Stapleton High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Stapleton, GA)

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CLASS POEM WE GRAVE AND REVEREND SENIORS We grave and reverend Seniors, Who thought the years so slow We spent in acquisition Of things we had to know, Are filled with wild excitement: At last the goal is won. We gaze in admiration Upon the work we've done. The courses we have taken, The stiff exams we've passed Would indicate intelligence: With wonder we're aghast. The faculty, they tell us, Are equally surprised, For when they found us passing They scarce believed their eyes. Perhaps it was their wisdom That dragged us up to grade, And so we're saying, Thank you, For good advice and aid. How often we have counted The time till holidays, And wished the hours were shorter In education's ways! But now we may discover What old folks say is true: Life's working day is lengthly, And holidays are few. Still armed with high endeavor We'l1 meet fate with a smile And strive with heart undaunted, Remembering the while That life, despite misfortune, ls but adventure gay, And death's a friend that gives us A last long holiday. 10

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THE CLASS HISTORY The Senior Class started off in the fir st grade with thirty pupils. Our teachers for the first seven grades were, Miss Johnson, Miss Cowart, Miss Caver, Miss James, Miss Pullen, Mrs. McDonald, Miss Walden, Miss Pennington, Mrs. Lofton, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Kilgore, and Mrs. Adams. We entered into High School in the eighth grade with fourteen pupils. Entering into the Freshman year of High School brought new fields of thought in working toward the Senior Year. The Sophomore year brought the writing of short stories and the exploring of higher mathematics. The class spirit which had been gradually increasing, manifested itself in athletics. The Junior year we joyously accepted the responsibilities of higher classmen. The most thrilling adventure found us preparing for the Junio1'YSenior Banquet. June found us preparing responsi- bilities for the Senior year. The Senior year started off with twelve pupils. We lost two. one marrying and one quitting. Of the thirty pupils that started in the first grade, only five will graduate together. 9

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C CLASS W ILL Individually and collectively, we the Senior Class of 1949 leave Mr. Cook the exclusive right to chew gum in the class room. Walter Rabun wills his ability to spell to Frank Terry. Betty Jean Hadden wills her figure to Jeanette Paul, hoping that it will help her make a success in the career of Modeling. To Mr. Cason, our superintendent, we bequeath the everlasting respect and high esteem of every member of the class with the understanding that he regard this class as the most dutiful and most promising of any that shall ever graduate from the Stapleton High School. Esther Allen wills her quietness to Joanne Arrington, her curly hair to Janelle Usry. Wilma wills her Berry to Ann Johnson to feed her Swan. In recognition of the four years of our High School experience we will to her our sincere wishes for continued happiness in future years with her husband. Thomas Howard wishes to will his handsome looks to Jack Rabun. The Senior Class wants to will their good times at class meet- ings to the Junior Class. June Clark having won distinction among her classmates and friends for dropping her chicken at the Junior-Senior Banquet, wishes the above distinction to mark the Junior year of Barbara Rabun. ' The Senior Class kindly willed Ann Thigpen to Tommie Burke without obligation. Jimmy Sheppard wills his height to Roy McGahee and his beard to Johnnie Peebles. To the undergraduate who is most in danger of not passing next year we bequeath Glynn Hadden's store of information, who wills his love to Milderd Hobbs and his handwriting to Mrs. Kilgore. To the undergraduate needing it most, we give Lloyd Kitchen's supply of language, which will enable the recipient to tell more and say less than any other human being. Maurice McGahee wishes to dedicate his quiet and shy ways to Farris Pendery, his girl friends to his brother Roy, and neatness to J. S. Beasly. ll