Langston High School - Lion Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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CASS State of Virginia City of Danville County of Pittsyvania We, the Senior Class of 1955, of John M. Langston High School, being of sound mind and of young and foolish age, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To our Principal and teachers who shared our sorrom and our joys and helped us to reach graduation, we thank you. , To the student body we leave you the sincere hope that you, too, will reach the goal you have before you. 1 Personal Bequests, 'hese personal items that have been useful to us, for four years, we leave to the persons named. Cherish these bequests and use them to their best advantage, and soon you too will be willing your treasured possessions to those you leave behind. If you cannot use your inheritance pass it on to some one who can. Lendwood Davis wills his athletic skill to Ronald Harrison. Janice Barksdale and Florine Walter will to Willie Barksdale and Jennie Sue Swanson their quietness. Peggy Peters wills hergability to get along with others to Irene Miller. Rosa Gunner and Frances Clark will their success with boys to Jessie Ann Williams. Richard Crews wills to some person his football uniform No. 99. Raymond Crump wills his ability to make A's without studying too hard to Levi Pace and his member- ship in the honor society to his brother, Douglass. Iola Logan wills her hair style to Shirley Lea, and the ability to become a senior to Mary Reynolds. Joseph Edmonds wills his extensive vocabulary to Mary Johnson. Kate Moore wills her ability to wear tight skirts to the eighth graders, and her dancing skill to Elma Hairston. Loretta Anderson wills her ability to finish high school to Lenda Davis, and Artelia Strader. Mary Wilson wills her ability to be cool, calm and collected to Valeria Wilson, Deloris Betts, Bettina Eason, Theresa Johnson and Jewel Wright. Myra Jones wills her white blouse with the, initials of K, M, H, on the collar to Patsy Allen. Melvin Thorton wills to Jessie Swann his ability to get along with others. Anita Chaney wills her ability to be a good girl and not to talk so much to Aneeda Moore. Aquilla Cloes wills her ability to reach the twelfth grade to John Coles. Andrew Loundermon wills his seat in chemistry to Sue Hughes, with much success. Bobbie Price wills to Marie Pounds her ability to become a patrol. Barbara Shirley wills her ability to get English under Mrs. Thorpe to Vivian Harris. Barbara Motley wills her ability to maintain a stream line figure to Mary Johnson with much success. Bonzola Nicholson wills her ability to become a seamstress to Mae Alice Smith. Carolyn Mimms wills to Thomas Jefferies the ability to graduate in '56, Charles Wade, Glennria Keene and Carrie Lewis will their place in the choir to Betty Davis, Mary Jenkins and Harry McClary. Charles Coles just leaves. A Dorothy Lea wills her interest in school to Helen Tanner and Jean Stokes. Edna Glass wills her dimples to Sallie Bigelow.

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In another section of the same car a pageant was being dramatized for Education Week. This pageant was called The American Way. Frances Jones was a little Catholic girl who read the Rosary for us: Richard Crews was a Rabbi, Ralph Hutchins an Episcopalian Rector, while Joseph Edmonds served as a very convincing narrator. We finally gathered on the platform of the Observation Coach to Reminisce about our wonderful journey through Piedmont Section and the Valley of Virginia. We were fully agreed upon the fact that ours had been a joyous -educational, inspirational and eventful journey and now we are about to stop at Junction E. Our Diesel is refueling for redistributing us to places further South, to Industrial Centers of the North, to lucrative farms and Urban Sections of the hast, to the furtherest points of the earth as Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Waves, Wacs, Homemakers, members of the Learned Professions, Smaresmen, and to-be Mr. John Q. Citizens. We now sign off as class of 1955 Station JML operating first Educational Broadcast Program Night Train. We will be followed by Class of 1956. Until then--we say Good Night! and Good Luck! GQJJ jyfoffo Honor lies in earnest toil,

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Ella Tucker wills her ability to graduate from Langston to Floria Johnson. Emestine Wamer wills to her sister, Loretta, her ability to get along with people. Reginald Graves wills his credit at Sater's to Jimmie Allen and Andrew Johnson. Raleigh Stamps wills to his sister, Mattie, his sweet and engaging smile. Ruby Leftridge wills her ambition to her brother, John Leftridge. Ralph Hutchins wills to some unlucky Langstonian quarter back the ability to keep a cool head at all times. Willie Conway wills to Floyd Wilson his football uniform, the one with the big patch in the seat. Ethel Oliver wills her brother to Barbara Lou Stamps, and her dancing ability to her sister, Ella. Frances Jones wills her height to Amelia Hankins and Doris Price and to Bennie Hall her dimples. Florence Bigelow wills to June Bethel her skill in dancing so that he can become a member of the dance group. Willie Motley wills his ability to graduate from Langston High School to Charles Goins. Philip Stamps wills his ability to be business-like to Preston Echols. Gloria Motley wills her seat in the Library to Betty Davis. Howard Barksdale wills to Arthur Jacobs and Bettina Eason his post on the patrol. Lemma Wilson wills her ability to talk and play and still pass to Bessie Harris. James McLaughlin wills his towel to Sylvester Holland, and his ability to amuse the class and to confuse Mr. Harris. Otson Lewis wills his ability to any one who can take two English subjects and pass under Mrs. Thrope. In witness thereof, we, the class of 1955, the testators, have to this will set our hands and seals, this twenty-fifth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-five. Kate Moore Frances Jones Bobbie Jean Price Ulm ,Rem To you, dear Langston High, we bid A very sad farewell. For all the hope, for all the trust That in our hearts now swell, For all the joy, for all the tears That we have shared here Our hearts go out with saddened thoughts Of this--our final year. We hope that as we go our way By paths you have made bright, Your welcoming doors may never close To those who seek for light. Because within your halls we walked And learned 1ife's honored rule The seniors here can never forget John Mercer Langston High School, R. Crump