Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Commercial Class Edwin G. Adair Emily Kyle Ainsworth Helen Anderson Merle Armstrong Ruth Ayres Herbert Brogan Lorraine Busick Nora Cash Dorothy Clemmer Lucille Crist Emma Donald Marilyn Ellis Mary Sue Ebeling Evelyn Engleman Glenn Fitch Beulah Fix Jimmy Johenning Mary Hess Glenn Irvine Koonah Kidd Jane Knapp Dean Knick Frances Knick Elizabeth Locher George Macheras Lilly Macheras Irene Miller Richard Miller Mary Morrison Hilah McCormick Virginia Nicely Frank Neofotis Ruth Nuckols Lydia Painter Elizabeth Phalen Gordon Reid Lois Reynolds Lucy Saunders Eleanor Smith Juanita Stanley Ann Twombly Helen Truslow Forrest Walker Myrtle Williams Juanita Williams Irma Whitmore The Commercial Class was a new-comer to the school in 1918 and one we are indeed proud to have. Each year the number of the class increases and each year we realize more and more what a valuable class we have the opportunity of taking. It has been hard to give exactly the number of students enrolled in the business class. There are a num- ber taking the entire course, and at the end of the year this group receives the commercial certificate; there are still more regular high school students who want to take just typewriting. Seven or eight of this year’s class have obtained N. Y. A. jobs that will undoubtedly give valuable infor- mation in office work. — ELISABETH LOCHER The 1911 Crystal — I’aRe Twonty-Ninc

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Freshman Class Frances Alford Carl Bayne Peggy Lee Bingham Paul Bosserman Mary J. Brown Carlyle Camden Betty Cash Ernest Cauley Blandy Clarkson Ira H. Cochrane Margaret A. Crowle Alice Engleman Marguerite Evans Bessie Fix Paula Anne Fowler Ada Gillock Mary Sue Grosso William Hall Frank Harris Doris Hess Harriett Irvine Mabel Irvine Joseph Keller Charles Kirkpatrick Mary Kirkpatrick Pauline Knick Grace Lackey Virginia Lackey Earl Lawhorne Gilmore Leech Bailey Locher Robert Morris Jane Murray Samuel Myers Charles McDowell Virginia McFaddin Wyllis Nicely Calvin Parker Matthew Paxton HI Grover Plogger Virginia Pooley June Reynolds Harry Scott Fred Sensabaugh Joseph Shaner, Jr. Dana Shelly Elizabeth Shields Julia Smith William Swan Iris Tolley Anne Trinkle Robert Trinkle Annie Marie Troxell Mary J. Bosserman Elsie Brown Claude Carter Helen Clemmer Charles Crawford Forest Fletcher Ellen Hostetter Evelyn Knick Dorothy Mays Harry Moore Helen Moore Jean O’Neal Kathleen Swisher Dorcas Tolley Earl Valentine William Weeks Margaret West Everette Wilhelm Margaret Wilhelm Shirley Williams Major Woody Martha Zollman At last we are here! Like all freshmen we were very naive when we first came to L. H. S., but then as the year wore on, we became accustomed to a regular schedule. We took part in two assemblies the first semester. Our Constitution and Honor System were explained to us freshmen by members of the Executive Committee in two special assemblies. Quite a few of the freshmen boys were on the football squad and some played on the Junior Varsity Basketball Team. We girls joined various organizations including the Glee Club, the basketball team, and the Library Committee. It was wonderful getting here and we have great expectations for the next three years. —MARY SUE GROSSO. Page Twenty-eight — The 1941 Crystal

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ASSEMBLIES S CHOOL has opened. Why make a dull subject undull? — so we announce School Has Opened. Mr. Waddell’s annual house warming remarks on the moral instability of the American youth have been made. We are invited to keep our noses in our books, our feet off the newly painted walls, and our trash in inconspicuous places. Excepting the white walls, and the unusual frigidity of Crystal Coco-Colas, L. H. S. is the same school it was last year. The mechanical drawing saw still sings; the democrats still want Roosevelt; the indentity of Yu-Hooty is still a mystery. The football season opens to the amazing embarrassment of Buena Vista. The cheer leaders have not yet achieved a convenient pitch for the school song — Harrisonburg having been disposed of by 26-0, we have a fair chance for another unbeaten season — For those who came in late, the subject is Football. Dr. Harry Richmond con- ducted an assembly program on what music should mean to schools — and dosen’t. We made some very novel records of ourselves “singing” which we are preserving for posterity by not playing. Vanity, thy name is L. H. S. October — The weather is as hot as the football season and female L. H. S. sits on the bleachers alternately knitting mexicana mittens and watching George Macheras (with the ball) walk across the goal line. Everybody’s red sweater is different from his neighbor’s. Registration day arrives with ‘‘God Bless America” and Major Willis Robertson’s inspiring talk on world affairs — We get out of school early to wave flags and to go generally patri- otic. Our football victory over Staunton is blotted out by report cards. The members of the senior class are being pointedly reminded that they are hurting none but themselves. October draws to a close along with campaign speeches, which are also hot and heavy. November — The thermometer is gradually dropping to the level of our intelligence. The air is thick with democratic-republican rows concerning the egg (or eggs) that hit Mr. and Mrs. Willkie. We, being strictly neutral, pass over the fact that Roosevelt won. The Republicans wish that they had bet less money on Willkie. L. H. S. celebrates its second undefeated season with a Girl’s Monogram Dance, at which the freshmen predominate. “Down Argentina Way” inspires the students to a questionable attempt at “La Conga”: Book Week is in full swing and several assemblies have been pre- sented in its honor. This week came to a very sad ending at the departure of Miss Hamilton along with a non-leaking fountain pen (a parting gift from the Junior Class). A forum was held on chewing-gum and where not to put it when you’re only half through. Thanksgiving holidays gave us more free time, for which we give thanks. While the Greeks are pushing the “Great Italian Army into Albania,” some helpless creature is being pushed out of his seat at the V. M. I.-V. P. I. game. November closes with a combination sleet and snow storm. December — Report cards get December off to an annoying start — only 20 more shopping days until “guess what” — Studying gets lower and lower CONTINUED ON PAGE 53 Page Thirty — The 1941 Crystal