Leeds High School - Leeder Yearbook (Leeds, AL)

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THE LEEDER President’s Address Honorable Faculty, Classmates, and Friends: Four years ago the present Senior class began its climb towards those heights sublime which every student calls graduation. The way has been an upward way. long and tiresome, but nevertheless, a way of happiness and great meaning. We are more than anxious to express to our friends of the community who have contributed so generously to our welfare and who have made it possible tor us to have at our door such a splendid high school wherein we may prepare ourselves for the manifold duties of life. As we go out from the Leeds High School to play our parts in the great battle of life let us always remember that, “Success Comes to Him Who Tries. We are greatly indebted to our beloved teachers whose untiring efforts in our behalf have so abundantly helped us to win the victory which we now so much enjoy. Classmates, as we go out from our beloved school to mix and mingle with the great world about us. which shall try our very souls, let us remember that, “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Hubdekt Bacby, President. Twenty

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THE LEEDER Senior Class Poem W hy pause in sad meditation And weep o’er memories of the past ? Let’s rejoice in glad exaltation For winning the victory at last. Tis foolish to try to recall The days we’ve already spent. Climb onward for still we might fall Still higher our aim should he bent. But lo, the shadows are falling. And the rays of the sun are low; My task and duties are calling Lest night approaches, 1 go. As the light of the day is disclosing The senior year comes to its end And they both, as if they had chosen. Say. “Farewell, my senior friend.” A'inc I fit’n Curtis Littleton, Class Poet.

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THE LEEDER Senior Class History One bright September morning back in the good year 1920, the senior class of ?24 started on its crusade to rescue its diplomas in the Holy I-and of Graduation. We had for our commander-in-chief Prof. Aders who has successfully guided us through our four years of high school life. We entered our first high school year with two pupils to each seat, so crowded was the school that year. However, by the second half of the year the new annex to the building was completed which gave us more room. Our proud class lost two members in the sea of matrimony this year. We entered our Sophomore year with a number of new recruits to help us in our conquest for knowledge. During this year three members of the class were decorated for bravery and promoted to the army just ahead, the Junior class. This year we gave up three more of our young ladies to the young men of the town. We entered the Junior year feeling glad and free. As we looked over our proud class we found several new students from St. Clair County, as well as some from Shelby County. We soon forgot our new students and glad feelings and before long fell in love with geometry and other studies. However, we continued to lose our pretty girls in matrimony. Some of our classmates moved away to other schools, but those remaining continued in pursuit of wisdom. We entered the Senior year with six new meml ers and one of our former officers, Mr. Breland, who came back to us from Jefferson County High. Our Senior year has been our happiest, maybe, because we are so near the goal. We are confidently expecting to make the victory complete by the twenty-fifth of May. 1924 Smith McLaughlin . Historian. Tii'cnty-oiie