Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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1919 55011115 uf IRUHIIIJ KATHERINE FLEMMING COLE Happy am I, from care l'm free, Why arerfl lhey all conlenled lilgc me? Kitty characterizes the Class of 'l9, her motto being ul can't be bothered. We have never seen her worried and she is always ready for fun and meanness. She would go serenely and happily on even if she were going to die the next day, and yet she is the best and most sympatheticperson to whom to tell your troubles. And when it comes to school spirit she's it personified. She has never been known to study but she graduates with the Class of 'l9. 'Nutt said! She is a poet from way back yonder and rhymes just roll oft her pen. lt is said she can compete with the best of them in vamping the innocents. We would think the world off its hinges if Kitty were not laughing or telling something funny. Most people have their enemies but it is safe to say that every one in R. H. S. likes Kitty. Kitty expects to go to Farmville, and we all wish her great success as a hen school teacher. A. A.: R. C.: G. C.: Class Poet: Bt. B. 'IS-t9: S. C. JUNIUS CLAY DAVENPORT, JR. A man of many words, hut of lillle thought. We have now come to Tubby, our most versatile arguer. He loves to dwell on such subjects as Latin as a useless study, iiwhy women should not vote, The pleasures of a working man versus School life, etc. The Senior Class seems to have great faith in his father as a banker, as we elected him our' class treasurer. This he accepted, though reluctantly, as he says that he does not like public offices ?? This time last year Tubby scorned all females: now we never see him with less than two girls at a time. He has also learned to shake a foot which was at one time believed to be impossible. Tubby is, however, one of the most studious members of our Class, and success in all of his studies yvas the result. A naval otlicer is his ideal, but he is going to try a few years at V. M. l. before making his final decision as to his life's occupation. Treas. Class 'l9: M. C.: R. C.: A. A.g Pt. of H. l. A LOUISE FRANCES COLEMAN This slrcel girl is prolly and gay, An ideal girl in every may, The kind of a friend lhal is nal found every day. What of Coleman the star guard of the Basket-Ball team? Well, just ask a certain little forward in Lynchburg whose fame suddenly had an eclipse when Louise arrived cn the scene. But to us she is an .ideal chum with a shy girlish manner. Louise is a great teaser but becomingly blushes when the tables are tumed. Her only worry is the fear of stumping her loe as she advances for her diploma. But we who know her have little fear of this mishap. Her clear intellect combined with determination and a strong will makes it im- possible for her to fail in anything. Louise especially likes to trip a light fantastic toe to the tune of Waltz me Around Again Bill. She has won the blue ribbon on oil paintings and also biscuits. Which road is she going to travel? On either she has the best wishes of her classmates and her chum Mary. A. A.: Cu. Bt. B.: Ath. Editor '19 Acoimsg M. W. L. S.: G. C.

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UI115 uf IKDHUURB 1919 MARY FERGUSON BOWERS Her voice is ever soft, gentle and low. An excellent thing in woman. Mary is quiet and reserved and just the kind of friend whom one appreciates. She is a conscientious student and has done good work in all her classes: even Shakespeare note-books never daunt her. She is always in a good humor and ready to help her classmates to solve a doubtful question. It is her calm way of doing things that has won her so many friends in the 'l9 Class who wish her the best that life affords. A. A.: R. C. JOHN WILDER CURE. JR. A magnifcent spectacle of human happiness. .l'ohn's face is as the sunshine and his laugh would cause the saddest to forget their sorrows. Those who are happy are made happier by his sparkling wit, although it is often teasing- collective teasing, which has won for him many a variegated square which some little girl will one day make into a Quilt of Memory of the days at R. H. S. John has even nobler aspirations than these. He is a bright scholar although his bill for. midnight oil never runs high. john is good in athletics. He likes dancing but prefers to reach his set goal in Basket- Ball, Football and Track rather than be claimed victor by a certain blue-eyed miss. But with all his had qualities f? ? ? U we feel sure that he will be successful in the business world and make some one a goodiparlner for life. A. A.: R. C.: S. C4 Pres. A. A. 'lS- 19: Bt. B. 'l7-l8, 'IS-l9g Nl. C4 joke Editor ACORNS 'l9:' Pts. of H. 5. HELEN ELIZABETH BURKE A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne'er has it been my lot lo meet. Helen, tall and graceful as a goddess, is one of the sweetest and most lovable girls in our Class and has a charm all her own belonging to no one else, which endears her to all with whom she comes in contact. Her two most unfortunate traits are sarcasm and indifference but these are forgotten in enumerating her sweet oddities. Helen is always ready for fun and good times, especially dancing and the movies. Strange to say she is one of the big eaters of the Class, which is proven whenever any eats are on hand. She is fond of sleeping and not even the terror of missing the train and being left by the crowd will arouse her for she is only heard to murmur, Oh! let me alone. However, when the train which will bear her along the highway of life comes along she will be ready with her suitcase full of the heartiest good wishes of her Class for success and happiness all along her journey. G. C.: R. C.g A. A.

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IJ rns uf Roanoke 1919 THURNA VIVIAN COLEMAN Her very fronans are swecler jar, fhan smiles of other maidens arc. Although Thuma came in late she managed to make up her classes by her diligent study. Her sunny smiles and boisterous laugh were welcomed with joy in the halls of R. H. S. No wonder all who see Thuma bow before her shrine. Her raven locks and charming eyes would kindle fire in a heart of stone and they have played havoc with many of the nobler sex among her classmen. Thurna's heart lies elsewhere and we are undecided whether it is V. M. I. or Rich- mond College. We wish her success in whatever her decision may be. Cu. C.g R. C.: A. A. FLAVIUS' EUGENE DAVIS Of their onan merits modes! men are dumb. Eugene, or Gene as he is called, is one of the best scholars in Roanoke High. Although he lived for a while in Norfolk and attended Maury High it is Roanoke-and Roanoke only-about which he hrags. He is a regular shark in Math and Electricity, and if a teacher cannot work an example she looks for Gene We wish him success at Georgia Tech. next year, where he is planning to take up Electrical Engineering. R. C.g A. A. ELIZABETH JENNINGS COMER 1i's guizi lo be merry and wise, Il'.s guid io be honest and lrue. ' Elizabeth, tall, calm and dignified! How we envy her this poise and control as she serenely meets all the trials of a Senior, for come what may she never loses her temper. Whenever a squabble is begun immediately a yell goes up for ujibbygn for that is a synonym for a square deal. Elizabeth could never be accused of straining her eyes or ruining her health over booksg nevertheless she is an excellent student starring easily in Math. Since entering high school Jibby has taken an active interest in everything which tended to spread the fame of R. H. S., along both literary and athletic lines and especially are we proud of her in Basket-Ball as she made regular team' the Hrst time she went out. After graduating 'tlibbyn will continue her studies at R.-M. W. C., and the best wishes of the Class go with her always, for -Iibhyf' the all-round girl, will never be forgotten by her classmates. A. A.: R. C.: G. C.: M. W. L. S.: Sub. Mgr. ACORNS 'l9g Bt. B. 'IS-19g Si. C.: Sec. M. VV. L. S. 'l8g Pts. of H. 3.