Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued to feed the Seniors, we ccmpleted the second year of our high school life which was the “dividing line,” showing us that we were half-way to the goal fcr which we were striving to attain. —Sarah Davis. Junior We entered into this stage of high school life with a superior feeling. The biggest feature in a Junior’s career is the Junior- Senior Banquet. We worked hard to raise the funds for this ban¬ quet in order to entertain the Seniors. We gave the “Mock Min¬ strel” which was a big success. We also held a popularity con¬ test. These, with the regular class dues, furnished sufficient funds to give the banquet. Committees were appointed to take charge of this and it was considered a big success. A chorus was organized in our Junior year to sing for com¬ mencement. This chorus proved to be very helpful and it will probably be used in the years to come. The chorus consisted mostly of Juniors. ❖ :j« ❖ ❖ Senior At last we have reached the class to which we have been looking forward .... our last year of high school. The “Kaleidoscope” staff was organized with Mr. Smith as sponsor. We are trying this year to produce a bigger and better annual. In high school we have learned to take advantage of oppor¬ tunities and we have learned the real value of self-government. We are sad to think of leaving the school, but we are also happy to have completed this course. We owe our success to the de¬ term ination of the pupils and of the faculty. The Senior girls, sponsored by Miss Agnes Bell, organized a sorority—the Beta Sigma Chi. The purpose of this club is to aid the Freshman. We gave a party in February to get them better acquainted. High Junior girls were taken into the club so that the club can be carried on the next year. —Ruth Hood. Page ten

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(Class BfiBtnrg Freshman ITH FRESH minds and a feeling of supremacy, we left our Junior High School teachers and classmates to en¬ ter into the first year of high school life, the goal which we had been striving to attain. We found confronting us the problem of preventing the Seniors from ac¬ quiring the privilege of initiating the “Rats.” Of we were very much opposed to this, but finally, much to our delight and relief, the Seniors gave up the attempt. Several of our girls made the basketball team as substitutes in their Freshman year, and some of our boys made the base¬ ball, football and basketball teams. We also had entries in the Public Reading, Public Speaking and Debating Contests, all of which we were very proud. Of course, the sympathy and guidance of our teachers, Miss Alice Gilbert, Miss Walmsley, and Mr. Cashell Donahoe, were the things that guided us successfully through our first year. All of our activities were centered in them, and we shall not forget them as we emerge from the first trying year, through the ordeal of examinations, becoming .... Sophomores. % fc sk h 5k % Sophomore We entered our Sophomore year with joyful hearts, for we had “outgrown” the title “Freshie” and were now settling down to work to make this a successful year in our long journey. By this time we had fully acclimated ourselves to our sur¬ roundings and had become familiar with the rules and regula¬ tions which governed the school activities. This was done through the aid of our Sophomore teachers, Mr. Cashell Donahoe and Miss Bertha Robertson. A few of the boys and girls who entered the athletic teams the preceding year, won letters for their cooperative services on the teams; some were not quite so successful but hope re¬ mained in their hearts to receive their reward the next year. During the end of this year our thoughts were centered in the Junior-Senior Banquet. With the problem of raising funds Page nine

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