Sunflower County Junior College and Agricultural High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Indianola, MS)

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i n g m u m 1 3 , ETQGSDEC f---' --minimumHmunulu mlmllllu History of the Class of '28 HEN the doors of the S. A. H. S. opened in September, l924, there came crowding in a host of men and women from the various nearby sections of the delta, as well as from the remote foreign territories of such places as Ackerman and Carroll County. These parents, for such they were, were the proud possessors of sons and daughters in whom they saw not fperhapsj the distinctly emerald hue, but a spark of intelligence which they wished the dear old institution to fan, kindle, and inflame. So the faculty, servants and missionaries as they are, set about to accomplish the stupendous task. How far short of their purpose they should have fallen without the cooperation of this mass of inexperienced humanity can hardly be estimated. But that would be another story-one that cannot be written of the Class of '28. On the other hand, there are too many instances of the successes of the class to be recorded on one short page. Banded together, each strengthened and supported by the other, the class as a whole has moved forward steadily and surely to gain the topmost round of the ladder of high school success. With earnestness of purpose the Class of '28 set out, like Ulysses of old, to strive, to seek. to find, and not to yield. There have been good days and bad days, glad days and sad days. Over stony pathways and through peaceful valleys the class has journeyed cheerfully and triumphantly and has come at last to the desired destination. Realizing that a vigorous, healthy body is essential to the proper development of the mental faculties. the members of the class have from year to year shown great interest in all forms of athletics. In football, baseball, basket ball and track the Class of '28 has furnished each year more than its quota of varsity players. Not only has the class excelled on the court, the diamond and the gridiron, but also in the realms of scholarship, oratory, dramatics, music and debating. A mere glance at the class roll brings to mind many students familiar to all the school as representatives of everything that is high and excellent in every phase of school life. The graduating class of '28 is composed of fifty members, but our pride is not in numbersg it is in the fact that the body is made up of loyal, honor-loving students whose sterling qualities give assurance that they will contribute greatly to the better- ment of the world. The freshman bustled in four years ago, a conglomeration of individuals, guaranteed no two alike, unorganized, unsophisticated, but with dogged deter- mination and Spartan bravery. Today the not boasting, but boosting class stands on a threshold of a new world, eager to move on a step further and to prove in the college fire, the mettle that has been tested and strengthened in the heat of high school days. ' l l llll 2 lll lllll ll Ill FN l fxf, A

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ETQosDEc5Qe..set,. -I A. M. ALLEN, JR. V72 ' - A' MOORHEAD ' . A H ' On the gridiron he's hard lo heat. 6 S If love were all he'd be complete. X Football '25, '26, '27, Captain '28, Basket- l ball '26, '27, 28, Baseball '26, '27, '28, Hi-Y, Olympian Society, President '28, M. N, G.: Asst. Editor Retrospect '28. MATHIS ARMSTRONG BLAINE The heavenly choir thought this song bird needed a rest. They sent him down lo earth: he's doing his best. Lanier Society, Vice-President '28, Hi-Y, Vice-President '28, Glee Club. LOIS ATKINS DREW Lois is not so noisy, and never makes a fuss, But everybody lilfes her, and lve're glad she's one of us. Pbilomathean Society, Girl Reserves, Dra- matic Club. CARMELO BIANCA BAIRD ' An excellent fellow, quiet, deep, ' Climbs the hills, though they be steep. Lanier Society: Hi-Y. VIRGINIA BIANCA BAIRD Lovable and unassuming: true as steel. Girl Reserves: Music Club, Philomathean Society. ETTA LEE BRIDGES MERIGOLD You have so lived that at the end Your classmates say, 'She is our friend.' Girl Reserves, Glee Club: Athenian Society. COLON BROWN MOORHEAD Capable, will tackle anything, just another Cridiron King. Football '27, '28, Track '27, '28, Base- ball, '27, '28, Basketball '27, '28, Olympian Society: Hi-YQ Dramatic Club, Class Presi- dent, '27, M. N. G., Commercial Club, 2 S - 4 .. f f G 1 A 'ws 2 2 'N' sf--of-sf - we -fs -f-N A ,xxx A K- ,df Q-as ,N-. ,