Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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I i0torp of tbt Cla00 of Ctoentp i me I N THE year 1925, we a “herd” of little Freshmen trudged along the Road of Curiosity that leads to the Golden Gate to Knowledge carefully guarded by the tender shepherdess, Mrs. Tardy, whose ingenuity and fidelity kept the numerous wolves from devouring us. Indeed so well did she watch over, guide and inspire her little flock, that when our freshman year came to a close, we had to our credit five monogram men, seven members in the “Toreadors,” and a shower of praise as willing supporters of the Crystal and Echo. Old father time turned another page in the annals of our lives leaving us, in the year 1927, under the beloved and e.xperienced pilot. Miss Lucas, who carefully steered us across the River of Doubt and brought us out on the other side safe and dry with a record reading: Members on the Echo and Crystal staff, athletes, applauded by the whole school, a large number of contestants in Hall of Fame and literary contest, one, Virginia Thomas, in the “Charm School” and several boys as honorable members of the Monogram Club and Hi-Y Club. In our Junior Year, in the comfortable, large, new high school, situated on the spacious eight acres, we, under the competent and resourceful guide. Miss Owen, continued our journey towards the Golden Gate, safely passing the House of Procrastination, and the Temple of Ease, leaving behind a chronicle that proudly proclaimed to the world, five members on Echo and Crystal staff, originators of the standard high school ring, stalwart athletes in spotlights, and several members, winners in the Hall of Fame. Now, at last, we have reached that coveted goal, the Golden Gate to Knowl- edge, after many years of over-coming the many difficulties that barred our way. Soon we will be traveling farther along the Highway of Knowledge that leads to the gateway of Success. But before we go, let us say that our senior year is the most successful, best remembered and happiest of all. During this year, we carried through with success the senior play, “The Country Cousin,” pub- lished the Crystal and edited the Echo. Both girl and boy athletes honored the school with their victories, and ten of our members were honored with places on the Hall of P ' ame. “Cackle” Cummings, captain of the “ball,” the school’s star athlete, and a beloved member of our class, helped run up many a score for his team, and Harry Bosserman, our cheer-leader, meanwhile encouraged the team with his piercing, siren yells. We are also happy to say that for the first time in many years, the cast of the senior play, with the exception of one, consisted of only the members from the senior room. Best luck to each of you. May you do as well on the Highway of Knowl- edge and pass through the Gate of Success. [ 17 ]

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SENIOR Cl,ASS Gladys Logan, Julia Dodson, Margaret Moses, Margaret Lackey, Helen Swink, Katherine Davidson, Virginia Thoinas, Helen Tolley, Isabel Pultz, Louise Fauber, Levina Mahane. Emory Lewis, Quaye McElroy, Kathleen Quisenberry, Hazel Bradley, Mammie McCormick, Kerr Laird, Russel Cummings, Carl Stiedtman, Marshall Hostetter, Willis Mankey, James Marks, Talmadge Radford, Howard Sumpter. Senior Clas0 OFFICERS Kathleen Quisenberry President Quaye McElory Secretary %wttm There is a road called Knowledge That leads us to Success, And we who tread upon that road Are lead to happiness. The Senior Class of twenty-nine. As others have done before. Is going there to seek the wealth That one can find in store. L. A. M., ’29 [ 16 ]

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Ci)e lLa 0 t Wll anD Ce 0 tament of tfte Cla 00 of 1929 W E, THE illustrious members of the never-to-be-forgotten Senior Class of 1929, do hereby draw up this document, our last will and final testa- ment. Clause I 1. To Professor Harrington Waddell, we hereby bequeath the delightful memory of the best class that ever graduated from old L. H. S. 2. To Professor Kenneth Ashby Thompson, we bequeath a better Senior Class next year. (?) 3. To Miss Anne Marye Owen, we gladly and generously will a small tomb- stone with the inscription “Requiscat in pace.” (This is Latin, Miss Owen.) 4. To Miss Ellinor Graham Preston, we hereby leave Goshen Pass to be used for parking purposes only. 5. To Miss Katherine Irby, we bequeath a set of rules, a whistle, and other paraphernalia necessary to the teaching of a game called basketball. 6. To Mrs. Boykin, we leave our best wishes for a happy married life. 7. To Mrs. Tardy, we give certain small, green things which, it is rumored, will be transplanted from the grammar grades to the high school for the further- ing of their education. 8. To Mrs. Watkin, we hereby will the sweet dreams of a quiet study hall. Clause II 1. I, Harry Bosserman, d o bequeath my unusual ability as cheer leader to little Flint. 2. We, Hazel Bradley and Mamie McCormick, do hereby will our weakness for looking like Siamese twins to the Vinsons. 3. I, Russell Cummings, leave my athletic ability to Herbert Formwalt. 4. We, Katherine Davidson and Levina Mahane, will our auburn tresses to the grammar school teachers. 5. I, Julia Dodson, hereby leave The Echo to the editor of The New York Times. 6. I, Marshall Hostetter, do hereby give my office of the presidency of these United States to Mr. Hoover. 7. I, Margaret Lackey, do bequeath my height to Thelma Zimmerman. 8. I, Kerr Laird, leave my tendency to talk during classes to Tammy Corse. [ 18 ]