Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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With great expectations, we barged head long into our senior year minus Peggy Harlow, who left us for matrimonial purposes, Ed Kennedy, who was tagged by Uncle Sam, and Jim Kesler. Topping the sensation of being seniors, we of the weaker sex feel gr eatly honored in being represented by Elise Kirkpatrick as President of the Student Body. With thoughts of a great day ahead, we elected Major Wray president of our class and Jim Camper, vice-president. Representing us on the Honor Court were Ted Whiteside, Dora Mae Robinson, and Lawana Hayslett--she ' s trying to break John Marshall ' s record. We can ' t forget either the ability which Carolyn McClung has shown in editing the Scarletter. Gathering much determination, we began raising money for our Senior Trip. Few of us will forget Senior Day at Adair-Hutton ' s. What about the Christmas Snow Flake Dance with a real live orchestra and the floor show by the Grandson ' s of the Pioneers--our Miss Miller certainly lost a lot of sleep over it. What a perfect year except for our loss in foot- ball to Buena Vista, but why cry over spilt milk. With our hearts in our mouths and our gratitude in our eyes, we the Class of ' 53 wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the teachers of L. H. S. who have been so won- derful in guiding and understanding us and who have tried in their companionable way to befriend and help us through the past five years. Now we face graduation and the day when we will begin building our stepping stones to greater successes. To our Alma Mater, we bid you a sad adios. Dora Mae Robinson - 17 -

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DEAR OLE GOLDEN RULE DAYS Upon entering the portals of L. H. S. , we assumed a dignity which we have never assumed since. We very seriously felt the importance of our position as full-fledged high schoolers. Beginning as a large class of sixty-four, we were divided into two sections. Finding our- selves again in a hilarious moment, we elected Jack Ackerley, president of our class; Dora Mae Robinson, vice-president; and Berkeley Bierer, secretary-treasurer. Helen Dunn was sent to the Honor Court. The night practicing for Laurel Leaf Looks Down and the eighth grade basketball game will never be forgotten. Looking back, we wonder how Mr. Brockwell, as principal, ever survived. Leaving our eighth grade hardships behind us, we entered our freshman year with de- termination to do better. We were very thrilled at being given the privilege of taking Latin; however, our enthusiasm didn ' t seem to linger long, for some mysterious reason. After adjusting our schedules, we got down to business and elected Jim Kesler, Elise Kirkpatrick, and Ed Kennedy as class officers and rushed Dora Mae Robinson off to the Honor Court. Our sophomore year seemed to be a year of changes as we lost Mr. Brockwell, as prin- cipal, and gained in return, Mr. Samples who has given many sighs in undertaking to dis- cipline us. Miss Grant (my apologies, Mrs. Carpenter) down in girls gym, Mrs. McSorley, and Mr. Murphy were all new faces to us. This year certainly was a busy one for us. Elise Kirkpatrick, Jim Kesler, and Helen Dunn served respectively as president, vice- president, and secretary-treasurer. Lawana Hayslett represented us on the Honor Court. We just can ' t leave out all those wonderful rehearsals for the glee club operetta, The Mikado. Juniors- -what a year to be proud of- -especially our football team with a record of an undefeated and untied season. We began plans for our Junior-Senior Banquet approximately the second or third day of school. Our class had dwindled down to practically nothing--we had to give up Anne Slusser, Berkeley Bierer, and Reid White; and some of our members preferred the sophomore class to being juniors. Though many of us have been to Richmond thousands of times, we ' ll always remember the fun of our joint trip there with the seniors. Representing our class this year were Jim Kesler, president; Dora Mae Robinson, vice- president; and Lawana Hayslett, secretary-treasurer. We were given the privilege of hustling Pauline Carter and Lawana Hayslett (again) to the Honor Court. By the end of this year, we had all developed the ole seniority personalities of typical seniors to be. So, with due warning to Beware the Senior Class of 1952-53 we settled down to a long summers wait. - 16 -

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