Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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a a$Aa 1IIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIII IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIlirMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIH of its able staff. James Reese, who first served at the head of the circulation department, was editor-in-chief of the two most recent issues. Worthington Romaine headed the circulation staff, Katherine Eirkle, the business staff, and Esther Laven- stein, Marie Johnson, Jessebell Nash, Blanche Davis and Charles Cuthbert were also members of the staff. Jean Van Landingham, Virginia Cook, Ruth Wawner, and Kay Lefebvre were outstanding in girls’ athletics. A number of boys in the June class will be remembered for thei r prominence in athletics. Among these are : Raymond Bel- cher, William Alexander, William DeNubila, William Spencer, Clarence Whelan, Joseph Whelan and Gerald Drake. Upon leaving the Petersburg High School, the June class, whose history is a creditable one, hopes that future classes will do even more to uphold the excellent standards which were es- tablished by our predecessors. iiiMiiiiiiiMiniiiiiHiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniinMiiiiiMiiMniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii iiii ' ' iii i ' 4Mii:MiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiMk .... Page sixteen

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Miiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiii - - 9. 3C 8. History of the June Class By Esther Lavenstein HE GRADUATING class of June 1935 was well repre- sented in all fields of student activity. The rolls of the literary societies contained the names of many members of this class. William Alex- ander served as president of the Daniel Society ; Milton Hull was vice-president and Clerimond Gilliam was sec- retary-treasurer. Mary Rogers was secretary and treasurer of the Page society. Four members of this year’s debating team were June graduates: Virginia Cook, Charlotte Snead, Mary Rogers, and James Reese. Mary Davis Hardison was president of the Dramatic Club; Milton Hull served as vice-president. The secretary was Char- lotte Snead; the treasurer, Morgan Rucker. The cast of the Senior class play, which was said to have been the best ever given by the school, boasted of such able players as Mary Davis Hardison, Morgan Rucker, Kay Kohler, Raymond Belcher, Clerimond Gilliam, Milton Hull, and Gibson Seward. Raymond Belcher was president of the Hi-Y Club, and Mor- gan Rucker was secretary and treasurer. The Odd Girls Club had at its head Katherine Zirkle, whose excellent leadership made the club one of outstanding import- ance in the Petersburg High School. Louise Purdy presided over the Square Circle Club, and Delia Harrison, a former secretary, was more recently vice- president. In the Student Council Raymond Belcher represented the Athletic Association, and Katherine Zirkle the various societies in the school. Charles Guthrie was president of this organiza- tion. William Alexander, Marie Alperin, and Sterling Donahoe were members of the recently organized Auxiliary Council. During the fall semester of 1934 Charles Guthrie and Char- les Cuthbert edited the “School Weekly News.” The success of “The Missile” was partly due to the efforts 1111 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiii mi 1111 Page fifteen ....

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. § . Meditations By Jane Ellis Prayer at Spring God, give me power to say what’s in my heart ; It’s very full, and each throb seems to say That it will burst unless I find seme way To pour out all it holds, to let depart From my tortured soul without delay, In words of depth and power, that which would pay Meet homage to this beauty, this sharp dart That pierced my very soul. How can you give The Spring, the languid scented airs, and, higher, The depthless blues of sky, new living green — Such beauties in a world where we must live — And then deny the words, the voice, the lyre To sing the glories of the things we’ve seen? Wisdom I know I’ll learn some day to be more wise Than now. I’ll learn that laughing, friendly eyes Can hold deceit, and treachery, and lies. I’ll find, in the name of prudence, that I need To count the cost ere any generous deed — That more than right, conventions I must heed. And life will take my dearest dreams from me And leave instead of them cold eyes to see The dreadful harshness of reality. Oh, life will give me all this bitter truth At last. And then I will have lost . . . my youth. Fase seventeen ....