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

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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

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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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iHrnphprg AST Sunday beingr a cold, rainy day, was very, very dreary. After stay- in;r in the house all day with thoughts, as my only companions, I fell asleep. In my dreams time had flown to the year 1935. The city of East Point had reached the height of its glory. It could no longer be called a small city. It was the center of activity. The beautiful month of April had just arrived with her fruit blossoms and bright flowers. It was on the fifth day of the aforementioned month that I stood at the Terminal Station in Atlanta, Georgia. I had always longed to travel and see the world, and at last my ambition was to be realized. IVIy hrst stop, of course, was to be New York. Having done little traveling by rail I was uncertain as to what train to catch so I decided to ask the IIinfoll man. To my surprise who should he be but our friend, Roy NIoss, from the CIZISS of y27! In a short while I was well on my way and had sat down for a long period of uninterrupted reading. Hearing some voices behind me, I paused for a moment. I was much astonished to hear one voice say: HWe must visit the famous IWebb and Garviny beauty parlor when we are in Paris. .VIy curiosity overwhelmed me and I turned to inquire. Of all things in the world! Could it really be lVIary and Ella? After quite an exciting conversation we found to our great pleasure that the routes we had mapped out were almost identical. And so it was that I fell in with friends at the beginning of my trip. As we had been separated from these dear old acquaintances for some time we had much to Chat about. Ella was accompanying NIary abroad for a very delightful purpose: NIary was to acquire for herself a voice that would enable her to rival lVIarion Talley. IVIean- while at odd moments Ella was to finish a course she had begun in artistic engraving. After registering at Hotel Ritz we rested for a short while, then decided to see for ourselves things we had been taking;r for granted. Of course Ella purchased a news- paper for further information tas we needed all that was availabld and What should we see but a picture of H. B. Starr on the first page. VVe were glad to learn that H. st ambition had been realized and he had won a great name for himself as an inventor. While strolling along,r past an ofhce building some cards were thrust into our hands. lVIary in a dumbfounded way I'ead,le1'. Hllen Jones, Chiropractor. We ta 192? Cs