Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY OF '49 Maybe it was the occasion or maybe it was just our sentimentality that caused our thoughts to skip back through the years as we sat waiting for the graduating class to march in. Neverthe- less, memories Hooded our thoughts, and, remem- bering, we sighed and sank into a reverie. Those days in '37 when we were first launched on our scholastic careers seem to have been so long ago that we might have been living in the Dark Ages. However, we do know that it was at this time that we were beginning to get acquaint- ed with the classmates who were to remain our friends down through the years. Perhaps one of the most vivid memories we have is of ourselves wandering about the halls to the sound of many bells during our first days in Junior High School. The change was very abrupt but made us feel important to be changing classes, having varied schedules, and doing just as the high school students did. lt was during our Junior High days and the opening years of World War Il that the Student Council became the Victory Corp, and the school was organized to work for defense. The students all co-operated to promote the scrap drives and various other drives that were being held through- out the nation, and we can. indeed, be proud of the record our school made. Our graduation from junior High, was a wonderful experience for us. We hadn't thought too much about the future before, but we began to consider and look forward to the things that were ahead of us. Deciding then that we would make a success of the next four years, we care- fully chose our course of work according to our individual plans. We can truly say that both our fun and our hardest work began the year we were freshmen of L. H. S. Many new students had come into our midst, and they joined with us in a spirit of work. fun. and comradeship. Although we pat- terned many of our activities and habits after the upper classmen, it wasn't too long before we began to develop our own ideas and opinions. We were becoming more conscientious, and things took on a different meaning for us. The next few years were hard ones, but we studied hard, made the best of our problems, and had our fun, too. Our interest in sports had heightened, and many of our classmates were proving their abilities in the various fields of sports. And now, as our Junior year came to a close, school loyalty and spirit had become more important to us. And then, suddenly, one day we sat up and realized for the first time that something that we had wished for so long, had become a reality. We were seniors-the Class of '4-9. Students who had let the inevitable slip up on them began to make hurried plans to continue their schooling in various parts of the country. By now, the memories which come to our minds are very vivid. Our Junior-Senior Banquet and dance was an event we will always remember. All the other events of our Senior year are clear and important to us even yet. The pride we had in our class and school will always be remember- ed. And then, almost before we realized it, it was our graduation night. That night will never be for- gotten nor will that elated feeling that was prev- alent among us as we received our diplomas. We had come a long way, and the way before us would not be easy, but we had gained confidence to meet our problems. The time had come for us to prove to those who had placed their con- fidence in us that we could go out from school and, as the young men and women of tomorrow, make a place for ourselves in the world. Mary Lib Smith Historian

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