Benjamin Russell High School - Echo Yearbook (Alexander City, AL)

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Administration Alexander City Board of Education: T. D. Russell—Chairman Earmon Jones—Vice Chairman L. E. Sellers, |r. M rs. Wade Lamberth Dr. H. E. Askin L. C. Caldwell Attendance Supervisor Wofford, B.S.; Auburn, M.A. (above): P. G. Myer Superintendent of Education B’ham Southern, A.B. llniv. of Ala., M.A. (left): James E. Owen, Principal Jacksonville State College, B.S. University of Alabama, M.S. Charles Farrow Supervisor of Instruction Auburn, B.S., M.A.

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THE SPIRIT OF BRHS “Birthless and deathless and changeless remaineth the spirit forever. These words accurately describe the undying spirit of Benjamin Russell High School. This spirit, which has been a part of BRHS students for many years, can he compared to a chain composed of many links. The first and most outstanding link in this chain is called the Spirit of Learning. This link is very important to the chain because it represents the aim of every high school—to instill in its students the spirit of learning. This includes not only academic learning hut learning in other ways as well. In the process of learning reading, writing, and arithmetic, they should also learn to cooperate with others, to become self-reliant, and to be better adjusted. The second link in the chain is called the Spirit of Friendliness. Friendly smiles and pleasant greetings have become part of an unwritten code at Benjamin Russell. This code is known and practiced by both pupil and teacher. The old axiom “To have a friend is to be one” is very well exercised. Every student at BRHS has a role in creating the third link—the Spirit of Success and Ac-complishment. All of the clubs at Benjamin Russell have a special part in promoting the spirit of success and accomplishment, for when a student becomes a member of a club and begins to contribute to it, he has accomplished something. When a student at BR1 IS graduates, he has accomplished what he first set out to achieve. As everyone at Benjamin Russell knows, there is a Spirit in every Wildcat. This is the fourth link in the chain, and its existence can be witnessed at every football game, basketball game, and practically any other time BRHS competes with another school. It is a spirit of zeal and enthusiasm, and every school team is dependent upon its “Wildcats” for support. The fifth and last link on the chain is called the Spirit of Co-operation. Without this link many school projects, such as the annual and school paper, could never be undertaken. The chief supporters of the spirit cf co-operation are the merchants of Alexander City, who not only contribute their money but their full support as well. Without this final link, the chain would be weak, for without co-operation the spirit of BRHS would not be complete. When all of these links are joined, the chain is complete, and the wholesome spirit of an active, energetic student body makes the BRHS an outstanding school. ♦ ♦ ♦

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BRHS (left) Mrs. Anne B. Askew English, Journalism Ala. College, A.B. (right) Miss Joan Askew Physical Education Auburn, B.S. (below) Mrs. Mildred Callahan English, Latin Huntingdon, A.B. Northwestern, B.S. (left) Mrs. Marjorie Caldwell Lunchroom Supervisor Dietetic Training Univ. of Ala., Auburn (right) Miss Nellie Bonner English, Am. History Auburn, B.S., M.S.