Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued The Mock Minstrel which followed was the source of much merriment. There was much sarcasm employed and it enhanced the entertainment greatly. Something new was tried by the school this year. A Beauty Pageant was held with the girls sponsored by the merchants and the school clubs. This was one of the beauty events of the year and was highly appreciated by the audience. The proceeds went to the “Kaleidoscope.” The success of the event was due to the hard work of members of the staff and several teachers whose services were invaluable. This issue of the annual is not an entire product of the Senior Class. Mr. Smith, our sponsor, suggested that several of the lower classmen be on the staff so that they might have the experience for their Senior year. This suggestion was ap¬ proved by the Senior class in the interest of bigger and better school annuals. We wish to express our gratitude to Miss Burch, Mr. Mal- lonee, and each teacher who has assisted us to successfully com¬ plete our courses in high school. Our fondest memories shall be of you. You worked hard to help us, and now as we are ready to leave you, you can see in our actions the result of your work. What you have meant to us, we can not express in words. With a great appreciation of what you have done for us we bid you good-bye! We have safely reached the summit of the mountain of High School Education. As we stand on the top gazing into the unknown, we know that we shall be ready to play the hand that fate shall deal in the great game of life. The game will be played with earnestness, sportsmanship and honor—a direct reflection of our high school life. In a few short days we shall step off the mountain and down the other side to part the curtain on the stage of life. Marsden Wallec. Page Twelve

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued teams in the State. Hopewell defeated Newport News, who then finished the season undefeated and were awarded the Class A Championship of the Virginia Athletic League. The Junior Class was well represented in Debating, with a member on each team. The trip to Charlottesville was lost by a few points. Hopewell was represented at Charlottesville by our public speakers who were both in our class. In baseball we were successful in halting the winning streak of Petersburg. This is an accomplishment to be proud of, as they had won twenty-two games in succession. Thus closed our Junior year which was one of the most successful in the history of the school and we are proud of the part we played in it. -t 1 -I ' !» Senior Our memories as Seniors would cover much space and con¬ sume much time so we will hit only the high lights. At the beginning of the year a petition was presented to Mr. Mallonee requesting the reorganization of the Literary clubs. Mr. Mallonee promptly took the necessary steps and now the two Societies are firmly established. This year the campaign for president of our Student Body was the hardest fought in the history of the school. Speakers went from room to room praising their candidate. This was stopped as it caused too much disturbance. The election that resulted was so close that it had to be run off several times. The high light of a successful athletic year was the football team. This item was undefeated and claimed the Independent State Championship. The happiest day of the year wa s when we upset all traditions and beat Petersburg. Our class was well represented in all student activities, es¬ pecially in the clubs, debating and all the sports. At the beginning of the year a Carnival was given. This was a huge success. The school was full to overflowing with joy-seeking people. The annual minstrel was the best ever produced by the school. It played to a full house for the entire two days it ran. Page Eleven

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-1. tZL (HlasB Propljprg AVING completed my day’s work at the office earlier than usual, I was on my way home when I glimpsed a fortune teller’s sign hung just outside a neat brick and stucco building. Being a woman gifted with a creditable amount of curiosity, my restless eyes glanced again at the intri¬ guing board. This second glance, alas, proved to be my undoing. Voila! I entered. A turbaned attendant immediately took my card. There was something vaguely familiar about his features, but as he silently beckoned to me, I quickly followed him into an apart¬ ment which fairly reeked with mysticism. Then he silently dis¬ appeared, as the heavy drapes covering the entrance fell to¬ gether in sinuous folds. It seemed that they severed all my connections with the outside world. At last I was face to face with my fate, and ... a huge crystal ball, which seemed to render every other object in the room inconspicuous, as the only source of illumination seemed to eminate from the ball itself with an unearthly glare. I perceived a wizened and bewhiskered face just opposite the table upon which rested the crystal. He was gazing into its clear depths from beneath beetling brows, and neither moved nor spoke until I was seated. Then his voice came to me with a peculiar strained intensity. “Ah!” he said, “already I have fathomed the purpose of your interview. The crystal has told me. In the ten years that have passed since you and your classmates have graduated, many things have happened! Look!” I gazed at the ball whose depths were becoming faintly ob¬ scured by a swirling cloud. As it cleared I saw Morris Aderholt and Waller Lescure deliver the final smashing drives which made them international doubles tennis champions. Richard Frye and Bernard Storey were co-writers of the event for the Associated Press. Among the frenzied gallery I could see the former Dorothea Nevils, now the wife of John Djiovanidis, prom¬ inent Syracuse contractor. Among others of the socially prom¬ inent were George Munt, ex-playboy of Broadway, and his fiance, Eleanor Bridges. A cloud of smoke from a huge Oriental urn engulfed the crystal, and as it cleared again, the hard glare and contrasting