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

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r Wilma Persaline O’Brian Hear, see, and be silent. How do you do it, Persaline? We ask the question with envy, for Persaline is studious and -silent. The proverb about “three women talking will make as much noise as a fish market” would never have come into existence if all girls had been like Persaline. We can aptly apply to her the time-honored saying, “Silver speech and golden silence,” with spe- cial emphasis on “silence.” Stanley Washington Brooks Honor brings responsibility. Stanley is quiet and unassuming. In fact, modesty seems to be the one stumbling block in his path to fame. Doubtless as the years pass on. this will be overcome. He is willing to work, and with this characteristic, we feel that there is great success in store for him. Lida Boatman Adcock Deliberate before you begin; but having done so, execute with vigor. Lida possesses the unassuming qualities which add to charm. Loftiness dwells in her heart, modesty beams on her forehead, sweet- ness flows from her lips, and industry occu- p.es her hands. Annie Lou Briggs Straining breaks the bow; relaxation, the mind. It is the fresh cheek, the rosy lips, the fair forehead, the parted sweep of sunny hair, and the girlish charm of form and feature that we love and admire in Annie. [ Page 32 ]

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A LUCE Wilma Dora Sherman Keep your eye upon the goal. Wilma is fascinating in features and ele- gant in voice— a lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony in the world is the sound of the voice of the one whom we admire. James Badgett Morris He conquers a second time zvho controls him- self in victory. When the daughters of Zeus were musing over a small bit of clay and wondering what should be done with it, they decided at last to make one who should be fair, handsome, intelligent. In this very act they piled the clay so as to blend together — not Turkish blend— the manly, upright, and sterling qualities of youth in such a way as to create a future leader of men — thus we have James. Mattie Eleanor Williford He zvho comes to the mill first does not grind last. Mattie is cheerful, friendly, and seems to accept everything with a smile. One of her class mates, whose initials are N. B. Jr., and who paid for her engraving in Prima Luce, paid her the following compliment : A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true girl’s eyes; for God himself sits behind them”— we don’t know what Nat saw. Lois Virginia Dean Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction. Still waters run deep.” Lois came to us from across the river, and has proven herself a true friend to her class. Her quietness and conscientiousness have won for her many friends. [ Page 31 ]

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■ •ft V, .v . ISsSIfe U — PRIM A Solomon Franklin Duncan Long is the road to learning by precepts , but short and successful by examples. We feel that Solomon’s personality and manly bearing will insure his success. Self cultivation is his ideal and he believes in the poet’s lines : “Though nature weigh our talents and dispense To every man his modicum of sense; And conversation, in its better part, May be esteemed a gift, and not an art; Yet much depends, as in the tiller’s toil, On culture and the sowing of the soil.” Loee Armilda Picklesimer A sound mind in a sound body. Were we called upon to produce an example of the most amiable tenderness and affections implanted in human nature, of modesty, of deli- cacy, of sympathizing sensibility, of prompt and active benevolence, of warmth and tender- ness of attachment — whither should we turn but to Loee ? Samuel Howard Elliott When you arc in Rome, live as Romans live. Howard is one of the most pleasant boys in the grade. Wherever you meet him you re- ceive a broad, undeceitful smile, that is calcu- lated to rescue you from the “path of despond- ency.” Once during a jovial moment he com- posed the following poem about himself : “All work and no joy, Makes Samuel a dull boy.” Helen Watkins Clark Prudence is the charioteer of all virtues. A quiet worker, a conscientious student; a sympathetic pal— that’s Helen. One of her ad- mirers ironically sang : “Yet lovely Helen, yet thy winning smile That caused our cares, can every care beguile ; And thy soft hand amid the maze of ill Can rear one blissful hour of Eden still.” LUCE [ Page 29 ]