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Photos courtesy
Nelda D. Crews, spouse of the Clyde Crews in the 1937-38 photo
Clyde is the boy on the 2nd row second from the left standing
on his knees, and the boy to his left is David Leo Crews, Clyde brother
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| "Most
Likely to Be Removed from the Class Photo"
Editor:
In the first photo above - the boy with the simian posture appears
to be addressing the photographer who one might assume is also the
teacher. Whatever was said is now lost - but whatever it was - it
was enough to get him removed from the picture. The other students
appear familiar with his antics and their "don't want to get
involved" expressions are evident that the boy is well-known.
Not popular perhaps, but certainly well-known.
In photo two
- these expressions turn into smirks, grimaces, closed eyes, empathy
and just plain enjoyment. Whatever was going on off-camera proves
that there was at least two adults present. It might be grounds
for a lawsuit today - but those were unenlightened times when discipline
was swift and lessons weren't always taught from books. Our thanks
to Nelda Crews for sharing these two photos that paint a picture
worth far more than their proverbial two thousand words.
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