Beaufort High School - Mainsail Yearbook (Beaufort, NC)

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1. Jailbirds. 2. Bookends ? 3. “Forever Eating.” 4. Some technique ! 5 Is that smile insured? 6. But she can ride it? 7. Studying? 8. Beauty and the Beast. 9. All wet! 10. ”Chuckles. 11. Pretty?! 12. Not so Hard! 13. Smiling through. 14. At ease. 15. Some number! 16. Two Juniors. 17. Cute horse. 18. The morning after. 19. Our steps ! 20. Hallelujah! 21. “Peg O’My Heart.” 14

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We came, we saw, and some lost heart. Piver Island in all its glory greeted the awkward and unsuspecting Freshmen of the class of ’49. But after swimming to class, besides ruining all the clothes we had, we became accustomed to what was to be our worry and joy for the nextyear and a half. Mr. Leary made apologies and the teachers pleaded that we be patient, all assuring us that it could not rainforever. We waited and the reward was ours, it rained some more. However, we lived through it and returned the next year after having spent three glorious months musing over the fate of the incoming Freshmen. We were the “Lordly Sophs” and the Freshmen who had thought that they were “it” realized that there really was something to the title. Our first week was spent trying to get the greenness out of the Freshmen, our second in trying to beata true school spirit into them, and the third in trying to get accustomed to not having anyone to boss. Our new school was completed during this year and we left forever the dampness and beauty of Pivers Island. This was also the year of the Sophomore-Senior Hayride, and we proved without a doubt that as a class we could work together. If there was a year of supposed oblivion, it was our Junior year. We no longer ruled the Freshmen since that was up to the Sophomores, neither could we assume the air of the dignified Senior; consequently, we fell into what we thought was despondency. But in everything there are good features, and we produced, much to everyone’s surprise, one of the most outstanding Junior-Senior Banquets ever given in Beaufort High. Then came the big year, the year we had dreamed of, yet feared we would never reach--Our Senior year. We gave leaders to the Student Council, workers for the bet- terment of our school, and supported them in all their undertakings. Our interest, dig- nity and activities markedus as Seniors, and we livedup to all that was expected of us. But now, “The die is cast.” The world that stands out before us waves a beckoning hand and offers to us the fortunes and misfortunes that we must take and keep for our own. Our opportunities in school have come and gone for many of us, while the reckoning time is at hand. The world will soon be the sole judge of our abilities and our advance- ment now lies in our own hands. Momentarily we must turn our backs upon our Alma Mater and follow that well worn path out into life to seek what is in store for us. We feel with certainty that our causes are not lost and we will ever proudly proclaim our Alma Mater, showering upon it the credit for our accomplishments, wherever we go. 13

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