Rule High School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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SE ICR CLASS HISTORY Is graduatlon tlme rolls around brmgmg ex utement wxth ns many HCIIYIIICN we Semors cannot help lookmg backward to the many ex ents of our earlier hrgh school days VS e often struggled with problems ln lhemrstrw Latln, Hlstory, and Xlgebra, whlch we thought we could net er master besertheless the uctorxes base been ours and from those struggles we hate gamed mxaluable experlence Iune now draws the curtam presentmg each act scene bw scene as the class of 4-9 from tts beglnnnng mos es to tts hnal goal of commence ment ACT I Ks the hrst act begms the curtam goes up on the scene of enrollment at Rule Hlgh School ln September, 19-l-6 The bophomore Class con slstlng of 121 students enters all the actnltles of school wlth hugh hope and asprratrons VV1th eagerness and sometrmes anxnetw they look for ward to the time when thev will reach that hnghest rank rn school called benlors Nexerthe tear passes more qurcltls than anyone could bellese ACT II Xgam the curtam rlses thrs trme on act two 'Ihe scene IS enrollment ln September, 1947 Unlx 10+ students contmue but nelther therr enthusiasm nor their ardor lb dampened Nou me see these umors electmg an out standrng group of class ofhcers Gene O Blen ess Presrdent, Condon Human, Vlce Presxdent, bllfnllllff Robertson, Secretarv, and Bettv VVal lace, 'I reasurer These are some of the most promlsmg students nn the class In the next scene It rs sprung and the jumors are entertalnmg the Senlors with a banquet at the b8cVV C afeterla Gene 0 Bleness the toast master, keeps the affair gay spnrlted wnth hrs jokes, as ex eryone enjoys the excellent program Ms but Frances Webb Ib reallx shownng mar xelous dramatic talent 1n her characterization of Mrs Helen WVIIIIHIUS, hvsterlcal wxfe of Senator VV1llrams and mother of popular Laurre ljoan breggj ln the scene of the jumor play VVheres Laurne VVhat a grand cast lt ts' Each student seems to hate been born for hrs part 'I hese jumors have gone all out to make thrs an excellent performance J J . . S v . . - v 1 ' ' s vw 7 ' , ' , 7 ' 5 Av , , less, as they struggle along in their work the A' I , , - J ' - ' - . ' t. ' .1 - v - 1 . T I -sy ,I ' ,lx .I .I 5 I ' .. V - -y - -

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SL IUR CLAQS HISTORY CONT Wazlmg or Bu: .ff 'H' Slaymg In The X arretx Show of 1948 rs helng presented an ln thls scene we see a sklt called Mr Xrmstrongs Chem1strx Class hut well call lf VS hats Cookm That lunnor Class surelx 1 keepmg buss lets see what w1ll happen next lets haxe some fun and go on an outrng lhat just what the unlors are doing ln thus stene lhex are at Chrlhowee lark and what 1 wonderful tune thes are llilklllg Ex erwone rs now srttlng on the grass eatrng the dellcrous DICIIIL supper that was well planned lw the food Commlttec lhex are lmnsx agann those unrors plannrng next tears work on an annual and rts P holnus Mruorues of 49 In thus scene they are hard at work electmg ofhcers and learnlng what rt rs lrke to puhlrsh Ina homes Mewo RIES 'I hes are comhmrng wrth lower class men Thrs rs for the purpose of trammg the wounger ones so that thex IH future sears wrll be reads and prepared to puhlnsh the annual each wear XL I' III Ihe drama contrnues as trme opens the cur tam on the thrrd and last act Those worklng juniors hate become Senlors, hut there are now onlx nlnetx of them NX nth much chatter and frlendlx hnckermg the senlor class elected its hxe ofhcers for the xear Uh this IS a xery beautiful scene from the Beauty Ball presented lw the Semor Class and box nas Mrxtokxhs btaff at Lonsdale bchool 'I he hte heautles are being crowned by Mr john b Humphreys prlnclpal lhrs scene 18 at VVhrttles Sprmgs Ball Room and how beautrful the gurls look The lxne ns formmg for the grand march It IS the Semor lrom and what a gas affair lf rs Exerxone rs haung a delrghtful tune Xgaln we see the benrors at VS hrttles, and tlns time It 15 the Semor Banquet VVe can tell that the food IS reallv dellclous hw the smiles of satrsfactxon 'lhe toastmaster has exeryone llllHl'l0llN wrth hrs trmelv wlttrcrsms ks we moxe onward to the latter part of the act we see the commencement scenes Vle are now at the hrstorrc old Frrst Presbyterian Church 'ks we hear the haccalaureate sermon ln Dr Mcbukxn these jolly hllarnous Seniors are hlled with lnsprratlon to go forth to greater helds of endeaxor Xt last, graduatron rs here Dr Cook at Flrst Chrrstran Church rs makmg that final speech to the bemors Nlow wrth emotions of sadness and jox lntermlngled, thex march down the arsle to recene thelr long worked for dlplomas Trme now draws nts curtarn on the last BCI of the Semor Class of 1949