Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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Class History FIRST YEAR ISTORY, as we have learned, is a true narrative of what civilized man has done, thus, in the history we will endeavor to relate what our “civilized” class has done in relation to our school. We, the Freshmen Class, half-scared and wholly green, were just making our debut into the society of High School life, under the new and most honorable name of “Rats,” little knowing that in our midst were the future “butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers.” To begin with, we began our career in the old high school, now the John Randolph School. Due to new con¬ cerns in Hopewell the attendance had so increased that the building was overrun. Because of this the “Rats” could go only a half-day. Indeed, the class itself was so large that it had to be divided and placed under two teachers. Both of these teachers happened to be new ones; one sec¬ tion under Miss M. R. Richardson and the other under Miss Trosvig. This year there were many more new teachers, among them being Miss Parmesano, Miss Robertson, Miss Rutlege, Miss Oliver and Mr. Denton. With the new teach¬ ers, the new pupils, the new course of study, and the divi¬ sion of the class we had many trials and tribulations, but our skies were considerably brightened, when, after the Christmas holidays in January, 1925, we entered the new high school building. This year the Dramatic Club was begun in earnest, with Miss Mary Rives Richardson as the sponsor. Since then, the Dramatic Club has been recognized as one of the busiest organizations in school. Annually, at least two plays are given under the supervision of the sponsor. —Mary Winston. SECOND YEAR The history of the second year of our high school career was most eventful. In February a new form of govern¬ ment was introduced, that of Student Self-Government. Ar

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Editorial T HIS is the last issue of “The Kaleidoscope” published by the present senior class. As June is approaching, the class of 1929 prepares for graduation and all its senti¬ ment. Graduation from high school is one of the most import¬ ant points in our whole career. It is the end toward which we have been working for four years. It is the culmination of all our hopes, ambitions, and hard work. It is up to us whether we will go to college and continue our studies. Though graduation is one of the turning points in our lives, still there is a little sadness connected with it. For four years we have been forming friendships with other pupils of the school. For this period, our lives have been connected with and closely interwoven with high school, its life, traditions, and sentiment. We are breaking away entirely from definite bonds of hu¬ man feeling, and it is natural that there should be some sadness over the breaking of these bonds. We are leaving, perhaps for¬ ever, old surroundings which we have learned to know and love so well. We are leaving friends who have accompanied us on our high school career, not the least among these the faculty, and Mr. Mallonee, our principal. We cannot help but feel a touch of sadness when we think that we will never see them all together again. Yet the general sentiment of graduation is happiness, for we have completed our course, reached the first goal toward which we set our faces. We feel that we have really accomplished something and can afford to be happy for the short space of time we are given between the end of high school and either the beginning of college or the beginning of life. The way we feel at graduation then is happy-—yet a touch of sadness is connected with the sentiment of this momentous occasion. When we leave Hopewell High we will become Alumni and Alumnae of our school. We do not wish to become entirely dis¬ connected with high school affairs. We wish to be considered merely as older brothers and sisters of Hopewell High pupils and want to consider the alumni and alumnae of other years in the same manner. It makes the high school life so much cheerier to know that we will not lose our friends and will also have a helping hand over the rough spots of school life. It is a much better feeling to know that we are not entirely alone and that others are watching our trials and tribulations with thoughts of kindness, ready to stand by with a helping hand when it is needed. — 3 —

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued The purpose of this government was to teach honesty and self-government to the pupils of our high school by means of various squads consisting of high school students and a student council of representatives from each class. Billie Walthall, now a cadet in V. P. I. was our first president. This government has proved very successful in the years that have followed its installation. During our baseball season of ’26 we beat Petersburg, that seemingly unconquerable school in baseball with a score of 15-14. This was one of the gala seasons at Hope- well and much was said over Petersburg’s defeat. In April the annual High School Minstrel was started. The success of this minstrel was due to the business men who took part in it and helped those high school students taking part. The building was crowded the two nights the minstrel was shown, thus proving that the hard work and long hours spent on it were not in vain. In May we decided to give a May Day program and after weeks of practice we were ready to give it. There was to be a king, a queen and all the royal court, athletic contests and exhibitions. We had all gone to the Tubize ballfield and were ready for the program to begin when it began to rain, so of course, the program was cancelled. —Lillian Alderson. THIRD YEAR The big feature in any Junior’s high school career is the Junior-Senior banquet. This means work and yet a larger portion of pleasure. In the first place money had to be made in order to get this. Our class gave a mock faculty meeting, and a popularity contest, as was the cus¬ tom. Then, too, a movie was given at one of the local thea¬ tres for our benefit. With this aid the banquet was a big¬ ger “hit” and better success than ever before. Even the haughty and dignified Seniors themselves were forced to acknowledge this fact. The minstrel, too, was a bigger success this time than ever before; in fact, it was given three nights in succe s¬ sion instead of two. —o-