Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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fntor OIlaHa l talorg X N THE early autumn of 1931 one hundred and twenty-five boys and girls climbed the stairs to the Freshman rooms and proudly took their seats. It was a noisj crowd, but our class advisors, Miss Lynnwood Kinder, Miss Laura Dalton and Miss Margaret Dyer, soon calmed us. When “Rat Week” came around the Sophomores gladly (and unmercifully, we thought) put us into our places. After sur- viving the blows, humiliating to our pride, we settled down to our work and then elected our class officers, who were: Donald Bane, President; Nancy Eskridge, Vice-President; James Steger, Secretary and Treasurer. By the next year sixty-seven of us had become Sophomores and we were, indeed, a sophisticated group. This year was rather uneventful, as are all Sophomore years, compared with Junior and Senior years. During this year, however, many of us began to take more prominent places in the activities of the school. With the aid of Miss Helen Croswhite and Miss Elizabeth Pugh as class advisors, fifty-eight of us passed one step higher to the Junior Class. This year we were divided into two groups, some of us taking the com- mercial course and others the academic. Although we were in two rooms, we worked togther as one body and elected for our officers W ' alter Roberts, President; Ellen Kate Harman, Vice-President; Nancy Eskridge, Secretary and Treasurer. It was in this year that we began to look forward with more hope to our prized diplomas. Under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Blair and Miss Mildred DuVal we worked more diligently to reach this goal. On September 8, 1934, we assumed the role of Seniors and tried hard to fit into our new places with dignity. Again Miss Elizabeth Pugh was our advisor. Some of our classmates had fallen behind, and at this time we numbered only forty. Those not with us were greatly missed; several pupils from other schools had joined us, however, since we started our High School course. It was again time to elect our class officers, and realizing the great responsibility that would rest upon them, we gave the election a great deal of thought. The following officers were elected : Nancy Eskridge, President; Donald Glenn, Vice-President; Frances Hardy, Secretary; and George Dewey, Treasurer. Throughout the year they have proved by their loyalty and ability that our election was a wise one. 19

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FRANCES CHRISLEY Lindbergh, Cosmopolitan and Pulaski High Literary Societies; Dramatic Club. Frances has many friends at Pulaski High who wish her the greatest success in life. MARGARET NELSON Cosmopolitan and Pulaski High Literary Socie- ties; Dramatic Club. Margaret is quiet and unassuming, but it isn ' t those who talk the most who always succeed. ALTA MATHENEY Cosmopolitan and Pulaski High Literary Socie- ties; Debating Club; Physics Club; French Club; Writers’ Club; Chemistry Club. We will always remember Alta ' s ability to give readings and her keen sense of humor which adapts itself to every situation. MARGARET WARD Cosmopolitan and Pulaski High Literary Socie- ties; Writers’ Club; Chemistry Club; Dramatic Club; French Club; Physics Club. Margaret is an example of the happy-go-lucky type. We know that anyone with her disposition will succeed. 18

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Few weeks had passed in this last year when we began to realize that time was not to be wasted. Besides trying to complete enough work for graduation it automatically fell our task to publish “The Oriole,” a task as well as a pleasure and opportunity to which we have looked forward for three years, and we knew it meant work to make it a success. Our first attempt to raise money for this purpose was through the sale of candy at ball games. Later we received money from entertainments given by the School, and in December we sponsored a bazaar. Through these means and the aid of the Junior Class it was possible to raise funds to publish The Oriole of 1935. The work of The Oriole staff is to be praised; each member has worked faithfully and unceasingl y for this publication. Miss Crystal Frye was Sponsor; Cynthia Knapp, Editor-in-Chief ; George Dewey, Business Manager; Eloise Bowling, Literary Editor; and Ernestine Seagle, Photographic Editor. Now that our work is finished it is with regret that we leave Pulaski High School, and before we go we wish to express our sincere appreciation to the faculty through whose untiring efforts we have attained this height, Elizabeth Summers ’jj. 20