Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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116 THE BEACON Deportment — The stumbling block to the blue card. Report — Periodic slam. Girl — Something what aint. Hookworm — An element which pos- sesses three-fourths of the high school. High School Quartette — An instru- ment used to reproduce the grief of the lost souls. Lessons — Assignments which could be lessened. Borrow- — The polite request to de- liver. Bonehead — One who bones. Chorus Class — A saw mill. Faculty- — Our guardian angel. Flunk — A verb meaning to go way back and sit down; or to dig a hole, crawl in, and pull the hole in after you. A Grind— One of the victims of the Mill of the Gods. Nerve — A necessary element for every successful student. Y. M. C. A. — A very important ar- ticle to all who aspire to play hooky. Assembly — A thing of the past that is not recorded in Meyer’s “General Histoi-y.” Especially and Particularly — A pointer for hard study of English. Insubordination — Something that draws a coupon with ten days holiday attached. Joke — An article that sometimes merits a laugh. Outline — One of Miss Cogbill’s fav- orite sayings that means two hours hard work. Club — An instrument for knocking. Dough — Something that is kneaded. “Student,” 1912. “Going to hear that lecture on ap- pendicitis this afternoon?” “Naw, I’m tired of these organ re- citals.” Mr. L. (as Powell takes a slide to second): “He’s safe! He’s safe!” Miss W. (her first game): “Oh, I ' m so glad, I was sure he must be killed.” A hundred years ago this land, Was wilderness most dear; With powder in his gun, the man Went out to shoot the dear. But now all things are somewhat changed, And on another plan, With powder on her cheeks, the dear Goes out to get the man. Miss Love: “Luther, you shouldn’t laugh out in school.” Luther: “I didn’t mean to do it. I was smiling, when all of a sudden the smile busted.” Freshman: “I thought you took algebra last year.” Sophomore: “I did, but the faculty gave me an encore.” She: “My face is my fortune.” He: “Mine is too.” She: “Let’s put our fortunes to- gether.” Teacher: “Where is the history les- son today?” Mr. Martin (tenor and bass well mixed): “The Roman Statesman, page 435.” Teacher: “Please, don’t everyone talk at the same time.”

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Burcher — And with tears in his voice he said, “He laughs last laughs laughter.” Binder — I saw a peanut stand and a wheel spoke of it. Phillips — “I heard as orange peel.” Semmes — “I saw a cake walk.” Nelms — “I’ve seen a mail box.” Smith — “And I’ve seen a street run.” Robinson — “Did you ever see a tape measure ?” Patton — “Stop kidding — kid gloves.” Under the spreading chestnut tree The village blacksmith stands; His shoes, he keeps them full of feet His gloves are full of hands And the muscles of his brawny arms, Stretch forth like rubber bands. If Miss Cogbill faints can a pen holder ? If the school caught on fire would the fire escape ? If the class is dull is William Bright ? If Mr. Jenkins is in the boat can Mr. Dutrow? Mr. Patton (using “would” in a sen- tence) — “I’m quite sure Bessie Wood.” Mr. Koontz (using “well” in a sen- tence) — “I’m sure Ruth Powell.” Mrs. Peachy — “Smith is marked ab- sent.” Mr. Smith (from the cloaki ' oom) — “Not guilty.” Miss Cogbill — “Tell something of Alexander Hamilton.” Mr. Binder — “He was the leader of of his band.” Miss McWhorter — “Give me an ex- ample of slang?” Mr. Burcher (after a few minutes wait) — “Search me.” Mrs. Peachy — “What kind of poetry did Spencer write?” Pupil — “Spencerian poetry.” Prof. Via — “Geometry is used in nearly every trade.” Mr. Booker — “A fisherman doesn’t use any branch of it in his trade.” Prof. Via — “Indeed he does, he fishes with a line.” “The Anchor,” 1912. N. N. H. S. DICTIONARY Teacher — The sum total of preach- er, policeman, exhorter, joker and judge. Quiet — A state of being that the Seniors aspire to attain. Rats — Pets for girls; or new mem- bers in the high school. Senior — A brilliant being with a fountain pen behind its ear. “Kronic kicker” — The Noble Sen- iors, Athletic Association — Something that meets twice a year and nails you for a quarter.

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CLASS OF JUNE, 1897 The first graduating class of New- port News spent their last high school years in one room on the third floor of the First National Bank Building. In place of desks, we had one large table in the middle of the room with chairs around it. The Principal, Mr. Epes, was also our teacher, coming and going as his duties called him. We had to report to Miss Braxton every afternoon as to our deportment. Our science laboratory consisted of a small cabinet about half filled. This was in the room in which we studied. There were five of us, all girls. Annie Wingfield (Crow) Chief Yeo- man at the Shipyard during the war and still employed by the Govern- ment. Louise Hopkins (Woodhead) now wife of Prof. Dudley Woodhead of the University of Toronto, Canada. Maud Via (Littlepage) now wife of Lewis L. Littlepage, business man of Norfolk. Belle Johnson, now Pastor’s Assist- ant in the First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, doing wonderful work. Mary Brooks (Belch) now wife of Thomas R. Belch, business man of this city. The graduating exercises took place the 8th of June, 1897, at the Casino building on the waterfront, which in later years was destroyed by fire. The officers of the school were: Thomas T. Powell, Superintendent; William Francis Cooper, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Horace H. Epes, Principal; Nannie M. Braxton, Assist- ant Principal. —MRS. T. R. BELCH. THE CLASS OF 1905 The two met on Thanksgiving Day at the game when the Old Gold and Dark Blue was raised victoriously on high. Their eyes met across the sea of faces and both smiled as back in 1903 and ’09; they had smiled, though Hampton, our time honored oppo- nents, were then victorious. They were members of the Class of June, 1905, and this class was always strong in schol spirit and nothing daunted though victory was not always theirs. This class adopted the colors Old Gold and Dark Blue as the school col- ors. It first sang the songs so dear to the old high today, though the words are not just the same. It was the first class to go through the full four years of the high as an accredit- ed school. It published the first school maga- zine, known as “The Student.” It organized the Literary Society of the high and held four open meet- ing ' s a year, to which the general pub- lic was invited, besides meeting bi- monthly. Its members composed the first Glee Club of the high and its debates were famous in their day.