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

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Q! A Mm, GENE CRIFFITH President J om. LiNnsEY Vice-:President BARBARA CAMP Secretary INVITATION Pauline Chafin, Rue Coats, Cveorganna Chance, Barbara Camp, Pat Howell, Pat Mitchell, Janet Patton, Betty Wil- lingham. N oM1NAT1oN ,loan Adams, Jackie Brownlee, Rue Coats, Ruth Coats, Pauline Chafin, Ann Hemperley, Barbara Hutclienson, Gene Griffith, Helen Johnson. Vara Matthews, Gayle Norton, Bobby ,loc Mclllhannon, Gene Greer. RUE COATS Treasurer

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For a long time we have looked forward to the day when, our school days here having been completed, we might open the door to a new phase in our lives. We realize now that the same door closes' out many of our happiest experiences . . . and that that day approaches too quickly. We shall never live these days again, nor shall we, on revisiting Russell, find it quite the same as when it was our school. Yet in our memories, every hall, every classroom, desk or blackboard we possess, because they were a part of something good that we once knew. Though our high school years- have not been unlike those of the many classes that have preceded us, certain changes have been made and a few special events have occurred in our time. When, in 1946, a twelve year school system was adopted, we became the first subfreshmen. Now we are the first class to graduate from Russell with five years of credit. During those five years we have watched our school progress-we have seen a new library constructed, one of the finest in the state. New class-rooms and a modern music room have also been built in time for our benefit. Aside from these tangible evidences of our school's growth, have been many outstanding achievements from every department, each having become more special- ized and more nearly complete in its instruction. Russell has maintained the title of Honor School. The past few years have seen the organization of Coed Hi-Y and Civitan clubs. In 1950 the track team won first place in the county tournament while in basketball we rated second in the county. New classes of Radio English and Driver Training were begun. All divisions of the school joined with the music department to produce the Spanish Operetta in 1950. In 1951, the year of the Evaluative Criteria, Russell was again placed high on the list of accredited schools. In time we may forget these things, still we can never forget our school itself nor the happiness its name represents to us.

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VANNYE SUE ABERCROMBIE MARY RUTH ABERNETHY JOE ANN ADAMS .72 ,Z CLAUDE A. AMERSON, JR. f' iff' RACHEL CARROLL ANDERSON DARRYL CARL AUBREY ZANA LOUISE AVERY JAMES CAMERON BADDERS BARBARA GRACE BALLEW HAROLD EUGENE BANNISTER