Jefferson High School - Torch Yearbook (Jefferson, SC)

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CLASS HISTORY Story of Our Times Our book review today is a discussion of the latest book just off the Jefferson High School press. It is a non-fiction work, but it is already attracting considerable attention on the book counters of the country. It bids well to get into the best seller list within the first month off the press. The title of the book is, Story Of Our Times. It is a compilation of success stories covering the lives and actions of a group of boys and girls from tne time they set out on a great ad- venture of education until they find themselves docked at the port of commencement. The book is edited by Miss Sarratt, sponsor of the senior class. The book drags in spots and 'one is tempted to turn the pages rapidly, slipping lightly over parts of the story. In spots, the adventures be- come intensely interesting, A highlight of the plot comes when twenty-three boys and girls at- tempt to enter freshman land and are put in quarantine until such ti-me as the sophomore savages determine that they have been thorough- ly deloused of all their grade school symptoms. They were green freshmen, but they all man- aged to survive their first high sshool year. At the beginning of their sophomore year, some had found something more interesting to do an-d now they had only twenty anticipating victory. They found the skies much bluer and sweeter and they -began to grasp as much Wis- dom as possible, some looking ahead, longing for the new domain where the juniors ruled so royally. W-hat joy was theirs, points out the editor of the book a-nd compiler of the narrative, when a certain tribe of faculty members decreed that they should be set free, and their rights of advancement restored. At the beginning of their junior year, three had dropped behind, leaving only seventeen memibers to carry on. So-me few were forced to leave because they felt it necessary to join some branchfof the armed services, One lingers over the chapter on JUNIOR ACTIVITIES and gets Page Six a thrill in reading about the junior-senior ban- quet and the holloween carnival the boys and girls staged when they were roaming the junior ranges. This chapter is not outdone by the ban- quet staged a year later when the boys and girls as seniors find a table laden with good things for them to eat, and an evening of entertainment for them and in their honor. The reader will get a thrill out of the adven- tures of the boys and girls across senior plateau. Sunrise as viewed from the plateau on Com- mencement morn is a sight never to 'be forgot- ten either by the adventurer or the reader. This year they had only fifteen members seeking graduation, but they accomplished a great deal. You will enjoy the account of the senior play, Mammy's Lil' Wild Rose, which was a great success. The chapter covering the highlights of the year will be long remembered. In it you will notice that they were very happy to get to pub- lish the TORCH, the high school annual. It re- quired much work but was an experience that they all enjoyed. A high Point of interest is attained when the Lord of Jefferson High School real-m calls all the travelers for counsel and presents them each with a sheepskin inscribed as a diploma. Com- mencement, as recorded in the Story of Our Times, is a day of cherished memories that the seniors will never forget to their dying day. On this day, it is, that all of the inhabitants of high school land come to witness the tribal ceremonies of the adventurers. Story of Our Times, is a book worthy of its writer and editor, a book that will be reviewed and read many times -by the boys and girls whose adventures are recorded within its covers. It is a story that all high school students would profit by reading. The examples in student- ship, leadership, and sportsmanship, as shown by the characters of the book, all students would do well to imitate. 4 -Clarice Hicks, Class Historian

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SENIOR OFFICERS President - - - Leona Sullivan Vice-President - - - Betty Steele Secretary - - Frances Robinson Treasurer - Clarice Hicks Steele, Robinson, Hicks, Sullivan Page Five

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GERALD FUNDERBURK Gerald is an all-round boy. He was in the F.F.A. for two years. He was on the basketball team for two years and served as captain his last year. He was vice-presi- dent of the Literary Society in '45. Gerald is one of the few boys in the Beta Club. He has been a mem- ber for three years. This year he wagon the TORCH Staff and a leading character in the senior play. He has been a high school superlative for two years. CLARICE HICKS Clarice is a very dependable person. She has been a class of- ficer for three yetrs-presdent her sophomore year, vice-president her junior year, and the class trusted her with thcir funds her senior year. She was also Busi- ness Manager of the TORCH. She was in the J.H.A. for two years, the Glee Club for three years and the Beta Club all four years. She also went out for basketball three years. She was president of the Literary Society in '45 and Class Historian in '46, She was in the senior play, and was chosen a high school superlative for two years. JUNIOR HINSON Junior is one of the mischievous boys who is heard from if not seen. He was in the F.F.A. for two years. He went out for basket- ball his junior and senior years. He was elected a high school superlative. Page Seven