Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Junior Class Helen Swink, Gladys Logan, Katharin.e Davidson, Julia Dodson, Margaret Lackey, Margaret Moses, Helen Tolley. Virginia Thomas, Isobel Pullen, Levina Mahanes, Mamie McCormick, Hazel Bradley, Louise Fauber, Quaye McElroy, Isobel Pultz. Kerr Laird, Willis Mankey, Carl Steidtman, James Marks, Russell Cummings, Lawrence Tyree, Emory Lewis, Marshal Hostetter. junior Cla00 OFFICERS: Margaret Moses President Virginia Thomas Secretary History of the Crass of ’29 I T WAS in the fall of 1925. A long line of trembling students with awe- stricken glances made their way through that great and renowned institution of learning known as the Lexington High School. They filed into the Freshman class room and with rising hopes stood at the entrance of that long and shining vista of knowledge. Being Freshmen was no disgrace for them, but yielding to the gentle pushes of Mrs. Tardy’s maternal hand they plunged head- long into all the school activities. The Crystal welcomed their easily earned money; the chorus readily took them into its midst; seven of their dramatic stars graced the operetta, “The Toreadors”; and five of their hoys sallied out for football and came back wearing monograms. Soon June rolled around and then September again changing these once timid Freshmen into hard-boiled Sophomores. As Sophomores, were they wide [ 20 ]

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XQie 12. I, Margaret Higgins, do will my musical talents to Helen Swink. 13. I, William Dana Hoyt, Jr., do will my curly, golden locks to “Red” Radford. 14. I, Carrie Johnson, do hereby leave my journalistic ability to Hazel Bradley. 15. I, Mary Landis, do hereby will my curiosity to Isobel Pultz. 16. I, Martha Moore, do bequeath my love for “Camels” to Lavalette Dillon. 17. I, Minnie Moore, do hereby bequeath my Mathematical talent to Isobel Pullen. 18. I, Nancy Shaner, do leave my passion for “brass buttons” to Gladys Logan. 19. I, Helen Tardy, do will my winning ways to Thelma Johenning. 20. I, John Varner, do bequeath my exceptional behavior in class to Carl Steidtman. 21. I, Bessie Whitmore, do will my good nature to Isobel Donald. 22. I, Katie Whitmore, do bequeath my quiet ways to Roy Dillon. Clause III 1. We, the Seniors, do hereby leave to the Juniors the remains of our lone bottle of ink which has survived the many knocks and written lessons assigned to the Seniors. 2. To the Sophomores we gladly will our literary, dramatic, and athletic ability. 3. To the Freshmen we do hereby leave our dignity, our sophistication, and our propensity for bluffing. 4. To Mr. Kennetli Ashby Thompson we, t he members of the Class of ’28, do hereby bequeath Miss Anne Marye Owen to cherish, honor, love, and obey. Clause IV 1. To Mr. Harrington Waddell we leave an extra large and expensive suit of overstuffed furniture for the office, with the hope that the incoming Seniors will not be subjected to the backache. 2. To the School Board we bequeath enough money to buy window shades for the senior class room and scenery for the stage. 3. To Mat, our janitor, we gladly leave a new broom and dust pan which we hope will enable him to clean up the chalk and erasers strewn about the senior floors. 4. To the town of Lexington we bequeath the new athletic field, formerly known as the “Goatraneh.” [ 19 ]

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awake? I’ll say they were, and so was Mr. Waddell. (You can guess the meaning of that.) But in spite of their wakefulness in the chalk and eraser line the 1926-’27 Sophomores played an important role in the school activities. They willingly responded to the call of money for The Crystal; The Echo Staff welcomed their members ; the Hall of Fame and literary contest found many eagerly waiting, and their star athletes, living up to their past record, raised the applause of the whole school. Now the weeks have rolled by and their Junior career is drawing to a close. This year they are proud to say that they have been even more successful than in the previous years. They still have representatives on The Echo and Crystal Staff ' s and their athletes reign unsurpassed. Aside from their literary and athletic ability this class possesses histrionic ability as shown by the fact that five of their members took part in the Senior Play, entitled “The Three Graces.” This year also marks an epoch in the annals both of the Junior Class and of the High School as the first standard class ring was suggested by the Juniors and adopted by the student body. So much for the Juniors — just wait ’till the next year and watch them live up to the name “Seniors” and their “rep” as loyal supporters of old L. H. S. t 21 ] ■ L