Appalachian State University - Rhododendron Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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€:t)c UI)oDoDcnDron Normal Senior Class Prophecy D Now it so happened when it was decreed that the future of the class of 1924 should be given unto the hands of this your prophetess that she might dream dreams and behold visions of the glories yet to come, that a cry of weakness did ascend. The spirit of ecstacy did not descend an envelop her soul with mystic powers, nor did a fair and lovely spirit appear to draw the curtain of the future that she might gaze into the dim beyond. So she found it necessary to have recourse to her theory of life: The future is but the child of the past an dthe present. Forecasting then, the harvest of the future by the seed-sowing of the past and the cultivation of the present, she makes the following divinations : Our beloved president, Graydon 1 ' . Hggers, with the dignified bearing, and energy, will press onward and upward until he occupies the chair of Modern Languages in Coluniliia University. In this development he will be worthily assisted b}- SaUie Outlaw. Bessie Bradshcr will go uiMin the Chautau [ua stage, and lecture on How to Grow Thin. Some day we shall read in the papers interesting accounts of the recep- tions given in Washington, D. C, b} ' Airs. Arrowwood, one of the great social and political leaders of the day. George Harrington will teach for a number of years, after which he will seek fame in the political Avorld. In years to come we shall find in a splendidly equipped luispital. Beulah Haynes, a well-trained and efficient nurse. Lacy Landreth will soon realize her ambition as demonstration teacher in one of the great Teachers Colleges in the South. She developed a love for this work while doing practice teaching at A. T. S. The business world will claim Dallas Hudspeth, who wiU stand un- paralleled among the financial wizards of his country. As a musical composer Kmma Steele will be second to none. Many souls will be stirred by hef strains of beautiful piano music, while lovers of voice wiU be no less delighted with the nieliid}- of Carrie Jane Herman ' s singing. Katherine Noel prepared herself for the noble work of teachmg, but later she w ' ill realize that she is destined for the law. In a short time she will attain marked success in her chosen field. Another classmate to prove a star will be Augustus Peterson, our vice- president, who after spending four years at I ' eabody will shine in the world of Science. Janie Bradshcr will lia c charge (if the Domestic Science department of a little bungalow in Blanche, N. C. This ])osition she will hold for life. It is indeed pleasing to believe that not one of our members will be a failure. The prophetess herself will become nationally known as a leader in social service. But to speak in the first person, having drunk deep of the fountain of knowledge, we launch forth upon the voyage of life, fully conscious of the great work to be done, and with the assurance that success is ours so long as we live a life of devotion to duty and service to others. ■ — Lena Bailey Page Twenty-four

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Oc UftoDoDcnDron Senior Class History n A history? Yes, each class needs to have its history, which after all. time oon makes but a memory. Our graduation time is drawing nearer and near- er. So come dear classmates! let us turn back the pages of memory for one brief hour and review the short years that lie behind us. These memories will doubtless remain, among our tenderest and sweetest. That both time and effort are necessary to assemble and train an am- bitious group of teachers is shown both by the history of the school and the story of our class. Of the forty-one members in our group last year, only eleven could reassemble. August 28, 1923, to complete the course, duty calling the thirty into service from which they will later return to school and to graduation. This school began in 1889 as a private institution under the name of Wat- auga Academy, with three teachers. The expressed purpose was to enable girls and boys of these transmontane counties to secure an education. Four years later, in 1903 the legislature of Xorth Carolina made it a state institu- tion and changed the name to Appalachian Training School. From this time the history of its development reads like pages from a fairy book. The stand- ard has been steadily advanced ; modern school buildings and dormitories dot the spacious campus : a large corps of well trained teachers meet enthusiastic classes, assembled from three fourths of the counties of North Carolina, and from other states. No longer is the chief thought in terms of a high school. Now it is a well organized normal school, one of the three in our great state, conducted for twelve school months each vear. We the class of 1923-24 have the honor of being the first to graduate from the Normal College. The enrollment this year in the senior class, has varied greatly with the different terms; some remained for a term of only six weeks: some, for a quarter: and others, for the entire year-eighteen in all. These eighteen dilig- ent students have been drawn together from different parts of North Car- olina and from other states: Tennessee and Mississippi. They represent the counties of Person, Alexander. Catawba, Yadkin, Alleghanv, Vavne. Yancv, Lee, Wilkes. Ashe. Chatham, Mecklenburg, and Gaston: the higli schools of Roxboro, Taylorsville, Conover, Hamptonville, Seven Springs, Yancey Col- legiate Institute. Sanford. Pittsboro, Charlotte. Appalachian Training School. Bessemer City: Elizabethton. Tennessee: and Lexington. Mississippi. The activities of our class have been many and varied. Each individual being endowed with a mind of his own has contributed form his experience and observation to the sum total of our pleasures, achievements and aspira- tions. We effected a senior class organization early in the year, withdrawing from the Normal School Class. which heretofore included the entire en- rollment. To-day we stand before you. an exceptional class. In a peculiar way the honor and reputation of the school is in our hands. We assume the re- sponsibility with modesty, but nevertheless with confidence. This year has held much for each of us : individual friendship, society work, receptions, parties, classroom duties, and the responsibilities of these closing days-all have made their impression upon us. It is with grateful hearts and a true sense of appreciation that we turn from the Appalachian Training School and our fellow classmates, to duties for which this training has fitted us. To-day we graduate : tomorrow we stand akme : our school davs. over, and our Alma Mater, but a tender memory. Let us then, be up and doing, Still achieving, still pursuing, With a heart for any fate ; Learn to labor and to wait. Sue Guffey Arrowood. Page Twenty-three

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Ci)e RftoDoDenDron Junior Normal Class Roll D COLORS: Crimson and Black. FLOWER Red Rose. MOTTO Non Finitus, ; Iodo Incipiens. President James Du ' a Vice President Ernest Billings Secretary and Treasurer Annie Lou Downs Poet Nannie Tucker Historian J. A. Core CLASS ROLL Fred Avett Anna Cass ' Fannie Dabbs Audrey Alphin Floy Cannon Bertha Dagenhart Ernest Billings Caudle Annie J. N. Davidson Corrie Bridges Stella Coffey Ron Davis Mary Sue Bridges J. A. Core Ethel Day Mae Brown ' irginia Council Ocie Mae Dellinger Viola Dellinger Anna Edminsten Cleo Dixon Mabel Fortune Clara Donnelly Ella Gambill Annie Lou Downs Lenna Gambill Anne Dula Belle Grady James Dula Ella Gragg Eunice Grant Mrs. G. J. Harrington Corbett Johnson A. I. Greene Mattie Harrington Lola Kilby Susie Hagaman Grace Harrington Anna Koon Minnie Haire Edna Helms Pearle Koon Mae Hardin Blanche Horton C. H. Landreth A. B. Harmon Mrs. J. D. Horton Anna Law Lula Lewis Mane Moose Margaret Love Ruby Moose Lula Love Ruth Moore Mina Martin A. K. Moore Rena Matlock Zelzah McCoury Earle Miller Monroe Mcintosh M. H. Norris ' Mae Phillips Ralph Spainhour Bryan Oliver Erie Poindexter Carle Storie Essie Mae Outlaw Lena Redfern Ercie Stroupe Lucy Outlaw Clarice Reece Reid Thomas T. H. Parker Melba Roberts Nannie Tucker Ina Pharr Stella Sherrill Yvonnie Ward Fawn Watson Pearle Webb Toy Williams Anita Winkler Mamie Woodcock Mrs. Charlie Younce Page Twenty-five