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

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Next morning his countenance had changed and he had reversed the order of the lines : “That man must lead a happy life Who’s free from matrimonial chains; ' Who is directed by his wife Is sure to suffer for his pains. Adam could find no solid peace, When Eve was given for a mate; Till he beheld a woman’s face Adam was in a happy state. The boys assumed that the song told the story and asked no questions. Louise Brooks : Louise has a sweet disposition and is kind and affectionate to all She is sometimes witty always mischievous, and certainly has the highest ambition of any one in her class-for her only hope is to be a queen. Beauty is well-known to her, although her own sex thinks she is too large in body. One, however, thinks that she is just a good armfull. She is a true sport, and although she has been a flirt, she has now cut her dates down to three a week. Superstition is not foreign to her feelings for she has a firm belief in dream books. Her favorite books are eight volumes on Fascinating Womanhood , dime novels, and Uncle Remus favorite stor ies. Her choice occupation, as well as favorite pastime, is talking. Never has she been without a subject, nor has she ever known a secret. One of her favorite pranks is to tell her secrets to everybody confidently. Neither has she ever met a stranger. Sometimes her eyesight is bad. One day she saw a truck with a ladder on it (probably a painter s outfit) and she declared it was a fire truck i u h r rt aS S ° U i ld aS a bdl; her ton £ ue is a clapper, for what her heart thinks, her tongue speaks. 1 Do you like a jolly good-natured girl who eagerly enters into your everv ImaginaWe ’ y ° U WlU Hke Louise for she . is the best pal —Specially prepared for “Prima Luce ' ’ by Willie Lee Hobgood. Edward Duncan : Bess ' s 1 .SKiri tl,e t hrad „ of “u he played his par, i„ a Perfleun, I am Uncle Toby from a way up in the country. I have not been dow in these when they ' are °not° togeflier. ' After ftocturnd dwayS [ Page 86 ]

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I sham Clark : Isham is one of the most seen men of the town, and he has a pleasing and jolly personality. Only once was he ever known to cause grief. One time he was standing in front of Ragan’s garage, enjoying a conversation and laughter with his friends, when an aged lady, in an open buggy, drove up to Partin’s store. After a few moments of silence on her part she burst into tears. All present were concerned and Mr. Claik, in a chivalrous manner, offered his assistance and in- quired the cause of her grief. Two years ago, she began, my husband died and he was such a good husband — ’ with this utterance, she gave a couple more sobs and continued, “And he had an old mule that used to bray and bray and bray— And when I heard you laughing, I thought of that old mule and John, and I couldn’t help but cry to save my life.” Louis Thorpe : Mr. Thorpe is well known to all citizens. He carries the mail occasionally and takes interest m the affairs of the town. He is never reserved or non-com- mittal a trait that once irritated a gentleman who made the caustic remark : “Yonder goes our press agent, Mr. Thorpe, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing ; And never does a wise one.” L. T. W illiford : “Tommy” Williford (as he himself put it— pretty lively— not very good) is one of the outstanding personalities of the neighborhood. He is a jovial fellow and enjoys a joke as good as anybody. Quite frequently he tells one on himself. On one occasion, after telling how he bought many hams, he remarked, “When- ever I die, they can put on my tombstone the inscription, ‘Here lies the truth for it never came out while he was living- ’ ” Charlie Currin : Charlie is a clever, cheerful fellow. He distinguished himself in his studies and in extra curricula activities. He was likewise very chivalrous toward the ladies He had, however, the vicissitudes of fortune. Once before the appointed night, he was heard singing the following lines of an unknown author: “That man must lead a happy life, Who is directed by his wife ; Who’s free from matrimonial chains Is sure to suffer for his pains. Adam could find no solid peace 1 ill he beheld a woman’s face; When Eve was given for a mate, Adam was in a happy state.” [ Page 85 ]

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' L V x • s - •» ' . PRIM A LUCE “She’s not what fancy painted her — I’m sadly taken in: If some one else had won her, I Should not have cared a pin. “I thought that she was mild and good As maiden ever could be; I wonder how she ever could Have so much humbugg’d me. “They say she’s the fairest of the fair — They drive me madder and madder, What do they mean by it ? I swear I only wish they had her. “Tis true that she has lovely locks, That on her shoulders fall ; What would they say to see the box In which she keeps them all. “Her taper fingers, it is true ’Twere difficult to match; What would they say if they but knew How terribly they scratch.” Guthrie Williford : Guthrie is a good-natured lad, and especially fond of the girls. He does have melancholy spells once in a while. After Clyde Hobgood refused to sit in the same seat with him, he was heard repeating Byron’s lines: “When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss ; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this. “The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow — It felt like the warning Of what I feel now. Thy vows are all broken, And light is thy fame : I hear thy name spoken, And share in its shame.