Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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1917 HEUIH5 uf Ii.lJH11FJ SENIOR CLASS ROLL ABBREVIATIONS: Jefferson Literary Society, L. S.g Martha Wash- ington Literary Society, M. W. L. S., Athletic Association, A, A.g Student Committee, S. C.g Girls' Club, G. C.g Boys' Club, B. C.g Literary Council, Lit. C.g Basket-ball, Bt. B., Baseball, B. B.: Football, F. B.g Track Team, T. T4 Vice President, V. P., Fall Term, F.g Spring Term, S.g Points of Honor, Pt. of H. Ewmc curci-nN PARSONS COURTNEY ALLEMONG 1 mvolfc one morning and found myself famous. , It is a well-known fact that Courtney is the flirt of the class for she makes excellent use of her star-like eyes. She certainly causes all of us a lot of amusement: she's forever saying funny things which generally make the class become hysterical. Courtney has not deemed it necessary to attend school regularly and when she does come she gets here a half an hour late. Aside from her eccentricities, we all admit that she is a musical genuis. All great geniuses have hobbies. Court'ney's is pigeons, and all hours of the day or night one may hear her meloclious voice calling, Pigie, pigie, pigief' When the world is talking of Courtney as a composer, we will be glad that she belonged to the 'I7 Class. M. W. L. 5.3 G. C.g A. A. GODFREY RUSSELL ARNALL Enough, milf: over measure. Godfrey, our illustrious Brutus in Shakespeare, is contemplating for the future a career in business . As to what this is we do not know yet. He says it is straight. XVe hope so, and presume that he is. not destined to be a farmer. Godfrey seldom says anything to the girls in school, but one can never tell what does or may happen in the mind of our actor. During his four years in the High School, he has done very well, and we express our wish that he may do as well, or better, in his business career. A. A.: B. C.

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22 QIZUFUS of 1KUHl1Ufi2 IQI7 SUNY- Samoa Xin.-L TU,-,,, ' 6 Digg, ,f..:.v..,.R ii Q ,ir Oli gi Q New J sxtifie C '1- ,1Pwvl5en4uv.- M..us1..-,f .. m..,.... ,,..-' L. 1 Q, - .M..,,,3 Semor Class Oflicers ROBERT STONE .... .......,...... ....... P r esidcnl IRWIN AMOS .... Vice Presizlenl EDITH DAVIS ...... .,,,,,, S ec,-Clary PHILIP POWELL .... ,,,,, T feqsufcr MARION MOOMAW .. ...,... Prophet ANNIE GORDON ..... ,, ,,,, Hislofian WILLIAM ATKINSON . . . ......... ........ P oei Morro I COLORS Lives of Seniors all remind us, FLOWER While and Gold We must always do our best, Daisyi And departing, leave behind us Notebooks that will help lhe rest. Class Song A TUNE- Therc's a Long, Long Trail Roanoke I-ligh, we non: musl leave you, No, we never will forge! you, The end al last is here: We will loyal he. Oh! our hearfs will e'er be lrue '17 Class will e'cr be lrue, To our school so dear. Grand Seniors are me. Old rememlzrances are lhronging In the days Ihai lie before us, Through my memory, Our fond hopes will be, Till each lhoughl seems full of longing, That junior Class. you, loo, may Irusl To luring High School hack lo me. Roanoke High as well as mc. CHORUS Therc's a long, long frail a-minding, lnlo lhc lanrl of our clreams, Where lhe visions lwrighl are splendid, Ami lhe fulure beams. There's a long, long lhoughl of leaving Our school of joy, love and strife. But al las! we musl he going Down lhal long, long trail of life. T. HAMERSLY, I7.

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UEU5 of lKlJ.Hl'IlJliB l9l7 DORA ELIZABETH ALMOND A girl whom we all lvolcl dear. This quotation is certainly true of Dora. We have all learned to like her though she, spent most of the time .before Christmas talking to Minnie and since January, having finished school, has attended Park Street Normal. Dora takes so much interest in her school work that we feel her career as a teacher will be successful though she doesn't intend to teach over two years. The only thing we regret is that Dora was fortunate enough to finish school before the end of the year and could not be with us the whole term. -A. A. WILLIAM ATKINSON Above llie iligltl of Common sort. Now William has a most brilliant future before him and should be a wonderful model for his worshipers. As a man of mind he is excellent and deserves much credit as a member of the IVI. A. C. William's work as a poet is unsurpassed, but he expects to rest on his laurels, though this act is a keen, loss to the literary world. In relation to athletics he proved himself a stalwart pillar of the Basket-ball Team. J. L. S.g B. C.g A. A.g Bt. B. 'l7. SARA IRWIN AMOS .. . . She is lzuxcm, wise and merry, Anal has a tongue no man can lame. During the four years that Irwin, or Big Girl, has been with us in R. I-I. S. she has become famous for her giggle and the speed of her tongue. No one would believe the statement she made when she said in a conliclential chat: ' Don't you know when I walk down the street with a man I 'can't say one word. Irwin is the best all- round and the most popular girl in the 't7 Class, and hex' popularity is not confined to the Seniors alone, but extends to the Faculty, under- classmen and to a Forrest in Tennessee. Irwin's ability as a teacher has been recognized by the Superintendent, because of the skillful manner in which she substituted at Commerce Street School. She intends to teach-but we predict that she will become a leading Shakespearean actress on account of her successful portrayal of the character of Lady Macbeth. She has not fully decided what she will do next year, but the whole class wishes her much success in what she undertakes. V. P. Senior Classg M. W. L. S.g G. C4 A. A.g Pt. of H. l.