Tarrant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Tarrant, AL)

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Seniors MINNIE GLADYS WOOD Redwood Motto: Today well lived, make every tomorrow a joy. Monitors' Club, Future Business-Loaders of America Ug. • . v i v x I) It A DIE HELEN YARBROUGH Jersey” MOTTO: There is no soap that can wash out the soil of dirty thoughts. Future Business Leaders of America DEAN WA CLYDE HOLMES Graduation day Each day we toiled for four long years, Foreseeing this hour with hopes and fears. At last our day of triumph’s in sight; Our hearts soar upward with pure delight. Sweet mem’ry holds a tender past. True friendships bound by ties that last. The lessons learned will surely guide Our steps in paths of success and pride. As we draw near to graduation, The day that marks our separation, Each task well done in fullest measure Fills deep our cup of youthful treasure. With outstretched hands we seek to clasp The glorious future within our grasp. Jean Godfrey

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Seniors MARY LOU WATKINS Motto: Incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding. National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Teachers of America ALTON RAY WATTS Ar MOTTO: If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it. Monitors’ Club WILLIE JOE WEAR “Bill,” “Chink” Motto: Free, white, and willing. T Club JOE WEBSTER “Cherry” MOTTO: Be not simply good; be good for something. T Club HUGH DONALD WEEKS “Don” Motto: Do not swap old friends for new ones. BILLIE FAYE WILLIAMS “Bill” Motto: A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Future Teachers of America GENE WILLS “Goottie” Motto: Where there's a ’‘Wills,” there's a way. National Honor Society. Student Council ROLAND WILSON “Red” Motto: None knows the weight of another’s burden. Library Club

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II I NT III! V F HISTORY is a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events as steps in human progress, then it becomes my work as historian of the Senior Class of 1952 to record events which have been significant in the school life of this graduating class. A majority of the members of our class had their freshman study in Fairmont, Pinson. Springdale, Say re ton, Lewisburg, and Palmerdale; but there were 117 freshmen in Tarrant High School. Our class is the first to graduate from a four-year period in Tarrant High School. We are also the first to graduate with three years of participation in student council work. When we entered as sophomores, the Federal Vocational Building opened its courses to our student body. These courses have gradually increased to a total of ten. Entering the second year of high school, we acquired the name, “Lowly Sophs;” but as one of our members, Francis Marlin, was later chosen “Miss Popularity,” we rose to a higher standing in this strange and confusing school life. We lost some time and energy in learning to use our greater freedom in clnss, library, clubs, and general assembly profitably. Having cut our wisdom teeth in our sophomore year, we returned to Tarrant High School as juniors with a self-satisfaction never before experienced by anyone. Although our number had shrunk to 183, we assumed our responsibilities as juniors. Some of the highlights were the Y-Tecn dance and the Junior-Senior prom. We worked with sufficient diligence to reach the goal of becoming seniors in September. 1951. During the summer the racetrack around the school and the iron fence in front were removed, so that the architectural beauty of the building became apparent. The grounds were leveled, lights were placed at the corners of the building, and interior improvements were made. We entered as seniors on September 4, 1951, ou rnumber being 130. In a short time we had organized our class, ordered rings, decided to publish an annual, joined clubs, and got down to studying with enthusiasm. We supported our football team by rooting at all the games and pep rallies, trying to yell louder than anyone else, just to show that this was our” football team. Cupid shot his arrows frequently during the summer of '51, for at the beginning of the school year three were already married. Since that time nine have been added to that list. One boy has withdrawn to enter the armed services of our country. 1 have assembled a few facts useful and frivolous about our class: Fifteen have been fortunate enough to make the course in eleven years. Some have had to go thirteen years. The total number of years of attendance in school by the whole class is 1,213. About 87r' of us have received our entire education in the state of Alabama. This graduating class has held membership in 305 clubs in the past four years. Our ambitions range from housewife to nurse, from electrician to mortician. Others include certified public accountant, swimming the English Channel, secretary, trained engineer, salesman, photographer, and veterinarian. Eighty-one frankly admit that they flirt and, in spite of being dignified seniors, chew 233 packs of gum a week. To offset these frivolities, they study 799 hours per week out of school. As we approach the close of our high school life, we wish that we had been more diligent in our studies and more serious in our attitude, but these characteristics we can attain only by experience and maturity. Barbara Spearman.