Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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(Haas l iBtory FRESHMAN HE inevitable had happened! We, the seventh grade of the Junior High School, had become the important Freshman Class (which is the present Senior Class) of Hopewell High School. Important to our way of thinking but far different in the estimation of the Seniors, which fact we were soon to learn. In all our dignity, we Seniors at first look upon the poor little “Freshies” with a certain amount of contempt; on second thought, pity, for we too, at the begin¬ ning of our career, were as small and insignificant as they. For a whole year our home room teachers proved our sympathetic friends, to whom we poured out all our lamentations. Ah me! What days they were. But such is the life of a Freshman. Upon entrance into High School our class was divided into two sections due to its size. Miss Julia Parmesano (excuse me, Mrs. Parson), took one class and Miss Bertha Robertson the other. To them we owe and wish to express our heart-felt appreciation for their sympathy and patience with a class full of greenest of green Freshmen. How they ever survived that year will ever remain a mystery. The following semester the seventh grade joined our ranks as low Freshmen, while we were promoted and given the honor¬ able title of high Freshmen. We at least felt that we knew a little more than they. Their home room teacher, was Miss Evelyn Beckham, now Mrs. William Broaddus. Our class was indeed fortunate in beginning its career in the new building. A library was being started and each student brought at least one good book to contribute to it. This year also saw the beginning of the Athletic field in our “back yard,” the growth of which we have watched with pride and pleasure throughout our four years. The A. B. Club, an honorary organi¬ zation, was started this year. Each student making an A or B on all subjects for the month was entitled to membership and his name appeared in the A. B. column of the High School paper. How we did work to see our names in print. Only those Fresh¬ men who have experienced seeing their names in print can realize our feelings at seeing our names appear in the column each month. This, of course, was an incentive to work harder. The ;]h - Page Six

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Exchange HE DUTY of the Exchange Editor is to publish monthly, in a special column of the paper, articles from the dif¬ ferent papers which he gets in exchange for a copy of the “Kaleidoscope.” This column is very essential to the paper and is read with keen delight by most of the readers of the “Kaleidoscope.” It is our aim to edit only interesting articles in this column so as to attract the attention of all readers. Our paper is not perfect and will not reach any state of per¬ fection for a good many years to come. Before anything is per¬ fected, there is one thing that is necessary. That is criticism; for, as Arthur Symons said, “The aim of criticism is to distin¬ guish what is essential in the work of a writer.” Thus it is with our paper, the good points will only be brought out through criti¬ cism. We need the opinions and suggestions of other schools that we may correct and perfect our own paper, and there is only one way to get them; through the Exchange Column. All of our lives we have been exchanging our ideas and theories for those of the people about us, and if we didn’t, right then and there our minds wou’d grow stagnant and progress would be a thing of the past. Not so long ago, we received a paper in the regular monthly exchange from a northern school. In this paper the school criti- cicized the “Kaleidoscope,” saying: “A nice little paper. Its being of a combined magazine and newspaper form is an added attraction. You ought to have a literary department.” Since that time we have tried to edit articles with literary quality written by the pupils. We appreciated this helpful suggestion. Any concrete criticism is always welcomed by us. At the beginning of this school year we had about one hun¬ dred regular exchanges on the mailing list. It has been increased to a hundred and twenty. Practically every state in the union is represented in this list, also several foreign countries. The staff wishes to thank subscribers and readers of the “Kaleidoscope” for their favorable comments of the articles in the Exchange. It has been our effort to print in this column only that matter which is interesting as well as useful to the student. Also, we wish to thank each school for exchanging with us. Our wish for the 1932 staff is greater success with the paper and all of its departments. Page Five

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued Student Government was making greater headway this year than the previous year, when it was installed. The officers were becoming more accustomed to their duties. The squads were working wonderfully well to have been in the practice so short a time . How we respected the officers of this organization, each one hoping some day to take a more active part in it. As the year grew to a close our faces began to register a more superior look; the look of a person who had been through a little war of his own and had emerged victorious, for we knew that when we entered school the following year we would have at¬ tained the name “Sophomore,” a title so longed for by all Freshmen. ❖ SOPHOMORE With the title “Sophomore” as a shield of protection we be¬ gan one of the most eventful and pleasant years of our high school life and we set about our tasks with genuine pride and pleasure. In the early part of the year the two literary societies, the Edgar Allen Poe and Sidney Lanier Societies, were organized. These new societies proved a success, therefore they are still in existence and hold one of the first places in the literary life of the school. We were indeed glad that we could have the advan¬ tage of acquiring literary knowledge by participating in the ac¬ tivities of these organizations. Many other clubs were organized, among which was the Latin Club, members of which had to take four years of the language. This was an incentive to those members who were completing two years of Latin to pursue the subject further. During this year our class began to save some money for the annual Senior affair, at which time the Juniors honor the Seniors at a reception just before their departure from school. We began early so that the following year would not be so hard. This year the “Kaleidoscope” staff published an annual for the first time since the Senior Class took the publication of the paper as a project. Our class wrote an article on class activi¬ ties which was published in the annual. Our home room teachers in our Sophomore years, Miss Rob¬ ertson, Mrs. Parson and Mrs. Broaddus, were the same we had