Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Class Prophecy AM the class prophet. I have mystic powers. I am going to foretell your future. As I gaze into my crystal I shall tell what I see. Stand closer, classmates. You are thinkmg that perhaps I shall tell lj i454 Ar-i you what you do not wish to hear. Fear not, your future bodes good, for nothing but good could happen to the Class of 1 920. A dreamy feeling comes over me as I gaze into the crystal. The magical powers are at work. As yet I see nothing, the crystal is as milk. Each of you must concentrate, for if you wish to have a peep into the beyond you must forget the trivialities of life and lift your mind to a higher plane. The crystal is clearing, a hynotic feeling possesses me. I gaze fascinated into the crystal. At first dimly and then plainer I see Stockman. He is holding a large audience spellbound. He is delivering a sermon to a large congregation, for he is pastor of the First Lutheran Church in Baltimore. I hear that his wife is very much loved by the people of the city and that the two are very popular. The scene is changing. I see Thornburg ; he has become an educator in San Fran- cisco. He IS now the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of California. He married his Oakview girl and they have a lovely bungalow on Jefferson Street. Here is Keisler. He is carrying a Bible. The place looks foreign — oh, yes, Africa. Keisler has become a minister and is a missionary. His wife is a great help to him in his work. From the crowds that are standing around him I know he has made good. McRee comes next. He has published a book, entitled Courses of Instruction for the High School. His book has been adopted as the official guide for choosing courses for the high school. Next IS Gus Kiser. Gus has become a great orator and goes from place to place delivering addresses on the foremost topics of the day. He and his wife have stopped in every city of importance from Maine to Florida he has given his lectures. He is contemplating a trip to Germany to deliver addresses on the modern forms of warfare. Bob Huitt. Bob has taken up economics as a life work and has solved many dif- ficult economic problems. He has made some notable discoveries on the subject. He !s teaching economics at a large university. I have seen all my class. What does my future hold for me? I peer anxiously into the crystal, but it is losing its transparency. My magical powers drop from me. I become conscious of other things. I look around me ; my classmates are standing there. I live again in this world. My powers have deserted me. I have read from the invisible book of life. I have seen them all. I am satisfied. (27)

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Our class has won many distinctions in oratory, debating and literature, and the work of the literary societies was not neglected. Our task has been an exceedingly hard one, due largely to interruptions of war and Spanish influenza, but all the credit is ours for being so faithful and sticking to it to the end. It IS needless to pursue our history further. Soon each will take his respective place in society to fight life ' s battles alone, each with a keen sense of duty and willingness to do his part toward the upbuilding of humanity. Our success or failure will depend entirely upon us. As we go out into the world we shall never forget our Alma Mater, and shall look back on the days spent at Lenoir as the happiest days of our lives. C. H. McRee, Historian. (26)

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CI ass roem The time of parting has arrived. We each must go a different way, We have been here four short years, Of each other ' s associations we 11 be deprived, But never from old friendships shall we stray. We have been here four short years Reaping the joys and bliss of life. Now we must shed our bitter tears. Knowing that before us is real strife. And if the world be given a lofty place. And we by chance mu5t take a lower one. Remember it — so far— has won the race. But there is still life, and we are not done. And then if we be greatly praised And are granted favors o ' er and o ' er. May the World be not much annoyed, For our Alma Mater is old Lenoir. E. B. KeISLER, Poel. (28)