John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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V CLASS I WASani ppy morning in September, 1941, when a group of boys and girls came into the Wythe Building for the first time, awed at the sight that confronted them. They had heard of Iohn lllarshall ever since they were old enou h now th ' g to hear at all, and ey were full pledged Sophomores at Iohn Marshall High School, 800 East Nlarshall Street. Dlayhe some were disappointed because they were not put directly into the cavernous depths of the building across the street, hut they were soon to learn that Wythe was just as pleasant as the building across the street. The boys stared at the beautiful girls streaming in the doors and the girls were overcome with joy at the sight of the first cadet, This was the class of '43, boys and girls from Chandler, Bainbridge, East End, and many small schools outside th ' ' ' e city limits. No 'l50l- 1 3 IANE Rows. . . . . , Secretary ALICE LANDI . . Vice-President LOUISE BRYANT . . . Reporter CARLYLE TILLER . . . President CALVIN LUCY . . . . .Historian JAMES RAYHORN . . . Treasurer Sponfor Mis s Isrrnuzs HEINRICH HISTORY one quite realized there was a war on, that we would be rationed, and deprived of many pleasures in the near future, and that we would graduate an entire war class. We were not to be without social activities, for we were told that Bliss Fannie Rowe Brown was to be the sponsor of the new Sophomore class and that we would have joyous times in the months ahead. First, in organizing we had to elect class officers, and we gathered in assembly one Friday to hear cam- paign speeches. After having been introduced to the candidates, we elected the officers a few days later. They were: Garland Long, president, Gene Harrison, vice-president, Marion Collier, secretary: Charles Smith, treasurer, llflarjorie Davis, reporter, and Henry Nloody, historian. During the times that followed, we got acquainted