Madison Heights High School - Monelison Yearbook (Madison Heights, VA)

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- We entered the doors of our High School September, 1926, we, a group of jolly youngsters, not knowing or realizing what was ahead of us. Everything was new to us, new subjects and new teachers, but we soon caught on and began our four years’ of work. There were thirty-eight in our class. We had Mr. Drummond as our principal. Miss Wood as our room teacher and English instructor, Mrs. Dorothy Peterson taught Mathematics; Miss Mary Bowler, History and Mathematics; Miss Josephine Doyle, Latin, French and English, and Miss Doris Woodward, Home Economics and Science. We selected as our President, Lucy Connelly; Vice-President, Dillard Woodson; Treasurer, Kathleen Woody, and Secretary, Edna Drumheller. Lucy Connelly got married during this year. The second year of our High School life found us a class with only twenty-five members. This year our girls began to study Home Economics and found it a very interesting as well as an educational subject. Our same teachers stayed with us during this year. During this year the Woodrow Wilson Literary Society was organized in which many Sophomores took part. We elected as our class officers: President, Clyde Clements; Vice-President, Mary Sterling; Secretary and Treasurer, Ruth Drinkard. When we returned from our summer vacation and found ourselves Juniors, we felt quite proud and began to resume our duties. Quite a few had dropped 13

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Senior 1 ilall of F ame Prettiest Girl Handsomest Boy Most Popular Best All-round Girl Best All-round Boy Biggest Flirt Typical Senior........... Most School-Spirited Class Vamp Most Dignified Wittiest Noisiest Most Pessimistic Most Optimistic Best Sport Most Bashful Jollicst.......... Neatest Chatterbox Most Musical Biggest Giggler Peppiest Biggest Bluffer Dorothy Kent Dillard Woodson Dillard Woodson Dorothy Kent Edwin Rali.owe Virginia Mays Edwin Ballowe Dillard Woodson Evelyn Hicks Loretta Shepherd Sallie Watts Virginia Mays Mae McDonald Virginia Mays Kathleen Viar Wesley Childress Virginia Mays Kathleen Wixjdy Virginia Mays Carl Thacker Virginia Mays Virginia Mays Lillian Hunter

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out and Gladys Cooper and Grace Price married, leaving us a class witli twenty-nine members. This year the S. I. C. M. and Dramatic Clubs were organized, in which a great many Juniors took a part. We elected as our class officers: President, Edwin Ballowe; Vice-President, Mary Sterling; Secretary and Treasurer, Dillard Woodson. We had our same faculty members this year with the exception of our Home Economics teacher, Miss Woodward, who left, anil Miss Virginia Campbell took her place. We had three parties this year, one being the farewell party to the Seniors. Now we find ourselves Seniors and realize our responsibilities. There were twenty-eight of us in September, but three have “fallen by the wayside.” Mary Sterling married, leaving a vacancy in the class which could not be filled as Mary was loved by everyone. Rebecca Keith and Emma White stopped and went to work. A change was made all the way around this year in our faculty. We have Miss Frankie Passagaluppi as our Home Economics teacher, Miss Virginia Warren for Mathematics, Miss Bessie Brodie for Latin, French and English. We elected our class officers as follows: President, Dillard Woodson; Vice-President, Mary Woody; Treasurer, Viola Viar; Secretary, Kathleen Woody. A Circus was given by the Senior Class this year to raise money in order to buy curtains for the stage. A Minstrel is being given, in which many Seniors participate; Miss Warren is directing the cast. All students interested in music met to consider organizing a Glee Club, but plans for this will probably not be completed until next year. Most of those who took part in the Christmas Pageant were selected from this group. We have our class rings and have ordered our cards and invitations. White and gold were selected as our class colors, and daisy the class flower. Although Commencement is close at hand and we realize our High School days are almost over, we are sure they will live in memories through the coming years. 14 —Dorothy Kent.