North View High School - Southside Echoes Yearbook (North View, VA)

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Senior fttcfjtnonti ®rip We had planned our trip for some weeks. We had to have some pictures made and see about the publishing of our book, “Southside Echoes.” We decided to go on Friday and come back Monday, so as to miss as few days as possible from school. We got to the depot just in time to board the train that would take us to Lacrosse, and we had to wait over there for the train that goes to Richmond, until four o’clock in the afternoon. We forgot our nice box of lunch we were to carry with us, and left it in the station at Union Level. But when dinner time came we had a nice lunch sent us from the hotel. We were glad to get that little, for we were almost like starved dogs. We walked around the station until the place was almost unbearable, and finally the train blew in. I expect if it had been a freight train we would have tried to go on that, we were so worn out with waiting. However, it was our train, and of all the hurrying and scuffling you ever saw, we had it; all trying to get there first. We were ready to go on before the train came to a standstill. The train was a fast one and only stopped at Petersburg. One stop was made at the little station, McKenny, for water. We enjoyed the journey very much, especially when we crossed the James River, seeing the men sitting on the green banks, fishing, and the boats moving slowly and gracefully up the river. We wished so much we could have been on one of them. It looked so pretty to see men fishing, and just re- minds one of spring time. Going through Petersburg, we had to travel over tops of houses, and my ! it did look funny to look down as you were passing over, but we were passing over so

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H cf)ool Officials TEACHERS, NORTH VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. William Nicholas Willis, A. M., Principal. Pattie Love Jones, First Assistant. Mrs. Ida Johnson Toone, Second Assistant. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUCKHORN DISTRICT. Lewis N. Buchanan, President. Alpheus C. Ogburn. William H. Elam, Jr., Clerk. DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. (Mecklenburg Co.) Samuel Lyle Graham. STATE SCHOOL EXAMINER. Third Circuit. James S. Thomas, Lynchburg, Va.

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SOUTH SIDE ECHOES 49 quickly, that we hardly realized it before we were on land again. Several passengers attracted our attention, especially one old fellow who came in with a large satchel in one hand and a pickaxe in the other. He was dressed in a dark blue suit of clothes, with a high, sleek beaver hat. He was too odd for anything! Wonder if he is an “Odd fellow?” When he passed through our car I noticed him especially, for he had aroused my curiosity. His hair was coiled at the back of his neck, and fastened with long wire hair pins. He soon left us, and we did not see him any more. Richmond made a great impression on us for these reasons : It is among our oldest cities and was founded by Colonel Wil- liam Byrd, who laid the foundation of what is now our most beautiful city. It is on a beautiful site on the James River, not very far from where Captain John Smith settled. It was also the capital during the Confederacy, and is now the capital of Virginia. Several of our party staid at Murphy’s Hotel, and every day we would name some place to meet. We went to Campbell Company and had our pictures made, and then the next day we had to spend in sight-seeing. We were very sorry when Monday came and we had to leave and come home to our daily routine of Latin and Geometry, and other studies. We were exceedingly sorry to come away, and was glad, too, because we were tired out. Our journey home was very dull, because it was cold and we could not keep our windows up to look out at every station as we passed and see the dif- ferent people, but we enjoyed it just the same. We got home about one o’clock Monday afternoon. V e shall never forget our trip, and are living in hopes of another trip when we can have more time to stay.