Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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SCHOOL HISTORY I N A FEW months the senior class of 1941 will be the freshmen class of tomorrow. Although the future may be foremost in our thoughts, this article is dedicated to the past. Remember . . . the year of the Florida boom, beginning of an era of spec- ulation which ended in who knows what . . . the year in which the interests of the dignified graduates of 1941 were dolls and velocipedes . . . the year that the first freshman class entered the portals of Lexington High School, the largest freshman class to this present date. Its members were torn between awe at the new masterpiece of Greek architecture and at their incredible number . . . 1927 ... In the year 1928 the “We Sing” Club was organized by four freshmen boys, which incidentally was short-lived . . . that same year ... a maple sapling was planted in hope that the spirit of the school would grow with the tree . . . the tree is dead; the spirit lives on . . . soon after this Lexington’s first librarian, Mrs. Egbert was succeeded by Mrs. Boykin . . . 1930 ... a memorable year for the High School . . . the foot- ball team, coached by Captain Ramey, won the Shenandoah Valley cham- pionship . . . (how could they have known that the class of 1941 would pass through two years in which the football team was unbeaten) . . . the dramatic club was begun under the direction of Miss Sieg and Mrs. Tardy . . . and the Junior Class presented Seventeen which was the only Junior play that has ever been presented in the Lexington High School . . . the following year the precedent of a Christmas pageant was established, which has been successful even to this time . . . the girls’ basketball team was inspired to win nine out of ten games . . . around this time Mr. Finley Houston Harlow might have been seen in the barracks at V. M. I. writing love letters to Jean of the same name, an exceedingly popular movie actress of the day . . . His contemporary, Mr. Stuart P. Brewbaker, our present day coach, who was at Roanoke College, could be seen in front of and rubbing shoulders with “Roanoke’s Own John Howard Payne” . . . the Lindbergh case caused quite a stir in the High School, and we adolescents began reading some- thing in the newspapers besides the funnies . . . that same year the impor- tance of the assembly was realized, and a page in the Crystal was set aside for the assembly write ups . . . In Germany, Von Hindenberg died and the world began to realize the significance of the name of Adolph Hitler . . . the library had grown amaz- ingly by 1933, and contained two thousand volumes which seems small to our present collection of 4,215 . . . the class of 1933 did not deign to leave the class of 1934 any money for publishing the Crystal, so a huge carnival with snake charmers, horns, confetti, and all the trimmings was presented for the Crystal fund . . . the seniors then decided that variety at graduation was not the spice of life and established the custom of graduating in caps and gowns . . . the passing grade was raised from 65 to 75 . . . Dolly Burks and Charles Robertson were voted the “biggest case” ... in 1935 the mem- CONTINUED ON PAGE 52 Page Twenty-two — The 1941 Crystal

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CLASS WILL OF 1941 I, Emily Kyle Ainsworth, will my aptness at chewing gum in Mrs. Tardy’s Study Hall to Peggy Bingham. I, Martha Alphin, bequeath my ability to blush to June Reynolds. I, Arthur Anderson, bequeath my mannish stride to Mr. Harlow. I, Merle Armstrong, bequeath my admiration for “coach” to Doris Hess. I, Swee’pea” Ayres, bequeath my genial manner to George “Creepin’ ” Harris. I, Ruth Ayres, bequeath my ability to study to my little sister, Rebecca. I, “Van” Bradley, will my ability to get a date with any girl to “Bones” Blain. I, Eloise Clemmer, bequeath my demerits in fifth period study hall to Ann Trinkle. I, Anne Cooke, bequeath my ability to come unprepared to English class to Joe Moffatt. I, Beatrice Craft, will my ability to interpret “Macbeth” to “Flip” Neofotis. I, Halstead Dunlap, bequeath my deportment in Mrs. Tardy’s study hall to next year’s ‘‘Scalawag.” I, Dorothy Engleman, bequeath my reserved manner to Lucy Barger. I, Kathleen Engleman, bequeath my loquaciousness in Mrs. Tary’s study hall to Ann Trinkle. I, John Faison, do bequeath my fights with Mr. Brewbaker to Billy Stanley. I, Jane Fuller, do bequeath my maledictions at my fellow drivers to any- one who can’t outdo them. I, Emmaline Gillock, leave my “saintly look” to anyone whom Mr. Lynch considers more worthy of it. I, Herbert Hamric, leave my ability to concentrate in study hall to “Ruby” Latture. I, Etta Hartlas, bequeath my ability to drive the “Bloomin’ Idiot” to Betty Sue Cash. I, Mary Hess, do bequeath my love for McCrums to Julia Lewis Smith. I, Bobby Irvine, do hereby bequeath my weakness for blondes to Charlie “Footnote” McDowell. I, Garland Irvine, will my ability “to sit and listen” to Harry Scott. I, Glenn Irvine, will my way with the women to Ora Hartbarger. I, Norman Irvine will my happy-go-lucky manner to Calbert Seebert. I, Koonah Kidd, will my collection of “Weekly News Review” jokes to any poor soul who will listen to them. I, James Johenning, bequeath my NEWS column to Mimi Daves. I, Jane Knapp, bequeath my hot temper to Frankie Neofotis. I, Leola Knick, bequeath my Saturday behind the counter at Newberry’s to my sister Madeline. I, Alice Lotts, bequeath my ability to drive fast to Marie Tolley. I, Lillie Macheras, bequeath my arm load of books to anyone who is sucker enough to study them. PaKe Twenty-three — The 1911 Crystal