Rome High School - Roman Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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RICHARD WEST West Acnrlpmzc Course Marchmg Band 30 40 41 42 43 Concert Band 40 41 42 43 Com mcncement EXCFCISLS 39 40 Jun1or Vars1tx Foot ba 38 CIYCUS 39 H1 Y 42 Orchestra Dull Sergeant Band Pla toon 43 WALLACE Knox WILKINSON Wally Academzc Course Freshman L1terary Club 40 Dramatlc Club 40 41 42 Orchestra 42 43 Marchmg Band 41 42 43 Concert Band 40 41 42 43 Cap am Band 43 2nd Lt M111 tary Band 43 JUIIIOI' 42 Intramural Basket ba 43 Baseball 41 H1Y 42 43 H1St0Fl3H Sen1or Class 43 Sen1or Play 43 Roman Staff 42 43 Sophomore Lit erary Club 41 Com mencement Exerc1ses 42 JAMES NOLEN B111 Commerczal Course Commerc1al Club 42 Jun1or Vars1ty Football 42 Roman Staff 42 43 Sergeant 2nd Platoon H1 Y 42 43 Scr1bblers 42 43 C1rcus 41 415 is NO PICTURE I 7401 nu tl I -on 'J ,1 44 T944 -'ff' .1 ' NG PIC'1URE NO PICTURE CHARLES BRYANT WHITE Char11e Academzc Course Freshman L1terary Club 40 Sophomore Llterary Club 41 J T FREEMEN Jake CommerczalCou1se Roman Staff 42 CHARLES ALBERT TURPIN Turp Academzc Course Stamp Club 40 Sopho more Lxterary Club 41 French Club 43 ,, ... I . fi - 1 1 V ,A . 1. - 11 . h 1 1 . 1 r y 1 , - 4 . ' Y Y ' . '39. , . , , - 1 - 1 A 1 Q ' Y '.'- 1 . . ' 1 , 1 - , 1. 5 1 y fl 1 , - r , - -, 1 . 1 Q 1 v - . ' . 1 Y - ' , . 1 401 1 .' , 1 1 - 4 it Y! 1 , ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 ,411 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 a 11' . - l ,, . , . 1 1 1 , ' 1 , 1 1 1 y 1 y I t I 1 ,N 5 ,, . ' 1 - 1 1 Y ,.. v , ' '- A a Y 7 'Y N Y ' Y . l ' ' , Q, VaFSlty Basketball, 41, , L l 1 , - ' - 1 ' , , ..-'-'.' If X A 11, 1 . 1 fr:-1. I - . . ..1 1 ,.., 4 ' r 1 , ..,,,,uo4.. - . . . . 1. .,.. ..'g,j.j '11, - 1 . ' 1a1..1uJ41f1,u 1 ,Q 1 1 -in ' .','v , I 041,111 1 VV ,vu 1 1 . - .,, '.1',h' ll' 1 1 ' . -1.1 4 , , 1 , 1 1. , ' ' . . L1 ' 'Y ' Ll H . , u - 1 1 . . V , , - , - 9 , v v . - , Y y 1 1 1 1 , ' Y 1 1 , . ' ! 7 . ' - I ! 9 ' 1 1 , - 1 1 1 1 1

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BURL Rocsns Commevczal Course Commerc1al Club Roman Staff 42 Scr1bblers Club 43 Glee Club 43 PRESTON ALLEN S1:w1:LL Sewell Academtc Course French Club 43 H1 Y DAN Scorr Jughead Academzc Course Stamp Club 40 Man ager Band 41 42 Jumor Band 39 Glee Club 40 41 Dramatxc Club 40 41 42 Stage Manager Senlor Play 42 Cxrcus 40 4,1 Commencement EXGTCISSS 40 41 French Club 42 43 Sergeant 3rd Platoon 43 J 01: TAYLOR Tay Commerczal Course Commerclal C l u b, '42 Roman Staff. '42, '43, Scrlbblers '43 5 B 11-e'a.'l qi,- tt' xt 'iv 'QR Ql'lA fin 'K ,,, I rm 5 -'W' 'ln l ...E , Qu- ' ,Pr lakh ' 1 7' kv- H W Roman Rope Commerczal Course Sophomore L1terary Club 41 Intramural Basketball 41 Roman Staff 42 43 2nd Lt 5th Platoon 43 Glee Club 43 Scrlbblers Club 43 KENYON TERRELL SMITH Ken Commerczal Course Marchmg Band 41 Com merc1a1 Club 42 Roman Staff 42 43 Scrxbblers 43 H1 Y 42 Cor Sec H1 Y 43 Glee Club 43 J CK SPRAYBERRY Cossxe 'X Academzc Course Freshman Llterary Club 1 r c u s Marchlng Band 40 41 Concert Band Sophomore Lxterary Club 40 Football C u 4 Roman Staff 41 42 Dramatlc Club 39 40 41 42 Commencement EXQTCISQS 42 Glee Club 39 40 Scrlbblers 42 lst Lt 5th Platoon 43 MILTON TIPPIN JR Tlp Academzc Course Battallon Commander 43 Clrcus 40 Sopho more Llterary Club 41 Junlor Varslty Basket ball 41 Jumor Varslty Football, '41, '42, Foot ball '43 Basketball, '42 Intramural Basketball '43, Roman Staff, '42, Ed 1tor ROMAN '43 French Club, '42, '43, H1 Y, '42 Pres1dent H1 Y, '43, Com mencement EXBFCISGS, '42, Presxdent French Club, '43 Scrlbblers, '43, R Club, '43, Semor Play, '43 Prophet Sen1or Class, '43, Chaxrman Defense Stamp Sales, '43 v v v

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I BUYS mm CALM HIS RY We the Semor Class of 1943 entered the halls of Boys High School m 1939 to begxn four years of hlgher educatlon and th1s year learned the meanmg of hard work of outsxde currlculum and of loyalty to our Alma Mater Upon entermg the Freshman Class we were all a b1t shy and somewhat scared but we were all totally aware of the opportunxty bexng gxven to us The studles of our first year were more dxfli cult than the prevxous year but we all stud1ed hard so as to become Sophomores a thmg we xmpa txently antxcxpated The class was made up of boys from all parts of Floyd County Lxnclale Tu bxze and other suburbs of Rome but most of the boys came from homes ln the c1ty Aside from our studxes we all wished to become members of dlfferent clubs In our first year on the hxll we be came members of the Freshman Lrterary Club the Stamp Club Dramatxc Club-and for the smarter students there was the Freshman Math Club Of course the Band attracted many would be high school musxcxans The followmg year we left the Freshman rooms and went to the Sophomore classrooms to begm our second of the hard four years Now we were really part of the school and put more enthusiasm xnto our work and xn becomlng members of dxfferent clubs whmch we thought were much more dlg nxfied than Freshman clubs Getting to know the teachers better and becommg officers of clubs we really thought the school couldnt get along wxthout us Then came the 1dea of bexng athletes because now we were larger and had more confidence 1n ourselves smce becomlng Sophomores Each pxcked his athletic actxvxty some played football humor varsxty or even xarsxtyl others went to basketball Most of the basketball players were Jumor varsmty members 1n the sophomore year Then came sprmg and baseball came m wxth all its popularity Many of the boys liked baseball and the practxce field was crowded Now we were really begmnnmg to enjoy high school l1fe Hav mg fimshed CIVICS sc1ence blology geography and the other requxred subjects for Freshmen and Sophomores we were ready to start Jumor subyects after the vacatlon months The Jumor year was the parting of the way some students went to shorthand typmg bookkeep mg and other commercmal classrooms whmle others went toward the academ1c rooms where they found a first year of French geometry and Jumor History Nevertheless we were st1ll one bxg xnto bemg for us each choosing h1s favormte club or clubs Now lets go on wxth our Junlor year We timshed about one half of the year and then came war But It dxd not daunt us for we were determmed to defeat the enemy one way or the other and our way seemed to be mn gettxng an edu catxon because the sooner we got an education the sooner we could start actually servxng our natlon Then came an addxtxon to our other act1v1t1es A semx mxlxtary program was xntroduced and the upperclassmen were selected for drxll sergeants We all took part 1n xt wlth great mterest because the more mxhtary we got now the easxer xt would be when we entered some part of the armed forces Thxs about concludes the happenmgs for the Jumor year and we are ready to begxn our Semor year After the summer vacation we were now Semors wxth a drflicult nxne months ahead But wlth chms up we started toward graduatxon-our destmatxon A new rnxlltary program was mtroduced this year w1th the local Sergeant Puryear 1n charge The Semors were first selected for officers and platoon formation was started after two weeks of progress wxth the Seniors A battalion was formed contamxng six platoons wrth a first and second ln command of each platoon A mllxtary band was also organized This mxlltary program proved to be very successful and has won much praise John Latlmer prominent athlete rn football basketball and baseball took the post of Battallon Com mander after Lewxs Ford left for servxce an the armed forces Latxmer was later reheved by Mxlton Tippin as Battalxon Commander Some had become officers of the class and clubs and some had become star athletes we all ap proached graduatlon Bmlly Hopkms a popular fellow up on the h1ll good athlete and member of the H1 Y was elected presxdent of the Senior Class of 43 John Latimer was elected vxce president Milton Txppm prophet Wallace Wxlkmson hxstorman James Poole secretary Vann Collier poet and Gus Perdue treasurer It has been a long rough road but we were all wxllmg to work hard the last year because xt was the only thmg ID our way to graduatxon and graduatxon IS the thmg we studxed so hard for and now lt IS ours May you the students of Rome Hlgh School have the same good fortune as we: the class of 1943 .1 T , , . . . 1 7 I . . y , . , u . . 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