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

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A,.' C' 'A A 1 .1121 ,QHQ ,L-J Q ?-tw Q - il in 'I 0 f 1 N -, f- '1 ' ,f . gi g Pl i, 1 ' lla' F.. 1 ' T' West Point, virginia, June 11, 1949 Graduates Read To Tackl World Twenty-three Students Receive Their High School Diplomas SIXTEEN BOYS AND GIRLS OF GROUP STARTED EDUCATION IN THE WEST POINT SCHOOL Move Along To Higher Classes The twenty-three members of the Class of 1949 received their high school diplomas on Friday evening, June 10, in the High School auditorium. Sixteen of the boys and girls had begun school in Miss Corr's first grade in the West Point Elementary School. In the second grade they had spent 'another year with Miss Corr and had then ad- vanced through the other ele- mentary grades taught by Miss Cornelia Hogg, Miss Bland, Miss Cleasby, Miss Elizabeth Hogg and Miss Reynolds. They had all entered high school to- gether in the fall of 1944. In high school their home room teachers were Mrs. Geyer, Miss Boyer, Mrs. Cluverius and Miss Branch. During their school days the following persons had served as pricipals of the Various Principals Are Recalled school: Mr. Norton, Mr. Van Pelt, Mr. Meredith and Mr. Humphreys. The other seven members of the class had entered at varying times during the intervening years. Some had come from King William County Schools, several from King and Queen, and some from different schools in Virginia and other states. Page 9

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Participate In H. S. Government Student government in a mod- ified form was introduced in the West Point High School in 1915 and in December, 1918, the Stu- dent Council was established. '1'oday the organization is known as the Student Cooperative As- sociation headed by the Student Council. The duties of the Stu- dent Council are to propose plans for student participation in advancing the best interests of the school, and to advise stu- dents whose work and conduct are not in keeping with the spirit and purpose of the organi- zation. Under the S. C. A. func- tion these student committees: Recreation, Health and Welfare, Building and Grounds, Assem- bly and the Safety Patrol. A different type of organiza- tion existed when student par- ticipation was introduced in 1915. Grade students as well as the members of the high school department were included. The officers of the first organization were Adelaide Leigh, Girls' Stu- dent Representative, Thomas Pumphrey, Boys' Representa- tive, Frances Bland and Liv- ingston De Farges, Grade I Cap- tains, Elizabeth Chandler and Charles Bagby, Grade II Cap- tains, Catherine Pumphrey and Joseph Sohm, Grade III Cap- tains, Mary Emerson and Ed- ward Topping, Grade IV Cap- Hudson, Evans, B. Dyson, Robertson, J. Dyson, Anderson and Westmoreland tains, Stella Sohm and Clarence Wolfe, Grade V Captains, Clara Aumack and William Moore, Grade VI Captains, Meade Feild and Thomas Cheatham, Grade VII Captains, Virginia Farin- holt and Edmund Henshaw, Grade VIII Captains, Eloise Brown and Sam Puller, Grade' IX Captains, Mary Burke and Patrick Robinson, Grade X Cap- tains, and Mary Hudson and Richard Bullard, Grade XI Cap- tains. The officers for the past scs- sion were William Robertson, President, Barbara Dyson, Vice- president, and Doris Anderson, Secretary. Margaret E v a n s, Bynum Westmoreland, Jack Dy- son and Mary Montague Hudson served as class representatives to relay ideas back and forth I INSTALLATION OF NEW COUNCIL Page 8 between thc Council and the class. The Student Association sent delegates to both the state and district S. C. A. meetings. Mr. Humphreys served as program director of the district meeting and Miss Branch, William Rob- ertson and Barbara Dyson were members of the program com- mittee. Sidney Newton has been named vice-president of the Richmond District S. C. A. for the year 1949-50. On May 25, the Council held installation services for the stu- dents chosen to direct S. C. A. activities for the session 1949- 1950. The new officers are: El- vira Fary, President, Donald Dickerson, Vice-president and John Hasty, Secretary. In the induction of these ofii- cers the students participated in the following ceremony: Processional, New and Retir- ing Ofiicers. Song, God of Our Fathers, Assembly. Talk, Vijlliam Robertson, Re- tiring President. Song, The S. C. A., Assem- bly. Installation of New Officers by Retiring Officers. Talk, Elvira Fary, New Presi- dent. Reading, S. C. A. Obligation, Assembly led by the President. Recessional, New Ofiicers.

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Page 10 First Row: Ashley and Barry Second row: Bristow and Coleman Third row: Dyson and Evans Fourth row: Guzilc and Hall First to receive her diploma was MARGARET ELIZABETH AsH- LEY, who began her school life in Miss Corr's first grade in 1938. Margaret has been inter- ested in many school activities, serving as school pianist, cheer leader, editor of the Orange and Blue Review and The Point, treasurer of the Senior Class, and secretary of the Beta Club. She has won honors in the Latin and French State Tournaments. if 'I 'I JAMES ROBERT BERRY, JR., was the next to step forward. James was born in West Point and since the age of seven has at- tended school here. James is especially interested in athletics and has been a member of the football team and co-captain of basketball. i ll III OTIS ALLEN BR1s'row started out in the West Point first grade, leaving to complete his elementary education at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School. Bootsie returned to attend high school in West Point in 1945. In 1948 he was sent as the school's representa- tive to Boys' State. During his senior year he was president of the Athletic Association and the Hobbies Club, a member of the Dramatic and Science Clubs, and on the basketball team. i 1 lk The latest comer to the class is JAMES ANDREW COLEMAN, who entered in September, 1948. James previously a t t e n d e d Pleasant Hill School. His chief interests have been athletics and the organization of the Future Farmers, of which he is secretary. Ik Ill 1 BARBARA DYSON was born in Richmond and came to West Point in 1936, entering the first grade in 1938. Throughout high school Barbara's chief interests have been dramatics and public speaking activities. She has been in a number of plays, in- cluding Three's A Crowd, the prize-winning one-act comedy in the State contest of 1948. Shc