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

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66M; Taintet 62131355 ihiatnrg PVhen new and mplain understand each other Ia Ihe care, It fakes a gale am! more than a gale Io put their xhip ashore: For one 1017! do what the other mlmllmzzls, although they are rhillml to the hone, 11ml hath together mu live, through it'eafher thar ueilher Hill fare alone? eKiMz-ng. '1'. ND it came to pass in the year one thousand nine hundred twenty-six, the ninth month and first day, that this class suddenly realized that they were the seniors of Russell Hi. Seniors! A word of manifold meaning. What a host of memories it brings. VVhat a wealth of possibilities it holds. What untold responsibilities it imposes upon those who accept it. As comingr events cast their shadoxx's, as the glow of the sun precedes its rising even so with the Class of l27. In the early part of our high school career, the greatest event in the educa- tional history of East Point was accomplished. It was then that our present building.T Came out of a dream into a concrete reality a monument to the thought and pur- pose of those who gave it, a lighthouse of learningr to those who received it. As seniors we have tried to realize that we are the guardians of honor, the lead- ers of literary work and the directors of almost all of the school activities. In these things, if we have not been notably successful, we trust that we have not worked in vain but have established a precedent and upheld the ideals and high standards of our school for those who may follow us and ever add to them in passing. Our school annual, a project in its second year, is intended to compare favorably with the best from state high schools. This book represents the schemes, the efforts and maneuvers that only those who have experienced them can tell and only those who may attempt them shall learn. We take our leave. In a short time we shall be among the names of the graduates enrolled as alumni. Our friends, class-rooms and school activities we c, 1927

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1m 1m x: 657m; 730th67 mi: ELLA CALLAHAN FLU AMBITION: To Iiw in a house by the 3M? of the ram! and be a friend to man Ellis ambition is very typical of her, for she is always being a friend to some- one. VVC Will 2111 certainly miss her VVhCIl we are graduated. ANNIE PEARL KENDRIX K'Pmrly dnnJU AMBITION: To be 11omxvt-lo-goodnms skinny VVe are proud to be able to claim Annie Pearl as :1 friend and classmate. We hope that the tie will not be broken by graduation. SNOW NIONCRIEF W'RFIZUJ AMBITION: To make Latin emim' Snow is always ready to enter into fun, but as far as studying and bringing up Ins lessons is concerned, Why-heys right there. LULA BELL GARVIN K'Luzly'v AMBITION: To appear on tile stage graduation night Lula Bell is one of the quiet, shy typey but as for being a sport, well, she canbt be beat. RUBY BROCK W'Sisbv AMBITION: T0 1'er from blushing Rubyk bashful and shy, but always looks on the bright side of life and finds the good in everybody. 1927

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65471;, cm 1mm MAM u must leave behind, but we shall carry with us rich memories and ideals that have outgrown themselves each succeeding year. In reviewing the past four years we can not get away from the fact that to all of us it has been a service of great blessing and that we have been greatly favored in our school life. We Would not boast Of our class accomplishments, still we maintain that we have struggled braver and we leave here trusting that our beginning will he a foundation upon which other Classes may build. U0111' task ix dour, our song teased. our flzenua 11m dial into an MImeJ; NFarewell! A u'onl tlml nzuxt be and has been. r1 .vouml wlzivh mull'm m linger; yet farewell! wJA MES RHOD ES. J 1927