The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
OPENING. DAY AT THE BIRMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
SOME PRETTY YOUNG GIRLS WHO
ARE S-ANN0UNcE-
MENTs OF COMING EVENTs-So-
cIAI HAPPENlNGS-EN
MENTS.
BY MYRTLE MILES.
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luelf various spheres, WHo may to1iAS
summon at will the most ludierous and
at the same time tender memories of d
quantity hideous old building out on
Twentyfirst street, which meant to them
their immediate temple of learning but
showed. in every line and feature, its
original purpose,-an erstwhile hotel. This
was the High school of other days.
The young men and women who daily
enter upon their tasks in the new building
on Seventh avenue a happy. ehattering
throng, would, some of them, fail to COM
prehend the fortitude which could ac-
commodate itself to the narrow, mot
tied walls, the cherries rooms, the COM
fortress, sometimes rebellious and always
dirty stoves that graced the High school
of the past. Yet, a few of its students,
doubtless keeping IN mind the injunction
%Per Aspera ad Astra," blazoned across
the wall above the platform in the old
assembly room, have, through difficult
ties, not only achieved success but gone
further than that in winning fame. Rec
ords show that all have been fortunate
and successful, and few have failed to
bring credit to the institution. This is
the story of the High school of the past.
Who shall say that, to the students in
the new building. which has the capacity
of the old several times over, modern
equipments and a much larger faculty,
the news to be heard in the coming years
will not be even more glowing?
Tomorrow another year of Birmingham
High school history will have its begin
ming. The rooms will be filled to their
utmost capacity with the eager students
who are entering, for the first time,
from the various grammar schools in the
city as well as from outside sources
Mingling with the beginners in the au-
ditorium will be those happy girls and
bows who expect to complete their public
school life in the coming spring. With
them also will be those who have before
them more years than one of effort ami
anxiety. But instilled in the hearts OF
the throng is an intense love for an in
stitution that has meant to them so much
of labor and of pleasure, for the High
school boys and girls are characterized
by their loyalty and love for 1t.
The boys in the High school are IN
the minority as to numbers, but there
are among them some of the most
promising young men in the CITY
Many of them make the school a step
ping stone to college, in fact there are
few students among the Birmingham
boys registered at the various colleges
throughout the United States who have
not trailed from this local institution.
There are two boys clubs in the
school, The Yancey is an organization
of long standing. The president last
year was Melville Davis, one of the
strongest pupils in the school. His
term has expired and the election OF
officers for the ensuing term will take
place at the opening meeting next
week. Albert Strange is prominently
mentioned for president The Hiliard
club is not so old as the Yancey, but
has a large membership. It's president
is Gus Targuson, a young man emf
nently fitted for leadership. The Eu-
terpean, a musical club, has a member
ship composed of both boys and girls.
It is becoming a recognized factor in
the musical life of the community.
There are several hundred members.
The German club is composed of stu
dents of that language.
The High school girls may be MEM
bers of any one of three literary clubs,
the Clio, which is one of the oldest or
Miss Annie Wilkerson, the lovely young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Will
kerson, is president of the Pierian. She
will be a senior this year and a grad
uate in June. She is one of the clev-
crest and most popular of High sch DOL
girls.
Miss Sarah Ellen Greene, the daugh-
ter of Judge and Mrs. Samuel e. Greene,
is president of the Clio. She, too, is
one of the most charming girls in the
institution. The Aglaia has a large
membership composed of some of the
brightest girls in the school.
A young girl who is a pillar of
strength in the school is Miss Mary Lou
Cobb. She is the ward of Mr.. Clement
Phillips of Macon, Ca, but makes her
home in this city with her aunts, Mrs.
Mary Lowe and Mrs. Maud Wynn.
Miss Cobb is possessed of exceptional
mentality. An extremely bright and
tn oughtful mind is q gift to which has
been added interchangeable energy and
great pride She is one of the most
earnest students in the school. 1t is
her ambition now to enter the studies
of the senior year and to this end she
has spent the entire summer as the
guest and pupil of the High sch ool
teachers who have coached and given
her examinations upon the lessons en-
bodied in the junior year. She re-
turned home a few days ago after her
stay in the country cheerful and per-
fectly radiant because the examinations
prescribed in the course had earned
for her the required averages A girl
who willingly spends a summer in this
way after the toll necessitated by
year of Birmingham High school work
fully merits the generous praise which
is being accorded her by fellow stu
dents.
Another bright, studous and altogether
lovely young girl is Miss Mary Forbes.
the young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T
s. Forbes. She is an active member of
the German club and will, this term, be-
gin her studies junior
Miss Emily Sommervlle spent the past
year in Europe travelling with Mrs.
Joseph McLester and her party She
would otherwise have been a graduate in
June. Her party will sail from HAM
burg September % and arrive here about
October 5. She will Immediately enter
upon her duties where she left off, being
eminently fitted for it by her year of
rest and travel. She is another of the
girls to whom the school is very dear.
indeed, and letters from her Indicate that
she is glad to become a dignified senior.
Another of the seniors is Miss Ewell
McCrossin, one OF the several pretty
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. Nc
Crossin. She is popular with boys and
girls alike, indeed, few are gifted with
a manner at once so gracious and easy
and her young friends are numbered by
the score.
Miss Louise Thornbury and Miss Rachel
Thornbury are sisters and leaders in
class work and In those things which
make their popularity among fellow
students