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Ruth Douglas, freshman (my mother) & Freshmen Class History
FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY
On September 6, 1938, there were 168 wide-awake freshmen who came to Calhoun County High School. Everything new, everything interesting, and everybody anxious to get started. A long bell sounded and a body of 541 students assembled in the auditorium. There we freshmen were among all those people studying strange faces and strange actions, each thinking to himself, "Can I ever get started?" Soon Mr. Harris, our principal, came onto the stage and announced that Miss Alma Ayers, Miss Nelle Cornell, Mr. Lloyd Vaughn and Mr. Don McGlothlin would guide us through the year as our class sponsors. These teachers were also our home room teachers. He recommended to us that we could go to them in council for advice and help. We, as a freshmen class, are proud to say that these sponsors have done a faithful job during the entire year. Never have they permitted us to worry when it was possible for them to help us over a rough patch.
On this first day of school our kind sponsors made the day an easy one for us. Most of our schedules were handed to us complete. All we had to do was to follow them. We found, as the year went by, that the courses they had selected for us fitted our situation very nicely; this scheduling required much forethought and study on the part of our kind sponsors.
At our first class meeting the following business was transacted: Election of class officers; (Elmer Phillips, President; Bill Reed, Vice President; Grace Howard, Secretary; Harold Bennett, Treasurer). We chose blue and gold as our class colors; "We pull the most when we pull together" as our motto, and mountain laurel as our class flower. Our class officers worked very faithfully during the entire year.
The upper classmen sponsored freshmen week for us; this was during the second semester. We carried dolls, spoke to all upper classmen and all such foolish things. We must say that we had a fine time and got a great deal from it. At the end of the freshmen week they gave us a nice party at which time we got better acquainted with our teachers and classmates.
We were proud to see our class lead in the number of students who had straight S's on the honor roll a number of times. The second six-weeks only three students in school had a perfect score of 3.00, two of them were freshmen. The third six-weeks the only student in school with 3.00 points was a freshman.
Ruth Douglas, freshman (my mother) & Freshmen Class History
FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY
On September 6, 1938, there were 168 wide-awake freshmen who came to Calhoun County High School. Everything new, everything interesting, and everybody anxious to get started. A long bell sounded and a body of 541 students assembled in the auditorium. There we freshmen were among all those people studying strange faces and strange actions, each thinking to himself, "Can I ever get started?" Soon Mr. Harris, our principal, came onto the stage and announced that Miss Alma Ayers, Miss Nelle Cornell, Mr. Lloyd Vaughn and Mr. Don McGlothlin would guide us through the year as our class sponsors. These teachers were also our home room teachers. He recommended to us that we could go to them in council for advice and help. We, as a freshmen class, are proud to say that these sponsors have done a faithful job during the entire year. Never have they permitted us to worry when it was possible for them to help us over a rough patch.
On this first day of school our kind sponsors made the day an easy one for us. Most of our schedules were handed to us complete. All we had to do was to follow them. We found, as the year went by, that the courses they had selected for us fitted our situation very nicely; this scheduling required much forethought and study on the part of our kind sponsors.
At our first class meeting the following business was transacted: Election of class officers; (Elmer Phillips, President; Bill Reed, Vice President; Grace Howard, Secretary; Harold Bennett, Treasurer). We chose blue and gold as our class colors; "We pull the most when we pull together" as our motto, and mountain laurel as our class flower. Our class officers worked very faithfully during the entire year.
The upper classmen sponsored freshmen week for us; this was during the second semester. We carried dolls, spoke to all upper classmen and all such foolish things. We must say that we had a fine time and got a great deal from it. At the end of the freshmen week they gave us a nice party at which time we got better acquainted with our teachers and classmates.
We were proud to see our class lead in the number of students who had straight S's on the honor roll a number of times. The second six-weeks only three students in school had a perfect score of 3.00, two of them were freshmen. The third six-weeks the only student in school with 3.00 points was a freshman.