New Bern High School - Bruin Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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I X ' f i Q T 1 is YC E . T ' , 4 4-K A ' JSA l Illlllllllll Ill MIIIllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllIIIlllllllllllIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll H C lass History The illustrious class of 1930 would not be so unkind as to leave New Bern High School without recording, in the archives of the school, a few facts concerning the history of this class. Of course no historian can do us justice unless he has an exaggerated notion of his ability. It is a brave spirit who would undertake such a stupendous task. In the fall of 1926 a group of forlorn creatures otherwise known as Freshmen entered New Bern High School. Though very green and ig- norant we soon found our little corner in the life of the high school. We green, trembling Freshmen felt the need of a wise leader, and therefore we elected Billy Ferebee as president. We cheerfully offered ourselves as targets for the numerous pranks of upper classmen. We did not amount to much in the eyes of others and consequently, a painful inferiority com- plex claimed most of us. September, 1927, found us fully recovered from the characteristic freshmen ailments. We were now possessed with the wisdom of Sopho- frnores. We became so wise that a strange feeling of discontent seized us and as a result we tried to reform the whole school. We elected Sap Holton as our worthy president. He, along with his helpers, led us through a successful year, but we still felt sadly neglected. At the end of the year we did our little act of courtesy to the seniors by giving them a picnic. Some of our more lucky members were allowed to serve at the Junior- Senior Banquet. Most of us felt that our day had not come. One hot September morning in 1928 we awoke to find ourselves Jolly Juniors. Evelyn Pittman played Aimee McPherson and revived us again. Evelyn, acting as president, kept things moving at a lively rate. After successfully operating on our parents we finally extracted enough money from them to buy class rings. We waved our hands in the air for weeks and weeks lest the world miss the sight of the flashing symbol of our station. After we had recovered from our ring complex, we set about planning for the J unior-Senior Banquet. We decided that a trip to Holland would be good for those superior creatures called seniors, so we created a little Holland down in the social

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4 1 T s 3 L' ,ls 3' H 'Y' s x ' dp E if E si J Z - - f P551 s Q - Illlllllllllllll . 'llfkllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllIIllllllllllllllllllIllllllllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, . llllllllllllll rooms of the Methodist Church and invited the seniors to a typical Dutch banquet. This was the climax of our junior year. The success of this banquet given the seniors gave us a feeling of self-confidence that kept us moving along. In the fall of 1929 when we became Seniors, we experienced a strange combination of emotions that I shall not attempt to describe in detail. We concluded that a high school senior is a conglomerate of a thousand im- pulses pulling him in a thousand directions. Nat Dixon as president of the senior class, attempted the gigantic job of handling affairs of state in the senior class. He successfully managed those who could not manage themselves and his line influence pulled many a poor straggling senior through the year. May 23, 1930, the seniors dressed themselves in their very best and went to the outstanding social event of the year-the J unior-Senior Ban- quet-where we were toasted and retoasted to a nice hard brown, thus making us hard-toasted instead of hard-boiled. Another appetizing feature of our last year in New Bern High School was the Sophomore- Senior Picnic. The big little sophomores were the last word as enter- tainers. You see, the New Bern High School Seniors of 1930 have a history! li A ji 54 is l