East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 264 of the 1927 volume:

inn iii n in 1 1 im mi i ii i ii mi II i im i umii iiiiiiiii 1 1 1 1 III II I ! I I II ' ' MMH WT L iiniin inn iiiiimiii ar ■;: THE TECOA 1927 _ $ = A Sony to Our College. Words by Gladys Parsons, ' 27. Music by Lauia Sloan. 27. 2. To this col-legethat we love bo well, Her daughters far and near, Willi - in her walls ' tis sweet to dwell And lin - ger while we may. Look back where I - deals still ex - cell, And ev - er rev- ' rence l.er. r _+ i r . .„. - When from her we turn a - side, Our thoughts with her shall still a - bide, To serve her mot- to, we ' ll re - tain, With us its challenge shall re - main; -t- 1 P L_« 1 p ZZE_, 1 |_ C f 3 To cling a-roui.d fa - miliar scenes, And hal - low Al - ma Ma - ter. Our deeds the praise al-ways shall tell, Of hal-lowed Al - ma Ma - ter. HMHH BAST CAROILI TEACHERS COLLEGE M © FOREWORD (JVC pans G ? ' ong journey and look backward at the stages of ninisee as one grows old, and to recall •with grati- ie one ' s indebtedness to past ages, — such are the tendencies of man thai justify the publication of college annuals, which record the contemporaneous and yet soon belong to the past. The year 1QJJ being the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of North Carolina ' s first constitutional government and the twentieth anniversary of the official history of East Carolina Teachers College, The Tecoan has sought not only to picture the immediate present, but also, by views from the five oldest towns in North Carolina, to call to mind our Colonial history, that period of heroic struggle in which our forefathers laid foundations on which we still build. Naturally we dwell on recent events that brought our college into being. We remember that in TQOS Superintendent !T. II. Rags dale saw the need of trained teachers and that, two years later, the bill embody- ing his vision, written by Governor T. J. Jarvis, and introduced by Senator J. I.. Iteming, all from Pitt County, was passed and ratified. We like to retail that on the second day of July, iqo8. Governor Jarvis, in a simple cermony, broke the ground for the first building of East Carolina Teachers Training School. If ' e go back to the opening of the first session, October 5, pop, •when, with IJ2 students, our president, Mr. Robert H. If right, began the leadership of the Training School. Since that time the growth of the institution is the story of a dream coming true — more buildings, more students, more service, until in 1Q2I the name became East Caro- lina Teachers College. lie would reflect for a moment on its founders, who, walking in the ways of North Carolina ' s early history-makers, followed the motto, To Serve, and handed that motto to us of today and to the comers of tomorrow. In our annual, the Past, the Present, and the Future are as interlinked as in Life itself. 1 BOOK I COLLEGE D BOOK III CLASSES BOOK III ACTIVITIES BOOK IV FEATURES BOOK V HUMOR BEMCAT In loving - appreciation, we dedicate THE 1927 TECOAN to Miss Sal lie Joyner Davis who, by her example of unseltish de- votion to our college and to our state ' s history, has proven herself to be a true teacher, a worthy daughter of our state, and a valuable friend. Mrs. W. L. Hinsi Kinston, N. C. Mrs. Z. P. Van Dyke Greenville, N. C. Sponsors for 1927 Tecoan STAFF (II I KIRS ■ ■■ GOVERNOR TRYON S PALACE-.1770 BUILT OF BUCK AND TRIMMED IN MARBLE, IT WAS THE HANDSOMEST PUBLIC BUILDING IN AMERICA Book One The College Campi s Bin. ding Front Campus tree is one of nature ' s words: to preach tranquility to all our restless dan. i fc? a SPEW ' ' f $? v. • I ; • .. ,.- ■ ■ , ' • .- • 3 - i Mom: i. School Groi ' Snow flakes come in fleets Like ships over the sea. Hi dreamed dreams that were passing high Rock Springs ' Dignity and dreams go hand in hand Near this small realm of Senior Land. ' ' fc. m Power Plant The impulse of thy strength makes us lead a nobler life West Campls ' More than fairy rchocs talk along these v:alks. hi $L ,.-,,- ft l ' RICSIDKVT ROBERT H. WRIGHT % p Miss Annie L. Morton Lady Principal liiiSgfffflJl Offi cers o f Ad ministration Mr. Robem II. Wricht Presi Mr. II. E. Austin Chairman of appointment Committee Mr. Leon R. Meadows Director oj Summer School Miss Annie L.Morton Lady Principal Miss Ola S. Ross . Custodian nl Records Dr. J. E. Nobles . . . . College Physician Miss Annie Morris . . Supt. oj Infirmary Miss Imo Edwards . .Asst. Supt. Infirmary Miss Rebecca Edmonds . Sri v. to President Miss Mattie Scovill e Secretary Miss Beulah Westmoreland . . Secretary Mr. .1. B. Simlman Trrasunr Mrs. J. B. Spilman . . . Asst. Treasurer Mr. B. W. Gwyn Iccountant Mr. M. L. Wright Executive Secretary Miss Helen G. Gray Librarian Mrs. Nannie F. Jeter Dietitian Miss Nell Keel Dietitian Mr. J. B. Whitley . . . Supt. of Laundry Miss Arley V. Moore Dormitory Matron Mr. O. C. Holmes Head Engineer Mr. Wade Holmes Assistant Engineer Mr. A. C. Fornes Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings Mr. .!. S. Williams Campus Policei Board of Trustees Mr. A. T. Allen, Chairman Ex-Officio Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. H. G. Connor, Jr Wilson, N. C. Mr. F. C. Hardinc Greenville, N. C. Mr. L. W. Tucker Greenville, N. C. Mr. H. C. Bridcers Tarboro, N. C. Mr. D. S. Boykin Wilson, N. C. Mr. J. S. Harcett Trenton, N. C. Mr. James L. Griffin Pittsboro, N. C. Mr. Wayne A. Mitchell Kinston, N. C. Mr. F. C. Kucler Washington, N. C. 8 1957 •? ' ' ;!, Faculty Mr. L. R. Meadows English Miss Emma L. Hooper English Miss Mamie E. Jenkins English Miss Llcile Turner English Miss Sallie Joyxer Davis History Mr. J. Beecher Flanagan History Miss Laura Rose History Mr. E. C. Hollar History, Psychology, Sociology Faculty Miss Dora E. .Mi Miss M ry G. BerTOLET Piano Miss Lois V. Gorrell Piano ami Violin MlssCIl SSII- KUYKENDALL Public School Musi, Mr. H. E. Austii Geography .Mr. P. W. Picklesimer Geography Mr. R. J. Slav Science Miss Alice V. Wilson Biology Faculty Miss Estelle Sorgenfrey Biology Miss Kate W. Lewis Industrial Art Miss Ruth Bonnerwitz Industrial Art Miss Willie Bomar Foods Miss Dorothy Dea Clothing Miss Mary Jaxe Alexander Physical Education Miss Ella Wilkes Mathematics Miss Maria D. Graham Mathematics MmL, Faculty Mr. R. C. Deal French and Latin Mr. Hubert C. II iyni Education Mr. R. G. Fitzgerald School Management Mr. E. L. Henderson Supervisor of Practice Teaching Mr. J. H. Rose Supervisor of Practice Schools Miss Agnes Whiteside Primary Education Mr. Carl L. Adams Psychology Miss Emily Goodlett Primary Education Faculty Miss Irene Hand Critic Teacher, English Miss Robbie Allison 1 Critic Teacher, French Miss Rachael Scarborough Critic Teacher, History Miss Gladys Moore Critic Teacher, Latin Miss Mary Berry Clark Critic Teacher, Domestic Science Miss Dora Coates Critic Teacher, First Grade Miss Annie Redwixe Critic Teacher, First Grade Miss Jennie Evans Critic Feacher, First Grade Faculty Miss Jamie Bryan ii, Teacher, Second Grade Miss Grace Hi xter iti, Teacher. Second Grade Miss Bessie Wori.ey Crifu Teacher, Third Grade Miss Bonnie Howard Critii Teacher, Fifth Grade Miss Frances Wahl Critic Teacher, Sixth Grade Miss Louise Goggin Critic Teacher, Seventh Grade Miss Katherixe Bradford Critic Teacher, Sixth Grade Miss Elizabeth Toland Critic Teacher, Mathem atics Miss Lindsey Savage Critic Teacher, Third Grade Miss Christine Johxsox Critic Teacher, Second Grade Miss Gertrude Woodfili Critic Tacher, Fourth Grade Miss Geneva Exum Critic Teacher, Fifth Grade Miss Janet Grier Critic Tacher, Fourth Grade Officers of Administration Mr. M. L. Wright Executive Sun tary Miss Helen Gray Mrs. J. B. Spilman Assistant Treasurer Miss Ola S. Ross Custodian of Records Miss Beulah Westmorelai Secretary Miss Rebecca Edmoi ds Secretary to President Miss Hazel Willis Secretary Mr. B. W. Guy: - SP jfit ' ii Officers of Administration Miss VNNIE F. JETER Miss Nell Keel Miss Annie Morris Superintendent of Infirmary Miss I. mo Edwards Superintendent of Infirmary Miss Ari.ev V. Moore Dormitory Matron Jn iHttttDriam MISS MITTIE R. BEAMAN Died November 12, 1926 Miss Mittie Beaman for sixteen years, ever gentle and serene, moved quietly among us, in the infirmary and dormitories, or out working her flowers, busy with duties and pleasures at home. She lived a rich, full life, outwardly calm, even-tempered, yet within glow- ing with the spirit of adventure. New ideas and things fascinated her. She was among the first to buy a radio, and she was always learning some new handicraft. Far places called to her; vacation meant going. While others dreamed, she ventured. Souvenirs from Venice and Paris, cards from the Canal Zone, iris roots from New Orleans, gave glimpses of the travels that enriched her life. A trip ended, she slipped back into the routine, ref reshed in body and soul. In love, her church perhaps came first. She went whenever the door was opened and remained to close it. She loved people, and ties of blood and friendship were strong. She responded to the call of nieces and nephews, to the fourth gen- eration, to share joys and sorrows. Work and wanderings over, she rests in her home town among her own. The memorials to her on the campus come and go with the sea- sons — the flowers she planted : patches of cinnamon pinks, clumps of purple irises, festoons of pink roses, and stalks of Ascension lilies. L= ± 3n ill?uuiram MISS FANNIE McCLELLAND Died January 10, 1927 Miss Fannie McClelland, Critic Teacher of the Fifth Grade and Principal of the Model School, went about doing good. ' ' Some evidence of her noble life and abid- ing influence is shown by the following responses, made by the children of the Model School, in chapel one morning after her death when Mr. Rose asked them to tell some ot the things that Miss McClelland believed in: Miss McClelland believed in children being happy. She believed in order. She believed in children telling the truth. She believed in keeping the Sabbath Day holy. She wanted us to do our work well. She believed in playing fair. She wanted us to be good citizens. She believed in respecting other people ' s rights. She wanted us to keep our school clean. She looked after us when we got hurt. She believed in going to church. She was never too busy to help us. Miss McClelland truly lived a life of service — the kind of service taught by the meek and lowly Nazarene when he said, I came not into the world to be ministered unto but to minister. Her greatest happiness was in working to make school a happy, useful place, for, above all else, she loved children. She felt as the poet who said: Just this is all I ask, the day I take the silent road and gray, That on my simple stone they hew, ' Some little children loved her too. ' What else they write about me there, I do not care. The Sheaves of Father Time Old Father Time, how fast he mows Lives and deeds as on he goes Toward tomorrow. He takes no retrospective glance At those who sing, or play, or dance, Or even sorrow. But human are we who backward gaze, And view the things of other daw In meditation. When first was turned the virgin land, Harvests of right and peace were plannei For veneration. With firm imprint our fathers stamped Our future in the furrows thev tramped And fields they plowed. From Time ' s rough use they hardy grew And passed truth on to me and you In what they vowed. We reverence those who gave their lives To putting us in Fame ' s archives, And Time defied. They made us what we are today By what they strove for yesterday ; And gladly died. The mower moves at his steady pace ; He leaves us now and then a trace Of what is past. How deep and broad a swath he takes, And thus for us a record makes Always to last. Ah. And iear bv vear he made hi ' i state by state in his sheaf As one great nation. round, he bound How slow, yet fast, this mystic Time, A heaven-crowned Conqueror divine In all ZlLPAH FRISBIE, ' 27. ■ ■■ ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT WILMINGTON IN THE BURIAL GROUND AT THE REAR OF THIS CHURCH IS THE GRAVE OF CORNELIUS HARNET, A CAPE FEAR COLONIAL LEADER AND REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT Book Two The Classes decoaivfe  i J : S 51 ' ¥ fl 1 1 • ■ 9 , - 1 K X ! ■■M : Kenneth Lane Henderson MASCOT OF SENIOR CLASS Senior Class Song (Tune: Arkansas ) We are thinking today of the future. Of the days that arc soon to come. When the classmates we love shall be scattered And afar from each other roam; When we go from these nails to all corners of the state. We will boost our Alma Mater and her standards true and grct Wt will cheer for our class, twenty-seven, And our colors, the Blue and Gold. In the years that are stretching before us There are trials that ice must meet Where the mottos of class and of college Will keep us from base defeat, Whether we shall go to teach in the East or in the West We will strive for aye To Serve in the nay that tee find best; We will be what we are, not pretend it, We ' ll be true to the Blue and Gold. Chorus Class of ours, class of ours, twenty-seven, We will ever be true to you; He will sing our praise forever And remember the Gold and Blue. Gladys Parsons, ' 27. ,ddE Ml CL M Bellah Officers Kilpatrick Presiden ladys Parsons Vice-President, Poet Emma Jacobs Treasurer Ekhk West Secretary Mary Gray Moore Critic Beulah Carr Historian Maui IIoi.t Testatrix Gertrude Mercer Prophet Hortexse Mazixco Tecoaii Representative Nora Lee Gaddy S. G. .1. Representative amie Copelaxd Cheer Leader Carr Teco Echo Reporter Gladys Kilpatrick, Senior Class President Witrf msmfh L J decoatv ,%; ■ :f rfl SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Iary G. Moore cm tic tofiZ Gladys Lavada Kilp.atrick. BREVARD, X. C. Home Economics Poe Society; Vice-President of Class, ' 2+; Representative on Annual Staff, ' 25 ; President of Class, ' 26, ' 27; Home Economics Club, President, ' 26; Statistics, ' 27; Chief Marshal, ' 27; News Bureau, ' 27; Basketball Team, ' 23, ' 2+; Science Club, ' 2+; Senior Play. She ' ll always be ours, nd hereafte Virginia Highsmith Blount E FAISON, X. C. Home Economies Lanier Societv ; Flora McDonald College, ' 2+ Y. Y. C. A.; Choir, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Cabinet ' 26, ' 27; Phi Epsilon, Vice-President, ' 26 Home Economics Club, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Mem ber of Budget Committee of S. G .A., ' 26 Council, ' 26; Delegate to Baptist Student Con ference Chapel Hill, ' 26; Delegate to Blue Ridge, ' 26; Glee Club, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Bus Manager, ' 27; Statistics, ' 26, ' 27; President of Lanier Societv, ' 27. Although liny in stature, with us. SO BIG Mary Maxwell Holt Laura Aldkr.m pink mix, N. c. Latin Lanier Society; Marshal, ' 25; Vice-President of Class, ' 25; Council, ' 26; Teco Echo Staff, ' 26, ' 27; News Bureau, ' 27; Inter-Society Committee, ' 27; Statistics, ' 27; College Ad- vertising Committee, ' 27; Basketball, ' 26, ' 27; Tecoan Staff, ' 26; Wearer of Letters, ' 27; Senior Play. She explains our assignments dearly, she teaches well, and she keeps an orderly room ; yet she is full of fun that vie like French Lanier Society; Secretary of Class ' 26; Treasurer Phi Sigma, ' 26, President, ' 27; V. V. C. A.; Pianist. ' 26; Cabinet. ' 27; Rep- resentative to Camp Hollow Rock, ' 26; Music- Scholarship, ' 27; Senior Play. Although she •er marry a pr a good teacher, she will eher. Emma Jacobs elizabeth city, x. c. Primary Education Lanier Society; Treasurer of Cla Eliza Eloise Riggs V, like Miss Jacobs; she threads needle us and lulps us make pretty tilings. t E SOUTH MILLS, N, c H, ome Econom ics Emerson Society Home Economic President, ' 26. , ' 27 ; Chow s Club, ' 25, an Coll 6, ' 2 ege, ' 2+; 7 ; V ' ice- Miss Riggs, 1 tltat some one v. oe love you st. ill love you uch, ch b, and hope i-tter than vie have. Pal line Elizabeth Martin E EAST BEND, X. C. Mathematics Emerson Societv; Basketball Squad, ' 25, ' 26; Mathematics Club; Vice-President, ' 27; Senior Play. This is her first attempt at teaching, hut she didn ' t act like it; she knew hoi;;. Alverta Brendle E Poe Societv; Scholarship, ' 27; Basketball, ' 25, ' 26; Baseball, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Senior Play. Xot yet a teacher, but she delights in the language, the customs and the philosophy oi the Romans. Louise Grissom HENDERSON, N. C. Mathematics Poe Society; Basketball Team, ' 24, ' 25, ' . ' 27; Wearer of Letters; Lieutenant of Athle Association, ' 26; Mathematics Club, ' 26, ' 2 Senior Plav. Gladys Ethel Tixgle Poe Society; Basketball Team, ' 25, ' 26; Vice- President Phi Sigma, ' 27; Council, ' 27; Sen- ior Plav. A corking good-natured. If you want some one good in history, just ill on Miss Tingle and hear her jingle. Thelma Hortense Mozingo Gladys Isabella Parsons Lai in Poe Society ; Secretary of Class, ' 25 ; Critic, ' 26; Secretary, ' 27; Chairman of Dramatic Club, ' 27; Y. W. C. A.; Cabinet, ' 26; English Club, ' 27; Tecoan Staff, ' 26, ' 27; Teco Echo Staff, ' 27; News Bureau, ' 27; Col- lege Advertising Committee, ' 27; Basketball Team, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Scholarships, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Senior Play. We like her becau. lessons so well, ami she cresting; but tve still • come from Brazil. I she exhlaine made her class. oonder if Mazi I the Mathematics Poe Society; Council, ' 25; Tecoan Staff, ' 25, ' 26; Yice-President House, ' 26; Math Club, ' 26, ' 27; Vice-President of Class, ' 27; College News Bureau, ' 27; College Advertising Com- mittee, ' 27; President, ' 26, ' 27; Y. Y. ( ' . A.; Choir, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Glee Club, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Vice-President, ' 27; Senior Play. She leaches as if she is very interested in her work; she explains difficult things, an J she is as pleasant as a ' parson ' about it. Margaret Cameron Williams $ E SOUTH MILLS Home Economiis Emerson Society; Science Club, ' 24; Hume Economics Club, ' 2+, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Secretary Phi Epsilon, ' 26; President, ' 27; Treasurer lome Economics Club, 26. She disposi Treasurer Echo Staff, ry good spo Ella Wheeler Tucker CRIFTOX, N. C. Home Eeonnmiis Emerson Society, ' 27; Lanit ' 2+; Home Economics Club, Senior Play. Science Club, ' S ie ' s fat but snappy. ' Mary Gray Moo Viola Wade Jones Poe Society ; Y. ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Presid ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; G ident, ' 26, ' 27; Gl V. C. A. Cabinet, t nt Y. W. C. A.; Chnir, Club, ' 25, ' 26, ' 2 7 ;Pres- Club; College Quartet, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Tennis Club, ' 24; College En- tertainment Committee, ' 26, ' 27; Inter-Society Committee, ' 27; Secretary, ' 26; Chairman Music Department, ' 27; Critic of Class, ' 27; Delegate to Milwaukee Conference, ' 27; Council, ' 24, ' 27; Phi Sigma, President, ' 26; Statistics, ' 27. Cue, hut ut ' don ' t mind ' more 1 declensions when we have Miss Moore. stem, x. c. English Poe Society; Y. V. C. A.; Choir, ' ih, ' 27; Delegate to Blue Ridge, ' 26; Dele- gate to Southern Baptist Student Conference, ' 26; Basketball Team, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Budget Committee, ' 27; Inter-Society Com- mittee, ' 27; Council, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Statistics, ' 27; President of Student Government Asso- ndid ve ho Zilpah Rebecca Frisbie English Emerson Society, ' 27 ; Poe Society, Treasurer, ' 25; Debater, ' 26; English Club, ' 26, ' 27; Council, ' 26; Editor of Teco Echo, ' 27; Dele- gate to N. C. C. P. A., ' 27. Mamie Copeland woodland, n ' . c. Primary Education Emerson Society, ' 27; House President, ' 25; Representatiye Junior Class, ' 26; President Emerson Society, ' 27. Miss Copeland, we like for you to teach us number ti.ork. Speaking of English, subject. shark the Ruby Jordan- Knowles WOODARD, . C. French Lanier Societv; Blackstone College, ' 24; Sen- ior Play. .Vj wise as she is solemn, site knoii-s his- Nora Lee Gaddy WINGATE, X. C. Intermediate Edut ation Poe Societv; Wingate Junior College, ' 24, ' 25; Council, ' 27; Senior Play. Miss Gaddy isn ' t very strict, but she makes us learn tnat i. Gertrude Mercer fountain ' , n. c. English Poe Society; Basketball, ' 24, ' 25, ' ih; Mar- shal, ' 25; Teco Echo Reporter from Poe So- ciety, ' 27; Senior Play. We think she is an excellent teacher, and it would be an honor for any (lass in the future to be able to profit by her teachings. Effie West STATESVILLE, French Poe Societv; Mitchell College, retarv Class, ' 2+; Senior Plav. have made a good Fn knew your subject well. ' iMMH m mi mmmL-mamimgwm Hi Jul ah Carr ROSE HILL, X. C. English Poe Society; Associate Editor of Teco Echo, ' 26; Senior Class Reporter, ' 27; News Bu- reau, ' 27; English Club. Cars usually teach you bad English, but this Carr teaches good English Ella Isabelle Fleming E GREENVILLE, . C. English Poe Society; Secretary of Class, ' 24; Pre dent, ' 25; Vice-President, ' 26; Phi Epsilo Vice-President, ' 25; English Club, ' 26, ' 27. She acts as though she has had former e. perience; she will be a successful teacher- if she teaches. .. Ruth McGowan Mattie Mae Evans E GREENVILLE, N. C. GREENVILLE, N. C. History English Poe Society; Basketball Squad, ' 24; Seni Poe Society; English Club, ' 26, ' 27. Play. She is a yood teacher, and has patience d sympathy. When it comes to history, she knows mo than her dales. Jessie Harriett Sumerell Lucy Carolixe Wells Primary Education Lanier Society ; Y. W. C. A. ; Choir, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; English Club, ' 26; House Vice- President, ' 26. A«m Sumerell is so kind to us, and she tells us lots of pretty stories. KENANSVILLE, N. C. Home Economics Lanier Society; Home Economics Club, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26, ' 27; Secretary, ' 25; House Vice- President ' 27; Flora MacDonald College, ' 22 : Senior Plav. She still has hi worthy oj a gloriou ling glory and is Ruth McKellar maxton, n. c. English Lanier Society; Graduate of Cai lege, Maxton, N. C. Louise Robinson coldsboro, n. c. Primarv Education. Miss Robinson is She surely knows a library full of Eng- £K, Emerson Societ Statistics, ' 24. LANCHE WlLKINS CREENSBORO, N. C. Primary Education ident of Chi ' We like her; s te ' s pretty. Lena Redfern Primary Education N. C. C. Y and A. S. N ; Coker College, South Carolina We like and v.-e like hear Miss Redfern tell stories hear her lauah. $ « n ir 3 !! — it — Ti- f V Rosalind Robinson MORVEN, N. C. Poe Society; Intermediate Ed ' Miss Robinson has been so nice and sivi us. We hate in see her leave. Miriam Revelise greenville, n. c. French Poe Society; English Club, ' 27. e talks so much that she makes us think ' ows more than she does, but my. ' doesn ' t ww a lot! Gladys Mae Arnold Primary Education Poe Society; V. V. C. A.; Cabinet, ' 21. Lucy Gray King new bern ' , x. c. Primary Education Lanier Society; Basketball, ' lie have lots of fun togetllt Miss Kinti out lit to be kitty — ' cause s tc ' lined King, Mildred Teal mcfarlaxd, n. c. Intermediate Education Emerson Society; Lanier Society; Me Emerson Society, ' 27. ' He like Miss Teal because she and quiet. ' Senior Directory Comments by pupils of Practice Schools. Arnold, cii Blount, V 59 IRCINIA 42 Brendle, Alverta Carr, Beulah Copeland, Mamie 50 Evans, Mattie 5. Fleming, Ella 5 Frisbie, Zilpah 51 Gaddy, Nora Lee 5 Grissom, Louise 4 Hon, Mary 4 Jacobs, Emma 44 Jones, Viola 49 Kilpatrick, Gladys 42 King, Lucy 59 Knowles, Ruby 51 McGowan, Ruth 54 McKellar, Ruth 56 Martin, Pauline 45 Mercer, Gertrude 52 Moore, Mary Gray 49 Mozingo, Hortense 47 Parsons, Gladys 47 Redfern, Lena 57 Revelise, Miriam 58 Riggs, Eloise 44 Robinson, Louise 56 Robinson, Rosalind 58 Sloan, Laura 43 Sumerell, Bessie 55 Teal, Mildred 60 Tingle, Gladys 46 Tucker, Ei la Wheeler 48 Wells, Lu cy 5 c West, Efhe J2 Wilkins, Blanche 57 W11.1 iams, Margaret 48 The Declaration of Graduation The Unanimous Declaration of the Class of 1927 of East Carolina Teachers ' College HEN, IN THE COURSE of college events, it becomes necessary for one class to dissolve the college bands which have connected its members with one another, and to assume among the trials of North Carolina, the separate and equal stations to which the laws of said state and East Carolina Teachers College en- title them, a due regard for the opinions of instructors entitle that they should de- clare the causes which impel to the graduation. We hold these facts to be self-evident; that all classes are given ambitions; that ' hey are endowed by their college with certain inalienable rights; that among these are ivork, play, and graduation; that to secure these, instructors are placed over them, de- riving their just powers from the consent of the administration; that whenever these students have completed the necessary requirements, it is the duty of the college to graduate them. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that classes, long careless and unconcerned, should not be graduated ; and accordingly all experience hath shown that most students are more disposed to rest while rest is possible than to find work and to dismiss the ease for which they seem to live. Hut when a long train of students, pursuing faithfully the same object, convinces the college authorities that official requirements have been met, it is their right to be graduated, and to be provided with new work for their future security. The history of the Class of 1927 of East Carolina Teachers College is a his- tory of faithful work and untold sacrifices, all having in direct object service to the children of ourl state. To prove this let facts of our history be submitted to an ap- preciative world. We have humbled ourselves when freshmen, to conditions the most trying and difficult, for the pleasure of the sophomores. We have co-operated with the Student Government, both obeying regulations and causing new ones to be made. We have, while sophomores, called together the freshmen at places unusual, un- comfortable, and distant from the depository of their public record, for the sole pur- pose of fatiguing them into compliance with our measures. We have warned young students repeatedly for opposing with their folly the orders of the Student Council. We have assisted for a long time after such disturbances, to bring order out of chaos; whereby the students, seeing our viewpoint, have returned to their government for protection, the individuals obeying orders and requesting the same of others. ing funds for this institute welcoming them upon their We have assisted the establish judiciarj powers. We have supported ir work, smiling when term p he capacitj of this college; for thai ig to discourage students migratir justice bj giving our assent to la v to our will, in tin assignment i lto tin- spirit of We have served in a multitude of offices, and arc sending out a swarm of teachers to help the people and eat at their tables. We have kept among the students, in times of quiet, council representatives to see that said quiet continued. We have combined with each other to agree that the college should be verj grateful to us: For manifesting a great degree of dignity throughout our career. For presenting the college, through our talents, the type of dramatics of which the college should boast till the last days of its history; including among these in our junior year Alfred Noyes ' famous poetic drama Sherwood, and presenting, with no less success, in our senior year Goldsmith ' s She Stoops to Conquer. For respecting the high standard of the college in the selection of our class officers, choosing, therefore, in our Freshman year Priscilla Austin; in our Sophomore year deciding on the merits of Ella Fleming; and in our Junior and Senior years uniting under the great leadership of Gladys Kilpatrick. For taking an active part in athletics, accepting defeat when necessary, yet striv- ing to grow stronger. For showing an interest in picnics, attending as guests when invited, and provid- ing the edibles when others would not. For establishing during our stay here the precedent looked forward to by future classes — a Junior-Senior banquet. For passing with high honors our practice teaching, abolishing thereby much worry over poor teachers. We have released ourselves from all failures and conditions by devoting our- selves to our studies and waging war against idleness and stupidity. We have plundered the college, outdoors and in, to find its noblest resources. We are at this time sending Senior class representatives both to the Four- Year College and to the Two- Year Normal class meetings to give instructions, whereby the work we have planned may be carried on. We have constrained our college mates, reproved by the instructors, to do what was right independent of their wishes. We have incited domestic improvements among us and have endeavored to lend assistance to our college servants whose known vocation is to bring destruction to all disorder and unsightliness in our rooms each morning. In every stage of these movements we have petitioned for the instruction of our superiors; our repeated desires have been answered only by the greatest of consideration. Each member of a class whose characters are thus marked by every quality which may define a Bachelor of Arts candidate is lit to be an alumna of this college. Nor have we been wanting in attention to our inferior classes. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their radicals to extend unwarranted privileges not granted to them. We have reminded them of the difficulties encountered by our class. We have appealed to their native ability and greatness, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common interests to disavow these usurpations which would inevitably interrupt our connections and associations. They, too, have not been deaf to the evidence of our wisdom and good intentions. We must, therefore, rejoice in the spirit of their co-operation, and hold them as we hold all true students of our col- lege, believers in its standards and disciples of its cause. We, therefore, the Class of 1927 of East Ca rolina Teachers College, in class assembled, appealing to the supreme authority of the college for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good Class of 1927, solemnly entreat and request that our class be, and of right should be, free and independent teachers; that we be absolved from all official obligations to the college; and that, as free and independent teachers, we have full power to instruct, give grades, sign con- tracts, establish schools, draw salaries, and to do all other acts and things which inde- pendent teachers may do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the supreme authority of our Alma Mater, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. Signed by order and in behalf of the Class. Beulah Carr, Historian. Gladys Kilpatrick, President. Last Will and Testament HE TIME has come when we must leave our Alma Mater, and we grow serious over what our lives have been here. We hope that we have followed such ideals and standards of conduct as would be worthy of bequeathing to our successors. We wish that we could transmit these ideals and standards to you, our fellow students, that they might he of daily helpfulness in your also following ideals and upholding standards. Since we realize, however, that our intangible ideals may prove inadequate when measured in the light of the materialism which many hold is upon our age, it is our desire to leave some permanent symbol of our devotion and interest. Consequently we, the Senior Class of 1927, acting as a loyal body of alumna; and as grateful friends of one whom we loved, do present as our last formal gift to East Carolina Teachers College, a memorial to Miss Mittie R. Beaman. May those who, coming after us, look upon its beautiful and enduring nature, to be inspired by the sweetness and good- ness of the life of her to whom we lovingly dedicate this gift. Signed and sealed on this the sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, A. D., at East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, North Carolina. (Seal) Mary Holt, Testatrix. I fitnesses : Gladys Kilpatrick, President. Gladys Parsons, Vice-President. Effie West, Secretary. Propk ecy ALUTATIONS and greetings, spake the fool in the olden days, as gaily ing his cap and bells, he mounted his stool and waited his lord ' s com- mand to make merriment for the court. Hut it chanced that sad his face became when he was bidden in a spirit of mock seriousness to utter a prayer ; for though he knew that he would be lashed and scourged, the cunning fool could speak only from his heart, and in a reverent spirit he obeyed his lord ' s command. So have my classmates said to me, Ay, fool prithee, unmuzzle your wisdom and tell us where life shall have cast our lot ten years from now. And like the fool my spirit will not suffer me to jest over a matter of so grave import, and if merriment and fun be what they have asked for, then like the fool I have failed and deserve to be lashed and scourged. Silent and awed, I gaze into the deep and mysterious realms of the future — the unknown — and I see visions and strange sights. Yet, by my troth, not so strange, for as I look again, the future doth spread itself before me like a panorama and the faces which I behold do show the crowns of success that proclaim the fulfilled promise of our college life. The youthful faces that once I hoped to know are not quite the same as then. Upon the gentle brows of some are graven the marks of time, the old revered lines that have characterized the sacrificial state of motherhood through the centuries. Others wear the patient smile in which years of toil, disappointments, and regrets have taught them to mask their sorrows while they meet the world bravely. Upon others, life has wrought but little change, for they still pursue their triumphant, though difficult way, and receive the plaudits of an admiring world. There are some whose faces I can not find, though I peer long into the distance. Why has the veil been drawn, closing some into that realm of darkness where, I trow, the wit of a fool is vain? While the old familiar faces drift along, I hear the faint vibration of music that swells upon the air — such music as is poured forth from the depth of human souls whose lives are happy, and as I strain my ear once more to catch the echo of the chanted words, I hear, Praise ye the Lord, and forget not all His benefits. Gertrude Mercer y f f; -W I J I IN il RRIXCTO? MASCOT OF JUNIOR CLASS Junior Class Song Tune: When Johnny Comes Marching Home ' , let us rally to our class, The Junior call. Let ' s sing a song and answer fast The Junior call. We ' ve got to strive and lead the rare. It ' s up to us to set our pace. So let us all lie up and doing When Juniors sound the call. Let Junior be a challenge clear For right, for might: By strength of purpose, while we ' re here, We ' ll climb the height. Let as to Teachers College give The best we have, and while we live We ' ll ever sing her a song of praise, Fulfilling the Junior call. — Bessie Willis, ' (iecoarv Pretident Junior Class Officers Vera Wester Vice-President Mary Campbell Secretary Ann Kanoy Treasure) Rosina Pittman Teco-Echo Reporter Bessie Willis Poet Delma Smith Student Government Representative Mary Cummings Cheer Leader Jeanette Duncan Critic Evelyn Hutcheson Tecoan Representativt W- l 5? 7 HI Junior Class Lelia Askfw Annie Batts enfield, n. c. Li cilh Britt Mary Banks CRAX1SBOR0, N. C. I Al ' kMlWILlE, N. C. Catharine Clark elizabethtown, x. c. Margie Caldwell Warn I a (Lecoarv-fe ' $ Junior Class . Mk 1. 1 cile i omlinson Bronnie Cogdell 9Xb£ Mary Ci ' .mminos m. - ■■■ Dorothy Currin Ellis ' n . Jeanette I)l VI B DUNN, . C. 1.(11 LSI-: I. VAN ' S 4flBP GREENVILLE, N . L ' . t L. 4 Kathleen- Faison L Y Hb ▼ f Irene Fleming GREENVILLE, N. C. 7 Junior Class Marv Forbes GREENVILLE, N. C. Sabra Garriss wilson, n. c. Sarah Gurley coldsboro, n. c. GOLDIE HARREI. MOYOCK, N C. Mildred Herring clinton, n. c. Nancy Hixson kinston, n. c. Mary Hocutt clayton ' , n. c. P m Junior Class Sarah Burton Jenkins DORALITA LARKINS CLINTON, N. (. ' . Caroline Macon HENDERSON. N. C. Rl TH Mewborn Ruby Midgette GRl I NVILLE, N. C. M Junior Class ROiMA MORRI! ATLANTIC, N. C. Elizabeth Nevvsome coldsboro, n. c. Anna Outland WOODLAND, N. C. Carrie Lee Peele WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Ruth Rhvne bessemer city, n. c. Margaret Robinson COLDSBORO, N. C. Nina Ruth Rouse kinston, n. c. Elsie Seago greenville, n. c. decoaiv ,. m. k., ;-- ■ ? . Junior Class Margaret Sh an ROCKY pniM, V C. Delma Smith farmville, n. c. Elizabeth Smith HI DI RSONVILLE, N. C. Julia Satterthwaite PACTOLl ' S, N. C. Inez Van Dyke GREENVILLE, K. C. RlTH Wetmur iENDERSONVILLE, N. C. Rl r Yelverton BLACK CREEK, N. C. .„ dccoatvi IS l9 5 7 m fika .Mary Elizabeth Aisti mascot of sophomore class r. : . Soph( CI; Colors: Green ami W ' hii Flower: Lily-of-the- Valley Motto: Not less than best. ' Tis not the biggest things that count The most in school or life; But faithfulness to the little things That help us Sophs in the strife. If Sophs will do the little things, Each day do something kind, Our class will rise to lofty heights, And a lasting joy will find. Emily Smithwick, ' 29. h decomvf. ! I :, : ;- . - ' saaa ite£ . 1 1 Annie Shields VanDyke President Sophomore Class Officers Mary Frances Jenkins Vice-President Rebecca Alexander Secretary Catherine Hill Treasurer Emily Smithwick Poet Virginia Perkins Teco-Echo Reporter w£m? Sophomore Class Rebecca Alexander southport, x. c. Becky Ada Allen NEWPORT, X. C. •■Tatar Elizabeth Austin greenville, n. c. Kinky Anna Badham greenville, x. c. Bess Bernhardt ACME, X. C. Bess O: ia Fae Barnhill ROBERSOXVILLE, N. C. Baby Fair Julia Dixon Blount faison, n. c. Baby Lillian Colson mooresville, x. c. Major l.oi ip ip Wilma Cox CREEXVILLE, X. C. -irii Sophomore Class Francis DlXON Althea Di in. in AMIKN ' , N. C. Dudley Evelyn Ewell II 1 Uil I II TOWN, X. C. Margaret Faison FAISON, X. C. Nell Floyd FAIRMONT, X. C. Alice Foley GREENVILLE, . (. ' . Olivia Forbes creenvillr, x. c. Sara Fussell Sudie Harriett POLLOCKSVILLE, X. C. m Mm. fM -j j Ctecoatvi : ?,;,M, « ■- vi Hi Sophomore Class May Henderson HIGH POINT, X. C. Hin Catherine Hill kinston, x. c. Cat Odessa Hilliard carthage, x. c. Dessa Persis Hodges KIXSTOX, X. c. Precious Mary Frances Jenkins aulander, x. c. Jinx Claire Jones STEM, X. C. Snookes Irene Kahn HAMLET, X. C. Dieny Julia Lancaster vaxceboro, x. c. July Mildred Mangum greexville, X. c. Miily •.:•. decoaivl r SL : -mSM Sophomore Class I J 1 n I I ' ll Mi RPHY I IRMVILLE, N. C. Lib Virginia Perkins GREENVILLE, N. C. Ginger Sadie Perry uii.i.iamston, h. c. Sadie Margaret Pickett liberty, n. c. Pick Viola Scott rocky point, n. c. Little Girl Lucille Sermons GREENVILLE, N. C. Cille Carrie Smith fountain-, . c. Pretty Girls Emily Smithwick MERRY HILL, N. C. Emilee Clara Lee Spruill columbia, n. c. Red Sophomore Class Martha Stewart derita, n. c. Spud Clyde Stokes AYOEN, X. C. Clyde Value Sumrell AYDEN, N. C. Valley Blue Hilda Sutton KINSTON, N. c. Teeny Tiny Gladys Taylor LOUISBURG, N. C. hint Emma Evelyn Tillman cary, n-. C. Monkey Effie Tripp winterville, n. c. Tripp Annie Shields VanDyke GREENVILLE, N. C. Sis Mary White middletown, n. c. May L. Nina Lewis rocky point, n. c. Sophy Mildred Barden Tayi i iscot of FRESHMAN CLASS Colors: Scarlet and ( n.l. Freshman Class i Motto: Rowing, not drifting Poem We are the faithful Freshmen, An excellent bunch, we think ; We are here to do our duty — Of knowledge deep to drink. We ' ve chosen thee, dear college, Because we ' ve heard thy fame; Our class will strive forever, Exalting high thy name. To serve thee is our watchword, With word, and deed, and song; To do as thou would have us. To conquer all that ' s wrong. Our hearts and hands are thine now We give our selves to thee To mold and shape for service, Teachers of our state to be. Flower: Rnse Ruth Lemmond, ' 30. k m ti Julia Cogdell President Freshman Class Officers Sara Ogletree Vice-President Elba McGowan Secretary AGATHA LoeuwenburG Treasurer Mildred Sasser Tecoan Representative Catherine Whitehurst Teco-Echo Representative Elizabeth Deal Critie Rl ill LEMMONO Poet Eliza Waiters Student Government Christine Bell Helen Butler Mamie Barthalemew Ruby Brite Ella Lee Boomer Louise Carr Marcaret Carter Blanche Clark Verna Dare Corey K. Lee Cloaninger Julia Cogdell Myrtle Stancil Cooper Evelyn Caldwell Hester Davenport Elizabeth Deal Naomi Dameron Marcella Deal Lucile Dixon Bessie Ferguson Sibyl Forehand Marjorie Floyd Elva Frisbie Helen Guthrie Janie Gold Hardy Velma Hardy Sarah Hinson Lucile Hearne Fresh man Annie Laurie Herrinc Evelyn Jennings Sara Long Johnson Sonia Belle Lamm Rosebud Lawrence Agatha Loeuwenburc lass Roll Lucy Lane Eliza Lauchinhous May Belle Lee Ruth Lemmond Mildred Mallard Elizabeth Mayo Mai hi Vines Mayo Eloise McArthur Madelaine McCain Elba McGowan Sara Ogletree Louise Oakes Edith Quinnerly Mildred Sasser Irene Scott Eloise Scott Eva Scott Elida Swindell Annie May Sellars Elizabeth Spears Rubenia Sutton Lillian Summerlin Elaine Tunnell Anna Bell Tyson Martha Traynham Eliza Walters Mary Ward Annie May Ward Dorothy Ward Katherine Whitehurst Dorothy Williams Grace Whitlev Margaret Womack , ' r Sf- NORMAL CLASSES I. Senior Normal II. Junior Normal Mae Meadows MASC01 01 SENIOR NORMAL CLASS mmmMJLd ii F r. 77 .. Dixie Taylor, Senior Normal Class President P wmmMsM SENIOR NORMAL CLASS OmCERS Jean Morton. ' Mary Elliot nrrorrrrri ▼ crur.r Senior Normal Class Officers Dixie Taylor President AsENATH Wellons Vice-President Virginia Ratcliffe Secretary Mabel MclNNIS Treasurer Annie Spivev S. G. A. Representative Christine McDamei Teeoan Representative Jean Morton Teco-Eiho Representative Mary Elliott Critic Carrie F. Herring Cheer Leader Velma Talton Assistant Leader Johnnie Lee Stewart Doorkeeper 95 Senior Normal Class Yellow and White Motto: Don ' t stare up the of opportunity, step up the stair At Rock Springs This hallowed haunt we call the Secret Shade, To which a pebbled path leads through the woods; ' Tis here an aged oak long years has stood, Guarding the sparkling spring that Nature made. A sand castle filled with dreams glistens there, Vainly struggling against ripple and foam, But as winter ' s wind wrecks the sweet bird ' s home, So the spry laughing ripples even dare To shatter its walls and scatter its hopes ; The pensive violet, thinking, droops her head ; Hut we, with vim and courage, look instead To those majestic walls on the campus slopes. Dear college, you ' ve held our dreams, made them true; In turn we ' ll render love and service, too. Mabel McInnis, ' 27. 1 Ch )enior formal Ljlass Marv Aim Ai.i win R KINISTON, N. C. Elizabeth Allen Louise Atkinson i:k iwii.le, n. c. Mabel Baggett LEW1ST0N, N. C. Julia Barrow Audrey Lee Becton FREMOKT, X. C. Senior Normal Class Maurine Blackley CLINTON, N. C. Lanier Society; Athle Mai de Blackman SMITHFIELD, X. C. W. C. A.. Laniei So iet ; Johnston Cou Vara Blackman SELMA, . C. Charlotte Rebecca Beddixgfield Mai de Boyette KENLV, N. C. Kate Brett -C£ 3k Senior Normal Class Si i. a .M win i i k;h Binsi i i i Annie Laurie Brinkley GLEN ALPINE, N. C. ler Society, ' 28; Bmerson Society, ' 27; Stu- Council, ' 26; Athletic Association, ' - ' ■. ' 27 ; Club, ' :■;; Y. W, ■. A. Cabinet, ' 27; V. W. ,. Choir, ' 27; Budget Committee, ' 27; Tecoan f, ' : ' T; V. v. i ' . A Reportei to Teco Ei ha i ' ■ Ii gate to Camp Hollow Rock, ' •-•■;. 1 1 :■■ ■ to Blue Ridge, ' 26; Delegate t,, Studenl Mattie Bridgeman swan quarter, v c. Mary I ,m isr; Brut HERTFORtl, N. C. Eloise Brooks BATH, X. C. V. W. A.. ' 26, ' 27; I Emily Conn Browx ?3 «42 2j Senior Normal Class Essie D. Brown- Emma Permelia Bryan BURGAW, N. C. lety: Y. W. C. A., ' 26, ' 27; Athlf Hazel P. Bryan PIKEVILLE, N. C. Baseball Team, ' 25, ' 2fi; Wayne County i I ' 25, ' 26; Lanier Focifty: Proctor, ' 26. ' 27; We er of College Letters; V. W. C. A. Mary Ledbetter Bryan Cecile Brya.- ELM CITY, . C. Poe Society; Y. W. C. A.; P. P. Cll Mary Louise Bltli falcon, n. c. Lanier Society. Senior Normal Class Evelyn Cahoon PLYMOUTH, N. C. Susie Garner Cannon 1IEK1EOKD, N. c. Julia Clark elizabeth town, v c. Linda Cobb elm city, n. c. Tempie Colston- Helen Mildred Creech SELMA, N. C. Senior Normal Class Corinne Dail EDENTON, N. C. Lillian Amelia Dean STOVALL, N. C. Lanier Society; Proctor, ' 26; Granville Countj Louise Dula WILKESBORO, N. C. Lanier Society; Fun Seekers Club, ' 27; Athletic Elise Dunn ENFIELD, N. C. Lanier Society; Marshal, ' 27; Tecoan Repre- sentative, ' 26; Entertainment Committee, ' 2fi, Margaret Dupree FAULKLAND, N. C. Y. W. C A.. ' 27,, ' 26; Poe Society; Pitt County Club; Athletic Association, ' 25, ' 26; Junior Normal Basketball Team. Pattie Christine Edmundson WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Poe Society; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Proctor. ' 26; Critic of D Class. ' 27; Triple L Club. ' 26. ' 27. Senior Normal CI; Thelma Adel Edwards AHOSKIE, X. C. Mary J. Ellerbe ROCKINGHAM, N. C. Mary Elliott HERTFORD, X. C. Dorothy Ellis Sally Ellis D-2 I ' luli, Senior Normal Class Nannie Evans greenville, n. c. Flora Faulk mcdonald, st. c. Virginia California Ferguson murfreesboro, n. c. Lanier Society, Y. W. C. A. Anastacia Forbes GREENVILLE, N. C. Mamie Alice Fuqu MEBANE, N. C. Y. W. C. A.; Athletic Association, ' 2 ketball Team. ' 26, ' 27: Manager of Team. ' 26. Masal Fry carthage, n. c. Senior Normal Ch Elizabeth Gay I u Ksnv, H. c. Canolia Geddie BRWIN, N. C. Poe S ly, ' 26, ' 27; Y. W. C. . Athletic Association, ' 26, ' 27 ; I. . : W, Are Seven Club, ' 27. Mildred Louise Godwin columbia, x. c. Emerson Society; Hyde County Clu Rlth Goodnight Effie Grant SELMA, X. C. Flora McDonald Grant SELMA, N. C. Senior Normal Class Cora Lee Green Evelyn Hardie hamlet, n. c. Archie Harris swan quarter, n. c. Helen Haskins kinston, n. c. Poe Society. ' I ' d, ' L ' T; Marshal, Sarah A. Hart SEABOARD, N. C. Mary Smith Heilig oriental, n. c. Senior Normal Class Hope Hendren W1LKESB0R0, C. C rrii- F. Herring R(X K1 M ' U NT, V i . Statistics -87. Mildred Hestef greenville, n. c. Beatrice Eloise Hicks COLDSBORO, N. C. Mildred Hines black mountain, n. c. Julia Costell Hobgood oxford, n. c. Proctor 26; Grai :iub, ' 26, ' 27; Poe Soc :rt; Emerson Society, ' 27; Secretary Erne Society. ' 27. ■H SS w Senior Normal Clas; Willie M. Holtox greenville, n. c. Mary Lee Hooks KEXLY, X. C. Lanier Society; Johnston County Chit Ozie Elizabeth Hughes C0LERAIN, N. C. Poe Society; Bertie Hertford Club, ' 26. ' 2 ' Mary Grace Hint wake forest, n. c. ! ' .n Society; Wake County Club; Athletir Blanche Hutchins WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Olive Rochelle Jackson- cooper, n. c. Poe Society: Dramatic Club; Athletic . tion. ' 26, ' 27; V. W. C. A., Club. Fun peckers ' Senior Normal Class Mavourneen James siii ill MILLS, N. C. Irm a Mai: Jenkins rich square, h. c. rtinty Club; v. v. c v Cora Virginia Johxsto Lanlei Society; Class Cheer Leader, ' 27; Vice- President Beaufort County Club, ' 27; Collegi Cheer Leader, ' 27; Athletic Association, ' 26, ' 27; Basketball Team. ' 26, ' 27; D-L ' Club, ' 2ti; PreS- GERTRl DE JoHXSOX KKKR, X. C. Lanier Society; Sampson County Lvdia Helex Johxs Track Team. ' - ' 3; W. Rebecca Josephixe Johxsox rich square, n. c. § v Senior Normal Class Elizabeth Jones GREENVILLE, V. C. Llcile Kee pleasant hill, n. c. Nolie Helen Keith varina, n. c. tic Association, ' 26, ' 27; TVak ' 26, ' 27; Poe Society; Tennis Clu Eugenia Kernodle BURLINGTON, X. C. AlLEEN KlLPATRICK KIN ' STON, N. C. Elva Riser bessemer city, n. c. Poe Society, Wearer of Letters. ' 27; Vice-Pr ident of Left Hand Club. ' 26; President Gas County Club. ' 27. Senior Normal Class 1 ' U LINE LlPPARD STATESVILLE, N. C. REBJ K Ml I. iNSDELL LvIPSCOMB MILTON, N ' . C. Poe Socletj . ' 26, ' 27 : Y. W. C. A ' !6, - Frances Evelyn Lloyd HILLSBORO, H. C. Poe Soi ietj : Glee Club, ' 26, ' 27; Athletic A CiatiOIt, ' 26, ' 27: HilsL, ll.;.ll Team, ' 2Ci. Wearei ol Lettei s, ' 26; v. W. i ' A. CI ■27; Proctor, ' 27; College Quartette, ' 26, ' 27 Helen Harrell Mary G. Lyon OXFORD, N. C. 2t ; Lanier Society. ' - ' I. ' 27; Gr Margaret Malloy jonesboro, n. c. Lanier Society, Senior N 1 Ch ormai Vjiass Alma Estelle Marks scotland neck, n. c. Poe Society. 26. ' 27: V. W. C. A., ' 26. ' 27; Ath- letic Association, ' 27; I. O. U. Club. ' 26; We An- Seven Club. ' 27. Yice-Presiilent Halifax bounty Club. ' 2l! ; Assistant Editor of Tecoan, Ruth E. Marti SANFORD, N. C. Society. ' 26. ' 27; Y. W. C. Annie W. Midgett elizabeth city, n. c. Nettie Mavbelle Mitchell goldsboro, n. c. • Club. ' 26; Athletic Association, ' 26, Esther Mason- ATLANTIC, N. C. Odessa Belle Mitchell colerain, n. c. Poe Society; Athletic Association, ' 26; Bertie- Hertford County ciub. ' 26; Bertie County club, ' 27; County Club Reporter to Teco Echo. ' 27; Y. W. C. A.. ' 26. Senior Normal Class J i w | 1 1 1 nson Morton WILMINGTON, N. C. ' 26 . Poe Soclel J . ' 26. ' 27 ; Athle ' 26, ' 2? . Teco Echo Class Reprei w . ' A . ' 26, ' 27. Martha Eleanor Moseley kinston, n. c Christine Virginia McDaniel kinstox, n. c. A.: Athleti, Association; Proctor, ' 26; Lenoir iiity Club, ' 26, ' 27; K. p. Club, ' 27; Ti i oan presentative from D Class, ' 27. Mabel McInnis GIBSON, N. C. Poe Society, ' 26, ' 27; v. w. c. a., ' 27; Class Poet, ' 26; Treasurer Senior Normal Class, ' 27; Triple Ls, ' 27; Representative to Tecoan from Poe Society, ' 27. NlNA McLaWHO WINTERVILLE, N. C. Reba McLeod ancier, n. c. 1 Senior Normal Class Mary Belle McMillan- red SPRINGS, N. C. r. W. C. A. ' 26, ' 27; Roberson County Club. ' 26, ' 27; Lanier Society. ' 2fi. ' 27. Helen Rebekah Newell REIDSVILLE, N. C. V. W. C. A.. ' 26; Athletic Association, ' 26; Poe Literary Society, ' 26; Emerson Society, ' 27; Christine Nichols MOREHEAD CITV, N. C. Poe Society; House President; Beportei to Teco Echo of Student Government Activities. ' 27. Lurline Nichols DURHAM, N. C. Lanier Society; Athletic Association; Baseball Team, ' 26; Wearer of Letters. ' 26. Frances Norman GREENVILLE, N ' . C. Poe Society. LOLANNA OVERCASH KANNAPOLIS, N. C. Senior Normal Class Louisa Overm in PIKEVILLE, N. C. kssoclatlon ; Treasurer W a3 ' ' ' Basketball Team, ' 26; ST. W. C. morales Club, ' 20. Pax line Owens i ' H.l.K, N. C. son Society. Annie Mae Patton davidson river, n. c. Poe Society; Y. V. C. A., ' 26, Sarah Edna Pearce south mills, n. c. ■ Society; Camden County Katherine Peele GIBSON, N. C. Senior Normal Class Janie Bett Pierce AYDEN, N C. Inez Petersox MlTTILULAH PlTTARD HESTER, N. C. County Cub. ' 2fi. ' 27; Prorto Fun Seeker Lvdia Inez Pittman MICRO, N. C. Society; Johnston Count Marjorie Glenn Phillips WASHINGTON ' , N. C. Poi ' Society; Marshal Basket hall Team. ' 26. Team. ' 26. ' 27; Athle Captain Athenian Society, ' 27; H ptain Baskcth Virginia B. Pittard OXFORD, N. C. liety, ' 26. ' 27; Gran County Club Senior Normal Class Jeanbtte Lewis Powell ENFIELD, N. C. ■r Society; V. W. C. A.. ' 27; Athletic As Mary Pullen SPRING HOPE, N. C. Bettie Radford swannanoa. n. c. Lalrie Virginia Ratcliffe RALEIGH, N. C. Lanier Society; V W. C. A., ' 26. ' 27; Atl Association, ' 27; Wake County Club. ' 26; s taiy Wake County I ' lub, 27; Secretary S Mabel Christine Regax lumbertox, x. c. V. W. C A., ' 26. ' 27; V. W. Cabinet Treasurer Junior Normal Class. ' 26; S. G. cil, ' 27; Proctor. ' 26; Poe Society. ' 26. ' 27 letlc Association, ' 26. ' 27; Roberson ( Club, ' 26; Pres.dent Kobeison County Clu Hilda Robbixs washington, n. c. Lanier Society; Secretary and Treasurer Beau- fort County Club. ' 26; Y. W. C. A.; P. P Senior Normal Class Evelyn Hope Short fremont, n. c. Imerson Society; Y. W. C. A Maude Cornelia Siler m0rr1sville, n. c. Society, ' 26, ' 27; Member of Wake Coun Annie Lee Smith monroe, n. c. Vi.-r-I ' resi.l..„i rnion Count Geneva Smith MARIETrA, N. C. v; Roberson County Club. Georgia Smith creenville, n. c. Senior Normal Class | wii Rea Smith ikihim.w, s. C. J i i.i I.oi isi: Smith Basketball Squ Mary Katherine Smith Kill SPRINGS, N. C. anii i Soi m i . Rol Lucy Smith GREENVILLE, N. C. Poe Society. Pearl Smith atlantic, n. c. Annie Spivey rich square, n. c. Senior Normal Ch Ida Grace Roberson white oak, n. c. Lanier Society: Y. W. C. A.; Athletic As Beatrice Roberson 1 ROPER, N. C. Lanier Society Nancy Roberson morvent, x. c. Vivian Elizabeth Sanders WELDON, N. C. Lanier Society; Y. V. C. A. Valeria Sexton enfield, n. c. Lanier Society; Secretary Halifax County Club, ' 26; Y. W. C. A. Choir. ' 26, ' 27; Athletic Asso- ciation. ' 27; House Vice-President, ' 27; Vice- President Fun Seekers ' Club, ' 27. Senior Normal Class Helen Stearn BEI.HAVEN, N. C. Eunice Blanche Stephenson GARYSBURG, N. C. Lina Stanton elizabeth city, n. c. Johnnie Lee Stewart Poe Society. ' 26. ' 27; Sergeant-al Statistics. ' :• ' ;. SeiK ' ant-a t- Arms Normal Class, ' :• ;; p. p. ciub, ' 2fi. Ri ' BY Swindell Meredith Swain raleigh, n. c. Senior Normal Class Sarah Augusta Svkes COLUMBIA, W. C. Poc Society. Thii.ma Sylivant snow hill, n. c. Lanier Society; Y. W. C. A. ESTELLE TALTON SM1THFIELD, N. C. Poe Society. Velma Talton SELMA, N. C. Iola Tankard washington, n. c. v, ' ■it , ' _ ; Beauco Cli Edna Tatum Pog Society; v. Senior Normal Class Dixie Margaret Taylor NEW BERN, K. C. Normal Class, ' 26; Undergraduate R sen S - . i ' . .. President Senior Norn class, . ' ; . News Bui • au, ' 27; Cn loui Club ' 27; Deli sate to I :amp Hollow Bock, N vnnie Alice Taylor KIKSTON, N. C. Uhletlc Association, ' 26; v. W. C. A . Poe s u. ' 26, ' 27; Triple i. Club, Proctor, ' 26. Jessie A. Tharpe ROSEMARY, N. C. Pop Society; Y. W. C. A. Pauline Elizabeth Troy wilmington, n. c. Emerson Society; Y. W. C. A. Carol Truitt oriental, n. c. Brlce Tlcker greenville, n. c. Senior Normal Class Nellie Turner mebane, n. c. Rertha Tyson- Myrtle C. Umstead Dorothy Anne Viverette enfield, x. c. Augusta Walker COLUMBIA, X. C. Lorine Walker COLUMBIA, N. C. Senior Normal Class Margaret Elizabeth Walker GRAHAM, H. C. Mary Elizabeth W itson conw IY, . c. Lillian 1 Deborah Walston scotland neck, n. c. Poe Society. ' 26. ' 27; Y. W. C. A.. ' 27; Athl. Association, ' 27: I. O. LV Club. ' 26; Treasu of Halifax County Club, ' 26; Assistant Busin Manager of Teco Echo. ' 27; We Are Sevi Ertie Boyd Warren- littleton, n. c, Mary Wall Virginia Watson jonesboro, n. c. Lanier Society. Senior Normal Class Lodie B. Weaver BESSEMER CITY, N. C. Asexath Godwin Welloxs SELMA, N. C. Lanier Societj : V W. C. A . ' 26, ' 27; Y. W A. Choir, ' 26, ' 27; Glee Club. ' 26, ' 27; Proctc ' 27; Vice President of D class. ' 27; Johnstt Counts club. Harriett Elizabeth Wells willard, k. c. Susie Wells TEACHEYS, N. C. Ida Laura West Reporter Tec J i ax it a West STANTONSBURG, N . C. SOI lety, ' 26, ' 27; Y. W. C A.. ' 25. ' 20. Senior Normal Class Ada Jackson- White ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Lanlei Society; Pasquatank T Virginia Dare White HOBCOOl), N. C. o Letters, ' ' 26; Halifax County ' Club; Y. W. Doris Whitehurst bethel, n. c. Elizabeth W. Whitehurst SOUTH MILLS, M. C. Lanier Society . t ' amdonian, 2 3 Margaret Whitfield Christine Williams south mills, n. c. Poe Society; Camdonian Club, ' 25; Y. W. C. . «i£ft Senior Normal Class Clora Rebecca Williams BEULAVILLE, N. C. Martha Mae Williams kinston, n. c. Granco Club, ' 26, ' 27; Y. V. i ' . A. ' 26, p 27. Annie Mae Winslow elizabeth city, n. c. Poe Society; Pasquotank Club, ' 26, ' 27; Y. w. Julia Minor Wood coldsboro, x. c. Society; Wearer of Letters, ' 26; Athletic ition; Wayne County Club. ' 26; N. G. Martha Rowena Wood WARREXTOX, X. C. Elizabeth Woody Senior Normal Class M in 11 Clyda Woodard Kl SI ■. . M. C. Edn Evi Li Woodard NORFOLK, 1 ' A. j, ' 26. ' 27: B iskfthall T  m, lub, ' 25, ' 26; Assietan) Man- ' 25, 26, ' 21 . Giee Club, ' 26, Caroline Elizabeth Wvche WELDON, N. C. Louise Dickerson GREENVILLE, N. C. Carrie Mae I)i x kinston, x. c. Lois Mann MIDDLETON, N. C. Lanier Socii tj jE ..T.-JirTJtj ? Senior Normal Ch Effie Martin BETHEL, N. C. Myrtle Gardner Sallie McQueen LAURINBURG, N. C. Ruth Harrell elizabeth city, n. c. Lela Talton SMIllIFIKLD, N. C. Vera Tomlinson Hilda Credle scravton, n. c. V. W. C. A.; Athletic Asso Senior Normal Class History - WAS A MORNING in May, 1933; two girls s Teachers College, supposedly doing the usual refere coming commencement and their graduation. They because commencement was only a few weeks away. While thej were looking through a huge book, one espied what appeared but which, after carefully examining it, she decided was something exclaimed with pleasure, Just look what 1 have found in this book. What is it? the other cried eagerly. A history of the Senior-Normal Class of ' 27, the guests of honor th e lib rarv of Eas ( aro ina k, bt lly disc ng the mors and were erv el ted spear ed u be an old the me, even mor e intere stl! g. and reunion. Oh, vas the reply. On September 30, 1925, East Carolina Teachers College opened with bright prospects for a prosperous year. We, the freshmen, or Cs as we were! called, were probably the most down- hearted of all that body assembled here. It was a strange place to those of US whose previous knowledge of it was confined to the catalogue requiremetns for entrance. The corridors seemed alive with eager old girls greeting one another; and as we timid newcomers watched them, we wondered how they could feel so light-hearted and gay. When we left the corridors, we ran into a crowd of girls moving in and out of a tiny room. We wondered if this room contained some freak of nature, but on inquiring we found it more fascinating than any carnival freak could be, for it was the postoffice, and we wanted mail from home. We soon joined the rush that came at the postoffice before each meal. After learning the way ten places on the campus, we began to feel very wise; but when we met our first classes, the faculty stamped a different impression on our minds, and we settled down to hard work. The brightest recollection of those first few days of disillusion is the thought of our big sisters from the Class of ' 26. They refrained from laughing at our many ridiculous mistakes and helped usi to feel at home. Others who offered us a helping hand were the V. W. C. A. in a recepti the NY for aded night rdeal, howe tnd shmen — members, who gave us a royal v get their kindness to us. Our minds next turned to that much looked for and much d the night of society initiations. We managed to live through the to meet and organize our class. A hot race for the presidency was run, in which Thelma Lassiter came out on top. At Christmas time, however, much to our sorrow, Thelma decided to take an experimental course in Home Economics, and entered the matrimonial field. So Dixie Taylor was elected president in her place and soon gained the love of the entire student body. She worked for us more than any other one person will ever be able. With a strong president at our head we went through the year with only the basketball games at Thanksgiving, a party, a hike, or a musical entertainment at intervals. The following September we again heard the bells ringing, saw the notices and schedules posted, joined in the rush to the postoffice and felt that we had returned home, for this time everything was different. We felt very sophisticated when we saw the shyness of the newcomers and directed them to the various places of interest. Also we felt happy now to become big sisters ourselves. There was no doubt in our minds this year as to whom we wanted for president. No one could do more for us than our own Dixie Taylor, former president. She was unanimously re- elected. Though the events of this year were much the same as in the previous one, they were looked upon in quite a different manner by us. For were we not Senior-Normals? With much re- joicing we made plans for initiation and then for the Thanksgiving basketball games. Our team worked hard for victory, yet, when we were defeated, we took our medicine bravely and congratulated the Cs on having such a splendid team as to beat us, the Senior-Normals. Thanksgiving being over, we began to study, for we realized if we did not, that our reputa- tion as a class would gravely suffer. A few facts might be mentioned in connection with our class. We enjoyed the distinction of having both the college cheer leaders come from the D ' s of ' 27; of having several members of our class on the Student Council, one of whom was vice-president; of having one member of our class as assistant editor-in-chief of the Tecoan, and several others on the Tccoan staff and the Teco Echo staff; and of having seve ral members on the V. W. C. A. cabinet. We think, indeed, that our group was very well represented in the college activities. The dignity required of us as seniors or Ds was exacting, yet flattering; and since time passes quickly when we are happy, our senior year seemed short. We, two hundred and five in number, partook of all the honors, pleasures, and joys that are due seniors; and when we stopped tor a moment to recall the past and consider the future, there came a thrill of sadness as well as of joy; and there was in our hearts a great welling up of gratitude to our college. You led us ever forward As we strove to win success ; And we will ever labor Our deep faith to express. With love and honor laden, We ' ll pledge ourselves each day To serve and honor you Forever and for ave. That was only six years ago. How strange and five, mused the reader, having finished. The school surely has grown, and our class of five hundred d theirs, doesn ' t it; but did you notice that, after all, their experie ours? replied the other. Yes, how much their history sounds like the one I wrote for • I do wish someone would find a way to create originality in do seems that there were onlv two hundred large compared with e much the same as Canoi i a Gri)I ik. The Last Will and Testament of the Senior-Normal of 1927 :, THE MEMBERS of the Senior Normal Class of ' 27, hav ing completed our work in East Carolina Teachers College, and approaching our individual fields of work, wish in some way to express our unmeasured gratitude for the knowledge and inspiration that have come to us through the unremitting efforts of the officers and teachers of this institution. As a feeble attempt, therefore, to establish a permanent evidence of our gratitude and unfailing fidelity to you, our Alma Mater, we do hereby will and bequeath to you two paintings to be hung in the parlors of Dormitory B — tokens which are only our widow ' s mite ' but ac- companied by our sincerest love for you, our helper and guide. May these material pieces from the hands of the artist be only a symbol of our greater gift to you — our loyalty to you through our loyalty to the college motto To Serve. Signed and sealed on the eighth day of June, A. D., Nineteen Hun- dred and Twenty-seven, Witnesses: Dixie Taylor, President. Asi-math Wellons, Vice-Pr By Pauline Troy. Senior Normal Statistics y Hilda Robbins MOST ORIGINAL AnnieLauneBnnMey Mabe Regan MOST POPULAR BEST ALL- ROUND Carrie Frances Herri nc MOST STYLISH Mary Ellerbe MOST INTELLECTUAL • WM ... fii Senior Normal Statistics Mabel Mclnrus MOST CHARMING Cora Johnston jSr.ST SPORT Midge Hi nes MOSTATTHACTtVE Evelyn Lloyd MOST WNOCENT Jean Morton MOST MUSICAL Dixie Taylor MOST DIGNIFIED Jt- H ' Our meeting, though happy, was tinged by a sorrow, To think that such happiness could not remain: If hile our parting , though sad, gave a hope that tomorrow It ould bring back the bless ' d hour of meeting again. Thomas Moore. -aSs i P ' (iecoatv Dail Lalghinghouse, Jr. MASCOT OF JUNIOR NORMAL CLASS ' JUL Only a C Class Only a C Class, but it matters a lot That we fly from our mast the silver and old rose ; On stormy seas beneath it we ' ve fought, And now we are proud — our victory to disclose. Only a C Class; yet he who reads The daily hopes and aims of each heart, Can see the valor of our brave deeds And heroic way we ' ve done our humble part. Only a C Class on virtue ' s ship, Obeying our captain ' s Climb up the mast! Aloft we follow, and none shall trip In the dangers high we meet — Faith binds us fast. Dear College, our lighthouse, send a beam So clear and true to the heart of each C, That calmly we ' ll sail, still following the gleam That guides our Fellowship o ' er the raging sea. Beam on, dear light, still point the way Of those who see from the distance far, Thy radiance that will lead us never astray, But b?, in the darkest night, our guiding star! FlXETTE St.ANFIELD, ' 28. ' (tecoarv Jfe, 9r Mk $j. I ■, ' p ( ; Frances Hooker President Junior Normal Class Officers Margaret McDonald Vice-President Jeannette Sessoms Secretary Marie Whitehurst Treasurer Flora Tarkincton Student Government Representative Louise Roebuck Cheer Leadei Bernice Dixon Critic Martha Mason Doorkeeper Ellie Ford Hinson Teco-Echo Reporter Cynthia Daughterv Tecoan mm JUNIOR NORMAL CLA RIMARY SECTION N orma 1 Class Roll Pauline Anderson- Virginia Dare Askew Dorothy Austin Ruby Batchelor Annie Mae Baugham Ethel R. Baskin Hazel D. Barnes Ethel Barnette Jessie Baker Mary Benson Selma Bradly Grace Blowe Annie James Boone Emma Boone Hazel Bowers Ada Margaret Bowden Dorothy Bridgers Ruby Brite Marcaret Brodgen Clara Brown Marjorie Bryon Ruth Bryant Maria Burnette Jennie Lee Burrouchs Margaret Butt Dorothy Connor Rosa Lee Cuthrell Edith Groome Annie Laurie Cannon Marcarette Campbelle Marie Chenault Edna Dameron Ethel Davenport Mildred Davenport Pauline Davenport Antoinette Darden Cynthia Dauchtery Bernice Davis Christine Debnam Edna Dixon Bernice Dixon Janie Dixon Helen Duke Helen Dulse Alene Earley Martha Elliott Alma Eason Eleanor Edmunson Lettie Ellington- Mary Evans Elizabeth Faircloth Elizabeth Ferrell Clara Fitzgerald Pearla Futrelle Mamie Futrelle Hester Gist Sula Feddie Elizabeth Gooding Gladys Grantham Audrey Grizzard Lillian Haselden Rachael Hancock Lula Hood Frances Hooker Mary Lee Hooks Elizabeth Hodges Mae Hooper Mae Horne Ellie Hinson Mozelle Hoffler Mary Herring Christine House Dorothy Humphreys Clauda Irvin Gladys Jenkins Catherine James Odessa Jarvis Mary Jarvis Jewell Jackson Louise Jilcott Reba Johnson- Gladys Jones Mabel Jorner Mae Keith Mildred Kennedy Mary Knox Frances Koonce Zenobia Lancaster Dorothy Lee Evelyn Leary  Gladys Little Mary Liverman Lizzie Mann Katie Mann Hazel Marshall Eloise Marslender Brownie Martin Martha Mason Lillian Mayes AlLEEN MEWBORN Lula Lang Mewborn Clara Miller Helen Minton Virginia Mitchiner Merle Moore Rosa Morris Margaret McDonald Virginia McIntyre Sara McKellar Gladys McLean Sammie McManus Mittie Norwood Bennie O ' Brien Clara Oliver Elsie Outland Ruth Parker Merle Pearson Hannah Picot Addie Presnell Flossie Presnell Elizabeth Pritchard Margaret Railey Virginia Reele Gertrude Redfern Mary Rice Louise Roebuck Jessie Rose Kathleen Ross Winiford Rouse Ruth Royster Annie Satterthwaite Anne Saunders Jeannette Sessoms Vircinia Shell Melvena Smith -JE ' iin P.. 1 ? 1947 « WlLMA SN0DD1 I IM l m Stanfield I II w Stanlei Mildred Stanford C ' i ARA Stroi ii Julia Stewart AODII Si MMERELL Sallii Sutton Mari Swindeli I i i 1 ' M in EsiELLE TALTON Helen Taylor Flora TARKINCTON AlLEEN Tripp Mary Traynham Mattie Thoroughgood Hazel Umstead Myrtle Umstead Myrtle VANN Inez Vaughan Beulah Vick Margaret Ward Bertha Welch Bessie Wheeler Marie Whitehurst Ruth Whitfield Nannie Whitty Thelma Wilcox Bertie Williams Genevieve Williams 1. 11 I i Williams Laura Windi.ey Blanche Wood Mary Wooten Willard Allen Betty Barker Julia Barrow Mary Belk Ida Bennett Virginia Boyd i ,i; m i Bom i n I vl III R Bl U KM Evelyn Broi ch ton I i smi Br vsw i i i 111 II lil kin N Louise Butler Mildred Cadi Ida Cahoon ( KK1I CARAVt  WlLMA CARTWRIGHT Minnie Clark (ii ivi Clark Marcuerite Cooke Elizabeth Corbett Lela Davenport Ava Dawson Mary Lee Dixon Kizzie Dunn Estelle Ellen- Myrtle Everett Janie Erwtn Reba Flowers Marguerite Gardn Mary Gardner Lela Gibson- Mae Gibson Zella Gibson Jane Griffin Louise Hamer Lola Harper Willa FTorton Eugenia Hudson Mabel Jackson ' i i w James Ri ry Jackson- Clara Jackson Martha Jones Novella Jones Ruby Jordon Hazel Joyner I DDII LANGSTON Mai Livingston Elvira Tow i M [RM V Mi 1 w HON I wii McPhail Mabel Li SaLI h Miller Lucille Minsi hew Lucille Mitchei i i 1)i i i Monk Mary Morton Josie Muse Annie Nichols Charlotte Nixon Wilma Parker Elizabeth Perri Mary Powell Helen Proctor Myrtle Pryce Margaret Robbins Alice Roebuck Hazel Roberson Ruth Rogers Margie Scon Katie Simmons Helen Spears Hildred Swain Mildred T h i k Elizabeth Teal Myrtle Harrington Cormelia Thompson- Mildred Vail Willie Wagsi mi Ruth Waters Helen White Beatrice Whitfield Anna Whitlock Merle Wiggins Elizabeth Wilson Grace Wooten ■i JUNIOR NORMAL CLASS TERMEDIATE SECTION Ml ST. THOMAS ' S CHURCH AT BATH THE OLDEST CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA Book Three Activities ftecoatv Jr ny|K W- ' Viola Jones President of Student Government A .0 Annie Batts , ncvse £i Margie Caldwell Vdlhe Sumrell ■ HOVSC PKESIDEHT % Jpk rm. t P V f 1 f m to y iy Ethel Sprat t MtfCST f Lillian Colson Christine Nichols decoaiv fe:£ ;S S •l 1)1 N ' T Oil NCIL i ■a ll K W fl House of Representatives Lucy Wells Bessie Simerell Vivian- Sanders Valeria Sexton Marjorie Phillips Grace Hunt Elizabeth Smith Sarah Glrley Q ' A Mary Gray Moore President of Y. W. C. A. Doralitd Larkins Y. W. C. A. CHOIR ■Ail Y. W. SXAPS Follow The Gleam. The Silver Bay Prize Song. 1920. Written by Bryn Mawr College. 1. To the Knights in the days of old Keep-ing watch on the moun - tain heights. 2. And we who would serve the King, And loy - al - !y Him o - bey,... And a voice through the wait-ing night Fol-low, That the chal-lenge still holds to - day Fol-low, fol - low the gleam Of the Chal - ice that is fol - low the gleam Of the light that shall bring Used by the kind permission of Sailie Hume Douglas, Composer. College Cheer Leaders Julia Clark Cora Johnston Rah! Boom! Rnti! Teachers College! Teachers College!!! : m y ' Good Sportsmanship Good sportsmanship is to be prized above all ; And even though we ' ve lost a game on points, It we ' ve enjoyed ourselves and played the game, And at the end are able to say to all, We ' ve done our best no matter what the score, Then we have truly formed a high ideal, An inspiration for our future years — GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP. Sarah di ki h i President Athletic Association Officers Delma Smith Secretary Edna Woodard Business Manager anA Treasurer Vera Wester Teco-Echo Reporter Bronnie Cocdell Teeoan Representative Sarah Gurlev Rep. to House of Representatives m vf m ilV 3 ' i e - • fX , v ' % ' £ Wearers of College Monogram The wearers nf the College Monogram are those members of the Athletic Association who various athletic activities and health rules, have made throughout the year 500 points ' Cbecoatv r , ' ,.- ATHENIAN, OLYMPIAN GROUPS m a Gecoatv I sR Il - JUXIOR NORMAL miming Basketball Teams of iqj6 1% $ h 11 it mm - ■■11 i ■ ■■ IF afcii SENIOR NORMAL FRESHM.- Class Basketball Teams CI. SS CIII-.I-.R II M ' l RS Emerson — A Tribute Emerson — poet, sage, philosopher — Taught not men to follow after, But to act with Self-Reliance. In his Character we view him Filled with Gifts of Heroism. Followed he his inmost calling — Let his Over-Soul be master. Led by him, who by his manners, Taught the law of Compensation, Youth steps forward, has opinions, Leaves the ranks of imitation, Forges onward, blazes highroads, Stands alone, and braves the world. B. W., ' 2i Zilpah Frisbie Julia Hobdood EMERSON ' SOCIETY OFFICERS ' (iecoatv . i Lanier Society Song tune: On the Mall Let us sing a song of praise to our society, Hail, to thee, Sidney Lanier! Loyal members ever proving your sobriety, Though our fun to us e ' er will be dear. Then let us to our banner, each our tribute pay, Let us ever our motto uphold, Always faithful, true and loyal to thee, night and day. Hurrah! for the Green and Gold. m, Elizabeth Murphy Laura Sloan i ' (tecoatv - ■■•-■-■•■■• ' Irma Jenki Frances Dixon LANIER ' SOCIETY MARSHALS 172 Poe Song Oh, Edgar, Oh Edgar Allan ! We are the Edgar Allan Poes. We are the Society, Choice and picked variety. Oh, Edgar, Oh Edgar Allan ! We are the Edgar Allan Poes. March on! March on! Beneath the red and white. For we will conquer all our foes, And we ' re sure to win in every fight. Vera Wester Vice fhesjdent Hortense Mozingo pin: sih ' hty (inni rs Marjone Phillips Helen, liaskins 1CIETY MARSHALS 176 Jb$ ii e O;ecoaivi ' ' ' m ( l Gladys Kilpatrick. Chief Marshal ' 77 ±mm Inter-Society Committee Annie Baits, Chairman Mamie Copeland Carrie Lee Peele Virginia B lount Catharine Clark Gladys Pa rson Mary Holt Elizabeth Smith Mary Gray Moore Viola Jones Faculty Advisers ss Turner Mr. Picklesimer Mr. Henderson . Meadows Miss Howard Mr. Slay ttsLt mm Home Economics Club Officers Kathleen Faison Preside Mary Campbell Vice-President Sara Fusseli Secretary Hilda Sutton Treasurer Class of ' 27 Virginia Blount Eloise Rices Lucy Wells Gladys Kilpatrick Ella Wheeler Tucker Margaret Williams Class of ' 28 Ina Bishop Sarah B. Jenkins Mary Campbell Mary Banks Janie Bell Johnston Catharine Clark Kathleen Faison Ruth Riivne Elsie Seaco Julia Satherwaite Class of ' 29 Ada Allen Sara Flssell Evelyn Ewell Elizabeth Austin Hilda Sutton Elizabeth Mirphv Evelyn Tillman Class of ' 30 Grace Whitley Sara Long Johnson Eva Scott Cleo Brindle Marcella Deal Mildred Sasser Evelyn Caldwell Irene Scott Elizabeth Spears Elva Frisbie Mozelle Lee Anna Belle Tyson- Mildred Mallard Faculty Members Miss Bomar Miss Dean I X-..I IMI CLVB B attM k e atv J ' fm ■i f ' M iii i fi rsn B8Z - Phi Epsilon Motto: I Do Flower: Black-eyed Susan Vi ra Wester Lillian Couson Officers Margaget Williams, President Vice-President Margaret Shaw Secretary Tre HoRIIV Mo iv Reporter Elizabeth Austin Ina Bishop Virginia Blount Alverta Brendlc Lucile Britt Mary Campbell Catharine Clark Bronnte Cocdell Mamie Copeland Members Evelyn Ewell Kathleen Faison Ella Fleming Sarah Gurley Mildred Herring Emma Jacobs Mary Frances Jenkin Jante Belle Johnson Doralita Lark ins Ruth McGowan Mary Gray Moore Eloise Riggs Lucile Sermons Delma Smith Elizabeth Smith Emily - Smithvvick Clara Lee Spruii l Clyde Stokes Ella Wheeler Tucker Lucy Wells t ' ecoatv ,¥:, - - x V; § s s f tfok V Viola Jones Ethgl ■ Spfati Mary Gray Moore .0 ' B ick House mm PasQuotank County Club To those who perpetuate the memory of the heart-throbbing tales of him, The Pirate Rlackbeard, who occupied this house in days gone by, we add The Pasquatank Tritt Motto: Turn Over and Take It Easy Officers Flower: Water Li Emma Jacobs President Ruth Harrell Secretary and Treasurer Members Evelyn Jennings Ada White Eunice Richardson Ann Winslow Wilma Cartwrichi Evelyn Leari Mae Hooper Annie Midgette Vivian James Lina Stanton Emma Jacobs Ruby Brite Ruth Harrell xMciil-, THE CHRISTENING OF LAKE MATTAMUSKEET Hyde County Club Our tribe bound together by customs, traditions, and manner of speech, peculiar to our section, gaze into the Lake and recall with interest its christening by the Indians, Mattamuskeet, which means shallow water. Colors: Green and White Flower: Pond Lily Officers Hilda Credle President Lizzie Mann Vice-President Archie Bass Secretary and Treasurer Members Ella Lee Boomer Lois Mann Hortense Boomer Katie Mann Mattie Bridgeman Lizzie Mann Hilda Credle Mable Lynn Mann Mildred Godwin Alida Swindell Archie Harris Mary Swindell Mary Etta Jarvis Elain Tunnel Mary White Ruby Midcette (Honorary Member) 186 Lenoir County Club Richard E. Caswell, First Governor of North Carolina, was born in Lenoir County. Officers Lula Lang Mewborne Preside Catherine Hill Secretary and Treasurer Members Alma Alexander Margaret Brocden Edith Croom Mary Cummincs Ava Dawson Catherine Hill Nancy Hinson Persis Hodges Mabel Jackson AlLEEN KlLPATRICK May Belle Lee Christine McDaniel Martha Moseley Nina Ruth Rouse Lillie Stanley Clara Stroud Addie Mae Summerell Nannie Alice Taylor Eliza La Rue Walters Margaret Ward Dannie Mercer Wiggins Thelma Wilcox Lillian Williams Grace Wooten Mary Louise Wooten IH M i ln?§ I s I7« negotiation bclioeen Governor Charles Eden and the Tuscarora Chieftain after the Massacre of 171b Bertie County Club .! « « ' -non ' ! put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Colors: White and Gold Flower: Daisy Officers Ruby Kxowi.es President LuciLE Mitchell Vice-President JEANETTE Sessoms Secretary and Treasurer Odessa Mitchel Teco-Eeho Reporter Members Mabel Baccett Ruby Knowles Grace Bowen Sybil Forehand Mary Helen Burden Jeanette Sessoms Louise Jilcott Emily Smithwick Reba Johnson Flora Tarkenton Mabel Joyner Elizabeth Pritchard Edna Dixon Ozie Hughes Whit Evans Mary Frances Jenkins Odessa Mitchell Lucile Mitchell Elizabeth Perry Rosebud Lawrence 188 u flAV Wake County Club Colors: Purple and White Flower: Morning Glo Motto: Wake ' em up. Officers Meredith Swain- Preside Evelyn Hotcheson Vice-President Virginia Ratcliffe Secretary-Treasurer Members Evelyn Broughton Ida Cahoon ESTELl E CHAMBLEE Will A HORTON Grace Hint Evi 1 1 Hutcheson Nolie Keith Virginia Ratclifi § XT Am , , v Trippe Mai Keith Elvi a Lower VlRG MIA Kill Mai- SlLER mer ni in Sua A ILK N Trippe Evei X TlLLM Home of Joel Lane from whom the land foi the State Capitol was bought in i?qj ■ i i£ Robeson County Club The first inhabitants of Robeson County were the ancestors of our Robeson County Indians, supposed by some to be the descendants of White ' s Lost Colony. The present governor of North Carolina, Hon. Angus Wilton McLean, is a native of this county. Motto: Boost McLean and Save Robeson Colors: Blue and White Flower: Ragged Rohi Officers Mable C. Regax Presiden Mary Belle McMillan Vice-President Flora Faulk Secretary and Treasurer Members Elizabeth Faircloth Mary Belle McMillian Flora Faulk Janie McPhail Margie Floyd Mabel Regan- Nell Floyd Katherine Smith Louise Hammer Geneva Smith Sarah McKellar Mary Traynham Ruth McKellar Martha Traynham Gladys McLean Ann Whitlock J, decoatvfe Gran-Co Club It seems to us we still hear Judge Leonard Henderson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, saying to the Granville County girls: It is well for you to have vour horse hitched before you crack your whip. Motto: Wait for the wagon and we ' ll all take a ride Colors: Pink and Green Flower: Crepe Myrtle Officers R|J ™ Jones President Lillian Dean Vice-President Blanche Hutchins Secretary Helen F. Duke Treasurer Members Ethel Barnette Lillian Mayes Jessie Burwell Mittilulah Pittard Marcarette Campbell Virginia Pittard Lillian Dean Addie Presnell Helen F. Duke Flossie Presnell Julia Hobcood Jessie Rose Blanche Hutchins Ruth Royster Claire Jones Annie Mae Sellars Ruth Jones Hazel Umstead Viola Jones Myrtle Imstead Mary Grace Lyon Bessie Wheeler Martha Williams Edgecombe County Club Motto: Give Me Liberty Aim: Independence Colors: Red and White Flower: Rose Edgecombe County sent delegates to the first convention at Hillsboro in 1775. Officers Gertrude Mercer President Pauline Anderson Vice-President Ethel Davenport Secretary and Treasurer Annie Satterthwaite . Reporter Roll Clara Brown Clara Godwin Bessie Coker Mearle Pearson Elizabeth Coreitt Athleen Whitehurst Margaret Womack 192 S Mid I ' decoatvi 1 Hlhi ; Mr. RC Deal ORCENVILLE Sill Til (. ' AKOI.IXA CI.L (= jL= 193 Fun Seekers ' Club Slogan: Pep in Every Step Colors: Red and Still Redder Flower: Tulips Officers Hope Hendren President Valeria Sexton Vice-President Ertie Boyd Warren Secretary Rowena Wood Treasurer Effie West Tecoan Representative Members Margaret Butt Zenobia Lancaster Lillian Colson Pauline Lippard Cynthia Daughtery Mittilulah Pittard Marcella Deal K ' Lee Sloaninger Louise Dula Janie Rea Smith Rochelle Jackson Aileen Trippe ' (iecoarv -, A I Jm uiss M ■ . - $tj§ (iiWJM Red Head Club Slogan: Sometimes Blondes and Brunettes Preferred hut Always— ' Red Heads Preferred. ' Mascot: Red-head Woodpecker Members Ruth Harrell Clara Lee Spruill Jean Morton Ellie Ford Hinson Mary Cummings Marcaret Faison Nina Ruth Rouse Ann Kanoy Nancy Hinson Mary Holt Kathleen Faison Miss Rebecca Edmonds Christine House The Teco Echo Zilpah Frisbie Catharine Clark Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Advisers Miss Mamie Jenkins Editorial Mr. M. L. Wright Business Reporters Christine Nichols S. G. A. Gertrude Mercer Poe Eugenia Kernodle Lanier Ethel Spratt Emerson Lucille Sermons Tecoan Jean Morton Senior Normal Ellie Ford Hinson Junior Normal Kathrine Whitehurst Freshman Virginia Perkins Sophomore Rosina PlTTMAN Junior Beulah Carr Senior Frances Dixon English Club Mildred Herring Phi Sigma Hortense Mozingo Phi Epsilon Evelyn Hutcheson Y. If. C. A. Ruth Rhvne Home Economies Vera Wester Jthletic Association : |l iiij iife s ga M iitei asai : .;■- ■■J$;k?$fcrM Lillian Walston THI TKCO IHIIII STAFF Tecoan, College Annual Member of North Carolina Collegiate Press Associatior, EMimtmtmmm i 11 1 i Iliiuc;, MnciiKii,, I.i.ovd, Mooki College Quartette Teachers College Glee Club and Quartette made their first appear- ance this fall in a joint recital with the music department of the college. They added much to the program and showed that they well deserved recognition, being enthusiastically received by the audience. The Musicale given solely by the Glee Club this year met with much success. This organization for the past three years has fostered the interest of the college in the highest type of music. The twenty selected members attribute much of their success to the untiring efforts of their efficient director, Miss Gussie Kuykendall. Glee Club Officers Miss Gussie Kuvkendall Director Mary Gray Moore President Gladys Parsons Vice-President Virginia Blount Manager Jean Morton Reporter Members Jean Morton Mary Gray Moore Mary Morton Lila Glenn Nelson Gladys Parsons Asenath Wellons Virginia Blount Evelyn Lloyd Irene Kahn Fennete Stanfield estelle chamberlee ruth waters Edna Woodard Mildred Hester Maybelle Mitchell Eugenia Hudson Beatrice Hicks Addie Presnell Mary Smith Heilic Nancy Whitty (4 J ' (ieco SB . H A _ 3 JS j i Entertainment and Advertisement Committee Members Mary Gray Moore Gladys Parsons Elise Dunn- Elizabeth Smith HORTENSE MOZIXCO Mary Holt Budget Committee Members Mr. M. L. Wright Viola Jones, Chairman Annie Batts Ethel Spratt Dorothy Currin Ellis Miss Ella Wilkes Annie Laurie Brinklev % a i ' Ctecoatvt News Bureau Members Gladys Kilpatrick Gladys Parsons Dixie Taylor Hortense Mozinco d0ral1ta larkins mary holt miki A VIEW OF ONE OF THE LEADING SlttEtrS AFTER A STORM IN BEAUFORT. A TOWN OF MUCH COLONIAL INTEREST Book Four Features ' Beautiful hands are those that weave Bright threads of joy in lives that grieve; Beautiful feet are those that run On errands of merry from sun to sun ; Beautiful lips are those that Speak To comfort the mourner and hearten the weak; Beautiful eyes are those that glow With the light of a spirit pure as snow; Beautiful faces are those that seem With a love like Clod ' s own love to beam: Beautiful forms are those that grace With gentle service the lowliest place; Beautiful lives arc those that hear For other lives their harden of care: Beautiful souls are those that show The spirit of Christ where ' er they go. I. Among Our Beauties. MARY HOLT [I. Some Favorite Pictures III. Caught by tne Camera nC C -. -a. ! • a. Most Representative Colleee Girl . Some Favorite Pictures. (Title Page) One of Our Mos t Beautiful — Elise Dunn Another of Our Most Beautiful — Axxie Batts Still Another of Our Most Beautiful — Mary Smith Heilig And Yet Another of Our Most Beautiful — Helen Newell Virginia Blount, May Queen i i r $S s £zc ' Candida — Sara Blrtox Jenkins. Most Striki ' Baby Stuart — Nancy Hixsox. Most Original Song of the Lark — Viola Jones, Most Natural Elizabeth Mayo, Vara Blackman, Mattii; Vines Mayo The Three Graces The Most Graceful Gladys Kilpatrick, Mary Gray Moore ' John Allien and Priscilla Most Entertaining ' Washington at Trenton — Sara Gl ' Rlev. Most Athletic ■MHHIHI THROUGHOUT THE YFAR )N AND ABOUT THE CAMPUS Characters in She Stoops to Conquer WE COULDN ' T DO WITHOUT THEM ;-} SCENES FROM MAY DAY, 1926 . ' •• ACCORDING TO THE TIME AND MOOD jf!i [j j[ [ p : ' £ In the Middle of the Night ' At Peace With the World Sleepy Time Girl u Ifs a Man Every Timejit ' s a Man P. M ' Horses ' That ' s a Good Girl Sentimental Sally Sonnet THAT $ ALL. THERE AIN ' T NO MORE ■ ■■ EDENTON TEA PARTY OCTOBER 25. 1774 Book Five Don ' t You Remember — That President Wright Said In Chapel, February ;, 1927 Ym r Nosi . Roi gi Vol r Cheeks, and Apply the Lihsticp not realize sometimes how a little act may set in motioi that sometimes take possession of us, and carry us on am One morning sometime ago, I stepped out into the corridc saw a rather pretty, attractive young woman, a student ir putting something on her cheek — rouge, I suppose it w rrence. 1 sad, Where do you go i in a human being thoughts on into unexpected fields. in trout of my ofhee and the college, powdering her s — just an ordinary ever) She said, To English. I said, Well, hope you have a good lesson, or some other such remark, and went back into my office and began to think. The girl was doing something that was perfectly all right as we do today, and 1 approved of what she was doing. She wanted to look well when she went to class, and I think that is perfectly proper. I have no complaint to make with what she was doing. I rather com- mend her for it. 1 u: 1 got to thinking about education, and these are the thoughts that came to me and that 1 want to give you this morning. You know a lot of folks are accused of sticking their noses into all kinds of things. That is, in one sense, what you are doing here. You are looking into new fields. You are getting acquainted with new thoughts and new ideas. You are gathering information. You are getting knowledge such as you have never had before. It is a good thing to do, but keep your nose of inquisitiveness well powdered, so that when you stick it into some- thing, it will come out looking all right, and you won ' t go around the world with people saying, She just sticks her nose into everything. People do not object to having you make inquiries and they do not mind giving you information, if you ask for it in an attractive way. Keep your inquisitive nose well powdered so the world will be glad to give you the information you want, so the world will be pleased to help you. We can get much more out of the world if we go at it in the right way. I am going to ask you to keep your inquisitive nose well powdered. Rouge your cheeks. Your college education will cause you to know much more than many of your friends and neighbors know. When you go back home do not appear to have too much cheek. Do you know that that very thing puts a lot of college people to a tremendous dis- advantage? It is a real handicap. I have known boys and girls to go back home and feel that father or mother does not know, and let it be known that they feel that way. I have known young people to go out from college so stuck up that what they had acquired in college was for the time being a handicap. As William Jennings Bryan said in substance on one occasion, it is all right for a boy to have the big head. Let him go out into the world with a big head, expecting to do a lot of big things in the world. The world will soon whittle his head down to its right size. If he doesn ' t have big ideas, the world will never make his head any larger than he thinks it is. Rouge your cheeks so that the knowledge you get will be of service to you, and not cause offence to others. That is the thought that came to me. Get all the knowledge you can. Acquire every piece of useful information you may, and use it in such a way that it will be to your advantage and a help to other people who have not had so good an opportunity as you have had. There goes with every opportunity a tremendous responsibility, and a part of the responsibi ity is being able to use to advantage the things that you acquired when you had your opportunity. Do it in an attractive way. Make your mental life attractive. Make it helpfuL Rouge your mental cheek so that people will not say that you have too much cheek. Then the other thought that came to me was — apply the lipstick. Make the words of your mouth a well as the meditations of your heart acceptable in the sight of God and acceptable in the sight of human beings. Dress up your thoughts in well chosen language. I am giving you that advice because I have failed to do that all through my life. No one ever gave me that thought until I finally stumbled upon it myself. I went out from college convinced that the big thing was to think out something clearly and then bring it to pass, but I did not realize that the best way to bring it to pass is to study how to present it. Dr. Alderman, President of the University of Virginia, stands out in America as one of America ' s truly great men, and justly so. One of the big things in his life is that he studies how to present the thoughts that come to him. I heard him say on one occasion that a man has no right to make a public address unless he has taken time to word his thoughts carefully. He was right about it. You are acquiring information. You are gathering knowledge here. In a large measure the usefulness of what you gather depends upon how you apply the lipstick in your thought life, the way you word your thoughts. The way you say what you think is almost as important as what you think. Apply the lipstick to your lips so that the utterances of your lips will be attractive. I wonder if these thoughts will help you. I hope they will. Powder your nose, rouge your cheeks, and apply the lipstick to all of your thought life. And that is what the girl set up in my mind when I stepped out into the corridor that morning. -That These Were Here James Speed, Lecturer October Chicago Concert Company October Cleveland Symphonic Quartet November University Glee Club ■ November Miss Daphne Carraway — Story Teller November Rhonda Singers December Senior Play, She Stoops to Conquer December Criterion Male Quartet January Zimmer Harp Trio January Cherniavsky Trio February University Band February Captain Kilroy Harris, Lecturer February- Junior Play, The Intimate Strangers February De Jen Company March Carveth Wells, Lecturer May Senior Normal Play May- nuke University Glee Club May- State College Glee Club April Carolina Playmakers May That the Perfect Senior Has — Rulh McGowan ' s flssft u K 1 Prn s mR Beulah Carr-s am tj «ry Holf 3 «™ Ella Wheeler Tucker ' s  Nora Lee Gadd Y s = MTCX V Zilpah Yrisbies arms V E I he West ' s hands Gladys Kilpatrick ' s Gladys Arnold ' s feet lU Gertrude Mercer ' s legs ADD TO ALL THIS THE Vivacity of Hortense Mozingo Loquacity of Virginia Blount Intellectuality of Gladys Parsons Musical Talent of Laura Sloan Dignity of Mary Gray Moore Executive Skill of Viola Jones Teaching Ability of Pauline Martin And Atkletic Prowess of Louise Grissom Jokes An example of local colour : At a con- cert hv three blind musicians in Dark Ridge, North ' Carolina, Miss Bessie Willis won the beauty prize. Miss Alexander was drilling her students in Physical Education. She gave the follow- ing directions: I want every girl to lie on her back, put her legs in the air, and move them as if she were riding a bicycle. Now begin! After a short effort Inez VanDyke stopped. Why have you stopped? asked Miss Alexander. If you please, ma ' am, was the reply, I was only coasting. Aunt Fannie (in the kitchen): Looka here, now Miss Keel, why ain ' t yuh done got marr ' d ? Don ' t you know yuh can ' t neber go to heben if yuh ain ' t neber got marr ' d ? Miss Keel : Why, no, Aunt Fannie, I didn ' t know that! What do you think I better do about it? Aunt Fannie: Des pray erbout it, Miss Keel, des pray erbout it. An ' de man sho will come — he show will. Miss Wilkes (when Miss Keel told her of Aunt Fannie ' s advice) : Let ' s hold union services. Tony (the head cook, to Mrs. Jeter in da conference about the menu), bowing profound ly, asks, What disposition shall I make o: through, and thought every one else was as thrilled over the societies as they were. Margaret (to the maid) : Aunt Clo, you ' re a Poe, too, aren ' t you? Aunt Clo: Why, yes, Honey, we all is po ' and always has been since I was born ' d. Tuning in on a conversation between two Negro girls at laundry — Sarah Jane, I thought you was fired last week. Sarah Jane: Well, it ' s this way. Mr. Wright sent me a letter. On the inside it said, ' You is fired. ' On the outside it said, Return after five days to M. L. Wright. ' So I goes on a little vacation for five days and comes back. So here I is. the bones toda shall I make of ' the bon what disposition Mary Gray (to Glee Take your guest to the three- and bid him good-bye there, any where else. (Turning Club members) : e-story dormitory nd do not go o Miss Kuv- kendall): Now, Miss Kuykendall, you take yours to the teachers ' dormitory and bid him good-bve there. Miss Kuykendall: I ' ll take him there, but I ' m not so sure I ' m going to tell him good-bve there! Lib Smith (arguing with local confec- tioner) : The idea of charging 69 cent: pound for those dates. You should have seen the number of dates a man gave me for 35 cents while I was in Milwaukee. On the morning before the initiation all th college girls were thrilled through ant uS fijli Elsie had just returned from the postoffice. Dashing into the room she began, Oh, Lu- cile, I saw a dime coming from the post- office. Lucile (busily occupied in writing a letter, calmlj put ill): Did it have any mail? Evelyn: I want a pencil. Mildred : Hard or soft? Evelyn: Oh, soft of course. I ' m writing a love letter to Fletcher. Jane: Mary, you are just like a part of a tree. Mary: What part, pray? Janie: Oh, the sap, nut. Lillian Haselden was fussing about the notes she had to take while on Mr. Flanna- gan ' s class, and this is what she said: I bet I ' ll be taking notes at my funeral! Kate Brett, looking very solemn, corrected Lillian ' s statement by saying, No you won ' t; you ' ll be standing a test. Miss Graham: Kindly report at 9:00 A. M. for vour make-up exam. Ada Allen: Shall I bring along my lip- stick ? Miss Wahl : I want you never to use the word ' very ' in this class. Helen: Very well. Senior (to Freshman) : Vour dress is just simply beautiful. Did you get it here? Freshman: Thanks. It came from Win- terville. Senior: I didn ' t know anything so pretty could come from that town. Freshman (very, very innocently): Oh, that is where I ' m from. All the numbers on the program of the con- cert that evening were classical. Julia, who could not interpret music very well, was rather bored by the program. After returning to her room, she exclaimed to her roommate, Oh, I ' m so tired of music, I wish we could have the Wake Forest Glee Club here one night. Whit and Dot were seated opposite each other at the table studying, when Katy, the maid, entered, bringing a note for Whit. Which one of y ' all is White, she asked, carefullv studving the address. Both of us, responded Whit. Well, Katy said, here ' s a note for y ' all. MU . Wilson ito studen Class I : Hnu dues a gOOSC Student: 1 don ' t know. Miss Wilson: Suppose Mary Smith: I spent last evening with the one I love best in the world. Cora Lee: Don ' t you ever get tired of being alone? One Friday afternoon Mary was walking slowly up town. Myrtle and Eloise came hurriedly by. Myrtle exclaimed, For good- ness sake, Mary, at that speed you will never get to ' Five Points. ' Mary (with a dignified air) replied: Why should I? Miss Alexander told me this morning that I needed only two more points to get my letters. There were visitors in the dining room of the college, and one of the new girls felt that she should contribute something to the conversation. We ' ve had chicken two times this week, she said, politely. Chicken twice? What luxury! exclaimed one of the visitors, smiling. Oh, no. It was the same chickens— hash first and then soup, was the reply. If £ If Pauline Anderson is Long, is Evelyn Short? If Gladys is Tactful, is Virginia Blount? If Georgia and Alabama are South, why is Effie West? If Katie is Maid, is Mary Louise Butler? If Julia is a Lady, is Lois a Mann ? If Eliza is a Laughing House, is Carrie Lee a Peele? If Teeney is a Dyke, is Annie Laurie a Cannon? If Sallie is Mac ' s Queen, is Lucy King? If Evelyn Hutcheson likes goings does Mary like Cummings? If Mary Lee Hooks does Gladys Tingle? If Maude is a Beyette is Sarah a Gurley? If Elise is Dunn, why can ' t Masai Fry? If Christine is Nichols, what is Louanna Overcash ? If the Ho-cutt Marv, would the Professor Holler? If Virginia should Reel, would Aileen Trippe? If Beulah is a Carr, is Hilda a Credle? If Annie Batts does Janie Bett Pierce? M? 6: ' ■ ' ■-■ ' ■ Ina: Oh, I ' m so thrilled I ' m to have a date with a gentleman tonight. Nancy: Gentleman, nothing! He ' s just a boy from State College. Mr. Haynes (to a Freshman trying to fill a card nut) : When were you born? No response. Mr. Haynes: Did you hear me? When is your birthday? Freshman (sullenly): What do you care? You are not going to give me no present, art Teeny: Meet me at the Staff room at 7:30 tonight. Nancy: All right, what time will you be there? Student, giving an oral report on a recent bill introduced in the State Legislature: and it requires automobiles and every vehicle, in- cluding horses, to carry a light on the rear end. Seven Wonders of Teacher ' s College 1. Mr. Fornes ' s patience in mending our plank walks. 2. How Mr. Havnes keeps his hair in place so well. 3. Mr. Flanagan. 4. How Carrie Frances beat Hortense in the Loquacitv race. 5. Helen Minton ' s cherry lips. 6. Ellie Ford ' s permanent wave. 7. Why all the boys love Beatrice Hicks. What Would This Place Be Without 1. Board walks? 2. Mav Belle Lee ' s solemnity? 3. Bertie Mae Chenault and Winifred Rouse ' s flowing tresses? +. Fifth street? 5. Denton ' s College Store? 6. Miller ' s Ten Cent Store? 7. Miss Moore? 8. Practice teaching? 0. ME and YOU? Mrs. Jeter (to new baker) : Hm ! So yi want a job! Do you ever tell lies? Baker: No, but I ' d be willing to learn. A problem: Are they going to wear ev ning dresses tonight, or can I wear mv ov clothes? We Tnank You! Nevertheless we do desire to acknowledge gratefully the services ot those wliii have made it possible for us to publish The Tecoax. The printers have taken a wholehearted interest in our book. We are convinced that Benson Service Conquers Distance. The photo- graphers, especially Mrs. Siddell and Mr. Dunbar, have taken personal interest in the photographic work. To these we feel greatly indebted. The advertisers and the Chambers of Commerce have helped us by their backing and furnishing us historical .lata. We sincerely appreciate their support. Our campus friends have given us their helpful assistance and co-op- eration. We heartily thank them. Miss Bonnerwitz and Mr. Slay of the faculty have given us helpful advice in regard to the artistic make-up and financial management or the annual. Others have helped now and then, in this way or that; but Miss Hooper, editorial adviser, has helped us constantly and in every way. Hers was the difficult task of judging plans, assembling material, and encouraging the workers. Her sympathy, industry, and understanding deserve more than our simple We thank you, but who can say more than that? The 1927 Tecoax Staff. m i. ■ : ::: My Annual and I Grow Old At close of day the sunset ' s found me; And shadows steal around me, A-musing now in the firelight blaze On those dear friends of other days, As I backward look. My hair is grey, my eyes are blurred, et something keeps my mem ' ry stirred ; I think today of other years, And smiles creep out in spite of tears, And I close the book. The thousandth time I ' ve looked it o ' er, But each time means a little more ; Though college days have long been gone, With me they still live on and on, Till my days are closing. The book slips softly from my hands, As classmates left for other lands; My daughter, tall, and strong, and fair, Steals up behind my old armchair. And finds me dozing. ZlLPAH FRISB1E, ' 27. ? V THIS BOOK PRINTED BY BENSON COLLEGE ANNUAL HEADQUARTERS LARGEST COLLEGE ANNUAL PUBLISHERS IN THE WORLD HIGHEST QUALITY WORKMANSHIP SUPERIOR EXTENSIVE SERVICE f_ ' ., I (iecoatv •■ . 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