Maury High School - Commodore Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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After graduating from Vlaury .lligh Sehool, I attended Creenslroro College, Greensboro. N. C., for three years. then lluke University, where I olrtained my A.l1. degree in 1927 and 1'l.A. in 1928. I taught lfnglish in high sehool in Wilson. N. C., for three years. ln 1931 I was married to an lfnglish l'h.l1. from the lniversity of North Carolina, and after a honeymoon in liurope, we lived a short while in Chapel llill. where my hus- lrand, Dr. S. .1. 11eCoy taught in the lini- versity. ln 1933, we went to liiehmond, Virginia, where we lroth taught leinglish in the llieh- mond Professional Institute. of the College of William aml Wlary. I resigned in 1937 to , V V 1 have a family,ltut later returned to the teaeh- Dqfii: VIIFENIA iJ?Rl?TE fzg 2 , ing profession as Assistant Professor of ling- . lfmflf-3 'lf WWUW1- . .,., lish at the Nledieal College ol Virginia and A W0mlvffU1 3111! Kn0W10dt50- PUWCY- lnnuenwa ag. as ,sulrstitute professor at the l'niversitv of eharm, independenee, and real ability, all in Rivhmomli ' one Small body! The depths of her mi dh1've ln 19-17. Ur. M1-Cov. a native of llollv never been sounded hut when they are, the L ,:. Hina S. C., luwuim. A,.u'4l4.mi,. Umm uf Win, resuh will be '00 great fo Us to i '2'gi 'i' We Wigs throp College. the State College for Women expect great things from Doris' and we know if of South Carolina: and he and I, with our we Shel' get 'hem-'t three ehildren .lane llouglas. Christe Xvar- ' x my ren, and ,lames Preston WleCoyffmovetl to gygsqsw the lvinthrop Campus. lloelx llill. South NJ Carolina. 'l'he ehildren are now 14. 12, and Iltl 011 Glttlll ATE 0F 1923 Greetings to lVlaury lligh, ever dear in memorvl For me, after 1923, there was a year at Willialll and lVlary, a lrusiness eourse, offiee work, art study with Glenna 1.atimer, then the Pennsylvania Aeademy of the Fine Arts for eight eontinuous semesters, mostly self- supported. There in l'hiladelphia I met ,1oe, a fellow student aml my future hushand. Nlarried in 1931, there were lnright. dreams and depression realities in 1'1rie. 'l'he years have lrrought my huslrand reeognition lroth as an artist and a teaeher. My aeeom- plishments have lneen less impressive, as the family eomes first in interest. I have taught at every age level, lneen art eritie for the l'1rie Dispatehi' for fifteen years, won a few loeal painting prizes, given oeeasional talks, and served as ,1oe's assistant. Nve have lnotli lneen listed in W'l1o's llvllo in ,ffmerieun Art and ll7'l1o's lfylm in the East for several years. As for the family, Bill is nineteen, a seholarship pre-med sophomore and a swim- mer. 1,isa, sixteen, paints, designs, studies lrallet, leads the majorettes, and lrrings home A's. Joanna, reeently fourteen, enjoys ehoral work and intends to he ai, grade sehool teaeller. Kitsey,at seven,loves school and dolls. We have, loo, a dog, a talking paralxeet, a lnig ya1'd and a new studio. This year lnrought ,1oe's lniggest mural eommissiong and 1 am the helper, so we look forward to more work and more fun! c ' CB Catherine Burns Plavean 8, respeetively, and l live a lnusy life as deanis wife, mother of three aetilve and very differ- ent ehildren. and as a memlrer of the A. A. U. VV., the w'itllllt'll1S Clulr, l'. 'l'. A.. Preslry- terian Chureh, Nature lVluseum Auxiliary, etc. 1 have done substitute teaehing at Win- throp College and am now enffaged in doing F' T' some writing-my llles seeret amlrition. A . 1 ' Q I. Q 'H'-4.4 ., Doris Christe N14-Coy . . W L 'T 3 ' 1 . I, X ix ? v 1 ' 1 ' si' LATHERINE 'IAYLOR BURNS 1 J 'Strength of miml is exercise, not resL'. in Did anyone ever see sltell a profusion of good i, M-af' . . . . . A gs. 1.- qualltles and nolnle l'IlilI'tll'Ik't'IslIt's in one .K .Q f I person? Indeed, this young lady's friends have i given up trying to enunt them. Teaehers and ' ,Ti 1 elassniales alike appreriate Catherins-'s alrility. 1 She is one of the smartest pupils in the Class of ,23. We have always wondered if Catherine 1 eried for the moon when she was a lrahy. Qian?-

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W goes in the 011101' Prom Tho lovolicst night of the yoarv tho occzisionAthc wintcr scnior pronlg the ilutc---Jzunlary l6g the place-the spacious llLllll'00lll of tho Norfolk Yacht and Country Clulr. 'l'hc guy chatter of cxcitccl girls rung cnclmntingly through the hrisk night air as cuch lmnnic fatale 0Xl'liillll0tl ovcr hcr lil'l4'llll-S lncc-yoo-liful orchiils. Tho lvoys linccl up at the punch howl to curry cups ol' thc lvulvhling liquixl for thcir escorts to lnuluncc tlcli- catcly ovcr thcir lovcly zittirc. Tuxoflos sprinklccl the room, unml cvcning gowns swoopcfl, floated, and gliclcfl through the festive hall. !.1'x J ,Alf J, ! J v t rxfgwi zo 'J it N ,J bf