Tennessee High School - Cadmea Yearbook (Bristol, TN)

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CARL HENRY NEAL Polytechnic Alpha Omega. Boys’ Hi-Y. Pi Sigma Gamma. Football, ’28. Baseball, ’28. Asst. News Editor Maroon and White. “An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.” Carl is always happy and carefree; full of wit and humor, but diligent in his studies and school activities. Luck to you, Carl. His friendly dis- position and ready wit have won for him a place of distinction among us. HASKELL OWEN Polytechnic Personal Editor of Maroon and White , ’28, ’29. Class Poet. Haskell is one of our most popular Seniors. Had it not been for his poetry our Annual as well as our paper would have indeed been incomplete. His talent and wit have made for him a place in Tennessee High that will be hard to fill. We know that with his gift life will for him be successful. DOROTHY LIN PELTIER Com mercial Vice-President Sigma Tau Sigma, ’29. Vice-President Athletic Council, ’28. Athletic Editor Maroon and White, ’26, ’27, ’28, ’29. President Girls’ Hi-Y, ’29. Secretary Sigma Tau Sigma, ’28. Secretary Senior Class, ’28. All-Students’ Club. Basket-ball, ’26, ’27, ’28, ’29. ‘Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shine, So unaffected, so composed a mind. So firm, so soft, so strong, yet so refined — ” This is our Dorothy. 22

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BERTHA LEE MORRIS Commercial Girls’ Hi-Y. Alpha Omega. “A good reputation is more valuable than money.” Although Bertha is small, we all know she will always hold a big place in the hearts of her friends. We love her for just what she is and we wish for her the great success that she deserves. WARD CARMACK MORTON Commercial Baseball, ’26, ’27, ’28. Football, ’27. “A quiet, unassuming chap of inestimable worth.” Ward is one of our best seniors. He is loyal to his school and to his friends. He is always willing to lend a helping hand and we all wish for him success in the future. MARY ELIZABETH NEEL Classical Alpha Omega, ' 27, ’28. Secretary of Cadmus Club. Treasurer of Pi Sigma Gamma, ’28. Girls’ Hi-Y. Basket-ball, ’27. ’28, ’29. Secretary Athletic Council, ’29. “Nature, listening stood in wonder At the work she herself had made.” Elizabeth shows her desire to mingle with others and to have a good time. Her smiles and friend- liness have won her many friends in B. T. H. S. Her past and present predict for her a brilliant future. 21

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JACOB HANSEL PEOPLES Classical President of Senior Class, ’29. Boys’ Hi-Y. French Club. Manager Football, ’27. “’Tis well to be merry and wise, ’Tis well to be honest and true.” Hansel is the personification of wit and geniality. He is possessed of a disposition which makes association with him a pleasure, and as a result, he has made a host of friends during his years in school. We hope the future will be good to him — it should be. He has shown us. ROBERT FRANKLIN PHIPPS Commercial “To thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then Be false to any man.” Robert is the kind of a person in whom his friends are able to put their trust. He has kept his honor and his record fair. He will be missed at the Tennessee High School. May he meet in his life success as he has met it in Old Tennessee High! NILA PROFFIT Commercial Football, ’27, ’28. Baseball, ’27, ’28. A true friend and a jolly comrade, who can stand the cheering and jeering with equal fortitude. A quiet fellow is Nila, but in the class, on the gridiron, and on the diamond he has played a good clean game. Of the place he shall leave at T. H. S. we might say “Here stood a pal.” 23