Powhatan High School - Big Chief Yearbook (Powhatan, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY In September of 1944, titty-four green, gangling, giggling individuals entered high school. Mrs. Sheller and Miss Woodward were informed that we were to be their personal problems for the year. Thus the administration sought to de¬ velop patience and fortitude in the faculty. The Freshman year, an ordeal for all concerned, eventually wore itself to an uneventful close, with the exception of a few minor mishaps, which are better unrecorded. The following fall we became sophomores—at least a good majority of us did. This time Miss Gills and Mrs. Swann were elected to sponsor us. The position was open to volunteers. However, there were none. We entered right into the spirit of things. We cooperated wonderfully—with each other, but never com¬ pletely wore down faculty resistance. Marion Mann and Millicent Payne entered a state-wide literary contest and won superior rating. This delighted us, for there had been dire remarks made in our hearing, about the extent of our collective intelligence. However, we realized there was something unusual about us, and frequently other people drew similar conclusions. All in all, we were very proud ot ourselves. Members of our class worked in the library, entered athletics and sang in the Glee Club. The Sophomores were truly guiding lights, however, we generously allowed the other classes to bask in our reflected glory—first, ot course, plainly indicating the nucleus of the glow. What we lost in number and noise, we gained in egotism. By the time we were Juniors, we realized that the school literally revolved around us. How¬ ever, the other classes were ignorant of the fact, and this bothered us frequently. We suffered pangs of professional jealousy, when the senior class was allowed certain privileges we failed to enjoy. Mrs. Bowles took us in hand and we elected David Haurand, Herbert Bowles, Lorena Hicks and Dot Worsham as our Presi¬ dent, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Some of our members made the Beta Club—a lact which should erase all doubt as to the superiority of our intellect. We were not at all surprised when the Beta Club won fourth place in a talent show at an interstate convention. We were fully aware ot our talents even it no one else had the foresight to recognize them. We were glad, however, that the Jolly Six Federation of the F. H. A. was progressive enough to elect Dot Worsham and Lorena Hicks as secretary and re¬ porter. We didn’t believe in hiding our light under a bushel. We treated the Senior Class to a banquet and formal dance in the spring, and they expressed their appreciation admirably. Later, we honored them by ac¬ cepting several roles in the senior play, and contributed to the success ot the per¬ formance. A chorus, composed primarily of juniors, sang at commencement and we feel, added much to the program. The following year, thirty-four of us entered the Senior Class, under the sym¬ pathetic eye ot Mrs. Bowles. Sammy, Dot, Millicent and David were our class officers, and we took four post-graduates into our class. We always were big- hea rted!

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Many things are different this year, including us. We have that “new look. It has taken us quite a while to perfect it, and we still are not quite perfect. The foundation of the look is the bored, cynical glance, so common to some members of the faculty, with just a hint of smugness and sophisticated amusement. The idea behind the look is to create an atmosphere of intelligence, and convey bore¬ dom. So far, we ' ve succeeded only in conveying boredom—the atmosphere is potent—but intelligence has nothing to do with it. We have a commercial course and a Student Council—both in the experimental stages at present, and both remarkably adept at handling situations which may arise either in, or out, of the line of duty. We are anxiously anticipating the production of “ The Three Girls and Jeffrey’ —our senior play. Of course, commencement will be the climax of all previous proceedings. We are really hot on the trail of that very elusive animal, the diploma and if determination, perspiration and accusations will help any, we’re sure to capture him, for we ' ve had our share of all three. WHO’S WHO MOST POPULAR . MOST LOYAL . BEST LOOKING . BEST ALL-AROUND ... BEST SPORT . MOST TALENTED . BIGGEST FLIRT . CUTEST . MOST ORIGINAL . MOST AMBITIOUS . BIGGEST GRUMBLER MOST ATHLETIC . WITTIEST . MOST DIGNIFIED . LAZIEST . BIGGEST BABY . .Sammy Parker . .Dot Worsham .David Haurand . .Milicent Pavne .James Hubbard . .Barbara Adams .Sammy Parker . .Evelyn Hubbard Dorothy Owen .joe Worsham . .Ann Webb .Sammy Parker . .Marion Mann James Hubbard . .Mary Pickels .Wallace Moyer . .Dot Worsham .Sammy Parker . .Marion Mann .Sarnrnv Parker . .Marion Mann Millicent Payne .Steve Messenger . .Bettv Montgomery .David Haurand . .Mary Pickels .Lawrence Bradshaw . .Marion Mann .Howard Bowles . .Bettv Montgomery James Pennington . .Flossie Spicer .Wallace Moyer . .Elsie Sehroeder