Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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▼ ▼ £P. !J(. S. ceived letters for work in the hockey field, and Daisy Dean Smith was manager of the team. Alice Dixon and Daisy Dean Smith also received letters for basketball, the latter having been manager. Our class also took a great interest in “The Missile,” our school magazine. Jane Ellis and Kevie Kevan were on the staff of “The Missile” in 1932, the first year we went to high school. Jane Ellis was assistant editor in 1933. Robert Whittle was editor-in-chief in 1934, with Janes Ellis, Mary Bois- seau, and William Kevan as assistant editors. Daisy Dean Smith and Charlotte Spain were assistant business managers. Under the 1934 staff “The Missile” received high honors. In a nation-wide scholastic press contest “The Missile” was awarded medalist honors, the highest award possible, including the permanent possession of a gold medal for high journalistic excellence. Ben Kinsey was editor of the “School Weekly News” during his 4L term, and every member of the class at some time or other wrote for the paper. Mary Boisseau and Shirley Stevens were on the Senior Com- mittee with Jane Ellis as chairman. We also had some good debaters in our class. Jane Ellis, Shirley Stevens, and Kevie Kevan were on the school debating team. Our 1935 cla$s was well represented in the Daniel, the Miller, and the Page, the three literary societies of the school. Kevie Kevan was president of the Page Society in 1934, Robert Whittle, vice-pr ' esident, and Shirley Ann Stevens, secretary. Mary Boisseau was secretary-treasurer of the Miller Society and Daisy Dean Smith was vice-president. Many from our class were members of the Square Circle and the 0. G. Club, two societies of the school. Mary Boisseau, Jane Ellis, Martha Lee Madison, Sebia Meacham, and Shirley Ann Stevens were in the Square Circle. Sebia Meacham was secretary of the Square Circle in 1934. Daisy Dean Smith and Charlotte Spain were members of the 0. G. Club. Our class took a keen interest in Dramatics. Shirley Ann Stevens, John David Jordan, Jr., Edwin Balch, and Phillip Twitchell were in “Dulcy,” the class play. In conclusion I hope our beloved teachers of the Petersburg High School will keep in their hearts a little memory of the Feb- ruary Class of 1935, “for to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” Page eleven . . . .

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.€ aAMIc ' I Mill MiMMMiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiii 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iiiiiiiiiniMiniii iiiimiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiimii History of the February Class By Mary Willis O’Farrell OW THAT our school days, the days that we have often been told were the happiest days of our life, are draw- ing to a close, I do not think it would be amiss to cast our thoughts beckwards to our first day of school. That is a very important day in every child’s life .... second only to graduation. When our February class of 1935 reached the Junior High we can all remember how very proud we felt and thought then, indeed, the time had come to put away childish things. We were there for three happy years “in full content, unanxious for ourselves,” but when we reached Petersburg High School our smug confidence in ourselves began to wane as we advanced in our classes. And when we reached the Senior class we realized that we were “mighty small potatoes and many in a row.” The February class worked hard and in its achievements kept up the standard of the Petersburg High School. Among so many outstanding honors times does not permit me to go into the details of each and every one, but I should like to call your attention to two of the most important activities: athletics and “The Missile.” Our football team has indeed put Petersburg on the map. The honors won by the 1934 football squad are a matter of history, or I might say national history, for when a paper like “The Richmond Times-Dispatch” sends “orchids to Petersburg” we know we have attained the enviable. The class of 1935 is very proud of giving Eric Tipton to Petersburg High. Eric Tipton was captain of the 1934 football squad and also cap- tain of the 1934 baseball and basketball teams. He was also president of the Athletic Association. Harrison Willcox, Ben Kinsey, and Herbert Mann displayed great ability on the foot- ball field. Our 1934 football team was very successful by losing only one out of twelve games played and that loss firmly be- lieved to be due to injuries of seven regulars. Then came a thrilling climax, the post-season game with Baldwin High of New York. Ben Kinsey was captain of the 1934 golf team and Harrison Willcox was also a member of the team. The girls of our class also did well in athletics. Alice Dixon, Martha Lee Madison, Marian Procise, and Daisy Dean Smith re- liiiiiiiHmiiiiiiniiiiiiMii niiiiiMiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii) .... Page ten

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To Life By John D. Jordan, Jr. Uncertain dreams and airy hopes so light Confuse the view before me, as I strive And seek to bring together scattered thoughts Of life and work and Future’s mystery; In spite of all I’ve done, in Fortune’s face I see no smile of friendliness or love To comfort me. Instead she casts a frown Of stern and ominous import, and I turn Away. It is too much. I cannot bear To face the long and perilous task before Me. Life is hard; I am not strong; I stand Alone .... alone? no, not alone: for in The darkest moment of despair and gloom I feel the touch of one kind hand and hear A voice of strength and comfort in my ear — On wings of joy I rise to heights unknown Before. I am not here for naught; I have A task to do before I die — it must Be done or else the great and mighty plan Goes unfulfilled — no one, however small, Escapes the task that’s set before him. Once He’s here he must perform his work, though all The world ignores his small and feeble strength: For in the misty distance gleaming bright And like the softly shining stars that come So suddenly from out the depths of sky, These words so hoped for and so dear to me Are fixed upon my mind through all of life: “Thy work, thou good and faithful servant is Well done: Thou hast been faithful over few Things; I shall make thee ruler over many.” iiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiHiiMHiiiiiiiiHii . . . . Page twelve