Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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x P 0 l m: T E R m-w-m Seniors BRUCE PAYNE Ambition: 6 To express myself well? Here is a boy who is fond of combing his hair in school7 no matter if it is in geometry or history class. He is a good sport and very apt in his studies. He usually introduces the new styles of sweaters t0 the class. VESTER SMITH Ambition: tlTo be a professional humorist? Vester has been with us as long as We can remember. He always has a handy word for every occasion, and a smile for everyone. CATHERINE STALLINGS Ambition: iiTo become a songstress? Catherine is a very studious member of the class. Her winning ways will carry her through all her difficulties. RUBY THOMPSON Ambition: ilTo keep that school girl com- plexionf, liDoes she strut, does she step? She donit d0 nuthina else 7cept7 She is the gidancingesf, girl in the Senior Class. Ruby always makes good marks in her lessons especially in Latin and Spanish. GUSSIE WOOTEN Ambition: iiTo do something that canit be ldidfli A very mischievous girl but always friendly and smiling. Gussie is a musician of the first degree and talented in other ways. According to her statements, she studies most of the time, but we are inclined to believe otherwise. 1,03 0 Page Twenty-z'wo

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T H 6' P 0 l 5 Seniors C. L. MAYS Ambition: iiTo outdistance iRedi Grange? Gentle reader, let your orbs rest upon C. L., the great football captain. He has certainly attained a record and iirepw for speed and good Work. He has quite a number of victims, includ- ing the teachers, who fall for his line. EDDIE RUTH MCELROY Ambition: :70 Min every contest that comes alone? iiThose who have not red hair, know not the value of it? says Miss MCEIrOy. This sylph-like girl has an endearing way, and hosts of friends. We wish her good luck after she leaves us. LINTON MOULTRIE Ambition: gT0 become an expert salesman? This look of Lintonas is not natural, but has been acquired since he was elected Business Manager on the Staff. He has a record of saving many of us from starvation at recess, selling tteatsi: for THE POINTER. REBA MURPHY Ambition: gtTo learn to roll my eyes? Miss Murphy: if you please! Note the Latin look in her eyes! If you donit know your Latin go to Reba, she knows. Reba stands high with her companions and she justly deserves all the praise that she receives. AMELIE ORR Ambition: ;To have a cook when married? Another one of our attractive blonds. Amelie is very energetic in sports. She believes in woman suHrage, and says her greatest ambition is not to have to wash dishes after she is married. l020 Paw Tu'mzfv-one .5 ,

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Class History Between the years 1620 and 1691, on the shores of Massachusetts Bay in the New World, there arose a little commonwealth which was destined to be of great importance. Here lived the pioneer settlers of the United States. These people, whom we call Pilgrims, had sailed from England in the Mayflower, seeking the political and religious freedom of America. The voyage was a stormy one, sweeping them out of their course. Upon landing they found themselves adrift politically, in a part of the English dominions where they had no land and where there was, as yet, no established government. Instinc- tively they formed a compact providing for government according to the simple plan of majority rule. They also decided to have a governor regularly elected, choosing John Carver to be the first head of the commonwealth. Looking forward from 1.620 to 1925 we Find the United States one of the leading powers of the worldea country famed not only for its vast wealth and resources, but also for a history full of illustrious men and deeds. Such is our country of which we are justly proud, a country developed from this little pioneer settlement on the shore of Massachusetts Bay. And now, in 1922, three hundred years after the Pilgrims set sail from the shores of England, we have a band of boys and girls taking their places in the East Point High School for the lirst time. Perhaps they were lcgreenf7 but they were also enthusiastic and enterprising, soon becoming adjusted to their new surroundings. 1n the next few months a new tract of land was donated to the school by Mr. Eagan who asked that the school he called Russell High School in memory of his uncle, Mr, William A. Russell. Thus a well equipped new school building and a spacious playground opened up new opportunities to this class. Duringr the Junior year it began to wonder if there were not more things to be gained by initiating extra-currieula activities into the school. Thus breaking away from the old precedent, the class met early in their Senior year and elected, as their president, Janie Rhodes, who led them as John Carver led his pioneers, to new undertakings. Then a cloud which had steadily been brewing for some time broke with a claim The class felt that it must publish an Annual and yet no class had done this before. Would it be possible to get the necessary amount of money? And who would fill the editors place? Realizing that it could not be done unless it were tried, Janie called a meeting of the class, which, after due consideration, elected Eugene Damon7 a new- comer from Indiana, as editor-in-chief, and Linton Moultrie, as business manager. Both soon proved that the undertaking would be successful. In the meantime, however, C. L. Mays, Otis Stephens and Wilbur Ellison began 4Lpioneeringli for a football team. Proving the old adage that ciwhere thereis a will thereis a way:, these three boys soon raised the necessary funds from subscriptions in school and among the business men of East Point. Then followed a profitable and enjoyable football season, at the end of which the boys were amply rewarded with a banquet given by the Senior girls. The class of 726 carried out the old cherished customs and contributed the four debaters on the Russell High team for the Fifth District Meet, Ruth Perry, Robert Branton, Edward Clinkscales and Otis Stephens composing the teams. And thus the history of the Class draws to a close. As their forefathers worked and set up new institutions and customs, the class of 726 has worked and set up new activities here. It hopes that as the present country of the United States has been developed and built up from the humble beginnings at Plymouth, so will succeeding classes build and develop a greater Russell High from this small beginning. -RUBY THOMPSON. Z020 Page Ttt'cnfy-tlzl'ee