Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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21 THE T A T L E R—1 9 2 8 Senior Class CLASS OFFICERS HOMER WHITE, President EDWARD WARD, Vice President MARY TESTA, Secretary ANNE JOHNSON, Treasurer ACADEMIC AND GENERAL Adkins, Aline Baker, William Beard, Marie Brewington, Bessie Brewington, Carroll Brown, Helen Brittingham, Anne Brown, Margaret Clark, Constance Clarke, Ernest Cooper, Doris Covington, Nancy Dallas, Betty Davis, Irma Derby, Dorothy Farlow, Mildred Fields, Dorothy Mae Freeny, Howard Grier, Mamie Gunby, Dean Harris, James Harris, Katherine Hearn, Gladys Holloway, Betty Holloway, Florence Holloway, Marie Hopkins, Henrietta Hopkins, Hilda Huffington, Sara Humphreys, Margaret Johnson, Anne Krause, Albert Livingston, Alverta Malone, Irma Malone, Virginia Mellott, Alcie Morris, Mildred Parker, Thomas Perdue, Leila Powell, Maurice Robertson, Pauline Rounds, Gertrude Shockley, Edna M. Stewart, Margaret Taylor, Mary Louise Terry, Della Toulson, Isabelle Truitt, James Truitt, Kendall Waller, Clyde Waller, Virginia Wanner, Betty Ward, Edward Watson, Lillie White, Homer COMMERCIAL Baker, Mildred Bounds, Louise Bozman, Florence Brittingham, Hampton Brown, Simeon Calloway, Iva Culver, William Holloway, Howard Matthews, Mildred Shockley, Edna P. Smith, Ronald Stewart, Sarah Taylor, Richard Testa, John Testa, Mary Tilghman, Katharine Tyndall, Katharine Young, Elva

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20 THE TA T L E R—1 9 2 8 Would we not have envied them these things? But despite our lack of them we had as good a time. Besides our children must have the best opportunities possible for our country needs men and women who are of that stern stuff which bids them die for it at need and a country is never worth dying or living for unless it has been built up in morality, prosperity, and knowledge by the boys and girls of other times, our ancestors, our par- exits, and now you and me. Therefore, let us the people of today do our best to train and equip the present generation of boys and girls to be the statesmen of tomorrow. How can we do it? By giving them encouragement, showing interest in their scholastic activities, aiding them by our patronage of plays and entertainments, buying their paper, their “Tatlers”. Perhaps we will learn something ourselves from their fresh ideas of life and living. And let me say to the students themselves, quoting the words of a great man, a beloved man—Theodore Roosevelt. “With all my heart I believe in the joy of living; but those who achieve it do not seek it as an end in itself, but as a seized and prized incident of hard work well done and of risk and danger never wantonly courted, but never shirked when duty commands that they be faced. And those who have earned joy, but are rewarded only with sorrow, must learn the stern comfort to great souls—the comfort that springs from the knowl¬ edge taught in times of iron, that the law of worthy living is not fulfilled by pleasure, but by service, and by sacrifice, when only thereby can service be rendered. “No nation can be great unless its sons and daughters have in them the quality to rise level to the needs of heroic days. Yet this heroic quality is but the apex of a pyra¬ mid of which the broad foundations must solidly rest on the performance of duties so ordinary that to impatient minds they seem commonplace.” “Remember too that alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back you, the children, in whose hands rests the fu- ture of the years.”

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22 T H E T A T L E R—1 9 2 8 ALINE VIRGINIA ADKINS “Adkins” Salisbury, Maryland Aiine is one of the more serious members of the class. She is not always quiet, but more so than the rest of us. Someone is always say¬ ing , “Hurry up Adkins,” for Aline never seems to be in a hurry, but she gets there just the same. “Adkins” makes friends wherever she goes, and we are sure she will be a success in what¬ ever she chooses to undertake. English Club Social Civics Club MILDRED VIRGINIA BAKER “ Milly ” Salisbury, Maryland Milly is another of our quiet industrious commercials. She has proved an asset to our class—-we need quiet ones to set the examples for the noisy ones. From reports this young lady is some typist, and we hope she will be successful in whatever career she undertakes. English Club q a. O. (7. A. WILLIAM THORPE BAKER “Bill” Salisbury, Maryland Every class has its ladies’ man and here’s ours! Wherever you see a group of girls “Bill” is usually either the topic of conversation or the center of attraction. “Bill” is a good student and an all-around good sport. He was Captain of our Soccer team and did much to lead it to victory. Here’s the best of luck to you, “Bill.” Athletics Home Room President English C ub Social Civics Club Advertising Manager Tatler ARINDA MARIE BEARD “ Ma-ree ” Salisbury, Maryland Marie is a happy-go-lucky person. Her cheerful smile help us over rough places. Marie a.ways finds time to do her school work, however, and is, in fact, a very good student. “Ma--ree” has not fully decided what she wishes to do when she finishes school, but what- ever it be, the best wishes of the class go with her. Literary Editor Tatler English Club Social Civics Club Glee Chib