Rome High School - Roman Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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THE ROMAN SECOND YP AR C President Sharon Williams Vice President Kerner Primm Secretarv Treasurer Edna Denton Historian Fayge Esserman Colors Yellow and G1een Flower Tullp Motto It 1S only the ignorant who despise education Peculiar Happenings l l'l' lllllll Oh there was such excitement at school today there was a change in everyone As I came into the room at 8 15 who should be seated in his desk but Seab Horton himself I never was so surprised in my life to see him come on time Just then Frank Rash walked ln and his hair had turned black over night My' how everyone laughed' And right behind him came Agnes Selman how thin she was! We hardly recognized her. But a few minutes later we all heard a terrible noise and what do you suppose it was? Why Velma Pir- ker came in shouting ' I left my lipstick at home. What will I do without it! Just then we saw at the door a tall fig- ure which had to stoop to enter but when he had come in we all recognized him to be our old friend, Billie King. After spelling, Miss Maxwell asked how many words each had missed and to our surprise every one IH the room had made a hundred except James Byars and he had missed every wo1d in the lesson In Biology Mr Tucker asked a number of questions and who do you suppose ans wered them but Louise Sewell In English Davltte Gaston recited his les son Without stuttering and Edna Denton yelled out Miss Maxwell I spent two hours on my English lesson last night so you had better ask me a question. I forgot to tell you that in history Gladys Spann sat so still that we hardly knew she was there. In sixth study hall Eula Mae Jones walk- ed in with a large box of candy ard said it was her birthday and everyone must cele- fContinued on page 40.1

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THE ROMAN SECOND YEAR B Pres1dent MaZ1e Hutcherson V1ce Presldent Elbert Wlnfrey Secretary Eugene McCurry HlStOF13H W1ll1e Blackwelder COIOFS Wh1te and Gold Blower Dalsy never quits Class Hlstory A qultter never wlns and a vslnner new qults' although thls sounds so terr1b'y hard UD It means just lots to us Souho mores who have studled so hard and Work ed so falthfullyl When our work seems harder to do and pass1ng IS a verv d1m goal mdeed we thlnk of ou1 motto and feel that we owe It to our teachers who have had so much patlenc with us our room and our selves t o StlCk to the Job' Perhaps some tune we wxll w1n the game and reach the goal although we dld choose Commercial Course for lf we contlnue our study of thls course unt1l we have completed It wlth the same Splflt as we have shown thls year, we shall be fully quallfled for our career ln llfe Thls term of school has been a very hort and happy one to us and we shall all regret to see lt come to a close It has been such a success Wlth Mr Ward as our teach er Here s hoplng that next year when we are Junlors that our class motto Wlll keep us workmg and maybe U1 some tlme we w1ll reach the long hoped for the long wzshed for and the long worked for goal graduatlonl W1ll1e Blackwelder, 28 'l , ' Motto: A quitter never wins and a winner I ' !! ' ' v . . . . -- . 1. 1 - ' u - I I n ' A - ' l S' . s ., . . . , .A , , y Q . 3 - . . D . - V 7 5 n Q Ki ' ' H ' 1 ' ' - , . . - , - . ,, . - - - , . ya ' ' ' 5

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THE ROMAN FIRST YEAR A Presldent Vxce Presldent Secretary Flower Pansy Frances Bower Edwln Danlel Malcolm Culpepper Colors Purple and Gold Motto Green but Growlng Class Hlstory We should feel our ufnportance for belng 1n High School at last How many years have we struggled to hold our present p0S1 t1on to be a member of Rome Hlgh School? When we flrst entered the flrst grade we were ever looklng toward our goal and as the years rolled by we could see thls goal com1ng clearer and nearer untll at last we have reached lt Many of our school mates we have left be hmd some have left to go to other schools The1r places have been fllled by other stu dents who have helped us recexve our re ward There have been many stumbhng blocks 1n our way but where there s a w1ll there s a way Entermg High School for the flrst tlme thxs year we found new students awaltmg us Lvervthlng was strange We recelved many bumps and knocks but now how proud we look xt those very bumps for they are our seal our passpo1t through the freshman year to the sophomore year We admit we are green but Just glve us a chance for we re growlng Martha Battey 30 Historian ., ,..,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,, Martha Battey , ' H . . Y . v , . ' 9 7 . 7 . z , - ' u 'rx ' ' s - , ,