Berry High School - Torch Yearbook (Mount Berry, GA)

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K l 1 I I . w i LIBRARY AND RECITATION HALL, College

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SILVER AND BLUE that you will ever find us loyal to our dear Alma Mater. We welcome you, who have come to watch the passing of this first class into the real commencement of our lives. Again we extend the most cordial and sincere welcome to one and all. VALEDICTORY Classmates, Members of the Faculty, Friends: I count it a signal honor to represent to you, this, the pioneer class of Berry college. To you, this may be only one of such occasions, but to us, it is a day long to be remembered. We have bl-azed the trail which others are to follow and today marks the goal toward which we, for four long years, have persistently striven. We pause to look back upon our past, not as one old, growing reminiscent, but as prudent youths at the threshold of new tasks, stretching forth a hand of service. To Miss Berry our first words of parting are due. We realize that words are inadequate for expressing our gratitude to her. She has touched, strengthened, and transformed our lives. During our sojourn at Berry each of us has gained a higher and nobler vision. We shall ever cherish the fond memories of our days at this institution and shall each endeavor to pass on to our fellow man those noble thoughts and ideals which our beloved Founder has instilled into our minds and souls. Dr. Green, Dr. Cook, and Members of the Faculty, we offer you our heart- felt appreciation for the part you have played in molding our characters. Your lives have been beacons guiding us along the paths of truth and wisdom. ml As we leave your supervision we feel that each of us is equipped with a measure of knowledge and a fund of rich experiences which we shall list among our greatest treasures. Fellow students of the rising classes, we welcome you to the place which we are now vacating and we know that you will fill it worthily. To you we intrust the interests that we once held together. We are glad to commend them to you who have proven your unwaver- ing allegiance to our Alma Mater. In parting we pass on to you this thought: Bold efforts are Ambition's feet With which she climbs the highest mount, The path of service spans defeat, And leads unto achievement's fountf' Classmates, we have been the trail blazers of a great institution. We are proud to be the first graduates of such a noble college. Our honor has been attained by effort. Our lives have been fortified by faith and colored by our environment. All of us are filled with burning ambitionsg but let us not for- get, that life is neither all success, nor all failure. If the outlook be dark, remember, the tide will turn. There is one thing we can all do, and that is, keep on keeping on! We may not reach the utmost height On which our eyes are set, But we can keep our brightest light On heart's strong parapet. The greatest prize is not the goal That shines out far ahead, But hearts that mingle with the soul, And lift it from the dead. Every sensible man knows his faults and is doing his best to correct them. Page Eighteen

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Tom Wheelis VM SILVER AND BLUE - t F I V. t 1 r Q Ben Sheram 7,,.,, JUNIOR CLASS Lucile Bell ....A,,7,,,., .7,7 7 , , ,,,7,7, ,7..,.., , .,,7,........ A Johnrue Word .,.,7,,,.... .,,,,7,,,,.,...,,,7,,,,.. ...,.7,,,,7,7 .7.., , Mr. Grover Ford and Miss Kathleen Rice ,,,.,,,, Ewell Barnes Lucile Bell Helen Boone Frances Bowman Sophia Bowman Asa Capps Dicie Chambers Courtney Davis Guy Davis Ruth Lee Douglas Naomi Foy Thaxton H-ardy Jean Hayes Lorraine Howe Cecil Jackson Guss Jarrett Glenn Jolley Ruth Johnson Frances Marion Mildred Pace John Permenter Theodore Phillips , A,,a,a, .. .,,,,..,......... President Vice President Secretary and Treasurer Faculty Advisers Emory Ragan Christine Rouse John Shepard Ben Sheram Idelle Sullivan Nan Trammell Wilma Threadgill Myrt Waldroup Curtis Waters Denver Webb Wayne Hallmon Johnnie Word History Three years of happy college life have seemingly passed swiftly into memories. Our history has been lived, enjoyed and looked upon with scorn, but most of it will never be recorded. Some class histories contain mysteries, some tell of tragedies, some record only brilliant humor, some reveal Page Twenty