Antioch High School - Torch Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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TRAVELERS1 SAGA Four years ago a trusty band Vent forth to find strange Knowledge Land. Upon their brows stern purpose set; They ground their teeth, We'll get there yet: They never dreamed their path could be So long and hard and slippery. They never thought that they'd be worn. And grey and old Commencement morn. Along the journey all the way Queer goblins made them hostage pay; Behind each tree there lurked foe They were the Imps of I-Don't-Know. and Owls of Ignorance leaned out: No use: No use: they dared to shout, You can't escape, you'll soon be through— finish yoooo—we'll finish yoooo: Now all the demons of the books Came out and took most knowing looks; ]3eH know their pointed spears Would fill the travelers' souls with fears. •iih, and Examinations came, Their eyes coal black, their hair of flame; And many a traveler passed away, And was seen no more from that sad day. But the bolder ones of the trusty band Kept on in their search for Knowledge Land. They set their jaws and wouldn't down. And oh: you should have seen them frown. A°d again they said with faces set, Begorrah: .md we'll get there yet: So onward into the night they climbed. Nor minded the failures left behind. Then one fine morning what did they see But the fair, smooth stretch of a new country. h nowledge Land j A11 flowers and trees, And dancing figures on the leas. here the reward of four long years: Here the end of their sighs and tears: ' nd with a shout the trusty band Entered the gates of the promised land. four long years: but there's no regret, for just as they said—they'd get there yet. The bravest that anyone here could ask.

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THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS CLASS O’7 NDIETEEN-HUNDIU® ND FIFTY ihe purpose of this history is not to relate every step in the pro- gress of a people, from their humble beginning as Freshmen, four year ago to their arrival at the dizzy height they now occupy. I aim to empha- size only those iactors in our class development which appeal to us as most vital from the standpoint of to-day. The discovery of the class of nineteen-hundred and fifty was an ac- cident. Foui' years ago, early one morning on the 7th of September nine- teen-hundred and fifty,the faculty of the NTI0CH HIGH SCHOOL were strol- ling aimlessly through the halls, chatting about the just-ended vacation. Suddenly they caught a glimpse of something new and strange. Just inside the iront door, huddled together in mute embarrassment and anxiety were the 21 members of what became the class of nineteen-hundred and fifty. They seemed merely a group of boys and girls,well dressed, reason- ably good-looking and badly frightened, Y® as stranger vre « given a name, Freshmen, and became a part of tne life of tne sc-.or.i,. e v an taught many new, strange customs and man- ners, were required to learn o.iff lnult lessons, .We wished we had never been found, Jo were forever taking the wrong turning, finding ourselves m the wrong nail, and arriving at our classroom half an hour late. Be- cause of this, we incurred heavy penalties, but by Thanksgiving we had become familiar with the topography o' the school building and were often m tne right place at the right tire. the end of Year a terrible disaster befell the Freshmen. Many had their growth retarded a year by it and a few permanently disabled leit obe Freshmen Class forever. This disaster was called Final Examina- tions, and ranks as one of the worst massacres of the time. Those leaving •qftt spr n? for gresner pastures, we hoped. weresJanes McFarland, Lillian °Linuy’- ei a;VlnbUrn’ Haricn KOTrkins Jr‘J lanier Eyrd, Floyd Therrell, ana n Moody ith the coming of the next September, we received a new name. Be- cause o our skill in acquiring the customs of the school,we became Soph- omores, and the process was called by a native name promotion. The rou- w-01 :i5 classroom was now familiar and we found studying easier than be!ore. .he talents discovered the previous, year were developing rapidly, and the exploring teachers found much to pleaso them, but also much to astonish them. Leaving the class werej J. P. Tyner, Tilliam McFarland, James Taloert, L. D. Cross, and Herbert Boan. In the third year,owing to an old educational custom, the Sophomores became Juniors, and our promotion made our sense of importance increase „ , y v]1 CU® ProF°tlon» Great, indeed, was our scorn for the Freshmen and Sophomores.