Tech High School - Tehisean Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Swim 61444 Jlatw, Tech High was founded in 1909. Since that time at the end of each scholastic year, a class has departed from the shadows of her buildings and the presence of her guiding hand. Each has left its history and imprint on the school, whether written or unwritten. The class of 1945 will soon be the latest addition to classes gone before. 'Way back in 1942 some would-be Freshmen nervously congregated about on the campus and were finally received as students of Tech High. The first nine months the class was busy getting acquainted with one another, being filled with the Smithy Spirit which can .never be outdone, afiiliating with the different activities and learning to study. The junior wisdom, the priceless attribute of a school community, whose bark is worse than its bite, made itself prevalent in our midst. The Senior year which is enjoyed more than the other school years has rounded off, thus ending one of the most treasured memories of our life. Many boys went out for the athletic branch of Tech High to become outstanding players and receive state- wide recognition. Representing us in the field of music and winning letters in the band and Glee Club were Bill Wright, Ken Haralson, Frank Thomas, Cris Paul, and Lewis Puckett. Still others went into the literary field and won honors as debaters, declaimers, orators and in the field of journalism. Among some of the outstanding boys in this field are john Keown, Rex Edmondson, Marvin Wallace, and Jack Banta who help put out the Rainbow, Ed. F. Chandler, Charles Ray and Harrison Allen who won letters as Orators. Though the athletics had fallen in our freshman year, we, as juniors, were greatly improved. The football team had grown in number and strength. All the season our team was successful but lost their only game to Boys' High 6-0. The basketball team placed fourth in the G.I.A.A. title. The baseball team, made up almost entirely of Juniors, were very successful that year and won the City Prep and G.I.A.A. Championship for the second consecutive year. During our junior year the Military Department was very active. They produced a fine regiment. With the able training of LaMar Sheats, on the annual Military night Tech High defeated Boys' High in the competition drill of the school's A Companies. Now we appear in our last performance with the dignified title of Seniors. How much it means and how differently we view life now than we viewed it when we entered. All the boys started out studying for a peace time career, but have changed to a course that would better fit them for their part in this second World War. Realizing full well that our courses at Tech High will be terminated soon, each Senior has done his best to make this year the greatest in history. To record here the individual achievements is impossible, but throughout the pages of this annual the proud accomplishments of the class of '45 are set forth in greater detail. During the great football season of the Senior year, the Smithies lost but two games, 41-14 to Lanier and 40-20 to a powerful Miami team. The Smithieswere tied by Boys' High 13-13 which was the first time the two schools have deadlocked. Tech High will long remember such stars as Peek, Gossett, Couch, Davis, Patton, Mitchell, Hale, Sawyer, and Corley. Along with the greatness of athletics, the Literary branch of Tech High turned out the best speaker our school has had in many years. Starting with competition between the Atlanta High Schools, Harry Schutte won every contest in sight and went to the Nationals. He did not win this contest, but came home with a very high honorable mention of fourth place. As we look back over our school history, we feel that although we missed perfection by a wide mark, 001' efforts on the whole are laudable and our accomplishments worthy models for the next class. Words cannot express our deep appreciation of the labors of Mr. Cheney and each teacher in guiding us through our high school career and as another account in our ledger of life is balanced by our graduation, we, the class of '45 carry on. Bill Rabun . . . '45

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A YOODYORKING DEPARTMENT WILLIAM HARRISON ALLEN President, Home Room: President Pbi Delta: Vice-President, Engineering Society: Vice-President Beta Club: Band: Rainbovy Stall: Chaplain and Parliamentarlan, S.P.I.L'i.: Vice-President, Pan American: All Time Honor Roll: Winner, American Legion Essay Contest: Winner, Freshman Decla- mation: Participated in Annual Literary Exercises: Member, Phoenix Lit- erary Society: resident, Student Council: Treasurer, Delta Theta Kappa. CHARLIE ANDERSON B Team Cheerleaders: Captain, Varsi Cheerleaders: Secretary and Treasurer, Home tI'loom. JACK L. ATKINSON Vice-President, Home Room: President, Home Room. ROBERT ALVIN BAKER. JR. WARREN MADDOX BANTA, JR. President, Home Room: .Vice-President Hi-Y: Phil Delta: Dramatics Club: DeMolay: Ethgtneenng Society: Corresponding Secretary, Student Council: Assistant usmess Manager, Rainbow: Associate Ed tor, Tehi- Wll: Supreme Court Justice: Corporal, R.O.'I'.C.: Bowling Team: School Social Committee: Minstrel Show, '45. THOMAS EDWARD BARCROFT Lieutenant in R.O.'I'.C. CLARENCE BENTLEY BARNES Class Olicer: N.A.S.S.: Varsity Baseball. HARVEY LINTON BETHEA S.P.I.G.: President, Home Room: Cheer Leader: Football Team: Wrest- Qs A I 'G' iv' ., 4' 'Q' ddi- B' ,vb ', . Yr' -QQ Q Qh Q.: . , X L Q w xi 'A' F - 1 V h , if, 7 :M V,:-sn Allen Anderson Agkiggm Baker Banta Bsrcroft HUBERT FORD BIESER. JR. President, Home Room: Beta Club: Oicers' Club: Engineering Society: N.A.S.S.: Soccer Team: Lieuteng: in R.O.'I'.C.: Rtlle Team: Minstrel ow. ROBERT BURTON BLAHNIK Member, Pan American Club. GENE BRYSON BLANKENSHIP Phi Delta: Hi-Y: Cheerleader: President, Home'Room: Student Councili Dramatics Club: Track Team: Rainbow Stall: Tehnsean Stalh Two and One-Half Year Graduate. DAN W. BLANTON M b , N.A.S.S.: R' bo Stall: Liaison Omcer: Captain, Boxing T::n I Deputy: Chaplain, wHome Room: Two and 002-Hllf YN' Graduate. CARL EUGENE BLEDSOE Two and One-Half Year Graduate: Bowling Team. HOWARD MILTON BONE Class Ollicera Member, S.P.I.G. Bo 4 JACK L. BONNER Wllng Team: S.F.I.G.: Two and One-Half Year Graduate: Delta Theta Kappa. DANIEL WILLIAM BOONE, JR. Captain in R.O.T.C.: Olii ' CI b- R11 . - P Trophy Team Medals: NALIEB.: I?ioe-P:esIdZ'n?:nI-Iot:ZuR-gm lvgtgtiatzf EDWARD AVEN BOWEN Member, Glee Club: Non-Commissioned Oicer, R.0.T.C. JAMES RAY BOYD Football Team. ling Team: Ligigog Oman ' OTIS FRANKLIN BRADLEY, JR. W. L. BICKNIU. President, Home Room: Ollicer in R.0.T.C.: Oicers' Club: Rille Team: Hi-Y. I ' 'W F W . l .TI '1..'- , Q 'vu' .5 :Ur 0 M A , , -,,.. ,N r noe . , ' s ,-. 5 , ' ff -1-'char ' u.- P, .. . ' -Q Mx, t .,, ' wo ,, 5 l ...v ,QQ if sky A .., F, ., 'V' f fo' V ,f I .1-'S' if-'fl ,, ,H 'nl ggi'-' any I -1 W ,l I ,. A E . R, 3.5 rig: tg' ,gd L ' ?i.ff,7If1?' ffff-' N .Q -Q Q, K- X ,ar Q 'j-aa. Q Q P: y ,- A. ,N , N e K B' of I X Q. l . X ... - . :uw .V .- f' .5 .y 3 , 'I 3 M: - Q R 4 Barnes Betbea Bicknell Blahnik Blankenship Blanton Blum' Bon' Bonne' Bowen Boyd Bradley Q u