Ravenscroft School - Raven Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 24 of the 1940 volume:

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M gf . nu sw f 1- C WUC Q0 JMLM fqkncy lee Who by Hefr Kind Disposition And Sympoitheteie Understcmding Has Won Our Love and Respect We Do Gmtefully Dedieate This First Annual THE RAVEN yzfrfvi s V -iff Page three WZ 'w 0An given! Zgavenaczo f CHN STARK RAV the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese ofgpigiigfigiflarolina, was born May 17, 1772, at 4'RavYenscroft,Q..3Z1he family estate near what is now Petersburg, Virginia. As a child he Was taken to Ireland by his family, Where at eight years of' age he lost his father. He spent the remainder of his boyhood in .Ireland and there re- ceived his early education from his mother. At seventeen he returned to America to equip himself to take care of his family's property in Virginia and entered William and Mary College. After a year or so at William and Mary, he returned to Ravenscroft and managed the plantation. In February, 1816, he Was licensed Lay Reader by the Bishop of Virginia and in April of that year he Was ordained Deacon. At Fredericksburg, Virginia, in May, 1817, he entered the priesthood. The newly formed Diocese of North Carolina elected him its first Bishop on May 22, 1823, and for seven years he labored to lay the foundations on which the Work of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina has been built. He died on March 5, 1830, at the house of his friend, Gavin Hogg, at Raleigh, and was buried under the chancel of Christ Church in this city. Page four 'cj Jecatfxg, Principal and First Year ' Third Year MISS NANCY D. LEE MISS ETHEL SOUTHERLAND Religious Education Fouwlh yew, EHE EIEV. JOHN WRIGHT and MRS. M. DOLLAR H . 0 L ,Wee View 0 . . . Fifth Year Dwmum MISS PATSY MCKAY MRS. J VAN,fN ' Ki dergarten Sffvfh Yew MISS KATHERINE WAAITE MRS. R. L. SOUTHERLAND Second Year Seventh Year MRS. BEN TONGUE MISS ELIZABETH SORRELL Page firr: W , ..l, ,, -in L - mx tQL,ef1,,.ff mix Page six c .,.. 5-' s. 1 1 I - 1 . MMM 65123-Jefi gong!! i v qawzlrv' ... ..'1,.1.'3 f9'4 T . , , , . Eh ' 4? 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I , 9?ZZ4,axJcwf.z4ZfL-4-J l LIZABETH SILV B As fine as siZ7v ' Q flea-zl6f.0gf4wJ 2 141 f ffiwrzf 5 In W-f4fazl44,f o-no .fa Ifffacaafaib if k:aQr.g.grif:f' ,wig Meg, w,gf,4f.,, a,o of L 264: o Za' A L i'?2f ff?foC? .1flf b. -ff' o ,QF I -M ,a x-'ya o 9' f I , Mg ,Lg,LC,, ,gift H Q. -ff fwfwoif -f - f-4- cr E: f I M A O-faiifgx-fg,,. bil, lg N X fi X XY A ff A ff mF W W J 9,-I gag, . I 4 . fl :luv ' m fm ,, SUMNER ' A frollmg stone gathers no moss 5 . .. t ' .Q 1'-I 1 2 BEN' 'EO An 3 i r ax ' . , Q AMW My WW' - 4 Q6,44,.,Page fourteen 5 r Vf - LM AA! LIU-xxx lfdfwgi HENRY TURNER, JUNIOR An artist among boys ...lL.. ,., . 4, - A, .-. -,--4---. 1 ,gf -If QZAEQQAZ SALLY IIALL WILLIAMS As popular as she is pretfyv if 53 E I , tix M J ff ff, I 'HP fi A ,Qj f .1 X V! A Vffiafffy I -- 5, Cla.. 0-fciiviiiea FoLK DANCES After having studied different countries in our geography, we decided that it would be interesting to learn their folk dances. We especially enjoyed the dances of the Dutch, English, Ger- man, Swedish, Norwegian, French, and Italian. We enjoyed some modern and American dances, too. Some of our favorites were: Shoemaker Dance, Klappdans, Minuet, Norwegian Moun- tain March, Virginia Reel, Sicilian Circle, Highland Fling, Mountain Clog, waltzes, fox-trots, and two-stepsj 4 DEBATING ,3 Cne of our most outstanding activities has been a debate on the independence of the Philippine Islands. Cn the affirmative team were Joyce Parker, Sally Hall Williams, and Lucy Sum- ner. 'Bert Claridge, Bill Self, and Frances Bickett debated on the negative team. Miss Sorrell invited a Fillipino from ,State Collewfallsuth us about the situation. When the day came for'9t debate, the judges--Miss Lee, our principal, Mrs. Tongue, second grade teacher, Miss Waite, kindergarten teacher -decided that the egative team was the winner. Our chair- man wasfgobliie rand Lillian Dewar served as secretary. A photographier ro S. e News and Observer made pictures of our debaters which appeared in the following Sunday's edition of the paper. li f it DRANIATICS We enjoyed studying a series of plays, some of which we dramatized and others we pantomimed. Longfellow's Court- ship of Miles Standish gave us a picture of early New England. Page sixteen We portrayed from Trving's 'legend of Sleepy Hollow a pic- ture of thei early Dutch New York. Through Hawthorne's Great Stone F ace we had an opportunity for character study. ATHLETICS Our specialties during the year have been baseball and volley ball. As a contribution to Field Day, we shall play a game of volley ball. Q This is our line-up: Green Gold ' Captain Bill Captain Robbie Bert Lucy Ben Sara Natalie Henry Tom Billy Sally Dorothy Lillian Elizabeth Frances P. Cr. Yancey Joyce ASTRONOLIY After having studied the stars of the heavens, we were de- lighted at the opportunity of seeing an ariiay of the planets through the telescope at State College. JART We worked out a very successful project in art during the year. Miss Dortch aided us by bringing pictures of the birth- places of the presidents of the United States. We drew these and exhibited the best ones. The final drawing of this group Page seventeen occurred on the State College campus where we drew the home of Andrew Johnson. After the drawing we had a picnic at Pullen Park. Then we drew the flag of each state in-which each President was born. This led to the drawing of state maps, and Enally we drew maps of the nations of the world. SOCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Aside from the class activities we learned to write with ink, make world maps, write autobiographies, and we have also en- joyed such social activities as serving at the Faculty Tea and having picnics. In celebration of birthday anniversaries we have enjoyed parties with Yancey and Ben. Sara Jane let us celebrate with her by taking us to a picture show and the California Fruit Store. Joyce was gracious enough to let us celebrate with her in like manner. Frances plans to take us for a dip in Pullen Park and to serve us supper afterwards. :lc :R Wi WZ mm One day we were discussing dreams when suddenly Lillian Dewar said that her mother told her how she talked the night before in her sleep. Lillian: Do let me kiss him once more! This of course was too much for the class, but after quite a bit of persuasion on the part of the teacher the students finally calmed down enough to hear the remainder of what Lillian was trying to say. It was only that she was talking about her daddy, so she said. No one believed her though. Miss Sorrell: That is like the story of the whale swallowing J onahf' ' Page eighteen Lillian: '4Miss Sorrell, you mean when Jonah swallowed the whale, don't you? Lillian still contends that that is the way she has always heard it. if 24 914 What would happen if : 1. Henry's turtle would turn to a girl? 2. P. G. could not say Lu luv? 3. Sis heard the news of Errol F lynn's death? 4. Thomas forgot N atalie's phone number? 5. Joyce never lost a book? 6. Ben stopped looking at Lucy? 7. No one brought a funny-book to school? 8. Bill had no desk for his feet? 9. Sara Jane would talk as much as Lillian? 10. Yancey forgot to add a remark once in a while? 11. Bert saw Frances looking at Robbie? 12. The girls giggled in chapel? ' 13. Miss Sorrell didn't have a ruler? 14. Sally Hall forgot P. G.? 15. Robbie missed a baseball score? 16. Frances fell on the volley-ball? 17. Frank came in the school room? 18. Bill didn't wear a classy shirt? 19. Dorothy talked loud? 20. Billy handed in his work on time? 21. P. G. opened a bottle of ink? 3: bf: :It P. G. says that some day he's going to prove that one can fly off the earth and go maybe to Mars or some such planet. if 54 :lf The class is still wondering why Miss Sorrell made the follow- ing statements one Friday afternoon when a certain tan Buick was in the school yard: Class, hurry with your work, it's time for us to leave. Bert, come here and put your map on this name? Page fn inetcen Mr. Athlete ..... Miss Athlete... Mr. Spruce ..... Miss Style ....... Mr. Miss Versatile .,..... Mr. Handsome ......... Miss Beauty .... Mr. Wit ...,....... Miss Wit. ..... . Versatile ........ guyeifdi V6.4 ........RoBB1r: LEE ....,..sLI?cY SUMNER ,.,....i ...,s ...... B I LL SELF ........SARA JAXE Dnnssnn TONGUE .........S.-iLLY HALL WILLIAMS G. Fox .......NA'rALIE NEAL ..........BLR'r CLABIDGE LILL1.-iN DEWAR Dear Ravenscroft, dear Ravenscroft, We raise our song to you. You stand for all that's fine and good And beautiful and true. We'll honor you and cherish youg We'l1 ever raise our name' 7 We'll uphold you and always try To amplify your fame. Dear Ravenscroft, dear Ravenscroft, We'll Worthy tribute bring, And always ever in her praise Page twenty Gui' voices loud will ring. x I l s a 1 E i i a