Hillsboro High School - Hillsburro Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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HILL TOPICS Publlshed by J ournahsm Club of Hillsboro I-Ixgh School VOL IV NASHVILLE TENNESSEE ANNUAL ISSUE STATE OF HILLSBORO CON DUCTS 1944 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The Electoral College of the State of Hlllsboro followed the general trend of the nation tn electlng Presl dent Iranklm Delano Roosevelt and hrs runnmg mate Harry Truman to lead the natton the nut four years Each Home Room served as a county sendmg representattves t the party conventlons votmg for electors and matntamtng a poll Electron othctals for each poll were appointed by the Electoral Com mxsston jack Seely Nancy Pearre and Earl Dunn whtch was m charge of the electron john H Coles Stu dent Body President served as gov ernor The American lltstory Classes sponsored tlns project BETTER READING IS MAJOR AIM IN ALL CLASSES Realmzmg that an 1mprovement m readlng would mean an tmprovement ln the abxltty to study as well as a r1se tn the educational level of the student Htllsboro has undertaken a planned course 1n readmg lmprove ment In addttlon to an llIlDl'OVClI'lCIll tn readmg rate and vocabulary the study IS deslgned to lmprove com prehensxon of materlal read In cases where functional or other weaknesses are found ln rndtvuluals correctrve measures have been taken to overcome them Each teacher ts devotmg some class tune to tmprovmg the readlng skllls ln connectton wlth his or her speclhc subject Thxs program further emphaslzes the stress that IQ betng placed on the fundamentals of education at Htlls boro SCIENCE SI L DI' NI S RECEIVE HONORS Outstandlng among the honors achteved by Htllsboro students thts year was the award of Honorable Ment1on gtven to Dorothy Turner semor by Westmghouse 1n thetr Search for Sclence Talent Jane Farrar Secretary Treasurer of Hlllsboro s jumor Academy of Scxence and co chaxrman of the Clmxc Staff was elected Secretary of the Tenn essee Ormthologtcal Soclety vember 20 jane was also elected first Vtce Prestdent of the junlor Red Cross of Davldson County for th1s year Several scxence students took part tn the Thanksgtvmg program of the Tennessee Academy of Sc1ence alhl rated wlth the Scxence Clubs of Amer rea when they met at Xanderbtlt These were Walter Farrar Xtncent Davts B111 Clark kenneth Carr and Roy Harrover l I 1 1 BEVERLY WALLACE REIGNS OVER JUNIOR SENIOR PROM The junior Sentor Prom of 1945 w1ll be long remembered for tts beauty and approprtatness The formal attxre of the guests the attractnveness of the settmg the nnpetus of orchestra muslc wlll make thus occaslon a htgh light among htgh school memortes atnrt of tl prom was lt junlor Senior grand march before the Prom Queen Beverly XX allace and Roy Slaymaker Prestdent of the Semor Class and chatrman of the Prom Commtttee The Queen s Court was composed of the class attendants and thenr escorts Semor attendant Dorothv Appleby Gordon XICIJHIIICI jumor 'Xlary Frances Btvtns john H Coles jr Sophomore Betty XI6ll'lVlll jack Seely and Ireshmcn Cherry lselly wlth B111 Alford The Queen carrred an arm boquet of red roses whlle each of her atten dants carried arrangements of sprung flowers The selectton of the Queen and her attendants was sponsored by Branches of trees 011 w htch dogwood blossoms were fastened camouflaged the posts and gave the gym the effect of an outdoor lawn 1I1 spring Pastel streamers from the rafters to the center gave an attracttve celltng and created a feeling of softness whtch was emphaslzed by colored spot hghts On the dark green background of the stage curtams the words jumor Sentor Prom were wrttten tn gold A huge boquet of forsythta was ar ranged rn the forefront of the stage RedXewb1ll s Stardusters played both for dancmg and the Grand 'Xlarch 11088 S 110111 160011 IIIN S I IPFR DRIH' Xlrs Xloss s Sophomore Home Room won the party that was gtven to the Home Room collecting the largest amount of scrap paper per person durmg the fall semester Nlrs Nloss s room collected 47 pounds per person In each paper drtve thts year Htllsboro collected double 1ts quota whtch was J pounds per puptl OLR ll 41? 871111 SfllES INCRE 181 Under the dtrectton of Mrs julian SIIIIDSOII a representatlve of the P T A Hlllsboro students have developed the hablt of buy1ng War Stamps systemattcally whnch a mounts to savtng money systemat tcally The sale of War Stamps at the school rose from 4335 10 m November to 813133 tn February and IS ex pected to reach a new hetght tn Nlay 1 l 4 l HILLSBOR0 S PLA I WINS BI LE RIBBON! IN FORENISIC UEFT For the second consecutive year Htllsboro has won first place rn the Iorenstc Play Contest held annually at Peabody College Htllsboro s entry this year was the drama I Shall be Wattmg starring Nlrrtam Preston as the fratl artsto crattc mother who ts temporartly blmd Nltrnam was chosen on the All Star cast for her performance Other members of the cast were Sylvta Stahlman Warner McNe1lly Bobby Sneed and Btlly Coble The play was dnrected by Mrs ll httten and Mrs Daume Several members of the Iorenstc Club have won blue rtbbons m the vartous meets Among them are Xlartha Trtbble 'Nancy Cnno Htlda lrank and Mmam Preston FATHER S CLUB SEEKING NEW FACILITIES The Fathers Club lead by Mr George R Bwms Prestdent Mr L Fuqua Secretary and Nlr Warner NIcNe1lly Treasurer ts seeklng tm provements nn athletlc and other school factltttes They are trylng to secure an audttortum a new basket ball court and an enlarged and xmproved football field The Club has also voted to sponsor four boys to Boys State thts year tnstead of two MRS TOWNER SERVES AS P T A PRESIDENT 'Nlrs Walter Towner was elected prestdent of Htllsboros P T A at the May l94-1 meetmg Selected to serve wlth her were Mrs J 'Nlarston Crump Xtce Prestdent Mrs D G laulkner Treasurer Mrs Harvey C. Reese Recording Secretary Mrs Frank C Womack Correspondmg Secretary and Mrs Tom Gregory Htstortan For thetr project thts year the P T A jotned the Fathers Club tn contmumg to plant and beauttfy the grounds HILL S'BORO CIRL9 IRE HOSPITAL AIDFS Nlany Hnllsboro gtrls have recetved certtficates for the completton of the Hospttal Atde course and are work mg tn the ctty hospltals as Atdes Among these are Ann Shockley Nlary Ahce Brannan Betty Bob Doxey Carolyn Embry Rebecca Hodges Margy Ann Loser Martha Ising Beatrlce Nlosby Betty Nlosby Gwen Nelson Ahce Penland Betsy Turner Dorothy Turner Pat lan Stckle Peggy Wells Dorothy Ann Carroll Peggy Farrar Joan Olson and Mary Belle Nladdln - , PM I C l , , V - I - ' I Ivw . . . , 'y I . 4 .X I . '. ' .' V' ', .' , ' .X ' - '- 'f 1 - x l'e - IC H: tl xt. .' .' s - , J 5 .' o -t ' X ' , ' ' I , ' ' ' v 4 . Y . . I - Y . l - I ' ' ' ' 1 - v ' ' ' Y. . . I L ' . I 4 I I . ,', . I ',', ' f . . .. . ..s , I , 1 . .. ' 'l I I . t - . , . 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SPRING DIRGE When poets wr1te about the Sprmg They have h1gh pra1se for everyth1ng The season IS all br1ght and gay Least that IS what the poets sav They laud the trees the b1rds and flowers The very carefree happy hours They all forget the student crams And WOrt1es bout those dread exams So when I wr1te a song of May It w1ll be cheerless dull and gray The fragrant eve for us IS to1l For then we burn the m1dn1ght O11 And then upon our penc1ls chew That IS what we call FCVICW Alas we never seem to learn No matter how much O11 we burn SO w1th the bards I d1sagree The reason you can plamly see Before we leave on our vacatlons We have to take exam1nat1Ons' CORINNE HARTMAN ON MT KITAZUMA The n1ght st1ll dark bv l1ght of moon we went The whlte stars W1nked as we went cl1mb1ng by You sa1d twas rough I now know what you meant It seemed the clouds were touched Then stopped to rest I heav ed a grateful s1gh One hour ere we reached the peace we pr1ze Above the clouds we marveled at the sky A purple haze prOcla1ms the sun w1ll r1se And from the glow1ng east Apollo r1des the skxes MIRIAM PRESTON EROM TO ROOSEVELT He sl1pped awav And the sun s1nks 1nto n1ght A country l1es In darkness w1thOut h1s l1ght The ages bow To the passrng of a son A monument To 1deals to dutv done Thank you dear Lord for h1S strong brave gu1d1ng hand For h1s Splflt That l1ves on after the man And take h1m now Back to h1s home That he may Rest where the sk1es Are not cloudy all the dav A men GRACE SIMS FROM AN ESSAY ON FOOD CCondensedD There was a t1me oh several years ago when food was bought ma1nlv to eat But that was rn the past now many d1fferent reasons are our cause for buy1ng food PICEUFC yourself as a busy housewxfe Tomorrow IS the last day the lavender stamps w1ll be good after that only the fusch1a and green str1ped stamps w1ll have any worth You are left w1th s1xty po1nts and what IS there to do but qurckly go to the store and buy SIXIY po1nts worth of food What does lf matter that vou don t need the food and that some one else could really apprec1ate the mer chand1se9 Th1s IS war NOW for the second reason vou are 1dly wander1ng through the gro cery store when you see a whole shelf of so and so Why that 1S the f1rst so and so you ve seen 1n months' It IS as hard to get as rubber EIYCS and Oh how lucky you are to find 1t' What does 1t matter 1f you don t l1ke so and so why 1E m1ght be months before vou see any more So hurry grab all the cans vou can before that woman bes1de vou has a chance' all vou can wh1le you can reason You buy buy buy and yet vou never seem to eat The log1c IS here m fr1end At home you have a cellar and 1n that cellar vou p1le every can of food that you can get your hands on untll IC 1S fa1rly bulgmg wh1le vou eat oh maybe crackers and on1on soup What does lf matter to vou that y Ou are wastmg away to nothmg why your cellars are full' ust th1nk how you ll be eat1ng later on when nobodv else has anvthmg' Ha' won t you hav e fun watchlng them go hungrv because you horded9 You were the smart one' DOROTHY HENDERSON SPENOERIAN STANZA Sleepy eyes have just begun Bl1nk1ng l1ke the sett1ng sun T1s the Sandman he knows best When If s t1me to take a rest Hastened by the sleepy sand Srprmkled by an unseen hand hro the long dark hours of mght There are many w1nks of l1ght There s the t1me for pleasant sleep HERMOINB EMBRY 7 ' 1' I 7 1 Y I 3 ' I ' I ' . 5 ! , . . . , , ' ' 1 1 .1 I - ' .4 - -, - 1, l ' I . 9 7 ' . 5 . I . ' ' I 1 4 1 , ' 1 7 1 A 1 1 1 . , 1 l - 1 ' 7 9 I 1 we climbed so high And last, but not least, the get . V 1 , I ' 1 1 1 U D , . , - 1 Y 1 , , 1 1 v ' ' , 9 I 1 1 A - - I 7 . 1 , O , i Q U J Il H . ' , -1 - 1' 7 ' , I , , . T 1 . 1 , ' . . . . 7 7 , - , I I . 1 1 . , . 7 I . 3 ' Q , ' , .. . ,