Benson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Benson, NC)

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SENIOR PLAY AM I INTRUDING CAST: Mrs. Hastings Housekeeper Julia Whittington Blair Hoover The Adventurer Aubrey Hardee Earnest Rathburn Jane ' s Secretary Jimmy Rose Marjory Yare Elder Daughter Evanglene Neighbours Dickie Waldron A Romanticist Ransom Raynor Mona The Maid Algene Johnson Horace Vare The Father Bennie Jones Violet Vare Younger Daughter Betty W. Johnson Peter Devoted to Vi R. T. Critcher Dora A Friend of Vi ' s Jean Holmes Gerald Mays Jerry from Sage Creek Milby Hall Jane Vare ' s Niece Margaret Moore STAGE: Lois Brady, W. J. Brady, Jr., Louise Pollard. USHERS: Joyce Langdon. Faye Byrd, Billy Denning, Jerry Ennis. TICKETS: Edmond Massad, Earl Woodall, Jim Norris, Ira Pleasant, Mavis Barefoot, Ethel Thornton, Lessie Mae Johnson, Dorothy Stephenson. MUSIC: Rebecca Langdon, Joan Neighbors. PROGRAMS: Lois Brady, Jimmie Rose. 4 14 }§=-

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CLASS HISTORY It was in September of the year nineteen hundred and forty-four that forty-eight freshmen entered Benson High School. As we trod these halls of learning, we felt of great importance because it was our first noticeable change in nine years of school. Such a complete change baffled us about when and where to go. We discovered the enormous volume of work to be done along with such intricate subjects as algebra, Latin and French. Behold! Fate takes a hand. Our freshman class had dwindled to forty-three Sophomores. As the service of our country had called some of our classmates, we deeply missed their familiar faces. That year we completed our second year of algebra. Whether we suc- cessfully mastered that subject is left entirely up to the teacher to decide. The social event of the year was the entertaining of the Seniors by our class at William ' s Lake. We returned as Juniors thirty-six strong, taking leading parts in all school activities, with one more round of the ladder to climb. Cooperation played a big part in our Junior year, and never shall we forget the dear and pleasant memories that were bestowed upon us. Fondly shall we always cherish the memory of our banquet, held in honor of the Seniors. Our Junior play, The Juke Box, was one of the highlights of the year. Not at the top but still climbing. We could hardly wait to be dignified Seniors, when we departed, each to his own home, for a three-month vacation. Our Senior year began with a full program of activity. Our class had a desire to uphold the standard of the school, to further our own personal attainments, and to enrich our lives and the lives of others by striving for higher ideals. While we may have fallen short of this goal at times, the majority wished for an inspiration to the remainder of the student body. Stunt night, sponsored by both Junior and Senior classes was a tremendous success. The production of the Senior play, Am I Intruding, was enjoyed immensely by the cast. In reviewing out- standing accomplishments of our Senior year, we claim many happy, worthwhile experiences. After graduation when each of us goes out into this complex world of nationalisms, involved foreign relations, mutual distrust or mis- understandings, there is one thing of which we can be very certain — the world in which we shall live in years to come will be quite different from the one which we have known in the past. Jean Holmes evanglene neighbours