McAdory High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (McCalla, AL)

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THE YELLOW JACKET Twelfth: To Mr. Yeager, our ever faithful Custodian, we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation, for he worked so hard to keep our building comfortable. Thirteenth: So now to classmates and teachers we must tell The sad words of farewell. W e loved each other with all our hearts. And ’tis so sad for us to part. W'e shall long remember these days in school Ye shall oft let our thought wander And they shall e’er be fonder As we think of the happy days spent here. And of the departed classmates dear. But we will always be merry, happy and gay As we journey onward day by day. For this is our motto. “Smile. Smile, Smile. For worring is too trifling to be worth while. Lillian Smith “24 Twenty Eight

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TIIE YELLOW JACKE1 Laft Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of McAdory High School being of tender hearts, and realizing that we must soon depart from this student existence, wish to dispose of our possessions that might he beneficial to the remaining students, therefore we declare the following to 1 e our I.a$t Will and Testament: First: To the meml ers of Senior 2 we give andMiequeath our remaining dignity, also the undisputed privileges we enjoyed so much while we were dignified Seniors. Second: To Senior 1 we leave our bright and shining examples of being successful in every thing we undertook during our high school career. We hope they will be studious, tor it pays in the long run. Third: To Junior 3 we will all the disappointments as well as the many pleasures that come during the four years of high school, and the information that by inquiring at the Lost and Found Desk the girls might secure combs, mirrors, and compacts which arc used by all girls during the Fickle Age. Fourth: To Junior 2 we want to leave a word of advice, “Love your teacher and keep on the good side of them, if you expect to get good grades in High School.” Fifth: To our beloved and highly esteemed principal, Mr. King, who tried so hard to teach us History, we leave all our American Histories, which we beg him to keep as a souvenir of the brilliant Senior Class of 24. Sixth: To Mr. Taylor, we will all Chemistry Notebooks, hoping that they may bring him happy memories of the close associations with the Chemistry Class of 24 . Seventh: All Geometries and Algebras we bequeath to Mrs. King and we hope that her future pupils will find them as intensely interesting as we did. Eighth: To Miss Slone, our Home Economics teacher, we will all scraps of cloth and hope she will save them for future use. Ninth: To Miss Latimer, who never failed us in trouble, but lightened our burden by her sunny smiles, we leave our love and appreciation, we feel sure that after learning poetry and writing long stories, we will be great writers and speakers in the future. Tenth: To Mrs. Ambrose, our sweet dignified teacher, we leave our thank- for the great influence she exerted over us by her sweet disposition. Eleventh: To Mrs. Pond we will our love and all musical ability of the Senior Gass. Twenty Seven

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THE YELLOW JACKET Class History W hen Seventh Grade Days, were drawing to a close, our hearts were filled with great expectations tor we knew that McAdory High School was rapidly being constructed- This building was to Ik our new home for the following four years. There were many in our Seventh Grade, of this number, twenty entered old M. H. S. in September, 1920 as Freshmen. We were not treated as freshmen usually are, it licing the first year in the new building. W e too acted as if we were dignified Seniors: we struggled along ns l est we knew with our studies, and mastered them, one and all. The next year we began to realize we were not dignified Seniors but were only Sophomores, and we got down to real work, from which we all were successful itt being promoted The following year we began to realize that Senior days were drawing near, as we had gotten as far along as Juniors. Imagine our joy when we received the thrilling news that Morgan and KimbrclI. pupils were to be added to our school. Of the pupils, twelve were added to our original number which increased the twenty to thirty-two. We also learned that the farther we progressed in High School the harder the work grew, because we had Physics and Geometry added to our course of study. Just before mid-term one member of our class decided that school work was too difficult for her. so she took upon herself the responsibility of Housekeeping. Others decided that they could ! • more useful elsewhere than in the Junior Class so our numlier decreased considerably. The remainder were successful in passing, as all disinterested ones had left us by that time. We entered our fourth year with the greatest enthusiasum, it being our Senior and last year in High School among pleasant associations. By this time our number had decreased to twenty-two, the others had resumed other responsibilities in life, which demanded more attention than does school work. W e were filled with “joivc de vivre (joy of living) after returning from Christmas holidays and finding we had a new class mate. This made our number increase to twenty-three. ( ur joy was mingled with sorrow in fear of sonic failure on mid-term examination, hut as faithful workers we were all successful in passing. Days rolled on. Commencement days drew nearer, until we are before you tonight as graduates. W'e are very glad to occupy our places, as we realize that every one has his own niche to fill in the world, yet all are full of sorrow when we think that we shall leave old M. II. S. never to return again as pupils. Last, hut not least, we wish to thank our kind parents, teachers and friends for the many kindnesses they have shown us during our High School career, which has made possible our graduation. Loi.a Hku.ixhotiiam “24” Twenty Viii,