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

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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.

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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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PRIM A LUCE “They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear ; A shudder came over me — Why were thou so dear ? They know not I knew thee, Who knew thee too well: — Long, long shall I see thee, Too deeply to tell. “In secret we met — In silence I grieve That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee, After long years, How should I greet thee? — With silence and tears.” Clide Morris — 7 9 9