West Point High School - Point Yearbook (West Point, VA)

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POTENTIAL SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES DOuO'rm' HLfT11 BROWN Clxurul Club Nam Dum' Club jOHN l'llCNHY CZINTOUT, JR. Atblk-tic Association FIIANCES BROOKE Mmm' Nun Ducr Club NVu,1.lAx1 CIUHTIS ROHINS Al,FHI'ZlJ X'VliSl.lfIY Burl 1 n Atlmlc-tiv Association, llvportvr Asuulu' CAI'l'Zli'l'0N TNICN1-ilfilz Athll-tic Association Bzlslwtlvalll 'l'l'ilIll lDl'kllIl2ltll' Club l OOtbull 'll-auu lllltillljlfllllllj' Club. Prvsiclvut Sufi-ty Pzltml Clmczlfz LOUISI4: N1u,m Choral Club Nun IJIIUI' Club jO11N QIOSICPII Slclmczfx Arl Club, Sl'L'I'K'lKll'f' Athlvtic Association Busvbzlll Tc-:un Buskvtlmll 'll-gun

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KIHAN WHAY WoI.IfIc SEN IORS liolai-:1z'I' VI-:IINoN KERNS Athletic Association Football Team EUIJOHA EIu.IeNIc CJLIVHH Bvta Cluh Choral Cluh 'l'IIr: PoIN'I', Typist EnNI4:s'1' BOXVDICN RoIaIfn'I's Athletic Association, Secretary Bc-ta Clulx, 'llrvasurvr Student Council, Vicc-President Senior Class, W hill?-l,f0SlClt'llt Beta Club Draunatic Clulm, Vice'-l'rvsicle-Iit I l.ihrary Clulm, V i cc-President , Litcrary Society I Sonior Class, S4-crm-tary l rllllli POINT, Assistant Busi- l ni-ss Managvr 2 22 1' . i Il, W-,eff HP E SHIHLIQY fl,NPTIL KNAPI' Bc-ta Cluli Cheer Lt-Iulvr Drzunatic Cluh, Prcsiale-nt Lihrary Clnh Urnngc and Blue, Editor-in Chief Rccreation Coininittvc, Chuirnian ALMA RICVA C1Iox'I'oN PII,I.sIIUIIY Beta Cluh, Vice--l'rvsiclcnt JOYCE Cnowicu. RoBIcII'I's Be-ta Cluh, President Dramatic Clulx, Treasiirvr llc-altli-NVe'ltzIrv Cl!lI1llllttLxi', Chairman Lilmrary Cluh S. C. A. Represviitativv THIS POINT. Assistant Editor .I o ANN Yow Beta Clulm Drziniatic Cluh Lihrary Clulm, Prvsiclcnt Literary Socic-ty, Treasurer Orange and Blue, Typist TIIE PoIN'r, Editor-in-Chit-f

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LOOKING BACKWARDS FROM '43 i -V lv, luis Nh: XVEHIC Six School days began for the Class of 1948 in Septem- ber, 1937, when a rather bewildered group of young- sters filed into Miss Corris classroom, some clutching their mothers' hands, others walking boldly around trying not to look frightened. Under Miss Corr's gentle care We soon settled down to our regular period from one to three. School was fun and we liked to brag about it. ln 1938 we returned to Miss Corr, who taught the second grade in the morning. This time we were old-timers. NVe could look down on the scared first- graders. NVe were in the second grade. The third grade really seemed a step forward for now We went to school in the morning and in the afternoon. The third grade also meant studies that we had never had before. None of us will ever for- get our delightful unit on the Eskimos. Under Bliss Cornelia lfloggis supervision we made many articles pertaining to the lives of Eskimos. Interesting days passed quickly and june brought the end of another full and happy year. All during the summer of '40 We looked forward to the beginning of school, for it meant that we would go upstairs to Miss Bland's room. VVhcn we climbed the steps on the first day of the new session, it gave us a very superior feeling. The fourth grade also meant being able to use the fire escape that had just been installed. This was a big thrill for all of us. The filth grade came next. Under Miss Cleasby's guidance. we learned a great deal. A very pleasant memory of the fifth grade is the entertaining radio program to which We listened in the mornings. This program was designed especially for school children. That was the year, too, that our country Went to War. NVe were young, yet deeply allected by it. In 1942, We were in the sixth grade with only two years of elementary school left. The War was still going on and Miss Elizabeth Hogg, our teacher, brought into our courses an emphasis on history and geography. September, 1943, found us in the seventh grade at the top of the elementary school. We fancied, at least, that the younger children looked up to us admiringly from a distance. NVe were again down- stairs, due to the illness of our teacher, Mrs. Geyer. VVe shall never forget Mrs. Geyer and her rhytlnn band. We now got the choicest instruments to play and gloried in it. So ended our elementa1'y school career. We were now ready tor high school and timid again, as We were in the beginning. SHIRLICY K NAPI' eil 1241