Berea High School - Prima Luce Yearbook (Berea, NC)

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SOPHOMORES Dimidium facti, qui coepit, haber Well begun is half done

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Ruth Dean Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labun- tur. The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. T he more we observe Ruth the more firmly we believe that surely woman’s calling is to teach man; and to teach him what? To teach him after all that his calling is the same as hers, if he will but see the things which be- long to his peace. ' I o temper his fiercer coarser, more self-assertive nature by the con- tact of her gentleness and self-sacrifice To make him see that not by the blare of trumpets not by noise, wrath, greed, ambition, intrigue’ is good and lasting work to be done; but by wise self-distrust, by silent labor, by lofty self- control, by that charity which hopes for all things, believes in all things, and endures all Willie Lee Hobgood Laudata virtus crcscit, et immensum gloria calcar habet. 6 Virtu f greased by the smile of approval, and the love of renown is the greatest in - centivc to honorable acts. Willie Lee is representative of the aristoc- racy. She was born to patrician leisure; has accomplishments, manners, and ideals; and she and her associates establish the forms, usages places, and times of our society. The following compliment was paid to her by one of her admirers : “ . . . When charm of mind With elegance of outward form are joined- When youth makes such bright objects still more bright, — £f? d fortune sets them in strongest light;— u I, i eaven that we below may view, And all but adoration is your due.” Another said : ; • • A little of the angel Joined to qualities more human Makes a delightful mixture, And we call the product— Willie Lee.”

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i B R. I M A LUCE Charles Benjamin Currin Adulescentem verecundum esse decet. Modesty shall accompany youth. Charlie might be considered an artist as well as a mathematician, for he is always studying figures— those seen at the beach. He spends hours elucidating upon his ideal of femi- nine beauty. He lik ewise maintains most boldly that a woman has the right to change her mind, hut admits that she should use discretion occasionally. A nocturnal visit that he was wont to make to a certain residence got his name in Who’s Who in Berea. Those inter- ested might look up his write-up in that publi- cation. Notwithstanding certain vicissitudes of fortune that may in reality be blessings, we tcel that, with, his poise, energy, and per 2- verance, there is a great future before him. Alma Taditiia Daniel Formosa, facies muta commendatio est. Handsome features are a silent recommendation. Nature has given horns to bulls, hoofs to horses, swiftness to hares, the power of swim- ming to fishes, of flying to birds, understand- mg to men. What then does she give to Alma: Beauty, and beauty which can resist shields and spears. She who is beautiful is stronger than iron or fire. There is more strength in her looks than in laws and more power m her tears than in argument. Rhodes Herndon Frazier Experientia docet. Experience teaches. Rhodes is not a shiek, but we think that he thinks he is. But surely he’s quite a ladiesman. In talking to Clide, he said: In the whole course of my life I have never met a female, from the flat-nosed inhabi- taut of West Oxford to the snow-white divine sublimity of Berea without a touch of romance ; repulsiveness cannot conceal it, age cannot extinguish it, vicissitude of fortune cannot change it. I have found it at all times and places like a spring of fresh water starting up even from the flint; cheering the cheerless, softening the insensible, and renovating the withered.” As Rhodes concluded, lie stuck one hand in the arm hole of his vest, and combed his hair with the other.