squad '29 Baseball squad '29 French Club '30 Captain ot' Football Team '30 President Senior Class '30 This good-looking, eurly-l1air- ed boy is Fred Funkhouser. Funk came into high school with the expectation of doing things and, believe me, hc did them! Just take a look at his honors. He played a game of football for three years, was captain ot' last year's team, and received the gold football for the most outstanding play- er on the team in 1930. Fred is good in everything, not ex- cepting his classes, but he has a had habit of going up Franklin Street every night. NVell, Funk, old H. H. S. will miss you next year, and we all wish you lots ol' luck at Ohio University. Q... H..-. Q xwitg zgsssgfsg tkwgqaljigg 1Y'. :i, . It JIANIE ELIZA BETH SHAVER Her glossy hair was clustcr'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence and fair and smooth, Her cheek all purple with the bealn ol' youth, Mounting at times to a trans- parent glow. Characteristic Occupation: Reading novels. Suppressed desire: To be a librarian. Occupation ten years from now: School teacher. Activities: Latin Club Member, '27, '28 'I'l:tiil,S1.l1'C1' of Senior Class, . Vice-President of French Club, '30 XVho is the tallest, most out- standing, and one of the most attractive girls in thc senior class? Surely, it is Janie. VVC know her and love her, for she is ever om: friend and helper. XVhcn you want help on your lessons, it's usually to Janie you go because you know she can help you. Janie is very stuclious. ll' you don't believe it, just glance at her report. It is simply loaded with A.'s and ll's. Janie is sympathetic, too, and is al- ways ready to listen to any- 0llC,S hard-luck tales. X'Ve were very fortunate in having such a capable and ellicicnt treas- u1'er of our class this year. No one could have illled that olllce better than she. XVe know we are going to miss you next year, Janie, but we feel sure you will have as much success in the world as you have had at H. H. S. Your pleasant smile and helpfmll ways will win you many friends. Good luck to you at S. T. C. and always. ,Z . sms Q ,gs CLARENCE LEE FUBR, JR. Fd rather be right than be treasurer. Characteristic Occupation: Asking fool questions. Suppressed Desire: To be a waiter in the Casino at Hot Springs. Occupation ten years from now: A globe trotter. Activities: Football, '30 Basketball, '30 French Club, '30 Editor of Athletics Dept. of Taj, '30 In order that this write-up give full credit to the above gentleman, we posed as a census-taker and went to his house to see what he had to say for hi1nselI'. He answered only a few questions before he recognized us and then, on ae- eount ol' his bashfulness, he would not say another word. I-le admitted that his future cook would be a professor's daughter. He agreed witl1 us that Dayton, as a verb, is more interesting than as a noun. He also informed us that he has not decided which college to honor with his pre- sence. NVe might also add that he is a crack baseball player and we're sure that wherever he goes to college, he will be a star. Good luck to you, Junior. We know that with your in- quisitive niind, and questions to the point or oil' the point- you are bound to get at the root of things. ' uwrxeili A GN ES M ARIA SH EEHY L'Happy am I, from care P111 free, XVhy aren't they all contented like nie? Characteristic Occupation: . Going to the Soda S1ll1dNV1C11 Shop. Suppressed Desire: To be a secretary. Occupation ten years from now: Keeping house for Buck. Activities : Vice President Glee Club, '30 Senior plays, '28 and '29 Class Secretary, '29 and '30 I Circulation Manager of Taj, '30 Blue-eyed, wide-awake, mis- chievous-will help to describe Maria, one of the most popular seniors. Maria has spent her entire school Life in Harrisonburg and she is one who always seems to get a lot out of life. She has been secretary of our class both in our junior and and senior years. Maria has se1'ved well, and we shall not forget her efforts in helping to make our junior-senior re- ception a success last year. As circulation-inanager of the Taj this, term she has helped great- ly in making that magazine a Iinaneial success. But her time is not all spent on school work. Maria says she is going to New York this fall and he a stenographer. XVell, whatever she does and where ever she is, we predict that she will al- ways find a place in the hearts oi' those wl1o learn to know her. mum CHARLES CHENV Begone dull care, begone from me, You and I will 11C,C1' agreef' Characteristic Occupation: Having a good tirne. Suppressed Desire: To be a radio engineer. Occupation ten years from now: Still a repair man of radios, at Valley Book Shop. Activities : Football, '30 Business Manager of Taj, '30 XVell, there goes that good looking Chew boy, is the re- mark you always hear when ever the girls see Charles pass- ing down the street in that red roadster. Charles has been one of our most dependable students or else he would never have been entrusted with the position of Business Manager of the Taj and given a prominint part in the sehool's annual play. XVe feel very sure that wher- ever he goes to college next winter that he will prove a most worthy student and that his smile and winning ways will 'ere long capture the heart and hand of some fair eo-ed. HARRY BERRY The Lord will provide. Characteristic Occupation: Griping Suppressed Desire: To be an artist. Occupation ten years from now: A white-washer. Activities: Football squad, '26 Fogtyball letter man '27, '28, Pres. Junior Class, '29 Art Editor ol' Taj, '29 This smiling, curly-headed young man is none other than Harry Berry. His achieve- ments are many. Harry has been on the football team for three years and he has helped to keep thc spirit ol' the team no when it seemed impossible. His work as art editor of the Taj speaks for itself. As president of the junior class, I-Harry was active in changing the style ol' the class ring, and in instigating the movement to standardize it. There are only a few who can boast of as many friends as Harry can, not only in high school but at the college. Harry expects to enter the Maryland Art School in June. XVe know he will be a success there as he has in the H. H. S. Luck to you, Harry! M ADA LINE NEXVBILL 'iltlethinks her saucy eyes do dance with mirth. Characteristic Occupation: Aeeiden'tally meeting our football hero in the corridors ot' H. H. S. during thirty- minnte period. Suppressed Desire: To accom- pany Lawrence Tibbett in concerts. Occupation ten years from now: A church organist. Activities: Member Glee Club '28, '29 Sec. and Treats. ot' freshrnan and sophomore classes ' Pianist in H. H. S. Orchestra, '29, '30 Member French Club, '30 Member Latin Club, '27, '28, '30 Pianist in school plays, '28, Pit '30 ...., . Editor-in-ehiel', Taj, '30 It is hard to realize that one so small can be so im- portant in the running ot' ac- tivities in old H. H. S., such as, playing for the important event of t11e school year-thc school playwand. getting up Taj entertainments. XVhere would the Taj be, anyway, if there were no Marlaline to chase down people during thirty-minute period in order to collect the precious dollar from which many are loath to part? The Mirror certainly re- llccts Madaline as she is, for we see her in many places. She is noted as being the most popular, most talented, and having the most individuality and personality ol' any girl in school. And in beauty, the Mirror doesn't forsake her for she is voted second as the best-looking girl among us. There is no doubt in our minds as to whether Madahne will succeed or not. Of course, we know that the future holds something good in store lor her, for one so blessed with such gifts as hers may 1'05f assured tihat they will not desert her! XVO ODRO XV XVILSON He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an el'- l'ectua1 coniI'orter. Characteristic Occupation: gteviewing books for the aj. Suppressed Desi1'e: To be a literary critic. Occupation ten years from now: Running a grocery store. Activities : Assistant Editor ol' Taj, '29 Latin Club, '27, '28 French Club, '30 Book Reviewer for Taj, '30 XVho's thclyoung man with the blond han' and the literary lior all you know he look? :night be a famous author or critic. Doesn't he look like one? And his looks don't de- ceive, either! For hasn't he been the .assistant editor and reviewer for the Taj? book Even this isn't an end ol' his literary work. Scan the various issues of the Taj and there you will find essays, poems, and several one-act plays and short stories by him. NVho is this ol' whom I am speaking? XVhy, XVoodrow, of course! Who else could it be? But don't think these extra activi- ties have caused him to d1'op behind in his studies. Quite the opposite! XVoodrow is one ol' the brightest in the class and has made high grades all through his high school career. It's been said that Xvoodrow has been thinking ol' going to George XVashington University at XVashington, D. C. Vtlher- ever lie goes he will make good, for he is made of the stull' that brings success. mn:qnmm:nm 'Mv'm is REBECCA TODD BEERY She is pretty to walk with, XVit'ty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. Cliitracteristic Occupation: ' alking. Suppresscd Desire: To live in Salem, Virginia. Occupation ten years from now: Running an orphanage. Activities: Assistant editor of Taj, '30 Latin Club, '27 French Club, '30 Glee Club, '27, '30 Orchestra, '29 Il' you should see a green Chevrolet: going towards the high school, you will suspect gmt, thg fair cl1'iIvci'lis,, 'l'ocl- 'ie.' ecause occie is so good-naturcd and accommodat- ing, some one is always asking :ICF to run errands for him in mel' car. Toddie certainly should be given a medal for her services on the Taj staff. She is for- ever meeting you in thc hall with this question, Can you give like a subject for an ecli- toria . Toddie has a pleasant sense of humor and is always a good sport. Since she doesn't let little things worry her, T'I'oztcliu alxxsys appczars to ye lappy. .ecause sie is capable and usually accom- plishes everything 'that she sets out to do, we are confident that she will succeed in the future. XVe shall remember l'oddie For many thingst, but chief among them will be her gift of talking. cans- Aw RICHARD LINEXVEAVER I can't be worried Chfnacteristic Occupation: Getting out of doing some- thing. Suppressed Desire: To drive a Packard. Occupation ten years from now: Driving a, XVhippet. Activities: Varsity Football '20 Member ol' French Club, '29 Thump! Tlnnnp ! Thunxp! XVho is that making all that noise as he tramps clown the corridor? Dick Lineweaver, of course. Maybe Dick is easy- going and a bit lazy, but he certainly has shown his school spirit and pep on the :football teaml. He is always ready for any fun that comes along and always in high spirits. XVhenever someone wants to go a place, who pops up but Dick with his Chevy ready to take him. Dick is always ready to do somebody a good turn. XVL: hear that he hasn't dc- cided to what college he is go- ing, but we do know that wherever he goes or what- ever he does, he will always make lots ol' friends. Dick, we are all with you and wish you the best kind of luck. is Silt ss was K A TH ERI N E XVH I TM ORE Her ways are ways of -gen- tleness. Characteristic Occupation: Riding in green Chcvrolets. Supprcssed Desire: To make whoopee. Occupation ten years from now: A wife. Activities: Latin Club, 27, '28 French Club, '30 Glee Club, '27, '30 Taj stall, '30 NVe're rather inclined to pity the classes that 11ave gone be- fore us a11d the ones to follow --for they couldn't boast of a member like 'Natticl Pretty Nattie -with her lovable dis- position and sweet charm and dignity-what would the class ol' '80 be without her! Nat- tie, possessing a happy nature, is always t11e kind to have aroundg it's she who reminds us ol' our neglected or forgot- ten lessons and cheers us when we'rc blue. Nattie is game for everything, and her sense of humor is very much in evidence. She can always be seen mullling a giggle in class or thoroughly enjoying the many jokes and wise cracks circulating about the school. Besides these qualities, Nat- tie has always been consider- ed unc ol' our best students, and her grades are something to he proud of. Certainly H. H. S. is sutl'er- ing a great loss, but our loss is H. T. C's gain-and we'1l say, they,re getting a line capa- ble girl. ' i . W2 . L' W H .... . - Q. U ,V , 4 . Q M W-Q.. .. is .-is 1 T HELEN SI-IAVER REID LINEXVEAVER NANCY BYERS Her personality shines through her smile Characteristic Occupation: . Driving her Ford. Suppressed Desire: To be a tap dancer. Occupation ten years from now: Hostess of night club. Activities : Latin Club, '27, '28 French Club, '30 Glee Club, '27 to '30 Taj staff, '30 1-Iudda, for that is her nickname, is one of the most talented members of the senior class. It' you don't believe me, just read one of those thrilling stories ot' hers that come out in almost every issue of the Taj. lt' you are feeling blue and a littlc lonely, go to Hud- da. She can cheer you up with a funny story or joke. NVhen it comes to dancing, Huclda's right there. Never is there a senior play without her adorning most of the chor- uses. NVho knows? Sometime we may sec hcr out-dancing Gilda Grey and showing Tex Guinanv how to run a night club. We don't know what Helen is planning to do next year, but we'rc sure that personality plus originality is bound to make something interesting. Never do to day what you can put oil' till tomorrow. Characteristic Occupation: l Becoming more proficient in profanity. Suppressed Desire: To be an admiral. Occupation ten years from now: A coal heaver. Activities : Member football squad, '27 Football letter man, '28, '29 Manager track team, '29 Treasurer French Club, '30 XVhere is Reid? Oh yes, here he comes down the hall. Just received a fresh new slip from the otticc for this class. Boy, does he rate? And how! Everybody knows Reid: that slow, easy-going handsome brute is always in for any kind of mischief he can cause or help cause. That head of his is full of wise cracks all ot' the time, but it doesn't crowd a bit of his intelligence out. W'e all envy the way he d.oesn't have to crack a hook to answer all the questions. He wouldn't have to know them through, because that big front he puts on would carry any bluil' through. He is good-natured, and has a pleasant disposition, which has won him many hearts, and I don't mean just those at the H. S. T. C. YVe'l1 miss Reid next year, just as we have since he linished in February. For now we have no one to run to, to read our French and solve our math. XVe are sure that he is go- ing to succeed in life just as well as hc has done in high school. A creature not too bright or good, For human nature's daily food. Characteristic Occupation: Trying to get someone to go to Lynchburg with ber. Suppressed Desire: To marry a millionaire. Occupation ten years from now: Social leader of Rich- mond, Va. Activities : Fin-at violin in VH. I-I. S. orchestra, '29, '30 Basket ball, '27, '28 Latin Club, '27, '28, '30 ' Nancy, the girl with the ttd- dte! For every theatrical pro- ject the school puts on, Nancy may he seen going to rehearsal with her violin tucked under her arm! XVc fear that the I-I. H. S. orchestra is going to be incomplete next year with Nancy far away at Randolph- Maeon. For that is the college she plans to attend. For some strange reason, Nancy seems to like colleges that are situ- ated in Lynchburg. Recently, Blacksburg has become an in- teresting plaee too. XVe insist that when Nancy has graduated from Randolph- Macon and is on that trip to Europe, she is. going to meet and marry some millionaire. This is wild. conjecture, but wouldn't Nancy be .just in her element in a stately palatieal home, entertaining at tea? Somehow, she seems to suit that. XVe-'re hoping that her future home, be it mansion or two-room ilat, will be very close to Harrisonburg and us. -K R gas E gs s- H me ids if B, W 1--Q as it M W. Em K. s. s sw is s 1 s s , e -5 s -, ss has s W .. wit. .M 53 'BSE HBH -5 ws - .4 as . as ss sg we-Pm s me is ae, --sign. ,M it-as as .swziig rt New H.-Effie is W is CECIL LEE HARTM AN Studying, rejoicing, sorrow- ing, onward through lite he ffoesv D . . Characteristic Occupation: Asking teachers questions. Suppressed Desire: To he pres- ident of a college. Occupation ten years from now: A professor of Latin. Activities: Latin Club, '27, ,ZS Consul of Latin Club, ,30 Ass't. Joke Editor of Taj, '30 Valedictorian, '30 XVe have to rloil' our hats to Cecil Hartman., the shortest member of the senior class, and our valedictorian. Most everyone thinks that Cecil studies his head off, hut he really does not study all the time. How he manages to bring in the A's is something that not a few of us would like to know. Cecil is quite reinarkahle in working ditlicult math pro- blems and in traslating Latin. He was chosen to represent the H. H. S. in the state-wide tour- nament at Charlottesville in April. Altho we have him as Assistant Joke Editor of The Taj, he is really a very serious minded person. XVe have no doubt but that llriclgewater College will get its best student for its class of '34 in the person of Cecil Hartman. He is going to take the general academic course there. ss -is it W s A is is x sz M rs .Km was ri. gif? 1. , . 'tim mt its ssselym Es sms .si ss. ' s it ss x ,ef s nm is se a ,, . HH ., is is ages mg E sm B iz. Bm Bm I Mm ses mm s is s stems ss E as mu s me Y T . 1 34 'SEE EE mwifmfs iiggms W?vrrsx-:tc 'Bum giants is - ss s xx is s it - s x ., ...Ls 1, it me .... -,is ,.s.,E.vi.ei. Ls.: it El,IZABE'l'.l-I KERR Knowledge comes, but wis- dom lingers. Ch a raeteristic Occupation : Giggling. Suppressecl Desire: To be a modiste. Occupation ten years from now: Model. Activities : Latin Club, 527, 128 Glce Club, '27-530 Taj stallf, '29, '30 Sec. French Club, '30 That tall, striking looking senior is Snooks.,' Snacks is one ot' our most sludious class- mates. You should see her re- port card-all Ns and B's. lsn't she salutatorian oi' her that speak for it- elass? Let self. . NSIIOORSH ber ol' the years and has been a mein- 'Faj stall' l'or two she can always be depended on to have her work in. There is no last minute rush for her. Now don't get the idea that is always serious. type that can al- the funny side to 'tSnooksi' She is the ways see everything ad you should hear her giggle. the most weivo ever i'Snooks She has one ot' contagious laughs heard. is going to H. T. C. next year and we wish her the best ol' luck and hope she as fine a report will make and as many triends there as she has here. CLEMENT E. CONGER, JR. I will be heardiv Characteristic Occupation: Arguing politics in favor of the Democrats. Suppressed Desire: To he governor of Virginia. Occupation ten years from now: Au every day poli- tician. Activities : Assistant editor of Taj, '30 Class historian, '30 Member of Latin Club, 330 In scholarship Clem ranks second among the boys Of the Class of '30. He always sticks to the task before him and has succeeded in getting an excellent percentage of A's and B's on his high school work. Though he gets along well in all his classes, he pre- fers English and history. His short stories, plays and es- says are among the best writ- ten hy high school pupils. Clem has had grit enough to take four years Latin in the face ol' diseouragenient from former pupils. I-Ie has proved to he a very etlicient assistant editor of the Taj. ' XVhenever one hears, NVell, isn't that tragic? he may be certain that Clem is around. He is always joking with some one and is ever willing to help any one with his lessons. XVe hear that Clem is going to Strayer Business College, where, wc are sure he will make a success. Yet, it is our firm opinion that he will Wllld up as a politician. v if .i H 0 LLEN HELBERT Deep brown eyes running over with glecf' Characteristic Occupation: Giving freshmen girls a thrill. , Suppressed Desire: To be an electrical engineer. Occupation ten years from now: A Preacher. Activities : Latin Club, '28 Hollen is that cute, little senior with those big b1'own eyes. And do the girls fall for them? The freshmen girls are always visiting l'0OIl'l 206. XVe wonder why. It's not only the freshmen, either. The col- lege girls simply ilock to the Valley Book Shop to get him to play records for them. Hollen came to us from Bridgewater in our sophomore year and has been one of our standbys ever since, for Hol- len has brains to spare. He is one ol' the town's great fishermen, too, but he usually comes home like the rest ot' our great lishermen-empty handed, but oh, the tale he has to tell. NVQ: expect him to make a good reputation in whatever he may do, and to uphold the standard of his Alina Mater. ELIZABETH BROXVN MYERS VVhy, there is not a lord at at this moment alive More willing than she that her fellows should thrive, XVhile you a1'e abusing her thus, even now ' She would help either one ol' you out o the sloughf' Characteristic Occupation: Driving the Fort . Suppressed Desire: To be a technician. Occupation ten years from now: Teclnneian. Activities : Latin Club, '27, '28 Glee Club, '27-'30 French Club, '30 We get it rather mixed as to whether Elizabeth shall be a technician or a dietieian, but she's going to be one ol' them- at least, she says she is and we know she can do what she says. Itis rumored around that Virginia Medical will be her Alma Mater for the next year or so. XVe've heard the work there is interesting, and we know Elizabeth will have a good time taking blood tests and washing test tubes. T11c Glee Club will miss her, we know, because Elizabetlfs singing and whistling are well known. Il' you hear the latest songs along the corriders at school, you may be sure that Elizabeth is on her way. But, I do not need to intro- duce you to happy-go-lucky Liz Myers, ehicl' chaufteur oi' the blue chariot. HUGH CONRAD Keep your sunny-side up Characteristic Occupation: Vvhistling. Suppressed Desire: To be an aviator. Occupation ten years from now: Selling slices at Merit Shoe Co. Activities: French Club, '30 Hugh came to us in his sophomore year from Frank- lin, XVesl Virginia. He seemed to be quite a re- served young fellow, but closer association disclosed a fun- loving nature. As a blues chaser, Hugh's an A 1. fellow. No one is able to hold on to any grouches or blues while he is around. He always has a joke or witty re- mark which banishes our woes. He has a pleasant word and a cheery smile for every- 1Jody,all of the time. He is everybody's friend and one just can't help liking him. At the present Hugh hardly knows what profession he may follow but in whatever he un- dertakes, we believe he is sure to be a success. M. W B t, . . MARIETTA DICKEN SON XVith malice toward none, Vxfith charity for all. Characteristic Occupation: Talking to Fred. Supprcssed Desire: To be a zibrarian. Occupation ten years from now: Reading a book in her own home. Activities : Latin Club, '27, '28 French Club, '30 Athletic Association, '30 Here's to Marietta, our quiet, dignified, little blonde. She has blazed a well-rcmenibcred trail through her four years in high school and bordered it with numerous A's and B's. At all our games Marietta is there, rain or shine. She cheers our football tean1-and espec- ially the captain. , And speaking of captains, that makes us think about Marietta's desire to go to Europe in 1936. Since Fred has been such a successful cap- tain ol' our team maybe his success will continue and he will be captain of a ship and incidentally of Marieltafs heart. Then she will get her long wished-for trip abroad. Marietta, we'rc wishing you good fortune and success next year at H. T. C. and all the years to come. s fl z.,-msg. is ff:-Pi 'L' sys ,X is V' mi 1 ' 'Qi WALTER TURNER Stick to what you start. Characteristic Occupation: Chewing the rag about noth- ing. Suppressed Desire: To be an electric engineer. Occupation ten years l'rom now: Engineer on the C. Sc VV. Train. Activities : Football squad, '28 Football letter man, '29 Basketball letter man, '29, '30 Track team, '28, '29, '30 NVe have a tall, neat-looking boy here at school-VValter Turner. He is a boy who can be depended upon in every way. He is always out for practice in whatever sport he goes out for. Ile has been out for football, basketball, and track for the last two years. Even though he did not make his letter the first year, he stuck every evening for prac- tice and iinally got his letter. Not only in sports, but in classes he has made a good record, also everyone seems to like him and he is always right on the spot for some fun. VValter expects to go to V. M. I. next year for electrical engineering. NVe know he is going to make a good cadet in more ways than one. Here is luck to you, old boy, in your classes and whatever sports you go out for. gm imma is .. B E , ,A W :mats A ,, gs: , sirseerws New 3, MU.. sta L . H. -' MARGARET THOMPSON Tell you what I like the best- 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts O11 the vine-some afternoon Like to J'es' git out and rest, And not work at nothing' else! Characteristic Occupation: Pretending she's hard-boiled. Suppressed Desire: To be a kindergarten teacher. Occupation ten years from now: Taking care of her own home. Activities: French Club, '30 Glee Club, '27 Latin Club,'27 How Margaret delights in saying things to shock prosaic people! XYhen we hear the familiar remark, I wish this old town would burn up so I could end! we just laugh, for we know that, should such a thing happen, Margaret would be the Iirst one on the spot with a bucket ol' water. XVc'rc learn- ed to take these startling state- ments that Margaret shoots at us just as she means them- to mean nothing at all. Thatts what we like about her-she says and does such unexpected things that it is impossible for a dull minute to pass in her company. NVhen Margaret isn't cutt- ing up, wc see the serious side ol' her nature and learn to value one who can be loads of fun, but at the same time ai. sincere and depcnflable friend. go away for the week - , sl. M ARY LU Cl LE SI-IAVER None know thee but to love thee, I Nor named thee but to praise? Cliaraeteristie Occupation: Eating candy. Suppressed Desire: To be a magazine cover girl. Occupation ten years from now: French teacher. Activities : Latin Club, 527 French Club, '30 Mary hy name and merry by nature! At least, she is usual- ly merry. Occasionally a cloud crosses her face, for she has a wee bit of temper, but hav- en't we all? Soon it passes and Mary is merry again. I1 there is any fun going on, you may be sure that Mary is in it. Every one will tell you that her giggles are very contagious. She likes sports too, for nearly all the games have l'ou.nq1 her present. You know Mary is stuclious, l'or scarcely a month passes that her name does not appear on the honor roll. Whoever sails the sea of matrimonyn with Mary will discover her ability to sling a mean dish- ragf' her skill in cooking hav- ing been revealed in Home Ee. classes. XVe understand that she is going to S. T. C. next year. The high school hates to lose you, Mary, and we wish you success in all that you under- take. t, M ,, L EXVIS HAROLD LEE Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. Characteristic Occupation: Translating French. Suppressed Desire: To be Postmaster General. Occupation ten years from now: Stamp Dispenser. Hereis to Harold-an A man. He spent much time studying but much more help- ing others. Before he left in February, 2.-X French niet twice it day-once at Ha1'old's desk and once in the class room. And before history tests boys were lined up outside his house waiting for room on the inside. Is sucl1 a willing hand regretted?' Nay, more, it is mourned with weeping and wailing 'and lower g1'ades. And in years to come when We buy our stamps of Harold, we may rest assured that they will be of the best quality and ot' the rare variety that stick! Q s E if we 1. my ess .il ..s.,,.m... s . W., l, ,...cNs MARGARET RIVES HOPKINS Begone, dull care! begonc from nie, You and I will never agree! Characteristic Occupation: Studying history. Suppressed Desire: To be an astronomer. Occupation ten years from now: Studylng astronomical Lnathematics. Margaret sings Home Sweet Home in St. Michaels, Mary- land. Though she didn't east her fate with our class till the fall ot' '28, she's proved to be one of the best sports H. H. S. has had. She's always helping folks find the silver lining to their clouds-be they English, his- tory, or just every-day mis- haps. There's something sun- ny ahout l1er disposition that makes Old Sol hide his face in shame at times. Even though Margaret hasn't gone' out for any sport, shc's supported the Blue and Wlllte loyally rain or shine, through her cheering she's helped our team nidke that last point that puts us over the top. We don't know what Mar- garet intends to do, but wetre sure that if she gets behind it with all her pep and energy, she'll be a great success. JAMES R. MAUCK XVhat care I when I can lie and rest, Kill time and take life 'at its very best. Cha raeteristie Oecupa ti on 1 Looking innocent. Suppressed Desire: To be a detective. Occupation ten years l'rom now: Bootlegger. Activities : French Club, '29 ' .Timmy is that good-natured senior who is liked by every- one and who likes everyone else. He is a hard working lad fask hilll,'lll school and out, but he still manages to have a good time and enjoy life. XVQ donit know what Jimmyis plans for next year are, but whatever he tries we are sure will go over well. NVc advise him to be a detective since he has had so much ex- perience in catching shoplif- ters at the Mic or Mack. NVe nught also say that their busi- ness has increased a great deal since he got his job there though we canit prove that it IS his fault. XVe shall miss him next year and we wish lynn plenty oi' luck tor the uture. MARY ELIZABETH TUTXV I LER Apply yourself while study- ing and the rest will take cnrc of itself. Cliaracteristic Occupation: Studying hard. Suppressed Desire: To be a Latin teacher. Ocupation ten years from now: Teaching school. Mary comes to us from Rose Hill. Orchard, three miles west of Harrisonburg. She is al- ways quiet and dignified, and never bothers anyone. NVhen- ever there is a disturbance in class, Mary looks on, seeming to enjoy the fun which is taking place, but seldom takes any active pa1'l. She is not only a diligent and faithful student, but she is much liked by everyone. Mary is 'taking a course in Home Economics, and she seems to be tl1e type lhat would he a good home- maker. She is planning to attend the Stale Teachers Col- lege next yearg and since she has proved herself such a capable and efficient student, we feel sure that she will make good. NVQ are wishing her the best success possible. NVILLIAM C. SHOXVALTEH I am the master ol' my fate. ijharncteristie Occupation: Selling books. Suppressed Desire: '1'o be an architect. XVill be in ten years: A re- porter. Billy, the quiet-looking lit- tle blond headed lad with the glasses on, Madam. Yes, he ls the boy you have seen clerk- ing at Nicholasis Book Store Did you say drawing card for the coli-ege girls? Oh, yes, really. Lady, when the S. T. Cfs talk about Sweetie, they are not referring to any ether. Billy has completed the Commerical Course in high school and has certainly come over the topi' in the short- hand classes. XVe would not be at all suprised to see him sitting in Congress taking notes some day. Billy has IIUOIZIIICLI us that he intends seeklng his fortune in the Capitol City after graduation. CIQARRICE LUCAS Love ,em and leave ,CIILH Characteristic Occupation: Going to Martinsburg. Suppressed Desire: Cha1'les. Occupation' ten years from new: Home Ee. Teacher? Activities: Forward on basketball team 529, '30 Member of French Club, '30 Clarrice keeps us perplexed as to what is the exact mean- ing ol' that big diamond she is wearing on the fourth finger ot' her left hand. She goes to Martinsburg every week-end she can get away, but sl1e doesnit tell us anything when she gets back. Martinsburg seems to her the city of Golden Dreams. But Clarrice has another in- terest besides Martinsburg- basketball. She is one of our star forwards. She played two years on the team illld saved us many times with her per- fect goal shots. The team will greatly miss her next year. We wish you much success, Clarricet, whether you elon- tinue your education in higher schools of learning or establish yourself permanently in Mat'- tinsburg. MICHAEL R0 LLER Keep smiling. Characteristic Occupation: NVorking cross-word puzzles. Suppressed Desire: To be an aviator. Occupation ten years from now: Chauttcur. Activities: French Club, '30 Football, ,29 H. H. S. Pep Band Mike is one ot' our most quiet, most cheerful class members: he always wears a smile and is usually laughing. Mike has always been true- blue when it comes to boost- ing old H. H. S. A character- istic picture of him is cheering our teams on to victory at the games. Mike may impress you at lirst glance as being a very reserved boy, but on closer acquaintance, one llnds him to be quite jolly. XVe had often wondered if Mike is a woman-liater, but the last .few years have re-- vealed otherwise. He wishes to be an aviator and whatever his occupation, we wish him the best of suc- cess. N ..A V ADA STEELE 'KA merry twinkle in the eye, Beware! Beware she's fooling yous, Characteristic Occupation: Teasing. Suppressed Desire: To make S. T. C. basket ball team. Occupation ten years from now: Physical Education director in old H. H. S. Activities: Basket ball team '28-'30 Senior girls Sports Leader. Most of us are songs without words, only the few know the words, but all feel the thrill when the words are sung. It may be joy or sorrow, or mere perplexity, or dull indifference, but whatever it is, it craves expression. That's Vada! But how can we possibly express Vada, with her red hair and all the charming characteristics that are hers witl1 it? Sheis small, but she surely gets results in the class room and on the basket hall court. H. H. S. will surely feel the loss of her as star side center next year. Probably the best part of Vada's game was play- ed and won in the locker room with the little sentence, We gotta beat 'emi' XVe understand, Vada, that you intend to go to S. T. C. next fall. NVe are expecting you to make Varsity basket ball team-and your usual A's. Good Luck go with you. MABEL VIRGINIA EARMAN Hurry and I have never inet. Characteristic Occupation: Studying Latin. Suppressed Desire To be a potetess. Occupation ten years from now: Home Economics teacher. Activities: Censor of Omega Delta, '30 The pleasant little girl with the horn-rinnned glasses that hails from Keezletown way is our own Virginia. It' anyone wants to know any Laitin lor Englishn. just ask Virginia, and she will tell you kindly and correctly. NVe all know when some duty is to be performed, she is just the girl to do it, for she is will- ing and dependable. Virginia has a nimble mind as her :Vs and B's testify, and she has nimble lingers as her neat stiches in sewing class can prove. At H.T.C. we know Virginia's line qualtics will develop more, and we wish her happiness there. JOE C. BOXVMAN There's no time like the present. Characteristic Occupation: Being quiet. Suppressefl Desire: To be an artist-author. Occupation ten years from now: Drawing pictures for advertisments. Activities : Art Editor for Taj, t1l0 Just look who's here, Jose- phus in person, and he's some artist. .lust look in the Taj, and you'll sec some oi' his work. Some day when we look through the leading magazines, we shall see large pictures with the artist's name, Joe C. Bowman, in the corner. He has quite a name as an artist, now. After a few years what will he be? The old high surely miss you, you're gone, we won't have anyone to draw valentines for the faculty or cuts for the Taj. Joe has so many 'talents that he hasn't yet decided which one he is going to develop. However, we know that he will be good at anything he tries. Good luck, Joe! school will Joe. NVhen MARY REBECCA SPITZER 'tl profess not talking: only this, Let each man do his best. Characteristic Occupation: Studying. Suppressed Desire: To be z: Metropolitan Opera Star. Occupation ten years from now: School teacher. Activities : - Glee Club, '30 Latin Club, '30 Circulation ltlanager, 330 Exchange Editor of Taj, ,30 Mary is one oi' the most studious girls in H. H. S. Why, she strikes oiI the A's by the dozen. In the final reckoning she ranked fourth in her class. Mary is not only studious, but it' you have read the Taj you will iind that she is the author of numerous articles. That is not all: she has been exchange editor and circulation manager of the Taj for the past year and has shown great dependability and promptness. Mary is one ol' the most quiet girls in H. H. S. She never takes part in any mis- chici' that others are into, but looks quietly on. Her studious habits, untir- ing efforts, and cheerful atti- tude have given her a fine reputation throughout high school. Vile understand that Mary is going to S. T. C. next year, and we believe that her sys- fematic hablits will bring Ther as much success there as she has had in H. H. S. E HELEN VIRGINIA FUNK She lives and loves. Characteristic Occupation: Talking to Tim. Suppressed Desire: To be a nurse. Occupation ten years from now: Housewife. Activities: French Cluh, '30 Helen came here from North Carolina and joined our class in her senior year. XVhen we see a little scrap of a girl with sparkling brown eyes stepping spryly through the hall, we can easily identify Helen. Her llashing smile and willing helpfulness have won her many friends in the Har- risonburg High School. Helen studies hard. A class never rolls around, but that we find I-Ielen's lessons pre- pared. VVe are sure that con- tinued attention to duties will bring success for her in what- ever work she chooses. JAMES C. JOHNSTON Live in the future and feed on the past. Characteristic Occupation: Thinking. Suppressed Desire: To Ilnd a new element. Occupation ten years from now: Mowing lawn at S. T. C. Activities: Athletics, '27, '30 Latin Club, '30 Here is the kind ol' a son that makes a mother feel proud. James is right in line with his other classmates in all activities of the school. Anyone that gets a close-up on that deep, pensive mood is in doubt about what he is thinking of. Perhapshe is planning his way through life. James is always ready to play a joke and he seems to get by with it. Just a good, natural, broad-minded gentleman with plenty of personality. He is going to college next year and. we wish him as much sue- cess as he has had in the past. Here is a boy that will keep up the good name oi' the Har- risonburg High School. Some day we shall all be proud that we knew him. EVELYN SHAN K My banner, ragged, but nailed to the mast, Shalll fly triumphantly to the ast.'J Characteristic Occupation: Helping others. Suppressed Desire: To be a missionary. Occupation ten. years from now: Making a Blue Hea- ven -niorc or less-for a certain member of the stronger sex. Activities : Latin Club, '30 Glee Club, '30 VVho is the fair damsel who took our high school by storm three years ago and has never ceased to captivate our hearts? It is none other than Evelyn Shank! Of her can truly be said, None knew thee but to love thee Nor named thee but to praise. As we look down the paths ot' the future we can see Eve- lyn always forging ahead with he characteristic energy and popularity. She says she wants to be a busy man's secretary, but we suspect that her winning ways will soon make her his manager. The Class of '30 has high hopes in you, Evelyn, and we know that whatever you do, you will surpass the highest. ,W S REBA EIQ.IZAl3E'l'l-I HARTMAN XVhere there is a will, there is a way. Characteristic Occupation: Laughing. Suppressed Desire: 'l'o he an artist. Occupation ten years from now: A clerk. Activities : NVon the U. D. C. medal, '28 Member of French Club, '30 Reba has been with us for about live years, having joined ns in the eighth grade, and she has been a friend and a helper to us all. If there is a new wise expression, you will know what the meaning is il' Reba is about. She is one ot' our mathematicians, too, who solve long, hard theorems and problems in geometry class. There is no more earnest student to be found than our quiet, plcasent Reba. Q. ' at JOHN RICE ,'l'is the set oi' the sail, and not the gale That dete1'mines the way we go as Characteristic Occupation: Arguing with Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Stanley. Suppressed Desire: To be an electrical engineer. Occupation ten years from now: .h'IECl12llliC,S helper. Activities: Latin Club, '28 XVho,s the tall, brown-eyed lioy, so dignified and se1'ene, that walks with such state down our halls? John, ol' course! Yes, John is our model, and why shouldn't he he? He is the boy with high ideals, ambition, and a goal set in possesses all the life. .Iohn qualities ol' a true gentleman, :1 keen sense of as well as humor and plenty of origin- ality. We hear that John is a shark in science and that he has chosen that as the Iield in which he expects to make his fortune. And he will succeed, we know, for John is a boy that always makes the most oi' his opportunities. XVe believe that his talent in science con- tradicts any report that hc will enter the ministry, though we know hc could grace a church with dignity. VERA ELIZABETH BOVVMAN Smile as you come in: it's cheap medicine. Characteristic Occupation: Explaining Bookeeping. Sufzpressed Desire: To be an interior decorator. Occupation ten years from now: Stenographcr, maybe. Activities : Received typewriting certi- iieate and pin, '29, '30 NVon O. G. A. pin '30 Always willing to do my dutyv is expressive of the at- titude that Vera takes when she looks at her work. Even though it may be small, shc is willing to do her art well. Vera is one eip the com- merical students of our class. Now, when anyone wants to know anything about a trial balance in Bookkeeping, he knows to whom he can go. Also we find Vera to be a fast and accurate typist. Vera is gifted not only in the commerical studies but also, in such arts as sewing and cooking. As a seamstress she can make many beautiful garments, and as a cook-well, just eat some of her cakes and candies and see if she can not cook. These two talents alone you may well suppose Ht her as a most charming house- wife and her obliging disposi- tion makes Vera the kind of friend one likes to have. i r Q., ss ss MARGU liRI'l'E..DOVEL One is never so near to an- other as when iorced to be separated. Characteristic Occupation: Xvhippeting it home lor the It e'clock mail. Suppressed Desire: To be a Scott. Occupation ten years from -now: His housekeeper Activities: Member of basket ball team '30 Glee Club, '30 Senior plays, '28, '29, '30 Maggy is the very spirit ot' sweetness good nature, and kindness, as more than one ot' us know-I wonder why? She seems to be very much interested in NVinchester, and ot' course, there's a reason. 'Marguerite, one ol' the icw lucky ones, stood the initia- tion and got into the Glee Club this year. She has also played guard on the varsity basket ball team this year. ' Altho Marguerite is up in commerical room away trom the majority of the seinors, she is right with us when anything is going on. She is a willing helper in time of need and is not afraid of work. There's Margueriteis XVhip- pet, that can bc seen on the school grounds most anytime. If there is anyone walking when Margueritds XVhippet goes by not full, he rides the rest of the way. Marguerite may be a secre- tary next year, but chances are slim-because there is some- one who can change her plans. XVhatever she does and where- ever she is, we know she will enjoy life at its fullest. SAMUEL A. XVAM PLER How much of him it was we met NVQ: cannot ever know--. Characteristic Occupation: Studying English. Snppressed Desire: To be pres- ident of Purina Mills. Ocupatiou ten years from now: XVate1' boy in Purina Mills. Pow! A hugh cloud of smoke rises during chemistry recita- tion. XVIICII the fog clears away, we iind the vermilion- haired lad who caused thc ex- citement, regarding the teacher with innocent eyes. This gen- tle-appearing boy is none other than Sam Vtlampler, the new- est member of the class. Sam came to Harrisonburg High from XVcst Virginia at the he- ginning of his senior year. In spite ot' his comparatively recent arrival, Sam is well- known and equally well-liked. He is friendly and ever will- ing to help with a tough prob- lem in chemistry or a ditticult sentence in English. Harrisonburg High will surc- ly miss him next year, and we wish him all the luck in the world in whatever he uu- dertakes! 1, s zen m . . ., .ans IRENE REBECCA MILLER A good old pal in every way, One 11ot found every day. Characteristic Occupation: Talking. ' Suppressed Desire: To work in Sllenandoalt City. Occupation ten years from now: So1nebody's wife. Activities: Basket ball t29, ,30 Glec Club '30 H. H. S. plays, '29, ,30 In our freshmen year we felt that something was lacking. Then we were joined by Irene, and we felt that our class was complete. Irene with her ilam- ing coils ot' auburn hair, her cheery smile, and laughing eyes came to us from Dayton High School and has worked wit11 us like our very own. She's full ot' H. H. S. spirit and has manifested it in has- ketball, the school plays, and other activitise. XVe are not certain just what Irene is planning for herself, but we have an idea that a little bungalow for two might please her. XVC are wishing her the best of everything, for she deserves it. HETTIE TU RNEP1 I-Innor and shame from no condition rise: Act well your part: there all the honor lies. Characteristic Occupation: Being kind to everyone. Sunpressed Desire: To be at Smith Occupation ten years from now: A housewife. Activities: French Club, '30 As you might guess, Hettie's nickname is Aunt Het. Don't get the idea though that she is anything like the Aunt Het we read about in papers, for she is not. Hettie is little, but her heart and her nature are big. Al- ways laughing, always jolly, always ready to do her part in anything that's undertaken -that's Hettic. She is full ol' pep and always looks on the sunny side ol' life. She is always ,smiling and no one can surpass her in kindness and generosity, for she is never too busy to help some- one in need. XVhilc Hettic may give the impression to some that she is a quiet person, she really can giggle and talk as much as the rest of us. Success, 'lo you, Hottie, in whatever career you pursue. MICHAEL B. NVHITMOHE, JR. V Laugh and be merry, l Remember the world with a smile. Characteristic Occupation: Talking and laughing. Suppressed Desire: To be NVorld's champion typist. Occupation ten years from now: Clerk in H. H. Cafeteria. Activities: NVon typing contest, '29 Secretary to Mr. Stanley, '30 CIickety-click-clickl NYho is that making all that noise in Mr. Stanley's olliee? Oh! XVhy, it is Mike xXYllill110l'C, our ex- pert lypist. Mike, as you all know, won the typing contest for thier district last year. Then be continued at the State Contest and captured that also. Mike is one ol' the jolliest boys in high school. You never meet him on the street unless you see hin1 with that big, broad smile that brightens up his whole face. XVe all like Mike and are glad to have him as a classmate, and we know that when he journeys out into the great business world, all the success that is rightfully due him will come his way. as ELIZABETH BERRY Silence is golden. Characteristic Occupation: NValking slowly. Suppressed Desire: To be a nurse. Occupation ten years from now: Teaching school. Activities : French Club, '30 Elizabeth is so very quiet in the classroom that we hard- ly know she is there. But take a peep at her grades and you'l1 know she has been heard, even il' not in a noisy way. Ask anyone what Elizabeth can do in algebra. Everyone likes Elizabeth and the high school will surely miss her next year. lt has been whispered around that Elizabeth is going some time soon to England to visit relatives. NVe all know that she will make many friends there as she has in H. H. S. and dO11't we all envy her the trip! Elizabeth has not decid- ed where she is going to school next year but wherever she goes, she will carry her quiet ways and bring success as she has done for the past four in high school. So Bon Voy- age, Elizabeth, and good luck. if sam' 1 nu JOHN LAY CONVEBSE Keep you1' sunny-side away from the center of gravity. Characteristic Occupation: Doing nothing. Supprcssed Desire: To make a mixture of everything in the chemistry room. Occupation ten years from now: Secretary to the secre- tary ot' thc Secretory ol' Conunercc. Activities : Track team, '29, '30 Latin Club, '27 Annual play, '28, '29 And someone nicknamed him Sleepy ! VVe think it our duty to correct this mistake. Hc's as wide awake as the best ol' us-sometimes. For in- stance, when the first day of the hunting or fishing season rolls around, he's up before daylight-and he get's results! He not only hunts hut also runs. According to C0llC11'S stop-watch, we expect John to break a record or two one of these days. John. seems to be very gener- ous, too. In fact, it is rumor- ccl that he gave one of his Dad's college students a vanity case for Christnlasl All of us are wishing Sleepy a hon voyage and I-l. 1-I. S. will look forward to the day when J. L. C. returns from V. P. I. to show oil' his uniform at S. T. C. tm-, .- fi as 3 gf HUGH O'DONNliLL Let come what may, every- llllilg,S m lite. Characteristic Occupation: Going to Staunton. Suppressed Desire: To he a big business man. Occupation ten years from now: A janitor. Activities: Baseball, '26, '27, '28, '29 Football, '28, '29, '30 Track, '29, '30 French Club, '30 Har-Har-Har XVho's that laughing? It's Irish 0'Don' nell. Altho 11e is out of sight, we all know him by his laugh. He is always full of fun and school spirit. He goes out for nearly all sports and nearly always makes a success of each one. He is a real friend to everyone-always ready to do what he can to help you. He can hardly be called lazy because he has certainly shown his grit during the past year hy doing a whole pile ol' extra work in order to graduate. Irish is always quite will- ing to go to Staunton, where he has lots of friends, hut, of course, one especially. ' As yet, Hugh hasn't decided upon a college to attend, hut whereevcr he goes, success awaits him there. Good Luck to you, Hugh! fa THE TAJ 21 Salutatory ELIZABETH KERR A OW many many times in life are we forced to admit the inad equacy of mere words to express the deepest sentiments of our hearts. When our tongues falter, we know something of what . Tennyson had in his heart when he said, I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me! ' Friends and classmates, this occasion is the most important period in our lives that we have yet known. It represents hours of toil, of anxiety, of perseverence, so let us not regard this climax too lightly, but let us think of it as the first important landing on the stairway of life. As we look back over the past few years, we feel that our past ex- perience gives us confidence and faith for the future. They seem to urge and warm us to new enterprises. We have stored in our minds material on which we hope to build our future and lasting happiness. As the poet Edward Dyer has said, I laugh not at another's loss 3 I grudge not at another's gaing No worldly waves my mind can tossg My state at one doth still remaing I fear no foe, I fawn no friend I loathe not life, nor dread my end. This is an ideal by which we can live and on which we can base our future lives. With these words as only a suggestion of what we ourselves think and feel, we welcome you here this evening. 22 THE TAJ History of the Class of '30 CLEMENT E. CONGER FRESI-IMEN I-low proud we were' We walked m with chests out and heads held erect as if to say Look at me 1 - ,. am a Freshman. Think what I have accomplished. I am l,6f f3?,l somebody in the world, believe me! N September, 1926, we entered the Harrisonburg I-ligh School as E i I-Iowever, after we had congregated in the Study Hall, doubts began to rise in our minds. Maybe it wasn't going to be such a wonderful experience, after all. Everything was new, schedules were complicated and, above all, we were afraid of the Seniors because they would see to it that we were punished if we dared to pass through the main door of the Study I-Iall. Vague rumors circulated concerning these punishments, so we carefully avoided that door. Finally sched- ules were arranged, after we had learned what, besides a regular battle, a conflict could be. Months dragged by. Most of us got safely through the sometimes fatal freshman exams, at least after a troublesome nine months we came to summer vacation. What a relief! Another September soon came and we started in for another year of school. True to the saying, Sophisticated Sophomoresu we learned the officious art of being sophisticated. One day our esteemed Superintendent, Mr. Keister, announced that we were to have a wonderful new school for the following year, a school with many improvements over the building which we were then using. Of course, we were all delighted, but it meant goodbye to the glorious times we used to have in Study I-Iall, as we were to have no auditorium in the new I-I. I-I. S. building until sufficient funds were secured for that addition, however, in the next year we discovered many compensations for this loss. We well remember two days in our sophomore year: one, when we marched out to the former fair grounds to see Mr. Keister take out the first shovelful of dirt for the new building 3 the other, when we again went to the fair grounds, for the laying of the corner-stone. Due to the fact that the name of every student in the Harrisonburg I-Iigh was in this cornerstone, we had much interest in this. I wonder where we shall be when that cornerstone is opened? For the junior year we were in entirely different surroundings. There was an increase in the faculty this year. As third-year students we took more part in school activities than we had done in the fresh- man and sophomore years. Many were on athletic teams, in the high school orchestra, in the Glee Club and a few on the TAJ staff. In that year we were introduced to the plan of supervised study. In some classes it worked efficiently, in other it didn't. Of course, the outstanding social event of the year was the junior-Senior banquet held at Friddle's THE TAJ 23 Grill Room. We got our class rings in this year. We are very proud of our selection, for we understand it will probably be the standard I-l. I-l. S. ring for following classes. However, the crowning event of the year was the play, Fleurette Several of the members of our class took part in this play. That june we had an especial interest in observ- ing all the Commencement exercises as we hoped to go through the same experience in the following year. The summer quickly passed and we once more returned to school. We were full of hopes and ambitions for were there not only nine months of high school work to complete before we should be out in the world? Some of us had already made up our minds as to what college or university we should enterg some had not decided, and some had chosen other phases of work. ln this year we have taken a more prominent part in scholastic ac- tivities. ln fact, seniors have predominated in every branch of school activities. About the first of the school year those interested established Latin and French clubs which have indeed been successful. After five months of harder study than we have ever had, we were confronted by senior mid-term exams. They were hard barriers to pass, but we managed somehow. By the dint of much effort we secured a few senior privileges at the beginning of the second semester. Two months later we were entertain- ed quite royally by the juniors. We must confess that our entertainment for last year's seniors was indeed inferior to the entertainment by the juniors this year. Everyone declared the 1930 banquet the best ever. Most all the seniors participated in the high school play, Pattie, this year. During these four years our work has not been easy. Many have dropped by the wayside, some have moved awayg others have come in to take their places. In 1926 we were seventy in numberg now we are only fifty strong. But now that our high school years are over, we may truthfully say that we are sorry to leave our old surroundings, our studies, our good times, and the friends we have had, but You go on, And I go on, And the world goes on forever. Therefore, we must go on and take our place in the world and do what is expected of us. THE TAJ Class Poem CLARENCE PURR We have crossed the Rubicon, Rome before us lies 3 Will we reach our goal in triumph? Offering thanks unto the skies? Will each one of us, each Caesar, Wrest a victory from the foe? With the help of heaven above us Will we conquer earth below? His crossing did not bring him fame, lt played the smallest part 5 But Caesar knew that he who wins Must first plunge in and make the start. And we have crossed our Rubicon Both strong in power and will, With power to plan, and will to work, With dreams that challenge all our skill. Of generals we've had the best, No other kind would dog They've trained and drilled our forces till Each one of us is tried and true. And yet our victory isn't won- We've merely crossed the foam- Tomorrow, the future, alone can tell I-low many of us will conquer Rome. THE TAJ 25 Prophecy W. D. WILSON Scene: Editor's room of the Daily Blank. Time: Ten years from today. As the curtain rises, the editor, David Wilson, is seen typing. l-le continues typing for a few minutes and then removes the paper from typewriter, and reads: Editor: The atrocious slayer of Mary Lee has at last been found. As has before been mentioned in these pages, the body was found last Saturday night on the Roxbury road. Mary Lee's head was nearly severed from the body 5 all her leg bones were broken, and it looked as though some careless auto driver had run over her. But the motive was neither hate nor jealousy, as every one has supposed. The killer, one Mike Whitmore, confessed last night that it was from love. That is, that his cat, Mary Lee, loved the sofa too much and would not leave room for him. CEnter Toddie Beery, a reporter of society newsj Toddie: Good evening, chief. Editor: Good evening. Any news? Toddie: Well, Mr. Hollen l-Ielbert has returned from abroad. Editor: Really? r Toddie: Yes: he's the foreign representative for the Valley Book Shop now. Ras has got fat and bald and is no longer able to cross the pond. Editor: Anything else? Toddie: Mrs. Clarice Hammond, nee Lucas, gave a swell bridge tea this evening to some of the newly married women. Among the guests were l-lelen Funk, Margaret l-lopkins, Katherine Whitmore, and Es- telle Pauls. Editor: But you called the women by their maiden names! Toddie: Sure 'nough-but that's the way l always remember them. CStarts out.j Editor: just a minute- Cjames Mauck enters, dressed shabbilyj jimmie: Would you give a poor man out of work a dime for a cup o' coffee and a sinker? just a dime. Editor: Here you are. Now vanish. - Jimmie: Oh, thanks! QExitJ Toddie CComing toward deskj: You should be more democratic. Only this morning you- Editor finterruptingj: Didn't you recognize him? Toddie: No. 26 THE TAJ Editor: james Mauck. And don't you know-ten years ago when I wrote the prophecy, I said that he would be president of the Piggly Wiggly Co., with Hugh O'Donnel as vice-president. But Hugh must have got all the breaks. Oh, that poor man. You cruel fate! Why, oh why- Toddie Cinterruptingj: Pardon me, but what did you want to tell me? Editor: I wanted to ask you to sneak around and get the dope on the new book that those two cuckoo scientists-what are their names? Toddie: You mean Charles Chew and john Rice? Editor: Yes, find out about their theory contradicting Einstein' that certain things are not related, etc. You know, write it to please yourself. Toddie: I know what you mean even if you don't. CEnter Samuel Wampler, as a traveling salesmanj Sam: Well, look at our editor. Editor: Hello, Sam! CThey all shake handsj Editor: Well, what's up? ' Sam: I'm in the patent flash-light business. And let me tell you it's some racket. You see this little thing: fpulls small flash light from his pocketj it has been introduced into all the countries of the world. Walter Turner and james johnston are in Europe now introducing it, and john Converse is inthe Western states selling it-and selling millions of them. This is the way it works- Editor: Really, I don't think I would be interested. I Sam: CTO Toddiej: And you? Toddie: No. fVirgiina Earman enters.j Sam: Ah, hello, Virginia. fThey shake handsj Why now, maybe you would be interested in this new patent flash-fflashing ith Virginia: Decidedly not. CSam smiles good-naturedly, and he and Toddie exeuntj Virginia You can't guess whom I saw today. Editor: Well, if l can'tg I just can't. Virginia: None other than Harry Berry. Editor: And what can he be doing? Virginia: He has the concession on painting red- Editor: But that's no news-I-Ie's always had the concession on paint- ing the town red, if you'll pardon my ante-diluvian expression. Virginia: But it's not the town: it's the fire plugs. Editor: Oh! any more news? Virginia: Marietta Dickenson is married. Editor: And to whom? Virginia: You' know. Both names start with F. Editor: Anything else? Tr-re Tu 27 Virginia: The famous soprano, Maria Sheehy, is making her debut in Paris tonight with Madaline Newbill accompanying and filling in the odd moments. Editor: That's interesting. Anything else? Virginia: General Motors has accepted Clarence Furr's design for their new one hundred story skyscraper. Editor: Fine. What else? Virginia: lsn't that enough for one day's work? CGoes out disgusted- lyj. CEditor starts to typewrite, but the telephone interrupts him. - He answers and talks while writingj Editor: Reid Lineweaver in his specially built Chevrolet today eclipsed all his former speed records for land travel, when he reached the maximum speed of 350 miles an hour on the Daytona Beach. This speed exceeds by Z5 miles all former records. CEditor hangs upj: CEnter Harold Lee as a postman and hands some letters to the Editorj Editor: Well, this is certainly singular. I've been talking and writing all day of I-I. H. S. graduates of 1930, and now you appear. When did you begin working in this town? Harold: I've been here for a week. Editor: Came here from Harrisonburg? Harold: Yes. CToddie enters and comes up to Haroldj Toddie: Hello, Harold! Editor: I just told Harold that this has been the day of the clabs '30 of . Todclie: And so it has been. Why not make a day of it and discuss them all? fBilly Showalter enters.j Harold: And here's another one. CAII shake hands.j u Editor: What accounts for your visit? Billy: I called it a day down at the book-shop and decided to see the world. Harold: I-Iere's one straight from town. He can tell us all the latest. Toddie: What's happened to Evelyn Shank and Mary Tutweiler? Billy: Both of them are on the farm. Mary is tending to her chickens and Evelyn to her man-she found her ideal. Editor: And Richard Lineweaver? Harold: I know about him. One day when I was delivering mail, l saw a plow horse standing languidly and a man over under a shade tree. Remembering how the farmers are yelling for relief, I went over and said, Young man, what doinbut I stopped- for it was Richard Lineweaver. Toddie: And not a college girl near? 28 THE TAJ Harold: Not one. 1 Editor: What are our honor graduates doing? Billy: Elizabeth Kerr is doctoring, and Cecil Hartman is still trying to get through Bridgewater-they say that he has flunked every class in the curriculum. All: Impossible! Billy: But true. Cecil's sister Reba, and Mary Spitzer are teaching in a three-room school out in the country with Clement Conger as principal. But wait a minutes-have you heard what one of our classmates has done for the benefit of all mankind? Toddie: What's that? Billy: Vera Bowman has succeeded in dictating styles that bring women's skirts back to knee length. Editor: Why, Billy. Harold Cquicklyj: Did you know that Elizabeth Myers is running the bus line? When I left town, she had just changed her buses from blue Fords to green Plymouths. And her headquarters are the Soda Shoppe, now run by Marguerite Dovel, Irene Miller, and Elizabeth Berry. Billy: And she buys her gas at Michael Roller's filling station. Editor: But in all this talk you have not mentioned Nancy Byers or Hettie Turner, or Margaret- Toddie: Give us time. You forget that there were fifty in the class. Editor: Forget? Didn't I write the prophecy? Toddie: You wrote it,-but how. You haven't hidden a thing so far. Editor: Well, a prophet is never believed by his own generation. Toddie: Oh, Cshe seems unable to express herselfj-but what has become of them? Billy: Hettie Turner and Helen Shaver are married and settled, more or less-Hettie, more: Helen, less. Editor: Wasn't there some one named I-Iugh Conrad in our class? Harold: Yes. He's selling to College girls shoes that joe Bowman designs. Editor: And the Shaver sisters? Billy: Janie and Mary have opened a tourists' camp just outside of town. They were honored the other day when the celebrated French teacher, Madame Bridges, stopped there with Margaret Thompson as her lady companion. Harold: What l'm going to saynow seems to have some relation to what we have been talking about, and that is that Harrisonburg has produced another state champion girls' basket ball team. Toddie: Isn't that fine? l wonder who their coach is. Billy: It is Vada Seele. She was teaching at the College and coached the team. Editor: There is just one more now-Nancy Byers. THE TAJ 29 Billy: Well, she hasn't changed a bitg she manages, some how or other, as usual, to take things easy. Harold: If that's all, then I really must be getting this mail delivered. Editor: Maybe in another ten years we can meet again and talk things over. By then my prophecy- Toddie fpolitely, but emphaticallyj: I ask you to shut up. 44 Last Will and Testament Tj E, the members of the Senior Class of 1930 of the Harrisonburg 1 High School, of the city of Harrisonburg, county of Rocking- ham, commonwealth of Virginia, in the year of our Lord, 1930, I I 4 SM being of sound mind, memory, and understanding do jointly and severally make and publish this last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and retracting all wills made by us heretofore, in following manner: I. We do hereby will to the Faculty our sincere appreciation for the many noble efforts they have put forth in our behalf. I I. We will to Freshman Class our enormous store of knowledge which we have obtained through many efforts of the faculty. III. We hereby will and bequeath to the junior Class: Cal Our numerous Senior privileges, whatever they be. Cbj Room 206 with the same instructor and well-thumbed reference books. Ccj Our dignity. - IV. I, Fred Funkhouser, president of Senior Class bequeath my executive ability to the president of the class of '3l. V. I, Elizabeth Myers, will my Blue Ford to Rollanid Berry, provided he uses it mainly for the Taj and not driving along South Main. VI. I, Walter Turner, bequeath my ability to run a mile to Fats Stover. VII. We, the Senior Class, do hereby individually will to any person or groups of persons interested in beginning a museum, the fol- lowing subjects: Katherine Whitmore's rosy cheeks: Clarice Lucas's love-Iettersg Helen Shaver's short stories: Harold Lee's star reports. VIII. We, Elizabeth Kerr, Virginia Earman, and Mary Shaver bequeath our star grades to the three juniors needing it most. IX. I, james Johnston, will to George Smith my ability to vamp young ladies at S. T. C. ' 30 THE TAJ X. I, Madaline Newbill, bequeath my position on the Taj to the one who can stand the most work. . XI. I, Hugh O'DonnelI will my walking ability ,to Staunton to Felton Riley, provided he makes the trip as often as I have. XII. I, john Rice, bequeath a portion of my height to Harry Blatt. XIII. I, Estelle Fauls, will my Staunton friends to Helen Reilly and Frances O'Donnell, provided they keep up the record I have kept. XIV. I, Harry Berry, will my curly locks to Dick Dundore on the following condition: That he does not allow college girls to curl them on their fingers, nor covet them too much. XV. I, Clement Conger, will my good pronunciation and vocabu- lary of words to Carolyn Bradley, provided she makes good use of the above said property. XVI. I, Helen Funk, bequeath to Tim Herring the sweet memory of past dates XVII. I, Charles Chew, will my argumentative power in politics to Mrs. Stanley, provided this will bring the Democratic party into power. XVIII. I, Michael Roller, bequeath to Porter Graves my speed in getting out first at noon recess. XIX. To Carl Strough, Mike Whitmore leaves some of his sur- plus weight. XX. I, Clarence Furr, will the game of cross questions to the faculty, provided they make one united effort to answer them. XXI. We, Elizabeth Berry, Reba Hartman, Vera Bowman, and Mary Spitzer, bequeath our quiet ways to Geneva Peters, Sibyl Shover, Sara Frances Funkhouser. XXII. To Charles Weaver, Cecil Hartman wills his habits of study. XXIII. We, I-Iettie Turner, Irene Miller and Sam Wampler, be- queath our red hair to Alfred Spitzer on condition that he doesn't deaden the color. ' XXIV. To Dewitt Shank, john Converse, bequeaths his ability to run the four-forty in track. XXV. I, james Mauck, leave to Leighton Harlin, my ability to fill shelves in the Mack or Mick. XXIV. I, Mary Tutwiler, will my place in the Cafeteria to the girl who promises to spill soup on the most trays. XXVII. I, Woodrow Wilson, bequeath my ability to write book reviews to john Beard. XXVII. I, Toddie Beery, will my talking ability to Leona Miller provided she keeps up the same pace. XXIX. I, joe Bowman, bequeath my artistic ability to Irving Mc- Neil, provided it be used for the Taj. THE TAJ 31 XXX. We, Vada Steele and Marguerite Dovel, bequeath our ath- letic powers to Geneva Peters and Iris Hosaflook. XXXI. I, Hugh Conrad, leave my winking ability to Tim Herring on condition that above power be used at least one time a day. XXXII. I, Marietta Dickenson, will to Wanda Sanger my position as friend to the president of Senior Class. XXXIII. l, Richard Lineweaver, will my ability as a farmer to Robert Frank. ' XXXIV. We, senior girls, bequeath to junior girls our table in Cafeteria. XXXV. I, Hollen I-lelbert, will to Wilson Trumbo my interest in freshmen girls. . XXXVI. To Tissie Fletcher, Margaret Hopkins leaves her contag- ious giggle. XXXVII. I, Evelyn Shank, will my school girl complexion to Robert Frank. XXXVIII. I, Margaret Thompson, will my joy of reading novels to john R. Switzer, so that he'can learn more about the art of love. XXXIX. I, Maria Sheehy, will my interest in the Soda Shoppe to june Taliaferro. XL. I, Nancy Byers, leave my surplus weight to Alda Showalter. XLI. I, Reid Lineweaver, will my ability to catch the college girls to Sot Conrad. XLII. I, Billy Showalter, bequeath my place as seller of books at Nicholas's to james Bryan. To show our generosity we bequeath to the class of '31 our great- est accomplishment: our ability to have more on the I-lonor Roll than any other class in High School. In witness whereof, we do hereby set our hands this, the sixth day of june, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirt . Signed, sealed, and published by the class of 1930, as their last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at their request, and in presence of each other, have hereunto set our names as witnesses: JANIE SHAVER CHARLES CHEW 32 THE TAJ Valedictory CECIL HARTMAN S the class of 1930 nears the close of its last meeting, we are fraught with conflicting emotions. We are happy we have at '7 last completed our high school course, but we are sorry that i 5, we shall have to leave our comrades and pleasant associations. l A Lua 44' 1 Now has come the time for our last farewell. We must say goodbye to our teachers, our schoolmates, and each other. We have assembled as a class for the last time. ln our coming struggle with the world we shall always remember our friends here as well as our Alma Mater. . We are about to face the world. We have a long journey ahead and we must press on with all the strength and grit that we are able to muster. Our teachers have tried hard to prepare us suitably for our onward path. Now it will be up to us to forge ahead in the grind. Every graduate has some far-distant goal to which he sets out. Sometimes the goal will seem fading and almost blotted out, but there will always be that indefinable something to pull us on, to make us stick to our task under any circumstances. That something which Henley describes: From faded hopes and hopes agleam, It calls you, calls you night and day, Beyond the dark into the dream Over the hills and far away. As we depart from high school, we shall scatter like leaves to the four corners of the earth. Some of our number will go to higher places of learning, some to work, and some to travel. Each has laid the foundation stone of his character. Now it will be put to the test. Our characters will decide for us which path we shall take. We must strive always for the better and higher things of life, and our characters may be compared to the sails in the following stanza: One ship sails east, another sails west, While the selfsame breezes blow. 'Tis the set of the sails and not the gales That bids them where to go. THE TAJ 33 Made to Order joHN BEARD CAwarded second prize in Short Story Contest at University of Vir- ginia, April 295 Lo Z EAVE me alone-will you? l am not bothering you-say, lis- ten-I don't want to hear it anymore-I don't care if I'm missing Paul Whiteman and the re-incarnation of Cleopatra, 4 I am not going to take that squaw to the dance! You know l've been fooling for two weeks now and this story must be in 'A tomorrow-so here I sit. All right, Socrates, if you're through your oration, I'll depart and spread the sad news. The youth hurried out the door and slam- med it. I-Ie was decidedly upset. Dan Rogers was a happy-go-lucky fellow and it troubled him not a little to inform his girl's sister that his room-mate was not going to escort her to the dance. I-Ie appeared at the door again and stuck his head in- Say, Ralph, old boy-how long will it take you to write it? lt's only eight o'clock and eleven is plenty of time to go! A disgusted look met his face. Will you go to that dance and forget it? lt wouldn't take fifteen minutes to write it. It's the plot that takes hoursg so I'll be seeing you. Ralph laughed. Dan was his pal, but pal or no pal, a fellow had to pass his work or else-Mr. Morris had made it clear that his son's education terminated with his first failure. Dan walked through the dark streets, thinking what he should say. I-Ie was in an embarrassing situation. Ralph sat in his room apparently hurting his head- wasting time Dan called it. ,The green funneled shade on the light above his head focused the rays on his disorderly hair, pretty hair-the light-brown curly kind that catches all sorts of glints in the sun. He gazed unseeingly at the au- tographed and be-pictured blotter covering the table, at the pile of white sheets of paper, and the half dozen or more pencils strewn care- lessly around. Three or four times he picked up a pencil, only to dis- card it. Finally he picked up a copy of Poe's poems and turned the pages. I-Ie stopped presently and gazed upon the familiar lines, Suddenly there came a tapping As of someone gently rapping, Rapping at my chamber door. Suddenly he looked up. The Wild-eyed face of a pathetically frightened girl caught his eye. The window had been gently rais- ed, and a feeble, but audible sound was heagrd. Please may I come in? There was nothing to do. Yes, he said. Please sit still while I climb in, she pleaded. Cautiously she raised the win- dow higher, and a head of black curly hair in a green beret stealthily 34 T1-nz TAJ came in followed by a small, beautifully proportioned body clad in a green sweat shirt and a plaid skirt. Over the sill she swung her shapely limbs and silently lowered the window. Stark fear still remained in her eyes as she came over to the table. She avoided posing in front of the windows and tripped so lightly there was not a soundq Please-if you'll only allow me to stay a little while-just until they go-l'll leave, she faltered. To be sure-stay as long as you like, Ralph said, getting up and taking some things out of a huge lounging chair. I-le indicated that she was to sit there. The girl sank gratefully into the restful chair. The fear had left her lovely eyes and a tired look settled in them. I owe you an explanation, she said nervously. But I can tell you nothing, only beg that you let me stay until they have gone. Who has gone? What do you mean? said Ralph. Someone knocked loudly at the door. The girl jumped, and fear came back into her eyes. Oh! they have found me. Please hide me! Don't let them have me. They'll kill me. Tears ran down her cheeks. She was the most beautiful, pathetic, little creature Ralph had ever seen. Of course they couldn't have her. Get behind that screen over there, he said softly and he went to the door. As he opened the door the light shone on the would-be intruder. I-le was a stockily built man, wearing a dirty check- ered cap on the side of his head and possessing the traditional pugilistic face, to say nothing of huge cauliflower ears. Ralph experienced one of those stock market periods of depression as the man gazed upon him. The man spoke without any outward signs of hesitancy. Say, Bud, you ain't seen a swell-looking broad around these parts? Well, my sister ran away from home and I kinda figured she might be around this joint. No, l haven't. No one has called tonight except you, Ralph said, trembling. Well, l ain't so sure about that, the new-comer said, forcing his way in. With that he looked under a bed, only to find a varied and colorful assortment of shoes, to say nothing of one or two antiquated copies of judge and a lone dead soldier in the corner. Listen, guy, l'm just keepin' my eyes open 'cause it's just too bad if I get a slant on her. With a sneering expression, displaying cowardly inten- tions, he slammed the door. Did he go? Did he go away? the girl asked in a trembling voice. I-le has gone. You can rest assured now. Say, are you that bird's sister? The girl looked up. Is that what he said? No-oh, no-you have been so kind, l must tell you-you'll let me tell you about itg won't you? Ralph bade her sit in the big chair. Tan Tu 35 I live in Texas. My father is a manufacturer and l'm supposed to be visiting an aunt in New York. She stopped and appeared thoughtful. Ralph moved 5 he wanted to hear more. Marion, my cousin, and I grew tired of just living: so we made a wager to see which of us could get more real excitement and into more mischief. Ileft my aunt's home about one o'clock that night and started walking toward the business section of the suburb. As I passed a jewelry store, l watched a light that was a tiny spot moving along the show-cases inside. Suddenly I was grabbed from behind and gagged, and the next thing I knew I was gazing at Bugs, the man you saw out the door. She rested her head on the back of the chair. Tell- ing the experience seemed to tire her. Well, I guess I win the wager. They gave me the loot, consisting mostly of jewelry, and sent me to Baltimore to deliver it to another member of the ring. After hiding three days, I saw Bugs, on the street and I consequently turned it over to the bulls. She jumped up. I guess that means hard luck for me from now on. Thank you for helping me. They are gone now. She smiled at Ralph and was gone before he could move. Gosh! He jumped up and ran to the door. Was that girl going to take that chance again? She was too lovely to take a chance like that . Why had she left like that? He opened the door and scan- ned the several corners of the porch, but in vain. He walked slowly around the house, only to return to get his sweater. Even now disaster might overtake her, he thought as he suddenly returned to his room. The telephone jingled. Hello. Hello. Ralph- It was Dan. Is that you, Ralph? 'fYea. Say, listen, friend-it shouldn't take you over half an hour to write that up now. We will be over for you at eleven. Did you like the Texas queen? No, what do you mean, Dan? Ralph asked. Say-that's Betty. You two should make out O. K. You, an author, and she, an actress. He hung up. Slowly Ralph hung the receiver up too. Well, that diroom- mate of mine, he said aloud. A vision of green and plaid came be- fore his eyes. He was ready at eleven. ?1' -Y 36 THUE TAJ Dark Romance l-IELEN SHAVER qty UDDEN darkness. A dead silence 5 then the sound of a hurried Ly, rt scramble Vague objects-a collision-a muffled cry-a start- ? 'r led jump. A rough masculine voice. Ouch! A frightened feminine ij one. Oh! - Lg Another silence, then the man peeredintently at the girl. Who are,you? I Why I-l'm Cynthia, she said. That doesn't mean a thing to me, he answered. l'm Ben. I suppose you've heard of me? g No-og I don't believe I have. What are you, the janitor or Chin- ese butler or something? What! Listen to me, young lady-I- Cynthia interrupted, Let's cut the argument. What are you do- ing here anyway, and besides, where are we? The man bowed politely. At your service, Lady Cynthia. We' are at present in the drawing room of Mrs. W. D. Fairweather's beautiful, spacious domicile, behind the piano-- r Behind the piano! ,Cynthia cried. Where's the piano? Was that what I stumbled over? If you mean what hollered 'ouch' when you stepped so lightly on its foot, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it was only my humble self. And next time if you'd rather step on the piano, I wish you would. Oh, please be serious. I asked you where the piano is. I can't see a thing in this blackness. The piano, dear lady, is directly in- front of you, imprisoning us in this deep, dark, dungeon-a corner. Walls to the right of us, walls on the left of us, behind us- But what are you doing here? asked Cynthia nervously. Ben suddenly grew suspicious. Why had he found this young girl stumbling around in the dark? Was she a friend of Mrs. Fair- weather's? l-le didn't remember having seen her at the dinner that night, but then there was such a crowd, and he hadn't paid much atten- tion to anybody but the little blonde sitting next to him. The voice was niceg she didn't sound like a thief or hold-up woman but her being hidden here behind this piano was rather a mystery. A sud- den idea struck him. lf he pretended he was of questionable character himself, he'd win her confidence and more than likely she would con- fess. He came closer to her and put his fingers on his lips. Sh-h-don't tell anyone you met me. And listen, do you know Mrs. Fairweather? Why-er-I know her slightly. Then do you know where she keeps her jewels? THE TA.: 37 jeweZs? Cynthia grew more nervous. Ben, getting into the mood of the game he was playing, grew more dramatic, and warmed to the subject. Sh-Lady Cynthia. You can help me. There's going to be mur- der here tonight! Murder! Cynthia gave a start and looked behind her. Oh me, no I can't help you. I-Ionestly, I'd be no good at all at murder. Really I wouldn't know a thing about it. But please, don't tell anybody l'm here, and I promise I won't mention you to anyone. But how do I know if I can trust you? l'm sorry, but you'll have to help me now. I can't let you go and squeal on me. Cynthia's voice told him she was almost in tears. Oh please, I won't tell. I can't get mixed up in this. If Priggy finds out I'll be expelled and- Priggy! Who's he? Why, the Dean, of course. The Dean? Of what? Of the college, stupid. I sneaked out tonight to come to the din- ner with Mrs. Fairweather's son- Si Fairweather? interrupted Ben rudely. I never did like that guy-well, go on- -and since I had never met his mother before, I couldn't get per- mission to come, and if l'm caught, well, I'm practically gone now. So after dinner when that whole crowd came in to dance I was afraid some of the faculty were in it. Si had gone out for a moment and I stumbled into this dark room to hide and-well, you know the rest- Ben gave a sigh of relief, and somehow one of a little disappoint- ment. Well, bless your heart. And all the time I though you might be a big two-gun girl from the west of something, and to keep myself from getting all shot up into a Swiss cheese I had to pretend I was a bur- glar-a pretty bum one at that, wasn't I? And to think,' if I hadn't ambled in here to use the telephone I might never have found you-- Sh-h, whispered Cynthia. I hear someone coming. They can't see us, can they? The merry crowd entered the room, turned on the light and after loitering a few minutes, went on into the conservatory, leaving the light still burning. Ben looked in amazement at Cynthia. Why, you're pretty! he exclaimed. Of course, she said, not at all embarrassed. Ben looked extremely proud of himself. Well, I'm even getting so I can pick 'em in the dark! Well -began Cynthia. ' Keep still, said Ben masterfully, and stay right here. l'll be right back. THE TAJ Oh where are you going? cried Cynthia. Sudden darkness. A dead silence! then the sound of a hurried scramble Vague objects. A collision. A muffled cry. no startled jump! 44 THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA HOLLEN HELBERT Oh! sing of a land of wealth and fame, Where men are strong and great, Where fields are fresh and streams run A land that's kissed by fate: The mountains high on either side Reach far up toward the skiesg And firmly in their fond embrace This peaceful valley lies. Here dwell a people good and true, Whose hearts are filled with love: Who ever praise their gracious God For the blessings sent from above. We love to tread the peaceful fields And breathe the fragrant air, Then loiter in the shady nooks And gaze on beauty everywhere. Oh! valley, peaceful and serene! Where flows the Shenandoah Down through thy shady glen: Upon thy soil there dwells a race Of proud and noble men. We all have learned to love you well, And each your beauty knows, O Valley of Virginia Where the Shenandoah flows. A kiss But blue- THE TA.: 39 o n ew The Great Meadow by Elizabeth Madox Robertsg Viking Press, 32.50. As Diony Hall bent forward over the weaving in her home near the headwaters of the james, she sometimes pictured from imagination the people and life of Tidewater, but oftener she recalled passages from Berkeley, her father's philosopher- . . . all those bodies that compose the mighty frame of the earth, have not any substance without mind. Everything must exist in the mind before it can exist elsewhere. And at times she would long Oh, to create rivers by knowing rivers, by knowing rivers. Her desire to create the beauties of a new country was of such intensity that when a wealthy man from the shore offered marirage, she refused and sent word to Berk jarvis, then in the wilder- ness in the West, that she would wait for him to come and claim her and take her into 'Kentuckf After a long, hard journey over a trail that was little better than none Diony in company with Berk, his mother, and several other peo- ple reached Harrod's Fort and began their home. Their house and garden were outside the stockade, and one day while Diony and Berk's mother were working there two Indians attacked them, killed Berk's mother, took her scalp, and left Diony badly wounded and unconscious. The fact that some red-skin was carrying his mother's scalp, char- acterized by one lock of grey hair, so incensed Berk that he swore ven- geance, and although he was soon to become a father, he left the fort in search of his mother's slayer. Years passed and as Berk did not return, Diony married again. Evan Muir had brought meat to her cottage when she had none, had helped her cultivate her land and Berk's, and was hers and her child's sole protection. So they married and moved to Berk's house outside the stockade. One night a year later, Berk returned. Diony did not know what to do, but one of her neighbors, Molly Ann, instructed her: When a man is gone from his wife and his home, when he's kept away by war or iffen he's lost in distant forests for such a length of time that she marries again to another, its the custom, iffen he comes back again, for the woman to choose which man she will have thereafter, to take whichever is best in her eyes or the one she most desires. So Diony chose one and the other went away. 5-time 40 THE TAJ I would like to quote at length from The Great Meadow and am limited only by space because desire would lead me to include most of the book. The style is so beautiful-almost too beautifulg it is not merely expressive and strong prose nor poetic prose, but is kin to music. A single thought at times will appear and reappear throughout several pages, but not as a l'envoi in poetry but as a recurrent theme in music. And combined with the beauty and the music is a realism that shows the limitations and privations of frontier life. In sum, it is a sort of modern opera on the life at the Kentucky frontier in the Revolutionary days. D.W. xafxxafvfvfx Winds of Gobi by Robert Hyde: Brewer and Warreng 31.75. This is a most pleasing collection of shortstories that are a mixture of romance, irony, and philosophy, the essence of the Orient and its horrors. They range from the first story, The Iron Boxes of Urga, which concerns legal punishment by locking men in boxes that do not afford them room to stretch out in any fashion, to the last one, The White Dragon, mostly nonsense, which tells of a modern prince's search for a dragon that used discretion in robbing the caravans. Take the story of The Gilded Loin Cloth. Shui I-Io returned home laughing one day. Upon questioning he told his daughter, Shui Liang, that the great Lama had taken the blossoms from the long bean plants and carefully tied them to the stalks of the short bean plant. When the crop had matured, there were three short beans and one long bean in each for the bunches. l-le then added that the four l-len Liao Sin brothers had offered him three fingers of gold for his daughter and that he had accepted. The two arrived at the house of the I-len Liao Sin the next day, only to learn that three of the brothers had been killed. The one sur- viving would give only one finger of gold and reasoned, Four brothers living, three thumb yellow gold pay expensive daughter. Three broth- ers dead,-one brother living, one thumb yellow gold--no more. After much hesitation Shui Ho accepted the one finger of gold and started home. As soon as he was out of sight, the doors were thrown open and revealed there the three supposedly dead brothers. It had been only a subterfuge to cheat Shui I-lo out of the money. The third of the brothers attracted Shui Liang very much. He seemed good, was handsome, and had a voice like 'snow sliding down a distant mountain' But Shui Liang was not allowed any choice, as the brothers soon began to fight over her. Then Shui l-lo appears through an open window and upon seeing all the brothers alive, he is so enraged that he starts beating the already weary men with a murderous rod. Shui Liang prevents her father from killing the man with the voice like the snow sliding down a distant mountain. Shui l-lo is then paid h THE TAJ 41 his two fingers of yellow gold by the surviving good brother and all are happy. At the end we find Shui Liang musing: . . . it was strange that the father of the I-len Liao Sin had been a thief, and that their mother had been a princess. And it was strange that a short-pod from the lower half garden of the Tien-Chia should marry with a long-pod from the upper half garden, and that the three beans should be short-pod, and the one bean would be long-pod. It was very strange. ln his introduction john Cowper Powys characterises the tales as having . . . an idyllic water-color quality . . . for all their glimpses into Oriental horrors, which evokes something of that elfish irrele- vancy and disregard for cubic perspective, that the genius of Charles Lamb detected in the very tea-cups from China town. D. W. .4-A SPRING IS HERE SAMUEL WAMPLER The sun is shining with new zest, The sky is blue and clear, The robins fly from tree to tree, For spring time now is here. There is a fragrance in the air, The earth is new and green. Flowing sap and bursting bud On every bush are seen. Soft breezes stir the new grown leaves, A message is borne along. To every heart there comes a hope, To every lip a song. A dream there comes of happy days, Let sorrow be cast aside. join in the throng of newer things, With spring time as your guide. V -ia-sw--- 42 THE TAJ 41 i , A t T ,,. - 42 L--' -t' ' 'ii 'W t we nt , . W H . if f. ., I - Ax A. , m - M . . Q gif 5. 5 -r - ' ' E 3 :- . le B 4 'T -B -f- t P- -- . Editor-in-chief ' Alumni Madaline Newbill Elizabeth Kerr Assistant Editors Katherine Whitmore Rgbecca Begry JOKB Editors Clement Conger Ray Frye '1 H Arn Editors cw artmm Joe Bowman EX0h3f11EBS Irvine McNeill Mary Spitzer Athletics Business Manager Clarence Furr Charles Chew J B oe owman Assistant Business Manager Circulation Managers Estelle Fauls M i Sh h M123 Spiga: Advertising Managers Harry Blatt B00k Review!! June Taliaferro Helen Shaver Roy Frye Faculty Adviser Miss Elizabeth Burkhalter A Unique College Entrance Examination - ,' 5, OLLEGE will confront us this fall. Will we make good or not? I That is up to the student. College, to so many, seems to be considered an easy place, and that opinion is what is wrong. lil?-if College is not easy by any means. It makes you or it breaks 1 you, and the student himself has to look out for that. The W trouble is, many eminent professors concede, too many go to college who are too lazy to study, who are not prepared right, who come for a good time, and who cannot rely on themselves. lt has been found that of every three who enter college, only two will attain the desired diploma. It is the greatest shame that out of the one hundred thousand boys who enter college each year that thirty-five thousand fall by the wayside or get kicked out by college authorities. Henry Louis Smith of Washington and Lee University has pre- pared what he calls an Entrance Examination of a new type. This seems to be an excellent and thorough one. lt applies to girls as well as boys. lt is as follows: THE TAJ 43 Question l. Are you man enough to get up promptly every morn- ing, get to your meals and to school on time every day, and to go to bed at a fixed hour every night, all of your own initiative, without a word of reminder from anybody? Professor Smith suggests that in order to test your ability you should make arrangement with your parents for a trial month during which you are to be left strictly to yourself in these above matters. If you stand the test well, he recommends that you continue the arrange- ment indefinitely, and if you don't stand it well, keep away from col- lege. Question 2. Are you man enough to go off by yourself every day and study all your lessons till you know them, without having anyone tell you to get to work? At college no one makes you study. You do, or don't, and if you don't you are out of luck and in the college graveyard. Question 3. Are you man enough to carry loose change in your pocket without spending it? Professor Smith tells us that childish lack of self control ruins more college careers than liquor and gambling combined. Over-spend- ing, buying on credit, borrowing, deceiving the home folks-then the inevitable exposure and smash-up. I-Ie suggests another trial ar- rangement. Ask your father to give you a cash salary in a lump sum at the beginning of each month. Agree with him as to what expenses it is meant to cover. If you cannot keep from running out before the end of the month, you are not old enough financially to be turned loose in the world. Question 4. Are you man enough, when another fellow's answer is in easy reach, to fail on an examination rather than obtain unlawful aid? P In the college rush there are innumberable opportunities to lie and cheat. If, when the temptation comes, you are too weak to resist, you are unfit for college, and will soon be kicked out by your fellow students and disgraced for life. Until you can safely be trusted with entire lib- erty in matters involving youriuthfulness and honor, stay away from collegeg you are not prepared. in Pk 4- -u 4: Professor Smith adds, This is a short and searching entrance exam- ination, lf you cannot stand it, remember that for the weak-willed, short-sighted, and dishonest, the 'college graveyard' is yawning and never full. If you can, rejoice that from the Main Street of college life all roads of success are wide open to the self-controlled and ener- geticf' -C. E. C. 3558 44 THE TAJ Q 373 f I , 1? rliiii- f ' -5 L . Q 5 ' t C .4-H Y ffii Y 'W I JUNIOR-SENIOR RECEPTION The juniors entertained the seniors Friday night, March 28, at Friddle's Grill Room at a banquet and dance. The idea of broadcasting station was attractively carried out in the program. Howard Whetzel, president of the junior class acted as announcer. Several musical numbers and a dancing chorus were included in the program. Music was. furnished by the Shoe-Shining Orchestra. GYM CIRCUS The Athletic Association gave a gym circus Friday, April ll. The animals and clowns were very entertaining and the acrobatical stunts given by both boys and girls were especially good. The entire circus was a big success. LATIN TOURNAMENT Miss jean Stribling, Bernice Sloop, Daisy May Gifford and Cecil Hartman attended the Latin tournament held at the University of Vir- ginia on April 26. The students were contestants. The results will not be heard for several weeks. FRENCH CLUB - The French Club met, April 16, with Clarence Furr in Dayton. The new members taken in were Alda Showalter, john Conrad, Daniel Yancey, and Charles Dundore. After the program, delightful refresh- ments were served. ' SENIOR GIRLS ENTERTAINED The Business and Professional Women's Club entertained the Sen- ior girls Thursday night, May l, at a banquet at the Methodist Church. Different members of the club told the various phases open in the bus- iness world for successful women today. Everyone had a delightful time. GLEE CLUB The Glee Club sang for the P. T. A. Tuesday night, April 29, at the High School. They wore their costumes of blue and white. The program was: Mighty Like a Rose. To a Wild Rose. America, THE TAJ 45 On May 5, the Glee Club went to Dayton to sing at the program given for music week. On May 8, the Glee Club sang for the Kiwanis luncheon. JOHN BEARD WINS CONTEST john Beard's short story, Made To Order, won second place in the contest held at the University of Virginia, April 29. The scene of the story is laid at the University. The first prize was won by Crewe High School. Each school was allowed only one entry. PATTIE Pattie, the high school play was given May 14, at the New Vir- ginia Theatre. The scene of the play was laid in Indiana, and the story was of everyday folk, their troubles, their hopes, and the mix-ups they lead to-some pathetic, some humorous. The principal parts were played by Susan Pence, Miss Houck, Howard Whetzel, Felton Riley, janie Shaver, Elizabeth Kerr, Allan Hausenfluck, Ray Frye, james johnston, Ann Keister, Richard jackson, Charles Chew, and Ray and Roy Frye. , THE MIRROR Best-Looking I Girls Boys june Taliaferro Ray Frye Madaline Newbill Richard Lineweaver M ost-P opular Madaline Newbill Howard Whetzel Estelle Fauls Sot Conrad Most-Personality Madaline Newbill Sot Conrad Helen Shaver Howard Whetzel Wittiest Helen Riley Howard Whetzel Frances O'Donnell Harry Blat Best-Sport Geneva Peters Felton Riley Estelle Fauls Fred Funkhouser Cutest june Taliaferro - Richard jackson jean Hawse fHarry Blatt fRoy Frye Most-Ivzdividuality Madaline Newbill Howard Whetzel Helen Shaver Harry Berry M ost- Talented Madaline Newbill Howard Whetzel Betty Mitchell Harry Berry I 46 qv:- THE TAJ Sweetest june Taliaferro Madaline Newbill Most-Athletic Geneva Peters Vada Steele M ost4C onceited Clarice Lucas fToddie Berry Qjean l-Iawse Best-Dressed Snooks Kerr Elizabeth Myers M ost-in-Love Marietta Dickenson Helen Funk Lafiest Madeline Vance Geneva Peters Biggest-Flirt Catherine Bowman S. F. Funkhouser M ost-S tad ious Mary Spitzer Daisy M. Gifford Best-Dancer Helen Shaver Frances O'Donnell M ost-S aracastic Toddie Berry C M arguerite Coffman CM argaret Thompson Biggest-Soda-Shop-Patron S. Frances Fun Geneva Peters khouser TAJ WINS CUP Hollen Helbert Dick Dundore Felton Riley Cow Weaver Rolland Berry fFelton Riley CChar1es Chew Rolland Berry Dick Dundore Fred Funkhouser J. R. Switzer Sat Conrad john Beard Felton Riley j. R. Switzer Cecil Hartman Clem Conger Sot Conrad Beidler Heltzel Woodrow Wilson Rolland Berry CFelton Riley C Sot Conrad At the S. I. P. A. meet held at Washington and Lee on May 9 and 10, the TAJ was awarded first prize for magazines in class D. This is the third cup won by our magazine in five years. The TAJ was represented in Lexington by Woodrow Wilson ,, -j THE TAJ 47 xwiiihw i A ' Vx b S I-A HW' ' 2-fir xl l ' 5'. v I I v, - -1 iii!-i?f W 1 f- ' f f ' ' 321513-1. The boys have been practicing hard for over a month in order to win their track-letters. To get one of these coveted I-Vs an athlete must make an average of five points a dual meet or make one point in a state or valley contest, such as the Virginia Literary Athletic Track Meet at the University of Virginia or the Shenandoah Valley Meet held at Harrisonburg. In a track meet each event counts nine points. First place is five pointsg second, three points, third, one point. The events are the 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, half-mile run, pole vault, high jump, broad jump, shot put, discus, relay, and javelin throw. As this issue goes to press our team has participated in two of the four meets scheduled for this season. We lost our first contest, with Charlottesville, by a score of 59 to 22 points. This is not bad, considering that Lane brought twenty men to enter against our eight, four of whom are freshmen. Turner took first place in the 8803 George Roller, first in the 440 and second in the 8805 Weaver, second in the high jump and second in the broad jump 5 Converse, second in the 440. We entered four men in the state meet at Charlottesville. They had to compete with athletes from fifteen other high schools in our class. Turner made third place in the half mileg Roller, fourth in the half-mile, Weaver, fourth in the broad jump. ak ff ik :sf is at ak Harrisonburg High won the Shenandoah Valley Track Meet spon- sored by the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg by scoring a total of 40 points. Handley took second with 28 points 3 Waynesboro, 20 points 5 Linville-Edom, 7 points 3 Fishersville, Z pointsg Weyers Cave, 1 point. Those who scored for H. H. S. were Turner, first in the mile and 8805 George Roller, second in the mile and 8805 Weaver, second in the high and broad jumps, Shank, first in the pole vault, Furr, first in the high jump 5 Converse, second in the 4403 Converse, Roller, Shank, and Turner, first in the mile relay. Medals were awarded for first, second, and third places in each event. john Conrad was re-elected captain of the basket ball team for next year. . x . ,2- 48 THE TAJ i at 4 XCHANLES Here are summarized the comments that have been made upon our magazine during the year. First-base-This is Where The Taj, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, takes his place on the field. The Taj is one who tells a variety of stories-from angel faces to furnaces. He tells them well too. His poetry is good but he doesn't give us enough.. We like his funny jokes. -E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Va. Your paper is well balanced. We wish you success. Echoes of the Foothills, Campobello, S. C. How proud you must be of the author of Pa1zdom's Box! The other poems are also of excellent quality. The one-act play is a good idea to lend variety to the literary department. We would suggest a separate department for the poetry. Your Book Review and School News are both very interesting. -The Critic, E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Va. ., The Taj is a very artistically arranged magazine. Unlike most journals it holds as much interest for outsiders as for members of 'Har- risonburg High. The editorial department contains a fine description of the important role a paper plays in any school. We were very fav- orably impressed with the poem, Pandora's Box, which opens the Lite- rary departmentf'-The Gleam, john A. johnson High School, St. Paul, Minn. The Taj, Harrisonburg High School: Now we turn to one of our oldest and best exchanges, The Taj. The first thing we noticed' was your excellent poetry. It is by far the best we have received this year, and every piece is, in our opinion, far above the average run of high school verse. We find, however, a few points we would like to com- ment on. In the first place, we think athletics deserve a more promi- nent place than you give them. The second point is this: your cuts should be improved. Illustrations either make or break a magazine, and new cuts would certainly add much to your paper. ,Your book reviews are good, and we want to congratulate you on your fine Ex- change clepartmentf'--lVlonthly Chronicle, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va. ., - gil-f1':'?'v ,la--,W H 'uw in 'I ir -ia V4 In Ti-ie TAJ 49 .QQQ A nz Q. Q in ,n4 '? . Sea-i.i-mu: f Q 4 . 'I il Y .1 1, -.I -, do 4 g. ,J 5 u i I - L E Ole: What time bane the next train? Ticket agent: 2:02. What? 2 :OZ-two-two. Ay ask when he go, not how he go. -Exchange. Boy friend: I've a boy friend l'd like you girls to meet. Athletic girl: What can he do? Chorus girl: How much has he? Literary girl: What does he read? Society girl: Who are his family? Religious girl: What church does he belong to? College girl: Where is he? I though you loved a fair-haired girl. I did, but she dyed. A -The Missile. They're going to raid the public library. That's terrible: what's happened? They found whiskey in the dictionary. I-le: This dining room table goes back to Louis the Fourteenth. She: That's nothing. My whole sitting room suite goes back to Sears-Roebuck the fifteenth. Rosalie Riley Do you file your finger nails, Clarice? Clarice L.: No, after I cut them off I throw them away. Miss Coffman: Locate the Scandinavian peninsula. Bright Boy: Between Norway and Sweden. Mr. Garrison What's this? You didn't do the problems I gave out for home work? Smart Boy: No, Sir, I didn't think it was worth While because you always know the answer. I .. 1 --, ,T ,.. ?1lTllIl1llIl 1iT1TT1TT11TliTTTTi lllilllillillih-I+ I E l Congratulations I L i To wish you a. future bright and glad, g i With happy days like those you've had, T 1 And good luck bring to your door li g The good things you are hoping for. g l i 1 ANITARY I ODA I I ANDWICH i : HOPPE 5 l l l A ! I mln--u-nn-nn--nu--un-um--nn-nu-nu1xu1nn-nn1nn1un1nu 1-111 1 .. 1 1,,,1nF Senior: Where were you last night? Frosh: Oh, no place to speak of. Senior: I thought so. -The Purdue Engineer Four men were in a boat. The first was deaf, the second blind, the third armless, and the fourth legless. The first heard something coming, the second saw it, the third shot it, and the fourth ran after it. What is it?--A lie. Squire: Did you send for me, lord? Knight: Yes, make haste, bring the can opener. l've got a flea in my knight clothes. -The Bumble-Bee. Sheik: You always ride in Rolls-Royce, don't you? Chorine: Yeah, why bring that I-Iupp? in i 1 1YIlI1nn-vulrinuz-nn--:urinn-nn1l1u1nn1nn1ln1--unillll-:1ln1nn1nl1 11 -s minn--I -2' i BURKE 8z PRICE 5 l Insurance in all its Branches 2 Phone 16 T1-IE NATIONAL BANK BUILDING i . . i Q Philadelphia Produce Co., Inc. 1 L DEALER IN BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY i I E i P. A. Carver, Secy-Treas. HARRISONBURGQ VA. It 'Ill--uu1ln1ll1lu1 :l:1ln1un 111111111 nu1nn1nn1uu-nn-un1nn1nn1no!: ...Nf ' - H- -,-- ------ ------ - - -- - '-'-i- - - - - -'H-'-P Q 1 Q Visit the 1 I l NEW VIRGINIA THEATRE TALKING PICTURES AT THEIR BEST : I E l ,Pl ,,,,,,,,,,...nu.-mn-nn1ini-nu-nl:-nlnilnxiinl1mm1uu-1un-uu-uu-uu1uu-uu1nii1nn1: - -nn..M!'Q lVIrs. Stanley: Why are your clothes capital, james? james Mauck: Because if I didn't have them, I'd have to stay in bed. Ex-soldier ftelling about the time he was shotj: The bullet came straight at me. Other feller: Why dicln't you zigzag? Ex-soldier: Well, I zagged when I should have ziggedf' The following paper was received by one of the seventh grade teachers: Cats thatls meant for boys to maul and tease is called Mal- tese cats. Some cats is reckoned by how loud they purr and is called Pursian cats. The cats what have very bad tempers are Angorie cats and cats that have deep felins is called Feline cats. I don't like cats. -The Crusader. - 1 1 1 1 1 -M1slr'-nninniqnini,1n,g1nn1y,n1m11nu-mimi.-nuinn-.nuinnilxn-Ihis l THE HESS STUDIO 5 High School Work a Specialty t l L E. G. Weiner Hudson and Essex ,I I Wor1d's Greatest Values Q l PLUMBING 'Q HEATING R. E. TUTWILER MOTOR oo. l I Phone 443-J sales Phone 445-R Service l ll ld D ' l Use Vapfgdigts airy Leaders in Styles i il MILK CREAM BUTTER E 6 i ICE CREAM J' A 'f ': ll U i 'a? 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The old chin-bearded farmer gave them a long bored look, and then said, I am not Abraham, Isaac, nor jacob, but my name is Saul, son of Kish, l'm lookin' for my father's asses and lo I've found them. -The Progressive Farmer School-boy: An appendix is a portion of a book which nobody yet has discovered to be of any use. +'Tm'IlilI'-'DTlilli'lillTllTll1ll1'll'1ll'1ll1ll1llTll ll1llTll 'li lll-'1l '4 I PARTS Fon ALL CARS at A.l'CadC Cigar Stand WE MAKE KEYS - J- T- BRAND' PNP- Bear Auto Parts Co. I I l F ,9 I I etzers g i The Best Things for Young Ladies and Young Men I Not How Cheap But How Good I i 1 Valley Bgauty J. 0. Stickley 82 S011 1 Shoppe FARM EQUIPMENT and I Phone 574 MOTOR TRUCKS g1qg1n1ll1l'111u.-nn1nn.1nn1u -.mi1ln-- n-uni 1ln-nn1lui1nn1ini-nn--nn--nn-:nina--nfs q..-.,,....,,......... - - - - - - .........,,-....,...................................,....,B 1 I I i ' TROY STEAM LAUNDRY ' I 5 ONE OF THE BEST IN THE U. S. A. T I i 188 N. Liberty St. Phone 92 I I -r-.-ll--i-- ------ in-M-M- '-'r-i--W-e- - - - - - - -H---vw TELLING 'EM Rastus: When Ah had he influenza Ah had a chill dat was so cold the water-pipes in de horsepittle froze! Sambo: Ain't nothin'! Once I had a fever, and mah mouth was so hot Ah melted the doctor's thumomctah, and Ah had to wear asbestos pajamas to keep from buhnin' the bedclothes! -Boys' Life. Man in restaurant: Give me four pork sandwiches to take out. Proprietor: joe, dress up four grunts to go walking. How can you tell when a teacher is asking you a serious question P Watch and see whether last year's flunkers laugh. Wife: When I marired you, I though you were a brave man. Hubby: So did everybody else. '! 1 H-lin--nn--nw-uniin--nn-. iili im-.m.-uu1it1..-.nu-lm-.un1uu-nn-nn-nn--un- - 1111111414--x-ls I I i J. E. GOOD AND SONS l Roofing, Heating and Sheet Metal Workers Phone 96 I 33 South Liberty Street il . ' T , Lillian Gochenour REILLY DRUG CO. I l Exclusive Millinery for PHONE l All Occasions 4 5 5 I-losiery I I I I Modern Plumbing 5: Heating Installed Only By Us I . . I Valley Plumbmg 8: Heatmg Corp. j PHONE 153 -i I -in lick:lul1uAI1ull1lm1lluillu1nn1ml1llI11nulinnrnllixlll-1111111111n 1 1nn1nu1un1vlll1nll1lln1llu1-c 'Z' I GET Yom s1IoEs POLISHED BY Special Parlor I l For Ladles T I HARRY LEE SOLOMAN SHINI. I AT CITY NEWS STAND 55132, - I I ITS WISE TO CHOOSE A SIX I I C H E V R O L E T T 5 5 I Lineweaver Motor Company I Q- I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 44,1 Z3 O FY' ET Qnile 51025- fi'-HPF fN ef'-4 ii E3 I? Z .- FD :.- e gg' E. -f Ei 3- m '- 'E. ' rx r'?' C 1 fb 5. N Q- N K4 DJ 23 O- DJ F a '-H Ill 5 2- I-7- E ZZ! W Don't laugh at your own jokes. Age deserves respect. l-IOPELESS If an S and an I and an O and a U With an X at the end spell Su, And an E and a Y and an E spell I, Pray what is a speller to do? Then if also an S and an I and a G And I-I E D spell side. ' There's 'nothing much left for a speller to do But go and commit Siouxeyesighed. -Signal Butte. ii'!Tl1lIilll!TlllIlTllilllIII1IlIlTIIIIlIIlIlTIIIITIIIITIIII1-llnillniill TTTTT ml1'IIYITXIIITHHU-SIIIITIIIITI ? i 79 EAST IIIARKET STREET PHONE 525-J' T I COLMAN P. ARMENTRGUT I ,. I I Expert Radio Repairing T I The Dean Studio S- BLA-TT 5 I I Q Operating nearly a, 'half-century Cleanlllg and Dyelllg I I While you are about it get a Largest Plant in the Valley I I Good Photograph I-Ia.rrisonbu1'g, Va. I l I . . I P. F. SPITZER Plggly Wlggly I 83 East Market Street 3, MICK Og, MACK I I Foy's Paints, Wall Paper and We appreciate your patronage 1 I Picture Framing HARLIN BROS. I ...ni 1ln.qun-..m-ln-l,,i.nl.a-ymigll 1 1 1. .-In-nniun1lrlv.1xln1un1mlinn.. -nxlniqgfg - -vs-.t. QQ: 5' .ea-FI, , V-i 'F 'I' I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Greettng at Commencement Time I As through the gateway of today I You start upon tomo1'roW's Way, We hope Good Luck and Cheer go, too, And gladden every day for You. m...n- I I VALLEY BOOK SHOP I 'Students' Headqua1'te1's A Q..-. I I I I I I I I I I I I 'I I I I I I I I I I I I 2:1 I-I-1:.'. gem Eg ie SFS 22. ei 'fo 505 Oo D- E.. M-. I2 92 -N EI.-: eh. 'QE' 'QQ AND l-IOW, BROTHER! Women's faults are many, Men have only two- Everything they say, And everything they do. -The Missile. WIDE DISCRETION Well, now, what time do I have to git to work mornings? asked the new hired man. . Any time you like, responded Farmer Fumblegate, so's it ain't later than half past four. ' -Kansas City Star. '3 7l.i' 'i i'lIIlliIIIl1IhTI1lITlllITIlNUI-MillIlillHi'llllI1IIllItll11illlIll-llllllillIlillllllillllltillililllilllilllh-SI E We Thank the High School I For Their Patronage I THE VEN DA I I WALTER TROBAUGH E Electrical Contractor Masonic Building Phone 816 , Hal-risonbilrg, Va.. JOHN W. TALIAFERRO We Move Anyfhing I sz soNs I Jewvelers Webster's Transfer I so s. Main sweet P11oNE 434-R I -a1uinn....M...miyun-.-Mlm1IIIl1IIII.-,minll1,1H-qun1pq..gg-QIIII-.lping-QIIn..uu1.IIn1.IIII-.Im..,,,i: -1- I , ff--fa--V ' ' P' ' ff 1 I . ' j Y I .AJ , -ll1Ilin--ll:nann1uu-slumIIxllinu-nl:In-II--ll-ll--ll-1ll-ll-tn-n1n--Ilill-11 Y ou Can Do lt Better With Gas . Gas, the betterfuel, is quick and clean, always available, and can be depended upon to work for you While you are free for other duties. 4' I I 3 It requires a minimum of attention with no storage or handling 1 -it is convenient and economical. l YOUR LOCAL GAS COMPANY I 30 EAST MARKET STREET PHONE 6 I ,I,,.....-n-n-In-In-nu-111111-ll-'Htl'-Il-'lil'-lv-II-In-'ul-lu-n-nn-1.1.1-.,,, A FOOL PRESCRIPTION Old Mose Parker was pretty sick and the doctor promptly put him to bed and laid down all sorts of rules and regulations as to sleep and diet. After he had gone Mose turned to his wife and complained: Mandy, how does dat dere fool doctor reckon Ah's gwine eat breast ob chicken ebry day if Ah hain't got mah ebenin's free? Any old junk you want to get rid of, Ma'am? asked the dealer. Yes, replied the housewife. Wait a bit. My husband will be home any moment. -College Life. Tact is that something-or-other that stops you from inviting to a Flea Circus any chap who has been in the trenches in France. l-.np-...inina-ll.-nu-1.1.1-ll-.lg-411.11141uin1qI1u1ll-u1n1lq1ll.-lp.-49131111. w C Harrisonbigrgs Most Modern , y ountain fi Candies - 'Drinks - Lunches l Next to Theatre Phone 548 2 Frank O. Taliaferro Compliments REGISTERED oPrroMETE1sT of E Eye Examinations . ' 1 5 Com sqm., Nicholas Book Co. T l LOVETT BROS Let E ' S o H E W E L L SNAPPY FOOT EAR FEATHER YOUR NEST . aio.........,....n-,,.......M-,..-,.-.1-.--.'...m..-.-..-,,-,..-,.............-.......--..I. or E E 2 gi fe X Geifmg to tba 5 P8zL . S' 3 Pozmif E it S I N Cutstanding Factor that E has made The Tajh a con- ? sistent winner of trophies, P has been the quality of RE PRINTING furnished by, THE P and L PRESS. HI We extend :S congratulations to the Staff of The Taj :RE for their excellent work this past year. A e at ig P 72 'THE P and L PRESS . 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