Parrish High School - Sel Ala Yearbook (Selma, AL)

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CLASS PllllM lt's hard for us to realize That the long awaited day For which we've striven these twelve long years It just a breath away. For now that time is running out, Though dignity prevails, Our hearts begin to ache And our courage starts to fail. To leave these halls and classmates We've learned to love so well ls a thought that makes us wonder It we're happy, as we tell. The paths of lite that we shall trod, The future, with its hopeful light, Are stretching out ahead And dawning brightly on our sight. And now in caps and gowns so solemn, With slow and hesitating feet, We leave these halls with memories That through the years stay sweet! Page l24 PATSY SEYMOUR Class Poet

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were in Senior High at last. Neither is there a way to picture the humility we felt in The presence of Seniors. The only truly great feat that is worth mentioning concerning our early years at Parrish High is that we managed in various ways to pass second year algebra. As Juniors we began to attain a sense of importance that we had not felt before. We ordered our rings. We entertained the Seniors with a Junior-Senior prom--the first that had ever been given at PHS. Then came our Senior year, the culmination of our many years of school, with the Senior pri vileges - though unwritten, observed, the numerous parties, and a strange sadness at leaving old familiar things behind. As we near the end of our school days, we realize that what seemed to be the chief end of existence, graduation, is really only a beginning--that the twelve long years of school are only a preparation for the bigger and better things in the future. Estelle Rou ntree, Historian Page 123

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LA 'I WILL A ll 'III 'I'iIlIIIl 'I' SAM MORGAN Class Lawyer We, the Senior Class of I948, being of sound mind and body, and realizing that our days ggelsnumbered, do hereby bequeath this LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT on the seventh day of May, THE CLASS Article I. The basketball team leaves a district championship for next year's team goal. Article ll. Leaves good wishes and continued success to all the student body and faculy at Al- bert G. Parrish High School. Article III. Leaves a national magazine sales total to be topped by the Juniors. INDIVIDUALS Article I. Ernest Johnston leaves his oratory behind the rostrum and elsewhere to P. H. S.,' next Harvard man, and also his profane vocabulary to the Sel-Ala's next boss. Article II. John Johnston, Paul Foxworth, and Henry Poulson leave their abilities to the owl, who also flies by night. Article III. Elsie Hefner leaves her habits of neatness and of always being spic and span to Jean McKenzie. Article IV. Billy Lindsey leaves without regrets by the faculty. Article V. Bobby Lott leaves the anti-tank company to its rightful commander. Article VI. Mary Sue Calhoun leaves in search of a permanent home. Article VII. Tommy Johnson, Mary Katherine Garrett, Miriam Pace, Mary Sample, and Estelle Rountree bequeath their musical ability to Iturbi. Page I25