Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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SENIOR Our last eventful year of high school started on a hot fall day, the sixth of September, 1946. Those of us in walking distance of the school arrived bright and early. The halls rang with greetings from old friends and registra- tion was in full swing. The next week found us hard at work mapping out our plans for the year. School seemed rather odd to most of us, having divorced ourselves from all work during the summer. Selling magazines was our first venture of the year. A representative from a publishing firm fed us such glowing tales of the successful venture of other schools that we went forth full of zeal. Our ardor was slightly dampened when citizens of the town ex- plained, all too many times, that other enthusiastic agents had preceded us. This experiment in salesman- ship ended the third week with a barn dance given to the winning team by the losing one. It was a whop- ping success and everybody had a great time. As the autumn season matured and ripened, we turned our thoughts to Thanksgiving. We began preparations for a program to be presented in assembly on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. With much de- liberation the theme Thanks for What was decided upon. Wednesday came and with it the program went off beautifully. Skipping a few weeks' time, we now found ourselves in the midst of Christmastide. Decorations went up over the entire school. Strains of old familiar carols were wafted up the stairs from the music room. This season we were to participate in a big Christmas party on the Friday that school was released for the holidays. For our stunt we said in chorus a charming and very true-to-live little poem called The Night After Christmas. The first activities of the new year concerned the yearbook. Representatives from the Senior Class set out eagerly to sell ads to unsuspecting storekeepers. These important items would contribute greatly to the finan- cial aid of the annual. 26