Robert E Lee Institute - Rebel Yearbook (Thomaston, GA)

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Senior Class Officers 'WATTM if Y- ? . A it 4 x. .A ' x . ln'-K 4 N f .1 's . X K Mig, President .. . PERRY HAMLETT Vice President ,,,, . Y. W GAIL PERKINS Secretary ,,,,,,,,,,, .,,,..,,,,,,,,,, . . .Y,,........ -.. FAY ADAMS Treasurer EARL GARRETT Principai's Message To The Seniors lt is always difficult to find appropriate words to say the same yearly farewell. Please permit, therefore, some parting bits of advice. I should like to caution you against overesti- mating the extent of your present education or- in a real sense-of its present importance to you. Frankly, your present scope of education is not enough. This statement applies to the valedic- torian as it does to the poorest student in the class. Education is continuous. Life is change, education that ignores this fact is worthless. You differ from your parents, your children will be different from you. The small seed of intellectual curiosity im- planted in, perhaps, many of you is the source from which the educational tree grows. At any rate, the shape, direction, and ultimate purposes of your individual lives will dtffer vastly. Of one thing you might be reasonably sure:what you ultimately are to be you are rapidly becoming, the basic patterns of your life are already laid out. Remember that all seeds do not produce trees, some sprout weeds. Do not stunt your moral and intellectual growth by starving it. Most of your education lies beyond. Keep the avenues of intelligence open, explore new fields. Adopt worthy new ideas and ideals as changes dictate, never for- getting, however, the restraints imposed by morality and integrity. Do not thoughtlessly ac- cept or retain old ideas, do not, heedlessly, adopt new ones. Guard against snap judgments, gen- eralizations, half-truths, the glib slogan. Do not accept beliefs or statements at face value. Test them. Evaluate them. Weigh them. You have a mind of your own. Remember, you are bound inextricably to the world-stream of events. You are bound to your fellow men-all of them, no matter how much you might wish otherwise. You are now, and will be increasingly so in the future, part of all you have met and a creature of your experiences. Good luck to each one of you, I shall, indeed, miss you.

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9.1 Mascot SHARI BOWLES MOTTO We have reached the foothnlls the mountalns lie ahead CLASS SONG By Jackie Wade Mananne Wllson and Becky Scott Tune VAYA CON DIOS Flrst verse Now our last school days are gone forever but the memory will always linger Good bye to thee Alma Mater May God be with you my friends Second verse We have shared our every ,oy and sorrow and we know not what shall come to morrow Good bye to thee Alma Mater May God be with you my friends Wherever we may roam our thoughts will wander back to the days that used to be And though our places have been frlled by others, we'll always be at dear old Lee in memory Now our eyes are filled with teardrops starting, and from our hearts we say these words of parting Good bye to thee, Alma Mater May God be with you, my friends arf CLASS POEM By MARGIE MALLORY The time has come for us to shed our part mg tears As our days of glory draw so near Just one small tear and then we part From dear ole Lee so near to our hearts Our days in school now are gone But their memorles will always lmger on So smile the while you say adieu The day will then be brtghter for you Cast an earnest glance ahead no matter what you do Because the future has much in store for ou As your burdens in life you bear Always look to .lesus with this prayer Backward turn backward Oh time in your flight O Yes I would remember the teachers and students and their hours of glee All of these things which were so dear to m So please take me back where l want to be just once more With the faculty and class of 1954 COLORS Gold and Whnte FLOWER Whute Rose Mascot THERMON RYALS E P YQQX . S ' - if . I I iv - - I . I l , I Y - h ' 1 - I ll I K l I . I' NI' ,-V , ' u - X Q11 Make me a Senior again just for tonight. 4 A ' I 4 ' I ,P I lp , . - i- I .7 ..', S - e. .N , . I - ll I 1 , . I ' I A 1 . ' , . , . I 23