Richard Montgomery High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockville, MD)

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 •v w 5E|)f IaocUct 4' F-R-E-S-H-I-E-S until the following September when that station was taken over by another Broadcasting Company. After a silence of three months “the troupers” took over the S-O-P-H-O-M-U-R-E station for some better broadcasting. This station was directed by Miss Hickerson and Mr. Gardner. Caesar seemed the only cause for worry while the station sent out reports of the events of the lordly Sophs night and day. The organization of Student Government was the first step towards attracting attention. Every room had the same procedure. The Soccer team was highly successful during that year. Babe Welsh, a sophisticated Soph, represented that class on the Varsity team. In Basketball; Sonny Dawson. Frank Marshall, Rose Porter, Betty Reading and Dorothea Hoskinson were Varsity stars. With spring came athletics and dramatics and Field Day in full swing. On the track the stars were Luther Burdette, Sonny Dawson, Frank Marshall, Babe Welsh, Newts Williams, Ardean Owings, Lucille Penn, and Betty Reading. One hundred and twenty-five points were achieved by Rockville High School—more than any school at the meet. On the stage Sonny Dawson, Frank Marshall and Mary Fisher were found in “Kicked Out of College.” The Sophomore girls won the inter-class Volley Ball Championship undefeated. The first volume of the Rocket appeared that spring, 1927. June brought exams and partings and thus for a second time the station signed off. Juniors! What a strange and dignified term for a station. The “Old Guard” was again at the microphone planing for the best of years with Mr. Blackwell and Miss Sherwood. The rough places of high school were gone— gone except for initiation—what a dreaded word. On nice little cards which each Junior received from the Seniors, they were ordered (not invited) to attend a party in their honor on December 22, 1927. Thei day which was just preceding the Christmas holidays was a veritable nightmare. The party was a very enjoyable affair—for the Seniors—who presided without mercy. However, there were no deaths and each awaited patiently his chance at revenge on the 1930's. In return for the paddling and highly flavored foods stuffed in them on the memorable night, the Juniors gave the Seniors a dance, indescribable with adjectives. The orchestra kept everyone moving. The food and favors proved attractive. It was one of the best ever given, the only damper placed on the affair was the error of the weather man for it poured without ceasing. k Soccer was foremost in their minds in the fall and it was rumored to the greatest of all times. The scheduled games seemed to prove that (nor contained some truth. However, at the semi-state meet between Havre de Grace and the boys, the Orange and Blacks were downed by a goal, j vj “Carrie Comes to College” found many in support to the cast—and thp Faculty play, “The Man from Toronto” was quite a hit. 'f In the middle of the year when excitement was waning the class rings came along to thrill the heart of every future Senior. 'Che Girls’ basketball team jumped to honors last year when they defeated the lower half and clashed with Poolesville for the County Championship otily- o be downed 13-11. Euhice Leizear, Dorothea Hoskinson and Rose Porter carried the Junior colors in every meet. VpieHt Day found more and better Junior representing R. H. S. on the V io . - ■ Page thirty

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e l! Cr + + +-4w - . £lir ixockft ' J istorp of Class of 1929 This is station H-I-S-T-O-R-V of the Rocket Studio at Rockville High School. Our school-wide audience has requested by telegram that sonic of our old numbers be repeated—favorites that have lived down through the years. Pull up your comfortable rocker and while you are transported to the early years of our endeavor; stand by. On the eighth of September, 1918, forty little tots came slowly up the steps of the great R. H. S. tugging on the skirts, hands or sashes of their maternal parents. Each little girl in a fresh gingham dress and each little boy with a new tie. Things were different and the little girls and boys learned the A. B. C's and how to do reading and 'riting and rithmetic under the kind supervision of Miss Mary Brewer. Advancing one year in age. importance and size, the little tots meandered into Mrs. Ward’s room to continue on their journey of reading, 'riting. and 'rithmetic and the hard and fast tables were brought before their eyes. All was calm except for the hair pulling' staged rather often by Ann Knight and Leonard Nicholson. Soon another year had passed and now our “travelers” reached the third grade and where discipline began under the guidance of Miss Yirgic Brewer. A new thing in the next year with Mrs. Kingdom was the organization of the room and election of officers. In the following three years the “happy warriors” grew in all things for it did come to pass that they entered contests for reading, reciting and athletics. In athletics Hazel Bennett, Rose Lee Clagett and Dorothea Hoskinson were especially prominent. These three years of trouble and happiness combined were directed by Miss Maude England, Miss Margaret Morton and Miss Elberta Rice. At the graduation exercises the forty little tots had grown to children and were preparing to take a big step higher; much higher. As they received their diplomas the smile of the conqueror's was spread on each one’s face. And on September morn in 1925 sixty-eight grown up little tots came to join the chorus of knowledge seekers at Rockville. They were a happy lot seven years gone and only four more to do but how? Their arrival attracted no further attention than occasional critical remarks from the upper classmen who seemed to forget how they themselves had once started. Miss Lane and Miss Bordeaux with the rest of the fac ulty “laid down the law” and the poor Freshmen shivered as if chilled A bit of studying was seen for several weeks—the first reports were inde? worth of envy. Latin and Science proved very annoying and finally M er | disregarded by some. After a while they became accustomed to their surroundings few took on some extra lines! Alger Barbee found the orchestra for him and his cornet. Luther Burdette won the high-jump on Field DW-. In January of the same year the Citizenship Society became a reglity |T• much to some’s regret and some’s pleasure. The Freshman alwa jfj A 'dreL represented. .f j “The Belle of Barcelona was the outstanding production of thy year,-T many Freshies were found in the chorus. As June came around the static began to be noticed but no S. (,). S. was ! ' sent out by those game “growing tots.' Page twenty-nine IV •tat ion L -U

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r (Tljr ocbft »»■ %»' ;! -! track. The Junior girls won the Volleyball inter-class games and the boys the inter-class Baseball. June again found the nearly grown boys and girls at the end of their third school year. Three years were gone and one to go and a new feeling of the value of a high school education and the knowledge of one year especially well spent would prepare us for the future. Time passed as it is wont to do. Autumn brought them back to Rockville High School to further equip themselves for life's battles. The Soccer team had begun to practice and among the candidates for varsity positions were many members of this class. The line-up front the class of ’29 were: Mason, Marshall. Dawson. Darby, Magruder, Spates, Mathers, and Orndorff. Again the team came into prominence but Pooles-ville won the championship. The best treat for the Senior class was the construction of the new gym which proved in every phase of the word to be ultra-modern. The thought of receiving their diplomas in this new edifice brought a little more studying from the Seniors. Christmas arrived with the delightful holidays that accompany it, and departed leaving them staring into a dull three weeks at the end of which loomed exams. Exams passed, however, and only a few of the class went with them. I he sun came out again and for a few months more the Seniors were especially happy—for the initiation came off February fifteenth with paddles, long dresses, and odd leg apparel for the Juniors. Lordly were the Seniors, the educators and tormentors of the Juniors. The Juniors seemed to forget their maltreatment of the previous week for on February 23 they showed the high and mighty Seniors how to have a real party with fun. The Seniors bowed low to their entertainers in appreciation and thanks. With the completion of the new gym a pageant entitled “The Light” was put on for the dedication. Charles Brewer took the leading male role. Basketball loomed again and for the first time the entire school was able to participate in this sport. The “Old Liners” carried on as before, modest in victory and sportsmanlike in defeat. Inter-class games were staged. The Senior girls and boys both won high honors. Following mid-winter athletics came the school play “Welcome Home Jimmy.” The Seniors were represented in full. Those making the cast were: Frances Jenkins, Sonny Dawson, Betty Selby, and Claude Orndorff. The Rocket became better and better. The class of ’29 were in full attendance on the staff. The editors were: Charles Brewer, Sonny Dawson, and Mary Fisher. A On Field Day the Seniors outnumbered all the others and came throlugW with many points for their Alma Mater. And now as they await their diplomas they look back over the elfpeti years of toil and pleasure, of the dearest of friendships and some eneinic 'jf too, and are reluctant to commence their new existence, because it Will mean separation from all they have held most dear. Their only solace will,: be returning to the old school and finding it with wonderful improyemCjitsL and their under classmen even excelling their greatest hopes. Yet thqy will go forth into the world and carrv with them the standards of Jioekvillg High School. You have just heard the History of the class of ’29 Broadcast by Mtirv Vj Fisher through the courtesy of the Rocket Studio. a 'y (Stand by for further announcements of the class in future years.)