Beaufort High School - Mainsail Yearbook (Beaufort, NC)

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Mildred Arville Whitehurst “SHE KNOWS WHEN TO SPEAK, KNOWS TOO WHEN TO BE SILENT.” Arcian Literary Society ’24. Secretary-Treasurer Open Forum '25. Domestic Science Club '25. Sewing, studying, and loving. Are Mildred Whitehurst’s joys. She loves her parents and her girl friends, But not the boys. (FOURTEEN)

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Addie Kathleen Skarren “ ’TIS THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT COUNT.” Vice-President Arcian Literary Society '24. Glee Club '25. Domestic Science Club '25. Marshal '23. Kathleen Skarren can sing, Talk, flirt, and dance, If we would have a beauty show, The other girls won’t have a chance. Alvin Ross Harris “I SHOULD WORRY, LET TO-MORROW TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.” Entered from S. 1 . S. January, 1925. Basketball ’25. Baseball ’25. President Science Club '25. Do you notice Alvin Harris’s solemn look, And that “standup” hair? Well this is the fellow who is Afraid of a woman But not of a bear! Mary Emma Taylor “HAVE YOUR CONVICTIONS AND STAND FIRM” Vice-President Junior Class ’24. President Arcian Literary Society ’24. Vice-President Senior Class ’25. Joke Editor “SCHOOL NEWS” '25. Glee Club '25. Student Council '25. Joke Editor “THE SAND- FIDDLER” ’25. There are a few things in which. No one can outclass Emma Taylor Swimming, talking, dancing! Why she can outdance a sailor. Charles Paul Smith “I'M NOT AFRAID OF WORK, I CAN LIE RIGHT DOWN BE- SIDE IT AND GO TO SLEEP.’ Basketball ’22-’23-’24-’25. Baseball ’22-’23-’24-’25. Science Club ’25. This is Charles Smith, an athlete, And owner of a roguish Smile, His prescription for the blues, Is, “laugh awhile.” 4 (THIRTEEN)

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The History of The Class of ’25 I don’t know how to write a class history, and especially the history of the class from 1921-1925. It is almost a super-human task to write all the exploits of such noble persons, but I am forced by the authorities to attempt this great deed. First I will tell you of whom I write: the original members of the Class of ’25—Oleta Barber, Ruth Brickhouse, Dolly, Elizabeth, and Ella Chap- lain, Pauline Chadwick, Lillian Ewell, Edna Ireland, Ruth and Katherine Norcom, Lydia Parkin, Margaret and Eleanor Ramsey, Sarah and Elizabeth Rumley, Alstine Simpson, Kathleen Skarren, Mildred Whitehurst, Carolyn Felton, Violet Fodrie, Charles Clifton, Gilbert Glancy, Claude Guthrie, Charles Hassell, Clyde Hill, Christopher Jones, William Longest, Dorsey Martin, Jack Neal, Marion Noe, Edward Piver, Adrian Rice, Clarence Simp- son, Rufus White, Graham Whitehurst, Francis Hatsell, and Robert Taylor. September 10, 1920, we began our four long years of joys and sorrows with Mr. Pittman as our Superintendent. Not long after school started, we decided we had to do something for the Seniors, so we gave them a party in the Croaker Club.” We decorated in the Senior colors, served ice cream and cake, and every one declared it was the best party they had ever at- tended. The girls won the Basket Ball Interclass Championship Banner for that year. Don’t think that was all the entertainment we had because we had Volley Ball and Base Ball. Also, Oliver Springle entertained us every few days by running some one around the room. One day, the initiating tribe spanked Ruth Brickhouse because she yelled for the tenth grade and we wanted her to yell for the ninth grade at a basket ball game. In September 1921, we began as Sophomores. We were presented with (FIFTEEN)