Fear Dreher!
Fear Dreher!!!!
This past weekend, we headed home to Columbia, SC, for a very fun event. Dreher High School - my alma mater - had an All Class Reunion. The school district is building a new building for Dreher, and this summer, the hallowed halls which I roamed for 4 years will be coming down. In recognition of the long years, and many students, that this building has been home to, the school had a special weekend for all alumni. We were able to take a tour of the old school on Saturday morning, and then attended the big All Class Reunion Gala (graduating classes from 1938 to 2007) on Saturday night.
It was quite the experience going back to see the old school. I don’t think that I’d stepped foot in it since graduation, so it really was a trip back to the past. We met a good friend of mine there, and roamed those halls. It was eery that it smelled the same and looked the same. Well, when I attended we had no air conditioning, and the heat was provided by huge radiators in all the classrooms. Those are gone, and students now spend their days in cool air during the hot South Carolina springs and falls. Dave even was able to point out to me all the different locations where my lockers were (a little scary, but pretty funny at the same time). We not only ran in to more of our classmates as we roamed, but I also ran into people from my home church. Funny, one of the couple met at Dreher in their junior year, back in the 1950s. I believe that Dreher has now graduated some third generation students.
The reunion was quite an event. What a great time, also, because there were so many generations of students - spanning all ages. My sister and I, having graduated 5 years apart, went together, and what a fun night it was.
With all that history, the old school will soon be gone, but the new school is fast nearing completion. How exciting it will be for the students to begin classes this fall, but my heart for some reason is hurting, thinking that those walls with all those stories will soon be torn down.
The State newspaper has had a special series going on celebrating Dreher’s history, and one of the submissions has a copy of the epilogue found in the 1960 yearbook. I think that it’s perfect for this time…
“The doors of Dreher High School will soon close for the last time for the class of 1960. Those doors have seen the face of every emotion pass through their portals — sorrow, joy, defeat, triumph, elation, and remorse. All these emotions have touched the hearts of the departing seniors. The door will close, but in the forthcoming year they will open to new joys and sorrows, new faces, new hopes for the Class of 1961. So here’s to Dreher, our alma Mater, hail to thee always.”
Here’s to you Dreher. GO BLUE DEVILS!!!!
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