Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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OT NULL HAD TESTAMENT Crea E, the Senior Class of Chester High School, in the year of the Lord, 1940, departing from these beloved halls, setting out to explore and conquer a new and strange world, and being of a sound and disposing mind, make, ordain, and publish this, our Last Will and Testament, in the manner and form following: ARTICLE I. Section 1. To Mr. E. S. H. Greene, our most efficient Superintendent, we will a two weeks’ vacation with full pay, during which time he may rest up from the effort he spent in getting a new high school for us. Section 2. To Mr. Fred Thompson, our beloved principal, we will the gratification for all the things he has done for us, and the many improve- ments he has gained for Chester High in the three years that he has been principal here. ARTICLE II. Section 1. To Miss Gladys Moses, our Senior sponsor, we will a ten minute home room roll-call period, so that her pupils will not be the last ones out of the school in the afternoon. Section 2. To Miss Nancy Creath, our Senior sponsor, we will a trig- onometry class that will not take advantage of her willingness to help them by making her work almost all of their homework for them. Section 3. To Miss Julia Melba Alley, junior and senior English teacher, we will an English IV class that will pay attention to what she says in class at least twice a week. Section 4. To Miss Edna Henderson, history teacher, we will a world map with elastic boundaries to meet the ever-changing conditions. Section 4. To Mr. Wilson Crump, Derby Club sponsor, we will a coat with large pockets so that he may store away plenty of refreshments at club meetings. Section 6. To Miss Elizabeth Pickhardt, sophomore English teacher, we will a streamlined, five-year guaranteed clock with an unbreakable face, to replace her dilapidated one. Section 7. To Miss LeClaire Daughtrey, commercial teacher, we will “Whe Reflector. . page twenty-six

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We organized a government club which published a newspaper cre- ating much interest throughout the school. We spent a day at the Gen- eral Assembly in Richmond, and a day in Washington, D. C. Mr. Britton deserves credit for giving us these two highly educational as well as pleas- urable trips. Finally, work on the Year Book was begun, and with John Jones as editor-in-chief and Jimmy Goodwyn as business manager it seemed high- ly probable that our “‘Reflector” would be a success. Instead of the usual May Day, a Field Day was the outstanding event of the spring. On this day the Athletic Field was dedicated. We closed our extra-curricular activities with the most important and most looked-forward-to social event of the season, the Junior-Senior Reception. And now, at last, we have the realization of all our hopes and dreams within our grasp—graduation! Our sincerest wish is that we may be fav- ored in the future with as much grace as in the past. In gratitude, we pause to show our love and appreciation for Chester High School. : “Whe Reflector. page twenty-five

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ten new typewriting books and a chest to lock them in, so that some of her pupils will not take them home and forget to bring them back. Section 8. To Miss Elisabeth McDonald, French teacher, we will a senior French class that will translate their French homework before com- ing to class. Section 9. To Mr. R. J. Britton, social science teacher, we will a five year high school course, so that some of his pupils will finally graduate. Section 10. To Mr. James H. Bailey, freshman English and social science teacher, we will many more years of success as instructor, and di- rector of freshman plays. Section 11. To Mr. D. B. Orcutt, science teacher, we will a solid gold frame, in which he may insert a certain matrimonial certificate that he re- ceived this past winter. Section 12. To Miss Grace Schultz, our home economics teacher, we will a cook book which stresses the arts of pastry and bread making. Section 13. To Miss Martha Moreland, our librarian, we will ten new mouse traps to be used to prevent another riot in the library. Section 14. To Miss Betsy Blanton, mathematics and English teach- er, we will a book entitled,’ How to Drive in Ten Easy Lessons, which we hope will reveal valuable information to her. Section 15. To Mr. Cleveland C. Kern, our science teacher, we will a class room in which he may teach physics, without having to climb over the students to get to materials. ARTICLE III. Section 1. To the Junior Class, we will the experience of finding out that being a senior requires far more finances than being a junior. Section 2. To the Sophomore Class, we will the privilege of giving a three-act play as good as the one the Junior class gave this year. Section 3. To the Freshman Class, we will the honor of having their home rooms on the first floor, instead of in the basement as formerly. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. To the Derby Club, we will a 1929 Ford, to be used by the members from up Bellemeade way who always give as their excuse for be- ing absent: ‘We live so far away and have no way of getting to the meetings.” Section 2. To the Old Ironsides Club, we will Saturday night, on which to hold their meetings, trusting that they will not have to postpone them on account of any other club meetings. r “The Reflector page twenty-seven