Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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HALLER C. KNOWLES THOMAS A. SHAFER JACK” Philomatliean Literary Society; Ac¬ tivities Association. Critic for Philomatliean Literary Society; Cheer Leader, ’34-’3 5. JAMES BENTON BRYAN Monogram Club, ’32-’33-’34-’35; Activities Association ’33-’34- ’3 5; Phoenix Literary Society; Dramatic Club; Baseball, ’3 3-’34-’3 5; Assistant Mgr. Football Team, ’33; Mgr. Football Team, ’34; Basketball, ’31-’32-’33-’34-’3 5. WILLIAM JUNIOR LOTTS Fooball, ’3 1 -’3 5; Philomathean Literary Society; Basketball Man¬ ager, ’34; Activities Association. THE RECORD 193 5

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GEORGE G. WESTON Editor of Record, ’34-’3 5; Cast Guess Again, Winner Oration Contest, ’34; Phoenix Literary Society; Activi¬ ties Association. HUGH NEEL McCLURE Torch Club, ’31-’32; Philomathean Literary Society; Activities Association; President Senior Class, ’3 5. RALPH GIBSON LIGHTNER, Jr. Phoenix Literary Society; Activities Association; Cast of Guess Again. BOYD WELLINGTON FAUVER Philomathean Literary Society; Activities Association. WINTER EDWIN BRIGHT Mixed Chorus ’3 3-’3 5; Phoenix Literary Society; Activities Association. THE RECORD 193 5

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By Annie Lee Fauver W E, THE Class of ’3 5, are together this evening for almost the last time. After years of close companionship, we must part and go our separate ways. I would pause here to express, on behalf of the class, a deep and grateful appreciation to the teachers who have so kindly and patiently guided us during the years we have spent here. Now, that we have accomplished graduation, in what shall we engage? Some will choose one vocation; some another. In order to understand what is expected of us, it may be well to view the age in which we live. Briefly, I shall picture to you, as I see them, the conditions and problems that we must face and share. We are living in an age of experimentation and activity. Intelligent people are no longer content to accept the unproved theories of others but must study and ex¬ periment until they have reached a conclusion that is satisfactory to their mental curiosity. This age is an embodiment of Bacon’s plea for experimentation and pro¬ motion of knowledge. Modern scientists begin at the first step, prove to the minutest detail and then present the results as gifts to mankind. This accounts for our great scientific progress. So many realms of matter are being explored and so thoroughly, that we wonder if our knowledge will not some day be complete. This age of activity and ceaseless energy is not unlike that of long ago when Sir Francis Bacon said, I take all knowledge to be my province.” No roads are too rough, no obstacles too great if the travelers can view in the distance their goals—some¬ thing that will make their names remembered and the world’s knowledge greater because of them. So many praiseworthy feats are performed in so many different fields that this age does not lack excitement. There is a freshness and joy in living which makes life sweet and profitable. Many people have a wrong conception of great men. They think that their accomplishments are the result of a genius without labor— this is incorrect. These men had to suffer many a. hardship before they became great. This is also an age of good will, of greater equality of opportunity among mankind. Democracy now has not only a, political but also a humane meaning. Various move¬ ments are on foot to lessen the hardships of the lowly and depressed. Better living con¬ ditions, more freedom and greater means of self expression are b eing provided. These movements and activities are the results of unselfish efforts to increase the happiness of others and to make this world a finer and better place in which to live. What part are we going to play in the life of today? We are challenged by an age that calls for the highest aims and the finest workmanship that the world has yet known. Shall we through our thoughtlessness and carelessness arrest the progress of society or shall we face the challenge squarely and each do his part nobly and well? This, my fellow classmates, is the thought I leave with you, with the earnest plea that we forget not the high and noble ideals which have been presented to us here. Class of ’3 5, Farewell.