Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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i 1'- 1 Class ll-llistory Now that this four year period of enlightment has been completed, we may pause, relax our brows, and think back on our past. Although this class has made an unusually poor showing on the report cards, we have, perhaps, lived even more deeply than many of the foregoing classes with their bookworms. On the whole we have been fu.l of life and diversity of thought and action. Four years ago seventy-hve of us added our names to the Lexington High School records. We set about immediately riddingfotirseplyes of the freshman greeness and making our presence known. That winter weihelped to present a Christmas Pageant, which was Written by Miss Moore and directed by Miss Sieg. Even in our first year We began to make an athletic showing which has grown until now we have built up a reputation for having had many of the best athletes in the school on our class roll. Our class was well represened on the literary staffs, and in sports during our Sophomore and Junior years. One of our classmates, Mary Welles, left us at the end of her second year. Not only had she made a splendid scholastic record, but she had also participated in various extra curricular activities. Our fourth year has been mark-ed by struggles in the face of great difficulty. Because the senior class of last year left no funds with which to publish the '34 CRYSTAL, we have had to sell Christmas cards, give cake sales, and make a drive for subscriptions. XVe also went into partnership with the Junior Class and staged a highly successful carnival. The generous contributions of the parents made our cake sales possible, as the gifts of the merchants of the community made our carnival a success. In mentioning our gratitude for the backing We have received, it must be remembered that when we were in need of subscriptions to the CRYSTAL the full quota was pledged readily. The members of the class of ,34 have always worked enthusiastically for the benefit of their school. Not only have they applied themselves during the regular school sessions, but in the summer of '33 some of the senior boys, Sheridan, Remsburg, Walkei', E. Deaver and R. Hickman baked their backs in the sun while toiling under the direction of Kenny' to construct the Thompson Dam. Although this dam was not per- manent it paved the way for the present stone one which adds greatly to the attractive- ness and usefulness of the school property. Our greatest claim to originality is that we are the first L. H. S. class to be arrayed in caps and gowns for our last unied appearance, at graduation. During our entire career we have thought of our school not as an organization of .principal, teachers, and pupils, brought together merely to cram facts into our heads, but as a group which works together to give us knowledge, experience and an under- standing of how to make our Way in the world.

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1 ,L 092' M -- I x ff Q 'Q f l bln' si lx .gg e ll cL.AS,S We, the most brilliant class ever graduated from L. H. S. notwith- standing and in spite of the contrary opinion of our beloved teachers, do hereby ordain and establish this will, for the good and welfare of all concerns. CLAUSE I To Mr. Waddell, we bequeath a wire fence to separate the boys from the girls. To Mr. Thompson, we will a new set of dam problems for his future classes. To Miss Sieg, we will a Senior Class with a more conservative sense of humor. To Miss Elliott, we will a French Class imported from France. To Mr. Berkeley, we bequeath a large crowd to fill the new stadium. To Miss Moore, we leave the position of surveyor for Mr. Waddel's fencing. To Mrs. Tardy, we will one carton of chewing gum to be distributed among her classes. To Mrs. Boykin, we will a loud speaker to make future announce- I1'1C1'ltS.