Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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‘freshman Qlass Alice Agnor Charles Crawford Curtis Humphris Helen Moore Joe Agnor John K. Davidson Alfred Hutton Wanda Mutispaw Estelle Ayres Roberta Dull Jane Kink aid James McClung Margaret Ayres George Dunlap, Jr. William Kirkpatrick John McCoy Rebecca Ayres Walter Dunlap Elsie Knick Gladys Reid George Bane Lucille Eads Stevenson Lackey Marie Robert Lucy Barger Francis Ellis Allen Langhorne William Ruble Calvin Bennington Jan ie Entsminger Louise Latham Calbert Seebert Marian Jean Blain Carl Eubank, Jr. William Latture Burton Smith Mary J. Bosserman Forrest Fletcher, Jr. Chapman Lauderdale Mary Smith Elsie Buchanan Pauline Frost Betty Lawhorne William Stanley Raymond Camden Charles Glasgow, Jr. Graham Leslie Dorothy Stewart Claude Carter Marie Hall Arlene Lotts William Stewart Pearl Carter Edward Henson, Jr. Nitza Macheras Rosa K. Swisher Stella Carter J. T. Hickman Theodore J. Macheras Dorcas Tolley Margery Chittum Preston Hickman Priscilla Marks Reta Walker Eugenia Clemmer Marian Hollis Dorothy Mays Margaret L. West Curtis Conner Ellen Hostetter Edith Mays Louise Womeldorf Mary Cox Mildred Huffman Harry Moore Major Woody When we first came to Lexington High, we went through all the things every frashman goes through. As time went on, however, we became accustomed to our school life and various activities and settled down to a regular routine. Some joined the Library Committee, some went out for the different sports, and still others were appointed to the Echo Staff or contributed to it. Our class gave a program in assembly on poetry. The seniors reached the conclusion that the ignorant little freshmen should be taught several things about the Constitution, so they organized a Freshman Committee and gave several assemblies for us. We learned quite a bit and profited by this undertaking. We had a member on the Girls ' Basketball Squad and one on the Varsity Football Squad, who received monograms. Marie Robert The 1940 Crystal - Page Twenty-Nine

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Sophomore 0ass Adele Adkins Reid Agnor, Jr. Peggy Alhin William Alphord John Ayres Hazel Bennington Stanton Blain Randall Bosserman Raymond Bosserman Herbert Brogan Elsie Adelaide Brown June Carter Aelise Clinebell Garland Daniel Amelia Daves Clarence Dunlap Mary Sue Ebeling Jane Engleman William Fitzpatrick Bewley Goforth George Harris Ora W. Hartbarger Adrienne Hinty Meta Hughes Helen Keller Mary Lillian Knick Mary A. Lauck Virginia Leech Martha Lotts William Magee Clara Miller Robert Mish Joe Moffatt Sue McCorkle William McCown Ellen McCoy Mary McCullough Mary McDaniel Virginia Niceley Hazel O’Connor Mary C. Owen Gordon Reid Eleanor Smith Nellie Smith Pearl Smith Marie Tolley Helen Truslow Gretchen Weaver Francis Welles John Welles Phil Withrow Safely past our first year, and considering ourselves greatly matured, our class of ’42 reentered L. H. S. in September with high spirits in spite of the fact that staring us in the face was what former students call the most difficult year in high school, with such subjects as Historyll, Latin II, and Algebra II. Final exams sent some of us back to the Freshman Class, but we gained new classmates from the Juniors by the same route. At the beginning of the year, the class elected William Fitzpatrick as its president, and Peggy Alphin and William Magee as members of the Executive Committee, in December we collaborated with the Seniors to issue the first copy of the Echo. Soon came Christmas and the longest holiday of the school year, but when we returned, we walked “into the jaws of death,” for waiting at the door was the dreaded demon, examina- tions. The “weeping wall” was patronized constantly for a week, but then back came the smiles. Another six weeks of hard (?) work and our efforts were rewarded by the appearance of reports; in fact, many were made more attractive by the addition of a few red lines. March arrived and while we watched and laughed. Seniors hurried around writing theses. Another fine holiday, Easter, has come and gone, and we now have only our final examinations barring the way to the Junior Class. — Stanton Blain Page Twenty-Eight - The 1940 Crystal

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(Commercial (Class Lois Alphin Hazel Amole Eleanor Armstrong Ann Berry Oma Brown Anna Buchanan Margaret Carter Ruth Coffey Marie Davidson Agnes Fix Pauline Fix Evelyn Fray Beatrice Freeman Blanche Freeman Sarah Graham Hester Anne Holland Christine Kinkaid Mae Kinkaid Mary LaRue Carolyn Latham Mary Moore McCorkle Ruby McCormick James McCown Crystal McDaniel Juanita McKemy Cloetta Nicely Leona Plogger Elizabeth Pultz Pauline Purvis Ann Read Arlene Rogers Elizabeth Shaner Gladys Smith Mae Bell Smith Cleora Stein Nancy Tolley Robert Topping Viola Wise Kathryn Weeks Shirley Zimmerman Mary Zollman The Commercial Department of the Lexington High School has been a part of the regular curriculum for twenty-one years. This department was made possible by an endowment of $10,000 left to the school by a Lexington citizen. Mr. A. L. Koones. The first season opened with an enrollment of thirteen students with Miss Agnes Adair as instructor. The four subjects taught were shorthand, typing, book-keeping, and com- mercial arithmetic. This year’s Commercial Class, with Miss Agnes Adair as instructor, has an enrollment of twenty-seven students. In addition to this, there are thirty-four high school pupils taking typewriting and twenty taking shorthand. The class has grown to such an extent that it has necessitated an assistant typing teacher, Mrs. Stuart Moore, who teaches two classes. The first semester, a half hour class in business arithmetic is taught; the second semester, filing. This department has become a vital part of the high school. Each year many of the graduates obtain positions, entering various fields of the business world. — Shirley Zimmerman Page Thirty - The 1940 Crystal