Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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A Tribute to Harrington Waddell “ i great institution is hut the lengthening shadow of a great man.” So it is with our school which would, except for the modesty of that great man, bear the name the Harrington Waddell High School. A member of the school board in his dedi- catory address stated that it would be so named, but Mr. Waddell’s re- fusal to allow this attests to his ever- present humility. It is interesting to note that in 1897 he became head of this young school, only three years of age, and for forty- six years he has successfully piloted it through the Spanish-American War, World War I, and into the present war, the third in his career. To all of these he has contributed trained students who attained many commissions, in- cluding several brigadier generals. A Christian gentleman of the highest character, sound judgment, and keen foresight, he has always contributed to the progress of the community and has personally helped any individual who would give him an opportunity. Among his alumni he numbers mem- bers in nearly every trade and pro- fession useful to mankind; and his graduates, as a whole, stand high in the affairs of the world. Not only in the mind of man will his memory linger, but in the actual records of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, the record of the Lexington High School can be found at the top of the accredited schools of the South, of which Lexing- ton High School is the only member in Rockbridge County. In addition to his vocation, Mr. Waddell’s wide range of interests has been a pleasure to himself and an in- spiration to others. His interest in astronomy has led others to a better knowledge of that classical subject; his taste for biography has produced, from his own pen, records of local people who otherwise would have been en- tirely forgotten all too soon; and his constant vigil over the high school library has produced an exceptional col- lection of books for a school of this size. We deem it a privilege to have come under the personal influence of Mr. Waddell and can wish nothing better for the future students than that they, too, may labor in the shade of his “lengthening shadow.”

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FOREWORD It is our sincerest hope that this edition of the Crystal may, in the years to come, be a happy reminder of four years spent in Lexington High School; may future ones be as memorable.

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For her understanding of our problems, for her patience AND SYMPATHY, FOR HER SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS OF LeX- iNGTON High, for her friendship in being “one of us,” THE Class of 1944, with admiration and sincere apprecia- tion, DEDICATES THEIR CRYSTAL TO Mary Warwick Dunlap