Stephens City High School - Newtown Pippin Yearbook (Stephens City, VA)

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Senior Class History FRESHMEN 1946-47 We began our high school careers in September 1946. There was a suffi- cient number of us to be divided into two homerooms-one sponsored by Miss Roberts with Harold Whetzel as president and the other sponsored by Miss Rudolph with Patsy Barton as president. SOPHOMORES 1947-48 Our Sophomore year found us all combined in one home-room group with Miss Rudolph as our sponsor. We elected Charles Anderson president and began planning for a busy year. Due to the introduction of a twelve-year sys- tem of education in the school, there was no Junior Class this year, and the duties of a Junior class fell to us as Sophomores. We raised money for and held the Junior-Senior Prom at the George Washington Hotel and decorated the churches of Stephens City for the Baccalaureate Sermon and Commence- ment Exercises. JUNIORS 1948-49 Our Junior year was made eventful by the fact that we got our rings which we had been looking forward to for a long time. We also began to think about and plan for our Senior year. We elected Randolph Seal as president and Miss Rudolph continued as our sponsor. SENIORS 1949-50 This year our goal is attained and we are Seniors. Our minds are full of many activities pertaining to graduation-the annual, our prom, the Senior trip and, last but not least, the graduation program when we are handed our di- plomas in one of the really big moments of a lifetime. We elected Dean Baughman president of our Senior Class and once more we were sponsored by Miss Rudolph. HAROLD WHE'rzmL, Histofrian i 1

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Senior Cla'ss Poem THE RIVER OF LIFE Life, to me, is like a river. It's small ever flowing tributaries Run together Making a mighty stream. Once this stream has started It is much like the life of man, Making its own course Through the muddy way of life. Twelve years ago, even before, These same tributaries started Within us. Thus we set our course! Now we are wending our way Toward the mighty river of life. The first large tributary to help us, Was the starting of our formal education. This flow of knowledge was as pure And refreshing as the mountain stream. The next important tributary came with The entering of high school. This was the largest benefit To the fiow of education. Some of us may branch to higher learning, And some may find other streams To fulfill the needs and desires, As we journey down the river of life. But, regardless of the streams we choose, We have begun our lives with a Sound and full beginning. May we continue to make our lives Full and ever growing, Until the river of life itself, Ceases to flow. LORRAINE MARKER, Poetess