Varina High School - Varinian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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- NIAHS take our part and help us out of all of our scrapes. Anyway we bravely began our last year in High School. Eula Crouch either did not like her classmates or became tired of going to school, we do not know which, but it took her only a short time to decide, for she left us a week after school started. VVe, as Seniors, worked together with as much harmony as could be expected, considering the size of the class. We were twenty-three in number, the largest class evergraduating from Varina! As I look back over our four years at Varina, I feel that the special achievements of some of our class members should be recorded in this history. ' W'e have had, and still have some star athletes in our class. Berk- eley Fussell, Orville Frick, and William Attkisson have made wonder- ful records as Basketball players. Doris Rathien and Elma Fussell have also represented us on the Basketball teams. Four members from our class were sent to the University last year for public speaking, debating, and reading. These were: Marie Baughman, Mabel Drinker, Ruth Murphy, and William Attkisson. In addition to this, we have in our class Grville Frick, who has won in the Henrico County Oratorical contest. VVe feel very proud of him, and hope he will continue his good work. We are sorry that the History cannot be recorded in the future, but we realize that we will no longer be bound together as a class after our diplomas are delivered. I can only say that I hope each of us will choose the right road-the one leading to Success. -ISABELLA HALL, H istoriani. 28

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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

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dm beninr Glass iBrnpbecp J! rg! ,L J, HE school life of the class of '24 has been so joyous, pleas- llffilgl ant, and jolly, so unhappy because of the sorrows of others .i l and rejoicing in the pleasures of each other, that I always compare them with a bouquet of flowers bound together .-xavigtiff-. with the ties of everlasting love and friendship. has in store for us. Let us look into the hearts of the flowers and see what the future The Daisy is the emblem of love, purity, beauty, and life. just so is Esther.', We see her happy and gleeful in her chosen work, teaching the little children around her. The children run to her with their cut and bruised lingers. She soothes and loves them. Then again we see her in the class room supreme of all, everyone obeying and respecting her because they love her. just the same now, then, and forever. This is her secret of success: The white rose stands for purity, The truth, and honor too. Its snowy heart forms the resting place Of a diamond drop of dew. Fate has made Gladys a prominent lady. She is noted for her poetry, novels, and short stories. She is also editor of the Washington Journal. We are not surprised at this when we remember her ability to write essays and our Annual write ups. just like the Tulip, Mildred Daniels has characteristics all her own. Tommy always did love fame and has acquired it through her talent of art. She won her popularity as the interior decorator of the new and largest theater in New Orleans. Clarence Crouch islike the F our O'Clock,'i he believes in sleeping most of the day. But for all this he has been given a place in History as Professor of Art at Cornell. When we see a Chrysanthemum we think of Rosa with her cheerfulness, sincerity, loving heart and helping hands. We were posi- 29