Salem Academy - Quill Pen Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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rw X B xx The Quill CPen ineteen Thirty I h - 4 .f .I .1 , .. . -.-- u , - -1 , ' , ' ff ' 4' ' f' ' zzz!!-l , L ' f 4 ' I9 E, n in f f I fri - f if y K , f w - f 'T-ii , S llllm I Fee' 'Q' UL9e9eiUlffAf?fU'9iUltfnrmwzmrfl , , , - xxxx ilflzflflrflflflzflrflflfflffl-JFJH X XXXXX X X X .. Prophecy 'I' was on a bright, sunny day and I was taking my exercise on the lower campus of Salem when suddenly a lady came and beckoned to me. She was dressed in spangles and had a beautiful pair of wings which tluttered continually-even when she was standing on the ground. In spite of the brilliant star on her forehead I seem to recognize a familiar face-a face which I had seen in dreamland many times-that of the fairy queen. Finally we rose into the air and soared through endless space until we came to a sign post which read: VVelcome to Fairylandf' There, standing by the entrance, we saw the flaming red head of Janie Taylor and it bobbed up and down as she shrieked, Come this way to buy your hot dogs. Needless to say, we stopped and got one. As we passed on down the crooked st1'eet lined with elves and gnomes, we sud- denly came upon a filling station and there stood Laura Collord pouring oil into a Pierce-Arrow. Hey, you over there, bring me another quart of Quaker State. Yes, ma'am, answered a high-pitched voice and slowly a small figure appeared in view holding a tank of oil. f'Here you are, ma'am, said Eleanor johnson as she came around the corner. Laura closed the hood and said, Is that all, 7' And who should poke her head out of the car but our own dear Lucy Thomas. She gave the order to her chauffeur, Home, james, and she swept away in a cloud of dust. But tell me,l' I said, 'fwho lives in that large stone house on the hill-the one with the many towers and winding passages?,' VVhy, donlt you know? the queen answered. 'fThat is the h ome of INIrs. Hobby, who used to be Anne Sue Askew. Her husband is the fairies' millionaire. He made his money by inventing wing silencers, and she has two adorable children. VVe'll drop by to see them later, but first I want to take you to the shop where I buy all of my gowns. This shop is run by Katherine Lasater, one of your old schoolmates. She has made a great deal of money and has brought back into vogue short dresses for all fairies. After we visited Katherine and when we were entering the street suddenly we heard a familiar sound overhead-an aeroplane. That must be Dorothy Ryman, I said. l've heard that she makes many trips to fairyland in her plane, and that old chum, Anne Zeitler, has made her a most successful mechanicf Yes, that is quite true. Dot and Ann visit fairyland quite often and show the fairies the latest thing in aviation. As we were going out to the field where the aeroplane was to land we passed a I6 -n-.Q

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, -, ,f .f , , , -. 1 1- 'V - ., .I ' V, f 1 f 11111111 X X yg-5 XAQQ X X 'X ,ggg ' c - f Q- Ny ,X ., X . , 4 v , 'A ' I A gf .f it gi im rfwafleszfzweffwevwefuvvw , , --..--- ..xx f1aefiaf1aDwee2J1LewQ41QeQv0a , f fffffff, fffffff 1 1 1 1 1 111--11 X KX XXXNXX XXXNX XXXXX X XNXX XX X X X X X ' our class! This year llliss Virginia VVilson, whose advice we had already sought many times before, was unanimously elected as class teacher. Dorothy Ryman was chosen president, Gertrude Stockton, vice-president and Lucy Thomas, secretary and treasurer. After the same unrewarded efforts in athletics we turned from sports to high society life. rl he event of events was a visit to Treasure Island with the seniors as our guests. This banquet, given at the Forsyth Country Club, with the efiicient aid and advice of lwiss VVilson, was a decided success. Then we in turn were guests at a most delightful picnic given at the Rondthaler farm by the freshmen. This made us realize that our junior year was fast drawing to a close and that the next time we entered the doors of Salem the responsibility of assuming senior dignity would be upon us. September, 1929, and just nine more months before the goal of graduation would be reached! As is a Salem tradition mo-st of the members of our class returned to school a day early to give the new girls a hearty welcome. Only two who had been members of the class the previous year had fallen by the wayside and five new ones had joined our ranks. As our leaders for this year we chose lvliss Virginia VVilson Lasater, president, and Gertrude Stockton and Dorothy Ryman It was this year that we had lived for so long and immediately as sponsor, Katherine as the other officers. the efforts of the former years began to reap results. Soccer was the only sport in which we were defeated. This is another proof of the fact that every dog has his dayf, As our last year at Salem was drawing to a close we were pressed on all sides by social invitations. The first was a meeting of the l. R. S., a college club, in our honor. Then we were guests at a very delightful luncheon given by the sophomores, our sister class. The juniors proved to us their ability to entertain by being most charming hostesses at the junior-senior banquet at the Forsyth Country Club. The Dutch idea was carried out very cleverly in the favors, decorations and toasts. This exciting life was brought to a close by a lovely breakfast given by lllrs. Rondthaler. After class day exercises we expect to plant a tree on the new Academy grounds. It will be the first time that this has been done by the Senior Class of Salem Academy. ln this way ends the history of the Class of 1930. Relay Salem live happily ever after! 15 1 yo qt' ,P 5 f-45' LD 1 ZC395irx932,'Y3ss T The will Cpen ineteen Tl1irt7 l

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