The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-05-20
THE CLASS HISTORY
tESSay)
HERBERT MARSHALL MARTIN


class Of 1911 1t began with one and
now has gained the enormous number
If seven. Yea! seven. and seven pow
ers they be Seven. the scriptural
number: seven, the sciences: seven. the
stars; seven. the number Signifying
good luck: seven. the number of the
wonders Of the world. and seven. the
sign of completion-so be ii with the
seniors Of 1911.
In its beginning Paul Weathers en-
tered the first grade in the eighteen
hundred and ninety ninth year Of our
Lord. 1t 50 happened that as a child
Paul was allowed TO shake his rattle
with his left hand and verify, verify, /
say unto you had il not been so, he
would not write such a rolling back
hand now with that sinister hand of
his.
Forthwith in the third cycle of
months since Paul had made his
triumphant entrance into school. Her
bert Martin united his forces with that
goodly company and sat with Paul
and To- they became fast friends. on
his first day OF school this ambitious
youth overcome by soporiferous infiu-
enceS came into sOmnambuliStic state
and began TO dream. Miss earn and all
the pupils laughted at him. On,
| imagine such a predicament for a boy
to be in who had just entered school.
Year by year thus rowing on in con-
fused march forlorn, the adventurous
band with shuddering horror pale and
| eyes aghast viewed their lamentable
| lot in the regions ruled over by Miss
TURNKEY and Miss Hattie Dye, and in
! the eighth year passed into the king
domS held in sway by Miss Berger Iwho
wrote her name with two dots over the
o.. Here it happened that Paul and the
other one were reinforced by Anna Nc
| DOwell from Oak and Laurie Izlar
! from kindergarten school And in
| the third month it came to pass that
| Laurie showed his rebellious spirit by
| failing 10 write two dots over the in
Miss Borger's name, for which grave
misdemeanor two immense dots Were
impressed by a ruler upon his Uranium.
| And the next year, the doubtful few
reasSembled their afflicted forces. shat
tered on account of the strict rule of
| Miss Berger. and ascended from the
| plains Of the grammar school into the
more extensive atmoSp phere of the high
| school the continent Of spacious know
| ledge. where Professor Workman was
| the High Exalted Monarch and Misses
McCreery and Goode his auNiliar pow
ers Since that they have heard much
about the Southside of Tennessee. The
memory of Miss McCreery is indelibly
stamped upon the mind of each of the
seniors. She was an excellent teach er,
and they hearkened unto her voice.
She instructed them much in Latin and
English for three years. and Miss
Goode taught them algebra, and all
that which was created in seven days
except botany and zoology, which were
hammered in by Miss Haley in the
tenth grade. During this year they
found that Caesar crossed the Alps
and found the highest common divisor
. and this was caused hyperbole.
In nineteen hundred and nine, Jessie
. Wilson and Edward Henderson came
, into the eleventh grade. Jessie was q
peaceful and goodnatured damsel from
Reddick, and Edward had just gradu-
> ated from the Fellowship school Thi:
year was a very important one to the
: class. Laurie developed his poetica
talent between experiments in physic:
/ by writing things uninterrupted Yet il
: prose or rhyme. and Edward showed
I his oratorical ability. Others bull
| castles in the air out OF different mate
: rials Some have been shattered anc
= rebuilt by more enduring substances
: while others have been cOntented will
= adding more TO the first construction
+ Miss Anna Richardson was the scienc
n and mathematics teacher. In one OF he
:. classes. Herbert tried to locate tn
g" principal and secondary axes betweel
+ a cOncave mirror and her right eye
D.: thereby losing the grace which ne ha
= found in her sight. He was arrested
arr.ai sd hafn L yrYna v
/ convicted and. by high permission o
L that all ruling power. cast for on
f week into the desOlate region calle
= Study Hall land inhabited by poo
morJals who had worked their dar
desiGne<, heaped themselves mis-
n chief. and had sought evil TO others
a region of sorrow. doleful shades. wher
r peace and rest can never dwell.
i This class was even more fortunat
: in having their general history taugh
iS by Professor Workman. Here they frs
discovered the general excellence {
is that instructor which they realize :
n much more in this. their last, year.
= one may say. Can anythig goo
.e come out Of Dunnellon?' Yea, verify
! for, although John is Hebrew nam
D Leouidas Greek and Leitner German
IS John LeonidaS Leitner came from thu
= place. Ana n trGtN, ne came with ths
" characteristic elastic step Of his. ne7
r ertheless. he shall ascend the ladder
le fame by that same heroic stride
Lucky be those human beings wi
e are taught by Professor Workma
= This year he taught the seniors Lati
n mathematics and history. In the ever
n OF some Of MS many duties detainir
NJ him 50 that he could not finish u
Or class. ne was kind enough TO remain
in after school 10 complete il Neverth
= less all became wise under his teacl
n. ing: al least. they think they did. Nj
IN Sims taught French until Christina
Re but her labor< with her other elias
= - Were 80 ariuous. the services
Rev. Prof. Greenwood, T. II. D., We
al secured. and he took the class 'el
&c Franchise. He has studied n "gai Pa
re !" and speaks the language like 4 ge
or uine "parley w"
as And last. but by no means least, Nj
m Reynolds taught them English liter
es ture. on the beaten road. il j. ;ole
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