Monroe High School - Trail Yearbook (Stanardsville, VA)

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HISTORY It was the third day of September, 1940, a calm, peaceful and autumn day, radiant with the sunshine of hope, cheer and joyous promise, that the good ship of Monroe High School stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. It was the same old ship that had carried many passengers to safe harbor in the Land of Great Wisdom, but this was a gala day in its history, and many people gazed upon it in wonder as they watched the seventeen charming young ladies and the twenty four bold and dashing young gentlemen as they happily stepped aboard for it was rumored that they were about to set sail over the new and untried waters in a quest for the Fountain of Perfect Understanding. As the ship stood anchor on that eventful morning of September the passengers began to arrive. The officers of our ship were the faculty, with Mr. Breeden as captain. On this voyage there was one passenger from Tennessee who has added much to our voyage. We were naturally very enthusiastic and asked many questions of our captain, as to the duties of our voyage and its probable length. The answer was always the same, nYou get out of it exactly what you put into it, either reach your destination at the end of four years or play along and lengthen it.n With these thoughts in mind we steamed away from harbor, actually embarked for four years or longer on our voyage of high school life. we were young and frisky so it did not take us long to become acquainted with our fellow passengers nor to feel very much at home with our Captain and other fearless officers. Our fears of shipwreck were entirely wiped away in the assurance that so able a staff of seamen had us in their charge. There were naturally a few cases of seasick- ness and many were tempted to throw up Algebra, Geography and other disagreeable dishes and toss them overboard in time of rough sea, but the Captain assured them calmly but firmly that they would only have to consume these indigest- ibles over and over until they were perfectly assimilated, and so they bravely managed to hold them down. This ship was modern being equipped with athletic facilities and a stage on which to display our dramatic talent. This year the chief athletic sport was basketball for the girls and baseball for the boys, 5. pn, Nas.,-,,.-,

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This was our Fresh an sea and we had three others to travel. On September, 1941, a year later, we entered the Sophomore sea with thirty-nine passengers as some previously remained at various ports. This year the sailing was very much like the first year, only the sea seemed to be a little rougher in spots and sailing was hard. We thought that we knew all about sailing but we were informed that Sophomore means nwise fool.u we were very depressed to learn that one of our officers had decided to sail the sea of matrimony, leaving us minus one seaman. Before we hardly realized it, our Junior sea loomed before us. This year, 1942, we found our voyage to be more interesting but to our sorrow our enrollment had decreased eleven, making it a total of twenty-eight. This year we displayed our dramatic talent by taking part in three one act plays. We dropped anchor at Orange, Virginia, where one of the plays was entered in a dramatic tournament. At this point the sea seemed to get rougher and we longed for a good old picnic so once again we stopped at a little port called Mclntire where we spent an enjoyable evening. Thus, the Junior voyage ended. At last twenty-four of us entered the Senior sea, this being the year of 1943. This year we had found our- selves to have grown more dignified and patriotic. Our passenger list was one hundred per cent in the Red Gross Drive, each passenger contributing a dollar. Again at this point one of our shipmatos decided to enter the sea of matrimony. The most serious moment of our voyage was when two of our shipmates disembarked from our Monroe High School ship to assu e duties for Uncle Sam. These two boys are sailing with the United States Navy. we are also very sorry to say that Mr. Breeden, our Captain, will in the near future leave to serve with the United States Army. May God bless and protect them all as they sail this sea of war. A ---4 -- .. .- ee., Y-..,..l-f.g..Ln1a:g.i.?Q::iQ:....' ' Q -'-v 4 --ef---N 7-Y ,J ss., . -,g. , .- 1 .,.,,.i-1-3,...,.4,, .,,,..,,,,,..,7,..h, W. -QV . v,,:.....mj, K XX .Y xx .N Q 1 - -A Y 1 - H '- f-4 3.1-J 'I 'nz 1 . 1',..,...a..an...1tu.,,ws.-. 2-....f..,-..a....s- ..