Varina High School - Varinian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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.1iTi,i:igfii?fllE , 1 Svzniur Glass ilaisturp JJ' 3.155 N September, 1920, we the Seniors of 1924, began our long fiffap anticipated journey through High School. We were Q3 thirty-six in number, and were guided by our teachers, Miss Pickhardt, Miss Shelburne, Miss Tomko and Mr. .Q Baker. VV e had always thought that when we entered High School, we would be specially noticed and respected, but we were disillusioned, for everyone just called us Rats and we almost wished we were back in the grammar grade again. Soon after we began our High School work Inez Schermerhorn, one of our members, decided that a man and a home of her own would be better than attending high school, so she left after having been with us only two months. The next to leave our group was Gaithel Brown, who moved away the following December. This reduced our class, at the close of the session to thirty-four members. ' A very short but happy vacation followed, and as September stole around again we found ourselves one step nearer to our goal. Thus we entered our second year. We were very sorry to find that we had lost six of our members: Horace Lipford had decided to continue his education at Smithdeal Business College, Clarice Tremper also left us to attend school in town, Louise Hartsell and Bernard Lanham moved away from this part of the district, Evelyn Whitlock left our class, and joined the class follow- ing usg and Maggie Stagg did not return. We had one new member, for Evelyn Humes had joined our class. This year our Faculty consisted of Miss Shelburne, Miss Stoneman, Miss McCraw, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Baker, who led us speedily on through the term. Then a sudden shock befell us all, for Baker jones, the light of our class, moved away. A few days later Clara Whitlock left, and soon after Evelyn Humes and Coleman Minor broke from the ranks of our class. Then with neither gaining nor losing any other members from our group, we finished oursecond year. 26

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2 NIAHB rv' -iggfvzmfafn ORVILLE FRICK The simple things, the true things, The silent men that do things. This little gem describes Orville. He is ever busy. The time others spend in talking Orvilleaspends in studying. He leads his classes in all branches of work, having won the distinction of being our best debator and orator. He has represented our school in state and county contests. But when we say that Orville is studious we do not mean that he is a book worm, because he is one of the best athletes that ever came to Varina, being on the track team which represented the school in the track meets at V. P. I. But Basketball is the ame in which he shines. He is one of the ?ew to play in every game for the entire' year. . With these numerous desirable accomplish- ments he is retiring and bashful especially among the fairer sex. Rest assured that success awaits him in any field he chooses for his life's work.

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The following September we returned to our work in the third year, just thrilled to think that we were really juniors! Our class seemed quite different, for George jefferson and Andrew Schools, two of our lively boys, failed to return. However, there were eight new members in our class. Esther Hines, Ruby Durrett, Edwin Parsons and Stuart Vest came to us from Glendale, Marie Baughman, who had just moved out from the city transferred from john Marshallg Elizabeth Nuckols came from Short Pump, and Charles VV hitlock joined us from Montrose. We were now thirty-one in number. Our same Faculty returned to us with exception of Miss Shelburne, whose place was filled by Miss Sutphin. Dorsey Kirby remained with us only a month, for he found some other occupation better than school life. Edwin Parsons came about every other day for a while, then gradually missed more until he attended about once a week and finally he dropped us altogether. VVe were very sorry to hear this, but worse than this he influenced others, for Stuart Vest and Thaddius Morowski, finding that they could not do without Edwin, left us a few weeks later. Throughout our junior year we had the reputation of being the worst class in school. I suppose it was not really meannessg we were only full of life. However, in spite of all of our demerits we passed out of our junior year. The vacation following seemed even shorter than the others, but we were all glad, because even the thought of being Seniors seemed to make us long for September. VV hen school began we again assembled in our same room, occupy- ing our same desks as we had- had the previous year. Immediately we noticed the vacant desks and soon found that three of our members were missing. Virginia Stoneman had taken up her studies at Chatham Episcopal Institute, Elizabeth Nuckols failed to return from Short Pump: and Elizabeth Gleen, having moved to town, entered john Marshall High School. Miss Stoneman and Mr. Baker were the only members of the Faculty of the previous year who returned to us. In place of the others we had Miss Summers, Miss Stone, and Mr. Anderson. We were all sorry not to lind Mr. Rice back with us, because he always seemed to 27