Berry High School - Torch Yearbook (Mount Berry, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1928 volume:

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F rances Adams Valedictorian ...... ,,,, A llen Carver Poet ................, ......... ............. A 1 ice Bell Freshman Historian ...... v..,...............................,. H ilda McLendon Senior Historian ..,..,.., Prophets ....,., Wills ............. .il Poets ................ Julia Wooten and Elbert Forester Evelyn Wyatt and Chris Corbin Kathryn Turner and John Adair Lurlie Ham and J. T. Bagwell Salutatorian ...... ..,............................... E llen Bell Valedictorian ..... ...... T om Denton Faculty Advisor ................ ................,,,..,..,.,.,,,,,.,.. ,,.,,, C , G, Morris CONTENTS Page Alum-ni Banquet ..,.................................,.....................................................,,,, 29 Commencement Address-Clarence Poe, Editor Progressive Farmer ........ '7 Freshman Class Section ..,....................................................................... 26-28 Idle Thoughts-Ras Vaughn .......... ..... 9 Jokes in Rhyme-O. C. Skinner ...... .-.... 5 8-63 Our Founder's Letter ...................... -..- 5 Our Principal's Letter .... ----- 6 Senior Class Section ...... -----' 3 0-57 Sophomore Class Section ...... ----.. 1 2-23 OUR FOUNDER-MISS MARTHA BERRY lr is -:- -:- 4- 4- 'U' ri' 'U' 'll- -U- -D- T Q5- OUR FOUNDER'S LETTER To the Classes of 1928 J' .99 J Dear Boys and Girls: I have been thinking a great deal about you for the last few weeks, and about your going out from the schools. Our schools must always go on and on but we do miss the boys and girls who have been with us for so many years. Those of you who receive your diplomas from Berry are a part of ug and wherever you go you belong to us. If you do well we shall be proud of you and if you do not do so well you still belong to us and we will just wish that we could reach you and help you along as we did at Berry. This is just to tell you how much I am thinking of you and how much I am looking forward to your representing the schools wherever you go. We need you to stand up for Berry and by your love and loyalty show what the training here has meant to you. I want every one of you to always think of Berry as your home and come back any time you can. We shall always be glad to see you and to know about your work. With affectionate regards and best wishes to each Of you, Faithfully yours, 'VM7' 'D' 'U' 'D- 'D- 'D' l o -2- 32' 'G' '21 Ffa 4- -:- -:- -:- 1' i :Elias OUR PRINCIPAL'S 'LETTER -ci 'I' J' J JF Dear Members of the Graduating Classes: As you go out from Berry, it is my earnest hope that the 4' training which you havei received may make you ,lhappy and successful in your life work. 0 Above all, I pray that perhaps some earnest, stimulating word, some kindly handclasp or some knowing sympathetic soul may have stirred the deep springs of your life into a Q passion for noble things and loving service for humanity. Let us remember that the measure of a man is not fame Q or wealth of favorable notoriety, but rather the life he leads, the work he did in his chosen vocation and the condition he made to comfort and help of his fellow men. An unknown author has defined the measure of a man l:- and let me close by quoting his sympathetic Words so filled with understanding: + Not, how did he die but how did he live, Not, what did he gain but what did he give? These are the unites to measure the worth Q Of a man as a man regardless of birth. .ul Not, what his station, but had he a heart, And how did he play his God-given part? Not, what the sketch in the newspaper say, But how many were sorry when he passed away? Most sincerely yours, 'D' G. LELAND GREEN 'U- Q-gg -:- -:- 4- -:- Qs SILVER AND BLUE 7 Glnmmrnrrmrnt hhrras 4'lB5OQl1lb I felt that I already knew the Berry Schools before coming here, and I have felt very much at home among the hills and the log cabins here. I am glad to have the oppor- tunity of speaking to the young men and women of the Berry Schools. The Berry Schools have the same ideals as the Progressive Farmer stands for. The teaching that Miss Berry has established here is making Georgia rich. She is training men and women to do the things that are worthwhile. A great many people have vision enough to start some- thing but few people have the real heroism to carry on a great move- ment. It is a 'purposeful school, and serves purposeful people. I am remined this morning of an address that President Wilson made to a group of young men from wealthy families. He said: Most of you, I am sorry to say, will never amount to very much in this world because you have had things made too easy for you. The young men and women that usually amount to the most in this world are those who have had the whip of necessity on their bare backs. In speaking to you this morning I should like to have you think of Life's four Trinities,-y o u r s e l f your work, your money, your life. These trinities are tremendously im- portant because they constitute the bases of life. In developing yourself you must develop your body, your mind and your spirit. It takes all three to make the real all round person. At the Berry Schools you are taught to develop all three. If a person develops the, body alone, he is a brute, if he develops the mind alone, he only has vision, if he de- velops the spirit, alone, he is a fanatic. If he develops all three he is a real person. Now the trinity that has to do with your work, is industry, business and profession. One should find a work that takes in all of these things. If he only has industry his body will develop but his mind will not. If he has something that involves busi- ness, alone, he may gain ina finan- cial way but his body and mind will not be growing. If he has a pro- fession that simply develops the mind his body will not gain anything by it, so again it takes the trinity to make the whole. Farming is the one thing that takes in industry, busi- ness and profession. Farming is look- ed upon in a very different attitude to what it, was a few years ago. People use to think farmers should stay at home all the time, work hard as they could and never have enough to eat, but that attitude has changed and the farmers are no longer iso- lated. The automobiles have done a great deal to improve this isolated condition. Now for the trinity of money. If you are to be a success in every way you must consider a little 8 SILVER AND BLUE Q about the financial side of the ques- tion. Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. No matter how much money you make if you do not learn to save it, it is really of no value to you. Don't be a spendthrift. Don't spend a dollar foolishly. If a young person in the twenties saves 3100.00 it will amount to several hundred dollars by the time he is in the seventies. Remember when you spend a dollar foolishly you have spent the interest -on it, and perhaps the interest for a good many years. I do not want you to get the idea that I think it is wrong to spend money. I think it is a mistake not to spend money for things that are woz'thwhfe .e-efuch as good music, good books or anything else that would make one happy or enlighten- ed. The real measure of a person is not what he is but what he aspires to be. Keep your aspirations high. Have it in your heart to give to some- body else. It is a good thing to give all you can, even give when it is a sacrifice to do so. The Master said of the widow who put in her mite, She has given more than all the others. It was not the actual gift, but it was her aspiration to give. The last of the four trinitieg and the one that really deserves the most consideration is, your life. Who can imagine anything more beautiful than a youth with high ideals and perseverance to attain them? On the other hand, who can imagine any- thing more tragic than a young person with no ideals and no ambi- tion? Under this very important topic, your life, comes these three things -bread, beauty and brotherhood. These are the things that go to make up life. Bread has to do with the material side of life, it satisfies the hungering body. Beauty satisfies the hungering mind, and brotherhood satisfies the hungering soul. I ask you to remember these three things. Just as we need food for our body so we need food for our mind and our soul. Some one has said, Read some beautiful poem, hear some beau- tiful music or see some beautiful picture every day and at the end of the year you will be greatly sur- prised to see how much it has chang- ed your ideals and how much higher it has really made them. The per- son who has learned to love a beau- tiful picture, a sweet melody, a sky full of stars, of a sweet rose is better educated than if he could work all the problems in Algebra. Cultivate a love for beauty. If you have not studied Emerson's poem called Day, study it and see how beauti- ful it really is. I have often thought of the 90th Psalm, how David speaks of the beauties of the Lord our God. I think it is my fav-orite Bible passage. So many of us pray for faith, hope, purpose and so many other things but did you ever stop to think how little time we spend in praying to see the beauties of the Lord our God? We have failed, especially here in the south, to cul- tivate an eye for the beautiful things that surround us. I was so deeply impressed, while in Japan, by the way that the people there appreciated the SILVER AND BLUE 9 beauties of nature. They love the cherry blossoms, and the chrysan- themums. They talk of them on the streets just as American people talk of a football game, and with the same interest and enthusiasm. I was so impressed when I visited one of the noted Art Galleries in Europe, be- cause I found men there, in their overalls studying the wounder-ul pictures, pausing before the great masterpieces and showing their ap- preciation of the beautiful. I wish this could be true in our country. Last of all the trinities that I wish to call your attention to is that of brotherhood. The sublimest thing in God Almighty's universe is brother- hood. People are b e g i n n i n g to realize this more. Know one another and you will love one another. When you go from this school to the rural districts do all you can to promote brotherhood. Be active in the schools, in the organization of clubs of any- thing that will bring the people to- gether are make them known and un- stand each other better. You have been trained to do that in this school. Now, before you go forth to invest that most glorious gift that God ever gave anyone-your youth- ful life-fmay I remind you to re- member the four trinities of life: 1. Yourself,faJ body, fbj mind, fcj soul, 2. Your work, faj industry, fbj business, fel profession, 3. Your money, fab make all you can, fbj save all you can, fel give all you can, 4. Your life, faj bread for the body, fbi beauty-food for the mind, fc? brotherhood-f90d for the S9141- Idle Thoughts Wherever you are and whatever you do Remember, my friend, this simple word too- Nhether your life'S to be short or long Live it each day as you go along. IF W IK Man must have money in order to fully enjoy life, but the greatest blessing that can come to a man is to be blessed with many true friends. Bind your friends to your heart with bands of steal. ik 1 lk School will not do everything for you. It is simply one og the helps by which you can win your way to noble manhood are womanhood. You are master of your fate, you are captain of your soul. If you are a good master and captain, you will reach the harbor of success regard- less of storms or rocks which may im- peril the way. lk 1' Ik The greatest loyalty man can pos- sess is loyalty to his after-self, loy- alty to the man he is to become. One who is loyal will so livein the present that the man who is to be may be all that he should. 4' 1 1 To see things as they really are is one of the crowning privileges of the educated man. Education lifts up to the pinnacle from which we can see in all directi-ons. The educated man, M .0--, F 1- 10 SILVER AND BLUE to say the least, has the privilege of looking over into the promised land even though he may never reach it. lk ll' Ill The only way to dethr-one religion is to change the very nature of man. Only a God could do that, and by so doing he would only form a new type of religion. lk IF lk The brave man is he who is so firm in his convictions of some worthy cause that he will live if he can best serve it by livingg that he will die if he can best serve it by dyingg that he will take chances of life and death if by taking these chances he can best serve his end. 'F 0 Ill The man Of wisdom is the one who can see before the other fellow sees, can see more than the other fellow sees, and can see farther than the other fellow can sec. IF il ll' Always remember your honor is of more worth than wealth. Be clean, square, and honest in all thy dealings. 1 i ak Life may seem short, but it is not so short that there is always time for courtesy. 1 C I Don't talk too much about the things you have done or can do. Men are judged by the work they are do- ing and the life they are living. 41 HI' Ill Man has a peculiar love for ad- venture. The unknown lands holds a charm for him which beckons him on to untold suffering and hardship. No people possessed more of this dominant trait than the youth of to- day. May we follow this spirit to new fields of knowledge and truth. il Ill lk At commencement time let us be at home to the future. Let Us wait to hear her ring the d-oorbell of the world. Let us go out to the adven- ture of living a life well. 4' Ill III Life is full of discouragements and dissapointments and wisd-om con- sists in being prepared to meet it, not in contending that it does not exist. ik If ill As we come to the close of a scho-ol year there is always a feeling which is produced by a peculiar mixture of joy and Of sorrow. J o-y at having ac- complished an undertaking, sorr-ow at having to part with friends. The sorrow is lessened by the knowledge that our friends will live in our memo- ries. lk i i A little more kindness, a little less. creed, A little more giving, a little less: greed, A little more smile, a little less. frown, A little less kicking a man when he's down. A little more we, and a little less lllfi, A little more laugh, a little less cry, A little more flowers on the pathway of life. And fewer on graves at the end of the strife. Wm LIBRARY AND REClTATION HALL CCollegeD SILVER AND BLUE BEATRICE CLEONE CURTISS - - Billie Tifton, Georgia Entered 1927. Future Career- Summer school at Tifton A. Ka M. Specia- lize for teaching French and Math. Past Career- Basketball Team Light House in the Pines Agricultural Club Chorus Delphic Literary Society First to receive a Berry College Diploma GEORGE ALLEN CARVER - - - Sheik Rome, Georgia, Route 6 Entered 1926 Future Career- Georgia Tech Past Career- Class President '28 Track and Baseball Teams Varsity Athenian Literary Society Class Day Address ALICE MAUD BELL ---- - A-Lice Roopville, Georgia, Route 3 Entered 1924 Future Career- Working in Rural Communities Past Career- Winner of three-jewel English Pin Choir Basketball Team Delphic-Athenian Play '28 Vice-president of Literary Society Y. W. C. A. '25 '26 '27 '28 Class Poet Secretary of Light House in the Pines 7 SILVER AND BLUE 13 ELIZABETH JANE ADAMS - - Lizzie Richmond, Kentucky Entered 1926 Future Career- Transylvania College Past Career- Class Will Asst. Sec'y of Light House of the Pines Y. vV. C. A. Clionian Literary Society Main Feature in Commencement Dress Parade FRANCES HUNTER ------- Hunt Chicamauga, Georgia, Route 1 Entered 1926 Future Career- Teach in Home Community Past Career- Delphic Literary Society Y. M. C. A. Basketball Team-Captain Ffeld Day Exhibition Cliairn'an of Home Ec0nomic's Exhibit GERTIE KA THRYN WHITE - - Aunt Gertie Acworth, Georgia Entered 1919 Future Career- Supervisor of Boy's Kitchen Past Career- Ch-oir, Glee Club, and Quartet Vice-President of Class Winner of four-jewel English Pin Office Assistant Delphic Literary Society Debater '27 SILVER AND BLUE ERA NETTIE BAGWELL - Alpharetta, Georgia Entered 1926 Future Career- Teaching of Little Folks Past Career- - HErieH Second Place Extemporaneous Debate '27 Class Historian Delphic Literary Society Y. W. C. A. and Choir CLARENCE DALE LONG - - Long Boy' Ocilla, Georgia Entered 1923 Future Career- Banker Past Career- Eclitor .of Mount Berry News Choir and Glee Club Officer in Y. M. C. A. Delphic-Athenian Play '27 RUBY ESTELLE TRAMMELL - - Alpharetta, Georgia Entered 1927. Future Career- Teachor of Home Economics Past Career- Class Prophet Basket Ball Team Field Day Exhibition '28 Delphic Literary Society '26 '27 - Tram SILVER AND BLUE 15 RUBY PEACE - - - Pearce Kinderlow, Georgia Entered 1926 Future Career- Trained Nurse Past Career- Y. W. C. A. Delphic Literary Society Dress Parade Light House in the Pines JOHN DREW SMITH, JR. - - - Sister Rockledge, Georgia, Route 1 Entered 1924 Future Career- Mercer-Ministry Past Career- Y. M. C. A. President '27 Delegate to Blue Ridge Conference '27 Chairman Of Refreshment Committee Phiomathean Literary Society EDITH WYATT V- ----- Tony Decatur, Georgia, Route 1 Entered 1924 Future Career- Librarian Past Career- Assistant Librarian Officer in Clionian Literary Society First Place Extemporaneous Speaking '28 Clio-Philo Play '28 Winner of four-jewel English Pin 16 SILVER AND BLUE H mu History Being chosen to write the history of the class of '28, this thought comes to my mind, that our history at Berry College is written and nothing we can do or say can change it. Our class has at last reached the pinnacle. We are now at the end of the way , yet we are just beginning. But with this ending a new and dif- ferent future lies before us and it is with fear and trembling that we en- ter up-on the great journey of life. There were a few of our number who fell by the wayside on our up- ward climb but the faithful and re- maining few know what it means to struggle each night over questions and problems in Mathematics, Phy- sics, Education and Chemistry. Our two years here have n-ot been spent in hours of leisure but in hours of work. Neither has our goal been at- tained by days and nights of pleasure but by steady and continuous effort since our day -of entrance in the fall of nineteen hundred and twenty-six. The class of '28 has sponsored many activities which have been for the up-building of our college and we are honored indeed to have among our number, leaders in every sense of the word, leaders in scholar- ship, in athletics, and in other ac- tivities of the college. In fact there are in our class such a number .of important persons that it seems necessary to give a summary of our classmates and the accomplishments of each. We might as well begin with Francis Hunter from Chickamauga. Georgia. Francis has been with us these two years and was our star basketball player. In spite of her troubles she always greets the world with a smile. Although she has not received any marked distinction in her class work, she is known and loved by all. Ruby Peace, known during her Freshman year as Miss Pearce is from Vald-osta, Georgia. When you first see Ruby you form the opinion that she is distant but those who know her best, love her most. She has been of great service in the dental clinic this year and has chosen for her vocation the nursing pro- fession. We predict for Ruby a bril- liant future. Elizabeth Adams is the only Ken- tucky representative in the class. She is noted for her excellence in home economics. Elizabeth has been a very loyal member of our class for these two years, although she is slow she is sure. We feel that our lives have been benefited by our friendship and asso- ciation with Gertie White from ACWOTH1, Georgia. Last year she won first place in the McAdoo extem- poraneous debate for girls. F-or im- provement in English, she won a dia- mond for her English pin. Allen Carver from Rome, Georgia, has been a very good student and classmate. He is president of our SILVER AND BLUE 17 class and is with all an all-round sport. He is a member of the varsity club and has played On the baseball team and track team. Allen is our math shark. He seems to be pleased whenfworking Trig and Calculus while the rest of us get frightened atx the thought of it. It is about time for the bell, so here comes Alice Bell from Roopvillc, Georgia. Alice never worries but takes life as it comes. We can al- ways count on her to take part in any of our pranks. In spite of her fun she has been a good student. Clarence Long entered Berry High in 1923 from Ocilla, Georgia, with high hopes of being the best auditor in the United States. He has special- ized in a commercial course and it is true that he is talented for this work. Era Bagwell entered Berry from Alpharetta, Georgia, with the ambi- tion to be the most robust student of her class. Era is a favorite among her group. She won second prize in the McAdoo extemporaneous debate last spring. Her motto is: Look on the bright side of life and the shadows will fall behind you. Edith Wyatt from Decatur, Geor- gia, is a very deserving girl. She has assisted in our Library these two years, and this spring, won first prize in an extemporaneous speaking con- test. Her favorite subject is English and this year for improvement in English, she has been given a diamond for her English pen. Ruby Trammell came to us from Alpharetta, Georgia, with this one thing in mind--to make a hit with Miss Wingo and Mr. Green. We hope she has succeeded. Her most common expression is: Go on, I'll catch you. Ruby has studied hard and we were glad to have her with us during our last year. Billy Curtiss entered from Tif- ton, Georgia, and immediately cap- tured the hearts of all her classmates. She is an all-round sport and has en- tered into every phase of college life. This year those of us who were destined to see our college course through, were back. We begun to realize that we were the very first Sophomore class in the college de- partment and that we would be ex- pected to set the standards for the college. It is great to know we have reach- ed the goal, but our joy is mixed with sorrow. It grieves us to know that we must break up the 'pleasant associations that we have formed at Berry, that we must part with friends who have meant so much to us and who have helped us to form our con- ceptions of life. The parting is sad, yet we must have known when we entered college that this time would come. Forget, each other we never shall, but as the years roll by we hope to return to our dear old Alma Mater. Praise has different effects, accord- ing to the mind it meets withg it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.-Feltham. 18 SILVER AND BLUE Prophecy My last examination was over and I was slowly walking back to the Girls' Scho-ol. A storm was brewing, and as the black clouds were piling up beyond Mt. Lavender, low rumb- ling thunder and bright streaks of lightning seemed to be urging me on my way. But I could not hurry for I was thinking of the future and won- dering what each member of the class of '28 would be doing years from then. The dark heavy clouds were curtains that veiled all I wished to see, and I exclaimed, Oh if I could only peep behind them. Suddenly a rushing whirlwind en- veloped me and I was swept off the ground and up, up into the cool air. the Time passed. The years, like waves, rolled swiftly landward and I was far out upon the Sea of Time. It was 1943. The air grew balmy. There was a fragrance of flowers on the breeze. Then I heard music in the air. A high soprano voice was singing and instantly did I recognize it to be Era Bag'well's. She was then in the Metropolitian Opera House in New York. Era was known by the world as America's Songbird. Her fame has far surpassed that of Geraldine Farrar, Marion Talley and many other well known opera singers. The scene quickly changed. I was in misty old England. On a hill near by was a tall, stone, ivy-covered cas- tle. Elizabeth Adams was walking in the flower garden. What a stately woman and how beautifully dressed! Yes, she is Lady Mallory now. After graduating from Transylvania she went to Oxford and met and married Lord Mallory and together t h e y are doing much to better the condi- tion of the English peasants. Isn't that like her though? Always thinking of others and how she may help them. The gods are never unjust but Allen Carver seems to have had his fate planned when all of Mt. Olym- pia's inhabitants were in an angry mood. For these many years Allen had been diving in the South Seas to get enough pearls to make a bracelet for a beautiful but selfish young lady. She has held him in her thrall since the Tech-Georgia foot- ball game in 1929. Then I saw a signboard that read, Hear the wonderful lecturer-Fran- ces Hunter. Subject-- Smile-Stay Young, City Auditorium, Atlanta Georgia. No one has done more good for the public than Frances with her helpful lectures. Instantly did I re- call her smiling face and her motto Keep Gigglingf' A large white building appeared -John Hopkins Hospital. Our Class nurse Ruby Peace was there. Yes, Dr. Peace was in charge of the hospital. In the scientific world she ranks with Madame Curie from her discovery that radium can be easily obtained from coal. Down thru the years Mr. Ford has been telling his Physics Classes of the brilliant class of 'twenty-eight. SILVER AND BLUE 19 Next was Wall Street-the stock markets. A limousine rolled up to the curb and a business like man, after giving direction to his chaf- feur, stepped out-Clarence Long. He is one of America's richest men. En- couraged by Miss Seldon while at Berry, he went forth to conquer. As a broker, he has been successful. I was then standng in the balcony of the Senate House. The soft, clear yet forceful voice of an orator could be heard. It was Senator Wyatt from Georgia. Of course I was not surpris- ed for Edith was known at Berry for her oratorical ability. She has done much for women's rights and is a prominent figure in the political world. Another Castle! But such differ- ent'surroundings. By the tropical' plants, stifling air and natives I knew I was in South America. A dining room scene. A group of well dressed men and women were seat- ed at the table, and lo, if Billy Curtiss wasn't the hostess. After a short teaching career she married. Since then she and her husband had amassed a fortune in diamond min- ing. They are known as King and Queen of Diamonds. The whirring of an aeroplane at- tracted me. Far below I could hear the cheering of a crowd for its hero. Such stunts as that plane was doing! Finally it landed and I rushed for- ward to get a glimpse Of the darling aviator. Who could it be but J. D. Smith, Americas' Dare devil of the air. Many times had he flown around the world doing his marve- lous feats in every country. Tribute has been paid to him not only by his countrymen, but by Kings and Queens. He was planning- a week- end trip to Mars and the best wishes of his class-mates go with him What a wonderful island! Yes I was in Hawaii. Who of our class could live in this glorious western Isle, I pondered. Then a familiar face-Gertie White, or Dr. White, for she had receved her Ph. D. from Columbia University years before. Such fame as she had won in the educational world. She had done much to improve the intelligence tests. Her latest work was Value of Intelligence Tests to Teachers. The many texts books she has written are used by Mr. Green for his educa- tin classes at Berry. The govern- ment had made her superintendent of all the schools on the island. YI Suddenly is was night, But such a moon, such twinkling stars, and such a cool sea breeze. No one would take this for any place except Italy. The strumming of a guitar, and a low tenor voice singing a love song in Italian attracted my attention. And this scene greeted my eye-a hand- some young man serenading his lady. And looking up at the window I saw the smiling face af Alice Bell the some coqettish Alice. She is a re- nown Poet and was spending the win- ter in her Palatial Italian home. Her Love Lyrics are wonderful jand have been translated into manly for- eign languages. I am not surprised now that she was chosen class poet, 20 SILVER AND BLUE - Oh! That looks like me, I exclaimed as I saw some one plucking flowers in a tiny garden. Near by was a little white house with a sign- Trammell'5 Flowers for Sale, over the door. Yes, I was picking forget-me-nots for it was the iifteenth anniversary of our graduation and I was planning to send a boquet to each member of the class of '28, A familiar voice aroused me, Ruby, come in out of the rain. Hurriedliy I rushed into my room. Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.-Addison. DEFINING A GENTLEMAN A man who is clean outside and inside, who neither looks up to the rich nor down to the poor, who can lose without squealing and win with- out bragging, who is considerate of women, children and old people! who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat and too sensible to loaf, and who takes his share of the world's goods and lets the other people have theirs. - IF HE DID? An old darky got up one night at a revival meeting and said: Brudders an' sisters, you knows an' I knows dat I ain't been what I oughter been. I'se robbed henroosts an' stole haugs, an' tole lies, an' got drunk, an' slashed folks wi' my razor, an' shot craps, an' cussed an' sworeg but, thank de Laud der's one thing I ain't nebber done, I ain't nebber lost mah religion. Will To whom it may concern: We the class of 1928, about to end this life, in the possession Of well crammed minds and good memories, in order to pass on to the future class our vast accumulation of privi- leges and possessions, do this 30 day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, make and publish, this, our last will and testimony, to wit: As to such possessions as it has pleased the Fates and our own great efforts to win for us, we do dis- pose of the same as follows, here- after: We do hereby will and bequeth to our dear instructors all the new and startling information which they have been so fortunate to gain from our examination fpapers, and any other knowledge received from us. lt's our wish that said information be given to future classes, that they may in some way become as learned as we. Secondly to wit: We, the Sophomore Class, will and bequeth to the class of 1929, all our privileges, hoping that they may get as much enjoyment from them, as we have. It is our special wish that the class of 1929 may be as fortunate as we, in being described as petrified and as sprouting wings. It is our hope that the class of 1929 may come into possession Of some dignity, that they may be such examples to under- classmen as we have been to them. SILVER AND BLUE 21 Thirdly to wit: To Miss Warden and Mr. Ford, our class teachers, the sincere ap- preciation of their kindness to the class of 1928. J. D. Smith wills and bequeaths to Claude Rivers his so called feminine characteristics provided he will not let the boys flirt with him. Edith Wyatt wills to Charlotte Reynolds her calculus book, hoping it may be ever a great source of pleas- ure to her. Beatrice Curtiss wills the Privilege of acting the freshman in the sopho- more class to Charlotte Reynolds, or any other sophomore that can take the part, provided she is able to grin as broadly as aforesaid person. Allen Carver wills his athletic ability to Ralph Manly, and to Gran- ville Bridges his candy making art, provided Mr. Cook does not know it. Ruby Peace, the most talkative member of the class, wills the said ability to Ruby Gaines, on this condi- tion that she will not talk too much in Mr. Lee's bible class. Alice Bell wills to Delphia Breed- love her ability to get her beauty sleep during classtime, provided she does not talk in her sleep, and to Mildred Royal the honor of being the lowest down member of the class. Frances Hunter Wills the privilege of being the favorite of all the teach- ers to Amilee Chastain, and her ability in basketball to Ruby Black- welder on condition that they beat the Freshmen at Thanksgiving. Clarence Long wills his ability in commercial work to Edwin Couch, and his proveness to fall in love at first sight to Glynn Driver. Era Bagwell wills her hit with Mr. Spindler to Opal IParish, and her privilege of cutting class to Isabel McCutcheon provided she does not meet the teacher in the hall after- wards. Gertie White wills to Anna Maude Smith the privilege of having her room for Sophomore headquarters provided they can get a good nights sleep after drinking coffee for Sun- day night supper. Elizabeth Adams leaves her privi- lege of asking folks to wait a minute to Lucy Field, and her privilege of walking home from joint programs to Farris King, Ruby Trammel resigns her position of faculty seamstress to Annie Step- henson :provided she finishes Easter dresses by commencement time. Fourthly to wit: We do hereby constitute and ap- point Mr. Skinner sole executor of our last will and testament on this, the thirtieth day of April, Anno Dom- ini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses: Miss Alice Barnes Fred Case Lucille Stone The Intimate Touch.-When com- pany stays too long, just treat them like members of the family and they'll soon beat it.-Alva Review Courier. i2 SILVER AND BLUE Valediclory Miss Berry, Friends, Faculty, and Students: I have been honored with the privilege of representing our class before you today and I wish to extend to you, in behalf of my fellow classmates our most hearty and sincere welcome. We feel that today is our day. We have striven hard in preparation for this glorious event and now that the time has come we wish to throw aside all worry and care and give ourselves wholly to the enjoyment and the satisfaction of knowing that we have finished one lap of the great race of life. We want you, too, to share our joy as we pause for breath, ere we take up the new and longer race which now stretches forth before us into strange and unknown fields of adventure. We must confess that in our hearts strange pangs of sorrow and regret are mingled with our joy when we pause to consider the full signifi- cance of this occasion. Tomorrow we shall leave our dear Alma Mater, never to enter it again as junior college students. Fond companion- ships will be severed and familiar scenes must be left behind. We are proud of the fact that ours is the first college class to be grad- uated from Berry. We have eagerly watched the growth of our college and we feel that it is our college. We are hoping for and anticipating great things for Berry in the future and to makes us sad to know that we must leave her now. During our stay here at Berry we have caught some thing of the vision and faith of our beloved founder and we know thai it will be the faith and effort on hex part that will place our college on the top. It is our hope that we may apply like faith in our share of life's duties and privileges. To Miss Berry, in behalf of our class I wish to tender our most sin- cere gratitude for the helpful influ- ence in our lives which has resulted from the utter unselfishness exempli- fied in her devotion to this institution and from her wise counsel and sym- pathetic relations with us in the years now closing. Because of the numer- ous affairs which demand her at- tention in carrying on the vision of this great school and because of the great number of students concerned frequent contact between Miss Berry and each individual has been impos- sibleg yet, from the first time that we sat in our beautiful chapel, awed into silent reverence, and listened with tear dimmed eyes to the story of the founding of our school, until the present moment, there is not a one of us but has been made to feel that in her he has had an accessible friend and adviser whose interest in his highest welfare was always deep and vital. She has devoted her life to toil in the interest of others but with her sacrifice comes the rare recompense of the life of ministry, and we can leave with her no higher hope than that she may long continue to be SILVER AND BLUE 23 blessed with days of good health and happiness in service. Mr. Green and Members of the Faculty: We tremble as, we leave your guidance, your counsel and your assistance in time of need. Ne have relied upon your wisdom and we have trusted in your faithful efforts to impress upon our minds the truths that develop uprightness of character and knowledge. We must now test our own strength on the rugged and steep highway of life and if at times we meet with obstacles that long detain us on the road to success we will rue the neglect with which we met, I fear too often, your clear directions and warnings, but when we see the straight homeward stretch extending before to the summit with no difficulties to halt us we will think of you and say that it was your wise instruction and your labor in our behalf that cleared the way. Fellow students of the advancing class: We welcome you to the place which we are now vacating and we hope that you may fill it more worth- ily. Grasp the opportunities that we have enjoyed and we pray that you may improve them more. Strive, and hold cheap the straing Learn, nor account the pangg dare, never grudge the throe! We wish you well during the com- ing months at Berry and in all of life to come we bid you God speed. Fellow Classmates: Our college days at Berry are ended. We have long labored side by side, our trials and triumphs have been mutual and our friendship has ddveloped into mutual affection. We have become as one family. Never will we forget the happy hours spent together in class and at our class parties and picnics and never will we forget our class meetings which so often result- ed in scenes of tragedy, pathos or comedy. We must part for awhile, dear classmates, but let us hope not for long and let us be consoled with the fact that although we part, we will always cherish the happy memo- ries of days spent together at Berry. Class Poem The First College Clan I Out Of old Berry'g gates we soar, With a longing to explore fields yet unknown, Wander widely over more Countries than our own. II Out of the past we sail, One dozen strong. May our lives be a shining trail, Leading upward, the throng. III Out from our Alma Mater, We pledge allegiance to thee. We, the first college class, Roots of Berry College tree. IV Out where our struggles begin, May our lives ever be cleaner While helping hands we lend, Be a Lifter not a Leaner. MOUNT BERRY CHAPEL NEW MEMORIAL LIBRARY FRESHMAN COLLEGE CLASS SILVER AND BLUE 27 Roy Adams Bertie Allgood ' John Anderson ' Thomas Ashcraft ' Chelcie Barker Frances Bennett Ruby Blackwelder Reese Boynton ' Delphia Breedlove Jessie May Brooks Harvey Christain Florence Chandler Amilee Chastain Lula Cook Edwin Couch Willie Mae Craig ' Duran Crowder ' Mack Crumm ' Grady Dillard Glenn Driver ' Minna DeJarnett ' Thelma English lla England Lucy Field Gordon Foy Ruby Gains Edrie Goldston ' Wilma Goldston ' Lota Griffith ' Class Roll Wiley Gunn ' Ruth Hackett ' Sara Hancock ' Elmer Harris Agatha Hatchett Ralph Henderson ' Audrey Henderson ' Curtis Hodgens ' Maurice Hollis ' Glenn Hunter J osegph Hutto ' John Tom Hutto ' Conly Ingram Efton Jiles ' Gerald Keim Virginia Kelley Clifford Kenerley Farris King Clarence Lamb Ruth Lanier Allison Little ' Hilda McLendon Isabel McCutcheon Ralph Manly Clyde Meacham Frank Moore ' Harmon Moore ' Lena Moore ' Kathleen Morgan Evelyn Meharg Frank Owens Opal Parish Archie Parker ' Robert Porter ' Charlotte Reynolds Claude Rivers Mary Royal ' Mildred Royal Floyd Rudeseale Bernice Russel May Sanders ' Frank Screws ' Effie Skelton ' Floyd Smith ' Anna Maude Smith ' Gladys Smith Hazel Smith Annie Stephenson Mary Stone Ruby Smith Earl Taylor Everett Weeks ' Bryant Williams ' Azalea Worley Dora Wilson A Nora Lee Word ' 715188 iffj5Q1Ke 28 SILVER AND BLUE H :story It must be admitted that on Sep- tember 1927, when eight-five of us congregated around the lobby of the Administration building we were a motley looking crowd. The only point of similarity was our look oi green- ness . However, it took us but a few days to redeem our sophisticated air. The Sophomores bothered us but little, as we outnumbered them. You could usually find us mixed up in any excitement that was ever started- and we started most of it ourselves. Still we have survived exams, and various other pitfalls that the Profs. have persisted in digging for us. At our first meeting as an organ- ized class we elected Earl Taylor, Presidentg Anna Maude Smith, Vice Presidentg Ruby Blackwelder, Secre- tary and Treasurer. Early in November the college stu- dents had their first party. It was a general college party. The Freshman class was a whiz in athletics, winning second place in the basketball tournament, and loosing only one in a series of basketball games played with other class team. Glynn Driver and Ralph Manly re- presented the Freshmen on the scho-ol basketball team. The Freshman co-ed basketball team defeated the Sopho- more co-ed team. Elmer Harris and Glynn Driver represented the Fresh- man on the school baseball team. Mr. O, C. Skinner' taught a Sunday School class of twenty one Freshman. Mr. Skinner's class won the banner six. times. Each time that they wcn the banner Mr. Skinner entertznneu them in his home. The Freshman :Lass had SCi'U18.l musicians in its ranks. Tney were represented in the school orchestra by Charlotte Reynolds, pianog Agatha Hatchett, Isabel McCutcheon, V ir- ginia Kelly, Lucy Field and Amilee Chastain, violinsg Anna Maude Smith cellog and Gerald Kiem, cornet. They were represented in the school band by Gerald Kiem, cornetg and Chelcie Barker, saxophone. By the twenty-first of January the class had begun to appreciate itself so much, that it was decided to do something that no other class had ever attempted-to give a Leap- year prom party which proved a suc- cess. The McAdoo prize debate was held March the seventeenth. The Fresh- man won almost all the honorsg Hilda McLendon winning iirst place among the girls, and Lula Cook second place. Conley Ingram first place among the boys. A sophomore boy won second place. The Freshman class had their class picnic the thirtieth of March. They hiked to the Mount Berry School for Boys where they spent the day. They had several other parties and enter- tainments during the year. We have won our share of atten- tion from everyone. We also have observed the rules of the game and if the class continues as it has begun. there are wonderful prospects for us. SILVER AND BLUE 29 Alumni Banquet The Alumni Banquet is always one of the main features of Commence- ment. It was especially gool this year. A number oi the former students and graduates were back for the occasion. The Banquet took place in our magnificent new dining room at the Girls' School. Clarence Walker '14 made an excellent toastmaster. He introduced each speaker with some word of wit or humor which added much to the amusement of the eve- ning. The welcome address was delivered by Inez Wooten '21 and the response by Linton Deck of the class of '21, Will C-ox '18 represented his class and spoke with a great deal of en- thusiasm about our Loyalty to Berry. Mrs. Mary Ross Colquitt represented the class of '23, calling back to mind their sch-ool days and speaking of their desire to be help- ful in passing on to others their Berry training. The Atlanta Club was well represented, having an atten- dance of about forty members. The real spirit and ethusiasm began by the Atlanta Club giving a yell. Will Dobson and Eugene Gunby, from the Club, made interesting talks. A. J. Ammong '09 made a very appropriate speech and expressed his desire to form a stronger Berry Club in South Georgia. The graduating class of this year was represented by Evelyn Wyatt, and the college class of this year by J. D. Smith. The Alumni Quartet. Hawey Wells '20, Broadus Moak '21, Dewitt Littleton '23 and Arthur Beaird '27 rendered two good selections. The Girls' School Quar- tet sang Alma Mater Fare Thee Well, and Choir Quartet favored us with the Church in the Wildwoods. The last and best speaker on the program was Miss Berry, who made a beautiful talk of how love has made the Berry Schools possible, anl of how she expects the Alumni anal the students to always love the schools and help to Carry On. Everlsody sang the Loyalty Song for the closing number of the pro- gram. May we never be under the order of General Peace, General Plenty and General Prosperity. May we never have friends who, like shadows, keep close to us in the sunshine only to desert us on a cloudy day or in the night . Teacher: Now, children, a collision is two things coming together un- expectedly. Give me an example. Bright boy: Twins! lst Girl: If I could only get hold of Lindy I would make a hit with him by giving him the liveliest all-night party he ever went to. 2nd Girl: If it was me, I wouldn't try that. I'd keep everybody away and give him his wish to sleep for forty-eight hours. SENIOR CLASS OF '28 SENIOR CLASS OF '28 fContinuedj 3 32 SILVER AND BLUE History One of the greatest inherent ten- dences of man is that to be remem- bered by his friends. We, the class of 1928, desiring to be remembered by our friends present this the his- tory of our class. 1 LEROY BUTLER Buckshot Buckshot entered Berry in 1926 with an ambition to be a heavy weight champion prize fighter. He was a member of the Athenian Liter- ary Society and Agricultural Club. Hobby: Going to F1atwoods, and always going to Sunday school and church. Motto: Take it or leave it. Fl 2 RUTH NEWSOME Raatus From Washington, Georgia, in '26- Is a member of the Clionian Literary Society and delegate to Y. W. C. A. Student Conference in '27, Ambition: To know something about everything and everything about something. Motto: I would be pure for there are those who trust me. 3 JAMES DAY Darkness Hailed form Cuthbert, Georgia, in the fall of '25 with an ambition to make a good farm boy for Mr. Whiskers. Was often known as Jimmie, the farm boy. He was a Philo. Motto: Where there is courage there is a way. Hobby: Making ice cream and sleeping. Favorite saying: Let's go to the Girls' School. 4 AURELIA RHAN uRoneyn Came from Glenville, Georgia, in '25 and has been laughing ever since. She is a member of the Clionian Lit- erary Society, Home Economic Club and Y. W. C. A. Her ambition is To take one 'Day' and go to the justice of peace. 5 GLENN BRYANT Cotton Migrated to Berry in the fall of '25 from Dalton, Georgia with an am- bition to be able to sit on a needle point all day without getting stuck. Cotton was a Philo, member of Y. M. C. A. and Senior Basket Ball team. Hobby: talking to Tom Mea- cham about serious subjects, such as Rats Favorite saying: Hit 'em hard. Motto: Don't be what you ain't. 6 ELLEN BELL Dumb Bell Entered school in the fall of '25 from Roopville, Georgia. She is a member of the church choir. Won a music scholarship in '26, member of the Delphic Literary Society. Sponsor of Lemley Hall at B0y's Field Day, won a scholarship in 1928. Motto: There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability. Am- bition: To go to a place someday where she will be the tallest and big- gest person there. SILVER AND BLUE 33 7 REESE WORLEY Razor Blade Came from Wilton, Alabama, on September 8, 1925, with the ambi- tion to be the best farmer in Alabama. Motto: Make hay while the sun shines. Hobby: Talking about some good job. Favorite say- ing: Blamc, I noticed that. Mem- ber of Agricultural Club, Philoma- thean Literary Society, and Band one year. Only and: best razor blade cater in his class. 8 CLYDE REYNOLDS Smiles Came to us from Cedartown, Geor- gia, in the fall of '26, She is a mem- ber of the Delphic Literary Society, Home Economic Club, and Y. W. C. A, She won a prize for greatest im- provement in Home Economics. Her past time is spent in the library get- ting information on ideal young men. Ambition: To prepare a more de- licious and appitizing dish than razor blades make. Motto: I f the ladder of success should break never fail to catch. 9 GUSSIE CAVENDER uGu'v1 Arrived on the scene from Dalton, Georgia, in the fall of '25. She is a member of the Clionian Literary So- ciety and Y. M. C. A. Ambition: To have a law passed that will prohibit quarantine in boarding s c h o o 1 s. Motto: No great excellence without great labor. 10 GARLAND BAGLEY Pretty Boy After being forced down at Berry while attempting a long distance flight, spent four years with us. His experiences have been many. The most noted was that of helping con- struct an everymans ditch from the Girls' School. He was a member of the track team to Atlanta and Chat- tanoogag was Junior Declaimer and member -of the Philomathean Liter- ary Society. Ambition: To make a non-stop flight to the moon. 1 1 ESTHER LACY ul-lacy!! Came to Berry from Maylene, Ala- bama in the fall of 1926. She was one of the stars on her basket ball team, was president of the Clionian Literary Society one year, ch eer leader of the same, one year. Am- bition: T0 swim the Pacific. Favorite saying: Hokus pokus. Motto: Do it if it is the last minute. 1 2 HOKE HAMRICK Hocus Focus Entered Berry from Cedartown, Georgia, in the summer of '24 with the ambition to own a million dollar peanut parcher. Member of the band, orchestra and choir. President of Philomathean Literary Society one term and President of class of '28. Hobby: Conferring with Mr. Green. Favorite saying: When do we eat. Motto: Make the best better. 34 SILVER AND BLUE - 13 RUTH HART Rufus Entered Freshman in Villa Rica, Georgia, and has been a follower of Berry rules and regula- tions ever since then. She has been a member of the Math Club, Delphic Literary Society and Recording Sec- retary for the Y. W. C. A. She won scholarship in '27. Her motto is: Keep climbing and be a stepping stone for others. Ambition: Live by the side of the road and be a friend to man. 14 EARL SMITH , Smitty Entered Berry in the fall of '25 from Cohutta, Georgia. Smitty's am- bition is to discover a vaccine against the mumps. Motto: A still tongue makes a wise head. He was Lit- '24 from a member of the Philomathean erary Society, Agricultural Club and Y. M. C. A. Favorite saying: It won't be long now. 15 KATHRYN TURNER llKatIl Came to Berry in the fall of '24 from Irwinville, Georgia. She has shown her ability by being President of the Delphic Literary Society, Sec- retary and Treasurer of Home Eco- nomic Club. Her past time is reading Mark and Luke. Motto: Keep climb- ing. 16 ROBERT CHASTAIN Bob 77 Entered Berry in the fall of '24 from Talking Rock, Georgia, with an ambition to be Ty Cobb's suc- cessor and not Georgia's sec-ond peach. He was an Athenian, member of the Y. M. C. A., Varsity Club for iour years, Secretary and Treasurer of this club in 1927, member of school baseball team, Captain, in '28. Hobby: Keeping his old lady in a good humor. Famous saying: Run when it is necessary. 'Motto: A gentleman keeps quiet. 17 VERDELL DECK Deck Came to Berry in the fall of '25 from Atlanta, Ga. Deck was a member of the famous Woodall Crew that dug the basement for the New Reci- tation Hall at the Girls' School. Vice- President of the Philomatheans in '28. Motto: Be a friend to every one. Favorite saying: Sounds Interest- ing. 18 EDITH PERDUE Prude Came to Berry in the fall of '25 from Bowden, Georgia, with an am- bition to keep her roommate quiet long' enough to sleep as long as Rip Van Winkle. She is a member of the Delphic Literary Society, H-ome Eco- nomics Club and Choir. Favorite say- ing: Butler, anybody can be slow. Motto: Truth is the greatest of all virtues. 19 TOM DENTON Shorty Shorty came to Berry 'three years ago. Since then he has had a very successful school career. Was a mem- ber of the Philomathean Literary Society, Y, M. C. A., won the schol- arship two terms and was final debat- or of '27 and '28. SILVER AND BLUE 35 20 MYRTLE BRYANT Goose Came from Cohutta, Georgia, in the fall of 1923. She served a year on the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, won a prize for excellence in English one year. She was a good student during her entire course. Ambition: To be a Goose, Saying: Aw shoot, I don't care. Motto: Laugh and the world laughs with you. 21 VINCENT BUELL Tencex-it Descended from Terryville, Con- necticut, in the fall of '26 with the ambition to blow a cornet as well as Sam Keim. Favorite saying: For crying out loud, old lady, you me. Member of school band orchestra, Lemley's baseball ll gripe and team in '26, cross country team '26 '27 and track team in '27 and and Philomathean Literary Society. 22 EXIE GARNER Exie Dear Is a lovable girl coming from Fel- ton, Georgia, in '22, She has held places of responsibility in the Clionian Literary Society. Was a Y. W. C. A. delegate to Athens in '27, Her favo- rite saying is: I'll be 'Frank' with you. Motto: Do something. 23 JOHN ADAIR uRed!! Wandered from Dalton, Georgia, in the fall of '25 with the ambition to cross the Atlantic in a bath tub. Red's success at Berry has depended upon three things: Memory: and he forgot the other two. He was a mem- ber of the Philomathean Literary Society, Agricultural Club, Lemley's track captain in '28 and a member of the Chattanooga track team. Favorite saying: Kelly, did we have any mail? Hobby: Wandering around the Girls' School. Motto: Safety First. 24 SADIE JEFFCOAT nJeffn ' Joined our class in the spring of 1925, a representative from Troy, Alabama. We have had rays of sun- shine scattered in our class ever since she came. She has been cheer leader for the Delphic Literary Society and Senior class. Motto: Be what you are. 25 EVELYN WYATT Min Hen ' From Decatur, Georgia, in 1924. She is a member of the Clionian Lit- erary Society, Y. W. C. A., won prize in extemporaneous speaking and was on the News Staff. Motto: Be a good woman. Ambition: To be a dish- washer. 26 VESTUS DODD Vesterious Appeared on the campus unexpect- edly in the fall of '24 with an ambi- ti-on to become a manipulator of the falling alphabet. He was a member of the Philomathean Literary Society, band and choir, was song leader for his society in '28. Favorite saying: Arise Ernest, take up this broom and sweep, and That's what I say. Motto: Never give up until the zenith is worked. Hobby: Making Cocoa. 9.-f 36 SILVER AND BLUE 27 NORA PHILIPS Uldeeii Came to us from Marvel, Alabama, in the fall of '24. She has lived up to her motto, Say little and work lots. She is a member of the Y. W. C. A. and Delphic Literary Society. 28 CLIFFORD EVANS Song Bird Landed here from Montevallo, Alabama, in the spring of '24, He was a member of the Athenian Liter- ary Society, played on school base- ball team in '27 and '28, member of the Varsity Club and Y. M. C. A. His highest ambition is to become a great photographer. Motto: Keep faith, never give up. Famous saying: Old woman, throw in a little coal. Hobby: Going to town. 29 WILLIE SUE: CORDELL SucIie Came in the fall of '24 from Elber- ton Georgia with the ambition to dis- cover and cultivate her talent. She is a member of the Clionian Literary Society. Y. W. C. A., Choir and Home Economics Club. Motto: Today is the tomorrow you were worrying about yesterday. 30 ERNEST HUFF Shortie Swung from the grapevine sec- tion of Polk County, Georgia, in the fall of '26 with an ambition to be a Jack at all Trades. Fav-orite say- ing: Don't put too much time on one thing, for you have something else to do. Motto: Drive ahead and do as little as possible. Huff waS Junior Declaimer, member of the Athenian Literary Society, Agricul- tural Club and Y. M. C. A. 31 JULIA WOOTEN Granny Entered school in '23 from Tifton, Georgia. She feels at home as her past time is going to the Boys' School to see her sister. She is a member of the Clionian Literary Society and Y. W. C. A. Class Historian. Her motto is Help those who have sacrificed for you. 32 GEOPRGE FRADY SmacIcum Joined us in the fall of '25 from Clayton, Georgia, with an ambition to be a c-ollege professor. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A. and Athenian Literary Society. Motto: Help others. 33 JAMES YOUNG ucapn Rolled on the campus from La- Fayette, Georgia, in the fall of '26, with an ambition to master the French language. Cap was a mem- ber of the Athenian Literary Society, Agricultural Club, Varsity Club and manager of the school baseball team of '28. Motto: Stay in there with 'em. Hobby: Not studying. 34 MOSSIE LEE HACKETT hmoun Came from Tunnel Hill, Georgia, in the fall of '26. She is a member of the Delphic Literary Society, was a delegate to the Student Volunteer Conference held at Athens, Georgia, E Suyek AND BLUE 37 in the spring of '27. A member of the Choir and Glee Club. Her motto is Live, laugh and love. Ambition: To be successful in music. 35 WILLIAM KERR Rudolph Hailed from Cedartown, Georgia, in the spring of '25 with the am- bition to succeed Rudolph Valentino in the movies. Motto: To have a friend you must be one. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A., Philo- matheans, Varsity Club and School basket ball team in '28. Favorite say- ing: Sleepy, where is Mulligan? Hobby: Thinking. 36 GEORGIA CONGER nJaekn Came to Berry in 1926 from Moul- trie, Georgia. She is a member of the Clionian Literary Society, Church Choir and served on the music com- mittee for class. Motto: Do your best wherever you are. Favorite say- ing: Has the rising bell rung? 37 CLARENCE SMITH C. SMlTH Arrived on the scene in the fall of '24 from the hills of Alabama, near Jacksonville. He has been a loyal member of the Athenian Literary Society, Y. M. C. A. and the Choir. Ambition: To become a Mechanic. Motto: Complete one job before you start another. 38 MARIELLA COLQU ITT Punch Came to us from Thomaston, Geor- gia, in the fall of '24 with this motto: Labor conquers all things. She seems to live up to her motto because she is a good worker. She is a mem- ber of the Y. M. C. A., Clionian So- ciety and Home Economics Club. Favorite saying: No Seniors, you didn't get any mail. 39 ELBERT FOPRESTER Ellwood Hai.ed from Trenton, Georgia, in the fall -of '27 with an ambition to stay it through. 12llwood was a member of the Philomathean Liter- ary Society, Y. M. C. A. and Senior Quartet, Business Manager of the Mount Berry News and Class Histor- ian. Favorite saying: Close the door. Hobby: Fiddling. Mott-0: Be a Friend to Everyone. 40 BREWSTER MANNING uspunkn From the city of Armuchee, Geor- gia, in 1924. She is loved by all. Was president of the Delphic Literary Society and class for two years. Win- ner cf high honor scholarship and patriotic essay pin. Serves as Edith Perdue's walking encyclopedia. Favo- rite saying: See if that is Uncle Bil1's car. Motto: Treat others as you wish to be treated. 41 HAZEL FITE Little File Entered school in the fall of '26 from Resaca, Georgia. She is a mem- ber of the Delphic Literary Society and Y. W. C. A., Hazel won second place in the extemperaneous speak- ing contest. Her motto is: Never mind what the other person does. 38 SILVER AND BLUE 42 QUINN ROLLINS ' HQ!! Came to us in the fall of '25 from Dalton, Georgia. Ambition to take Fatty Greeson's place in the kitchen. He has worked most of his way through, was a Philo and a member of the famous dairy crew in the sum- mer of '27. Hobby: Playing s e t back. Favorite saying: Hey, fellow, you want to watch that. Motto: Do your work well. 43 LOIS BEDWELL Sister Entered our class in 1922 from Piedmont, Alabama. She is a member of the Y. W. C. A. and Clionian Lit- erary Society. Her ambition is: Keep the happy medium between saying too much and too little. 44 HOMER SMITH llHonkll Appeared on the campus from Mon- tevallo, Alabama, in the spring of '25, Honk was president of Athen- ians, and a member of the Y. M. C. A. and Athenian basket ball teams of '27 and '28. His highest ambition is to get good in third year Algebra, and learn all the little twicks as thorough as Miss Haskins. Hobby: Chasing Lucy Fields with a pigeon while Miss Anderson is asleep. Motto: Smile and the World Smiles With You. 45 MILDRED BUTLER Bucket Cairo, Georgia, sent Bucket to us in the spring of '26. She is a member of the Delphic Literary Society, Y. W. C. A. and Math Club. She was president of Home Economics Club and won athletic prize. Her past time was spent holding the dictionary for her roommate, Edith, to write letters. Motto: Better late than never. 46 JAMES SMITH l5RedIY Rolled through the Gate of Op- portunity from 'Jasper in the spring of '25 with the ambition to go south to see the Winn. Favorite saying: Think before you ink. He was secretary of the Agricultural Club in '26, president in '28. Philomathean Literary Society and Y. M. C. A. member. He was also a member of the dairy crew in the summer of '27. Motto: 'Readin.g, 'Riting and 'Rith- metic. 47 THELMA SHERMAN unabyn Came to us in the fall of '23 from Adairsville, Georgia. She is a jolly member of our class: always ready to tell you anything you wish to know. She is a member of the Delphic Lit- erary Society. Past time: Reading the life of Wesley. Ambition: Con- quer the impossible. 48 CRIS CORBIN ul-.indyn Lindy blew in from Senica, South Carolina, in the spring of '25, with the determinatioin to get all that was coming his way. His motto has ever been: Do the best you can regard- less of what people think. He was a member of the Philomathean Liter- ary Society, Agricultural Club, Philo V p SILVER AND BLUE 39 basket ball team in '28, Emer-y's track and cross country teams and Junior and Senior Declaimer. Favo- rite saying: Muligan! Muligan! where in the hell are ye. 49 OBADIAH TOMLINSON Global! Hailed from the Coastal Plains of South Georgia. in the fall of '24. Very early he started out to make the best of his new environment, with the motto: If you fall and aren't dead, get up again. His ambition is to make a new world. Fovorite saying: I've never had so much to do in all my life. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, presi- dent of the Agricultural Club, Sec- retary and Treasurer of the Philo- mathean Literary Society, and Edi- tor-in-Chief of the Mount Berry News. Hobby: Thinking upon the most serious things of life. 50 MAUDE TALENT Cicero Came to Berry in '26 from Cal- houn, Georgia, with an ambition to accomplish the most and best things of life. She is a member of the Clion- ian Literary Society. Past 'time is Reading Cicero. 51 OLEN KELLY usleepyn Flntered Berry in the fall of '24 with an ambition to make an ideal husband for an aristocrat. Sleepy was a member of the Y. M. C. A.. Philomatheans, School basket ball and track teams and captain of school basket ball team in '28. Favo- rite saying: Hey 'Red', did we get any mail? Hobby: Talking in friendly tones with Miss Anderson. Motto: Win over the winners. 52 MAMIE LEE ADAMS Adams Giggle and the world giggles with you. Came to us from Acworth, Georgia. She is a jolly good girl and is every- body's friend. She arrived at Berry in the fall Of 1926 and her winning smile won the hearts of all. She was a Delphic. 53 WAYNE CAMP Campus Departed from Rockmart, Georgia, in the fall of '25 and came to Berry with the ambition to become a Wood- en Soldier. He had the privilege of working with Mr. Littlejohns' Mus- cle Building ditch crew in the sum- mer of '27, was an active member of the Athenian Literary Society and cheer leader in '28, Hobby: Reading the second chapter of Genesis. Fam- ous saying: Hey, 'Song Bird,' is the basement locked? Motto: Hope to the end. 54 GLADYS ESTES Chew Gum Came from Piedmont, Alabama in 1924. She is a member of the Delphisc Literary Society, Home Economic Club, Y. W. C. A. and Math. Club. She won a music scholarship in '25. Motto: Look for the good in every one. 40 SILVER AND BLUE 55 LEAMAN MULKEY , Mulkey Drifted in from LaFayette, Geor- gia in the fall of '25 with an ambi- tion to play a Saxoph-one as well as Charles Groover. Mulkey was a member of the Athenian Literary Society and Y. M. C. A. Motto: Do not let books interfere with your education. Favorite saying: Get up 'Mutt,' it's time for 'turn in. ' 56 LURLIE HAM 4lHa'n1D Was added to our class in the fall of '26 from Franklin, Georgia. She is a member of the Delphic Literary So- ciety. Was selected as our class poet- ess. Favorite past time is Gazing into Space. Ambition: To be origi- nal. 57 VERA EDWARDS Curb Came from White, Georgia, in '23. She is a jolly member in the class. President of the Clionian Literary So- ciety for two years, member of the Choir, Quartet and Glee Club. Her past time is watching for the cross- country boys to pass. Motto: Be natural. 58 CARL BEDWELL Mulligan Drifted in from Spring Alabama, in the fall of '24 with the ambition to be a close rival for the great Fin, Paveo Nurmi. Mulligan was a member of the Phil-omathean Literary Society and has taken a very active part in Athletics. He is holder of the schools half-mile and cross country records and was Presi- H Garden, ,P dent -of the Varsity Club in '28. Favo- rite saying: Bill, I'll bet you a dollar you are thinking about Carolyn. Hobby: S-olving' Mysteries. 59 MALCOLM PYLE Mike Appeared on the campus in the fall of '25 from Rome, Georgia, with an ambition to be an educated hobo and see the world. Motto: Find a way -or make one. He was a Philo. Hobby: Emptying the Mathess fruit jar. Favorite saying: Hey, old lady, has the last bell rung? 60 BRADLEY McBRAYER Mae Mac came to us in the spring of '25 from The Garden Spot of the World -Calhoun, Georgia. H i s greatest ambition is to get rich. Motto: Do everything a little bet- ter. He's a member of the Philoma- thean Literary Society and Y. M. C. A. Was noted for being head of table No. 10 which was always in the race for the cup. Famous saying: It won't be long now. 61 RAY STRAIN KlJackYI The north winds of the spring of '25 blew Jack to us from the hills of Hill City, Georgia. He came with the ambition to own a Stetson hat. Motto: Know you are right and then go ahead. Favorite saying: Sh'ikc. Rattle and Roll. A member of the Athenian Literary Society, Lemley's track and base ball teams, Varsity Club and played on the school base ball team in '27 and '28. Final debat- or in 1928. H g SILVER AND BLUE 41 62 J. T. BAGWELL Tildie Joined us from Atlanta, Georgia, in the summer of '26 with the am- bition to be as modest as a wooden soldier. He was a member of the Philos, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, Choir, Senior Quartet and was Class Poet. Hobby: Making cocoa. Favorite say- ing: I'm a Monkey's Uncle. Motto: Do others before they do you. 63 ETHEL FARRAR ul:-ara! Came to Berry in the fall of '23 from Dalton, Georgia, She is a mem- ber of the Delphic Literary Society, Math Club and Home Economic Club. Motto: Keep working, the best is yet to come. Ambition: To be a graduate nurrse. Her past time is sewing, with one eye looking out to see the cross country boys. 64 BRANDON FORD Little Jitneyn The last echoes from the Ford family brought Little Jitney in the fall of 1924 from Hokes Bluff, Ala- bama. He came with the ambition to get a diploma, providing he could master the English language as well as Miss Williams. Motto: Paddle your own canoe. Jitney has been a member of the Philomathean Lit- erary Society and class basketball tr-sims for the past three years. Am- bition: To take Miss Louisa Wil- liam's place in the Berry University of teaching English and Math. Hobby: Going with the women. Favorite saying: Treat 'em rough and they will love y-ou better. Prophecy An unknown prophet and prophe- tess appeared in the circle while the Class Day exercises of the Seniors of '28 were being held. Being asked to predict the future of the noted Class the following is the prophecy given by them: In the year nineteen hundred and fifty- NOTS- Phillips is the world's great- est saprano singer and she sings in a large opera house in the heart of Africa. She is to sing an opera soon in the Zoo-Loo tongue. Nora has broken the hearts of many suitors. She is career them. not willing to give up her or to share it with any of Clyde Reynolds has proved that she is capable of managing her own affairs for she is living on a large farm on which she raises dogs to supply a hot dog stand which Ethel Farrar has put up for the benefit, or rather the lunches, Of those workl ing in the Pill Factory which was established in 1940 by Ethel Farrar and Miss Alice Barnes. Both of these have married but the Factory is still known by their maiden names, The Farrar-Barnes Pill Fa- tory. Clyde is very prosperous and it is rumored that she wil give a new building to the Berry Schools. Mossie Lee Hackett is helping her husband raise peanuts on a farm in the Rocky Mountains. She has al- 42 SILVER AND BLUE ways kept that carefree happy way which she had in her school days and this has been a great inspira- tion to her better half when the times were hard on the farm. Thelma Sherman is living in Italy and we hear that she has changed her belief and become a Nunn. Ellen Bell is living on a large cot- ton plantation in the sunny Southg still painting with the ambition to be- come as famous as Michael Angelo. Mildred Butler and Edith Perdue have founded a beauty parlor in De- troit and they specialize in making folks red headed. The discovery of how to do this was made while they were in school rooming with Gladys Estes and they have never told the secret. They seem to be well satis- fied with being old maids so long as they are with each other and with living' in Detroit although Edith, still has some interest in Lovett, Florida. Exie Garner is married to the great lumberman of California, Paul Bunyon. At last she has realized her long strived for ambition, that of being and ideal housewife. She enjoys living in the lumber camp especially with such a husband as Paul. Kathryn Turner has been teaching gymnastics for ten years at G. S. C. W. She has been engaged to one of the Prof., for five years and all are hoping for and expecting the wedding to take place soon. Ruth Newsome has become a very successful lawyer. She is sought for by many crimnals for she rarely ever loses a case. Hazel Fite, Gussie Cavender and Mammie Lee Adams, The Jolly Trio, have made great success and won fame. They have given pro- grams all over the country and in some countries abroad. Hazel plays the Cello and is general director of the Trio. Mammie Lee Adams ig a Violin Virtuoso and singerg Gussie Cavender is the pianist and is a great reader of Shakespear. Ester Lacy is the broadcaster for W. S. B., Radio Station. She is married and has a beautiful home out in Druid Hills near Atlanta. Her household duties and four 'bright youngsters do not interfere with her work. Julia Wooten is the Dean of the Martha Berry School and she has the reputation Of being the best one who has been there since Miss Alice L. Wingo left. Julia traveled with Miss Berry in her sister'3 place for a while after she graduated and this fitted her for the place of respon- sibility she now has. Myrtle Bryant is teaching school up in Fannin County. Myrtle drives away a feeling of sadness or melan- choly that often comes to her by thinking of the old saying, 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at allf' Lurlie Ham has become Poet Laureate Of Georgia. She has a very interesting column in the Atlanta Constitution. Denver, Colorado, SILVER AND BLUE 43 Sadie Jeffcoat is teaching song leading at Shorter College and she teaches, also, a class in singing which is done over the radio for anyone who wishes to join the class. The radio has been brought to a high development by some of Sadie's dis- coveries. Willie Sue Cordell has surprised the world by swimming the Gulf of Mexico. This brought fame and fortune to her. Maud Tallent is the editor-in-chief of the New York Times. During her vacant hours she teaches a class in Cicero just for the pleaure of it. Georgia Conger is living on a farm near Tifton, Georgia. She has put into practice some of the ways in which an educated woman can make life on the farm successful and happy. Gladys Estes is an art teacher in a school in Ohio. Her tallent was not known while she was at Berry. Mariells Colquitt is the owner of a large peach packing house down in the peach belt of Georgia. The management of this takes very little of her time and she uses the other in doing community work. Lois Bedwell is a famous play writer. Her plays are given in dif- ferent countries of the world and they win fame wherever they are given. Ruth Hart has become an orator of national fame. She is also one of the outstanding philosophers of the twentieth century. Brewster Manning has the page in the Sunday Paper which at one time was given to Mrs. Dull and she fills this with helpful hints to gives lectures at over the country. Vera. Edwards, dutiiul housewife is still trying to note. recipes and other housewives. She Girls' Schools all besides being the of Carl Bedwell, reach the high Aurelia Rahn has charge of the campus at Berry but little of her time is spent there, for other duties keep her away. Evelyn Wyatt has now become Mrs. Charles I-Iolgens, she lives in and is one of the greatest singers of the day. Her hus- band also being a singer they make a wonderful couple. They both say that they owe their success to the Berry Schools, where they first be- gan to sing. Chris Corbin lived the very ad- venturous life of a aviator during the early years after his graduation from Berry. He invented a power- ful machine in which he went to Mars. After visiting all kinds of places and having many thrilling adventuries he settled down and be- came head of a matrimonial bureau. He was married to a dashing young widow of fifty-five and has lived a happy life since. James Young is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he is operating a cafe. He enjoyed cooking and wash- ing dishes for Miss Anderson so well 44 SILVER AND BLUE that he had to make it his lifes occu- pation. John Adair is in New York and is a very happy farmer. He has long since married Miss Vera Masters and in their home are several bright red headed youngesters who all ex- pect to be as great basketball players as their father use to be at Berry. Garland Bagley is in New York in charge of the Century Flying Field. He has made great success as an avation and has helped to develop the air transportation system. He is still single and if, seems that he isn't really so successful in love as he is in flying. This is indeed strange as he was distinctly a ladies man while at Berry. John T, Bagwell is at Berry Col- ege, holding down the position as music director. He is doing a very successful work for his Alma Mater. It is sometimes told that on very dark nights he is seen going in the direction of the Dairy with a kyro bucket under his coat. Elbert Forester is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in charge of printing the Chattanooga Times. He has long since gone down into Alabama and br-ought back as his wife, Miss Myra Hester, His highest ambition is for Elwood junior to fiddler as his father. George Frady is a successful boot- legger in the mountains -of North Georgia. He says he wouldn't change places with the king of England. Hoke Hamrick is in New York and is one of the greatest musicians be as great a of the day. It is well known that he can play every thing from 21 srynet to a susophone. Ernest Huff was found to be running a peanut stand, down in Rome, Georgia. He says his business would go to the rocks if it wasn't for the Berry schools boys who pat- ronize his shop. James Olin Kelley is living near Cumming, Georgia, and is successful as a farmer. He has just retired to his farm after some years of playing in professional basketball at which he was the American star for some years. Now he is living a happy life on his farm with his wife formely, Miss Lillian Childs. They have a Quartet of sturdy sons. Each are named for some member of the Berry Bull Dog basket ball team of the summer of '27, William Kerr, better known as Rudolph Valentino II, is in Holly- wood California and has become the world's greatest actor and lover. It seems wonderful indeed that one of our Berry girls, Miss Carolyn Blanks, has captured the heart of the famous Rud-olph . They have been married several years and are very happy in their beautiful Hollywood home. Their only son is named for Rud- olph's dear friend Mulligan Bed- well. Bradley McBrayer is at Calhoun, Georgia, where he owns and operates one of the largest daries in the South. Yes, he is still a bachelor. Guynn Morris is still in England as ambassador of America. Though he SILVER AND BLUE 45 has turned out to be one Of the lead- ing men of our nation, he still enjoys his old game of set back. Vencent Buell is in the old state of Connecticut. And has proven him- self to be an up-to-date chemist. He has made some wonderful discoveries along the scientific line. His wife says he is all the time fussing at the kids for hiding his cornet. Leamon Mulkey is running a dairy for Will McBrayer at Calhoun, Geor- gia. He enjoyed working for Mr. McBrayer at Berry so well that he has taken a permanent job with him. Malcolm Pyle is in Atlanta teach- ing at a wrestling school. Mike is the champion wrestler of the world. Reese Wooley is in Alabama where he is making a good living. This is very easy for him as there is plenty of razor blades and scrap iron down in that secti-on of the country. Wayne Matthews is know to be the greatest educated hobo of the day. He has traveled many miles North, South, East, and West and has never paid a cent for fare. He has now settled down in Rome, Geor- gia, and is trying to find a plan where by a man can make a living without working. Carl Bedwell is in Alabama. He has kept the good work going since leav- ing Berry and is now a destinguished runner. For the past ten years he has represented the United States in the worlds olympic races. Some time ago he married Miss Vera Edwards and is now practicing what he prea- ched at Berry about athletics train- ing. He and little Mulligan junior run every day. Leroy Butler is living in the Flat woods district of North, Georgia and is doing a great work as a com- munity leader and farmer. Though he is now past fourty years of age and is still single, he is trying with might and main to win the heart of the fair Mary Freeman. Glenn Bryant is in Dalton, Geor- gia, running a dry goods store. It seems very sad that he did not win the heart of our Senior Dumb Bell but such is the case and he is now a broken hearted old bachelor. Wayne Camp is at Rockmart Geor- gia, running a hot dog stand. He is planning some day to be president of the United States. Robert Chastain is at the North pole trying to work out the problem why it is so much colder there than it is at the equator. His home is in North Georgia and the beautiful Miss Ruby Blackwelder is patiently wait- ing for him to solve the prblem, after that he will be eligible to marry her. James Day is in Argentine heard- ing cattle, he is making a success at his work and has a beautiful home, made more beautiful by his wife formerly Miss Aurelia Rahn. They are fortunate in having six sturdy sons to keep the good work going. Verdell Deck is in Atlanta, Geor- gia, working in a laundry and is very 46 SILVER AND BLUE happy and prosperous in his work. No he hasn't married yet but we feel that he will soon. Thomas Denton is in the Senate ol the United States representing the old state of Georgia. He is one of the leading lawyers of the day. And on the side line is a distinguished writer. Vostus Dodd is in Atlanta in charge of a printing shop. He is doing great work at night teaching a singing school. He still remembers the old days at Berry when he sang on the Senior Quartet. Clifford Evans is in Birmingham, Alabama, running an art studio. He says that he owes his success to the Berry schools where he learned his trade. Brandon Ford is in Alabama liv- ing the happy li'fe of a farmer. He still wonders what in the world was the use of taking all of that old Algebra and Chemistry while at Berry. Quinn Rollins is a horse doctor at Dalton, Georgia. He can heal all ail- ments of the horse family if given a chance in time. The Smith brothers, Clarence, James, Homer, and Earl have gone into business together. They own a ten cent store in Rome, Georgia, which is patronized by all Berry boys. This place is the favorite meet- ing place for Berryites. Ray Strain is in Chicago, Illinois. He is captain of a baseball team and I mean to say Babe Ruth isn't in it now. Jack can knock more home runs than Babe ever heard of. Obadiah Tomblison is in South, Georgia teaching school, he is prin- cipal of the Valdosta High School and is doing a wonderful work. He is planning to retire to his farm soon and there live happy with his wife and kids ever after. So it will be with the Class of '28. Will Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1928, of the Berry Schools, State of Georgia, U. S. A.,I have called you together upon this sol- emn and serious occasion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hands the few gifts she has to bestow to her last moments. Cutting so rapidly loose from life, and finding so many things of such gigamic proportion to be attended to before the end should come upon her, realizing at the same time that she has no longer any time left to spend in cultivation of her own virtues. She did, collec- tively and individually, deem it best to distribute these virtues with her own whose needs they seem best fit- ted. As a result of this announce- ment a wild scene took place amidst most frantic pleading and scrambling among her friends for this, that so long coveted gloryg but she has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of SILVER AND BLUE 47 such gifts as she has in her power to bestow. These are her decisions as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its gray matter, she begs me to state for her that she may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory, but such things as she thinks she has, she heartly gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to: ITEM l We give and bequeath to our be- loved founder, Miss Berry, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude and the whole un- limited wealth of our eternal memory. In an attempt at partial payment for all that she has done for us during our long years at Berry. We make over to her, here and now, a heavy mortgage on our future in the great unknown beyond. It shall be her's to watch every step of our upward and onward fiitting, to note each trial, each attempt, each victory, each success and honor that we may achieve in the arena of the world- and to accept for herself, as interest on our deathless debt, every ounce of the praise, every jot of the honor, knowing that it is all due to her faithful instructions. ITEM ll We give and bequeath to the fac- ulty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of peace- ful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncertainty of wheth- er this one is doing his or her work, or that one will have his mathematics in the morning. It has been a hard strain on them for seniors are said to be at all times and under all condi- tions diiiicult to manage. T h e y have all done their duty, and now shall they have their well-earned reward. We also leave to the faculty all the knowledge and startling in- formation that we have furnished them from time to time in our vari- ous examination pafpers. We know that much which we have imparted to them in this way must have been entirely news to them and we hereby authorize the faculty, if they see fit, to give out such of this information to the world as they may feel the world is ready to receive. ITEM III The following may seem but trifl- ing' bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but valuable assets to those who may receive them and a constant reminder of the gener- osity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal. 1st- To our class teachers, the profound admiration and never end- ing friendship of the class of 1928, in individual as well as collective manifestation. 2nd- To Maggie Mooney, the 48 SILVER AND BLUE balance in our class treasury to be used in buying a gun for detective work. We feel he will need this in dealing with the classes that are to be our successors. 3rd-To the track and baseball teams of next year the ability of Clif- ford Evans and Vestus Dodd. We couldn't get Earl Smith to surrender his. 4th-To Johnnie Cannon, Huff's gift of gab. 5th-To anybody who needs it, Wooley's bluff. Apply early and avoid the rush. 6th-To Fred Case the secret of Mike Pyle's method of muscular de- velopment. 7th-To the Junior class, any over-looked cuds of gum We may have left on the underside of desks, assembly seats, or any likely or un- likely place. We have sometimes had to rid ourselves of these in too much haste to be able to choose the most desirable place to hide it. 8th-To Tom Meacham, Buck- shot's ancestors. He feels that he will not need them any more. He can face the world behind his own beauty and strength. 9th-To T. H. Wheelis, William Kerr's executive ability but not his beauty. He still feels the need of it although Wheelis needs it badly. 10th-To the Junior class as a student body, we give Geo. Frady's knowledge of English, drawing and of the universe inlwhole as in part. We trust the class may be able to survive it. ITEM IV Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our place in the hearts and thoughts of our founder and teachers. They will love them even as they have loved usg will show them all the same tender kindness and attention that they have bestowed upon usg they will feel the same in- terest in their attempts and success- esg the same sorrow when they fail. We trust that the class of 1929 will appreciate all this as we before them have appreciated these precious pos- sessions. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave, not of necessity but our own free will, our memories of our plea- sant associations together, and our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly appreciated in the demonstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. All the rest of our property, where- soever, of what nature, kind and quality, whatsoever it may be, that we have overlooked in this will goes to the Junior class. , ITEM v As proof of the magnetic per- sonality and winning ways of -the individual members of our class we site you to the fact that great multi- tudes of the underclassmen seem to prefer the rooms of Seniors to their own. Being aware of this fact and be- lieving that those best aquainted with the rooms that we are about to vacate for all time make the following dis- A W g SILVER AND BLUE 49 posal of a few senior rooms: Brewster Manning's ro-om, the beauty parlor, is willed to Clara Duncan and Jewell Davis. Julia Wooten wills to some senior girl the privilege of rooming over Miss Barnes and rocking crosswise the floor. Edith Perdue and Mildred Butler will Dorothy 10 to Mary Stinnett and Theo Reache if they promise to talk loud enough for Miss Wingo to tell them their subject the next morning. Lois Bedwell Wills to Gertrude Thomas the great privilege of room- ing in Dorothy 11 next year pro- vided she will be very quiet when Miss Wingo has guests. Brewster wills to Myrtle Byrd the honor of being president of her class if she will out talk all ring agents and call Mr. Orr at least six times a day and tell him how pretty individuals he must make certain pictures. To Mattie Lou Martin her place as fiddler in the Dorothy Jazz Orchestra. Moss Hackett, Punch Colquitt, Aurelia Rahn will to Edna Stephens, Anne Edwards and Dicie Chambers the honor of rooming in, Bachelor Den, if they will obey all rules tack- ed on the back of the door. Kathryn Turner and Thelma Sher- man will their room to Lillie Tant and Janie Hume under the condition that they keep a fire at all times for the other girls in the dormitory and will not keep their light on later than one o'clock for gossipers. Georgia Conger and Ellen Bell will their room over Miss Wingo's bed- room to Sallie Mae Cagle annd Nell Nooley provided they will not wear steel taps on their heels and will not be frightened when rocks hit their window screen just before tree day. ITEM VI Brewster's athletic ability goes to Ida Fendley her quality of m eek- ness to Otho Purcell. Ruth Hart wills the privilege of working in the boy's laundry during the summer and ironing by the win- dow to Lurlie Ham. Jean Hayes has Maude Tallent's privilege of being the quietest mem- ber of her class. Gladys Estes bequeaths to Otho Purcell her hit with the faculty and all the boys if she will promise to try at all times to keep it. She also wills to Jane Hume the ability of having brown hair one day and red the next to please her roommate as Gladys did to please Mildred. Rosa Lee Jackson has Brewster's privilege of having a caller from home at least twice a month. Julia Wooten wills to Sarah Bray the privilege of cooking breakfast the first morning she is in Rome Cottage if she can devise some plan to prevent the clock freezing. ITEM VII Edith and Mildred will their places on Dorothy track team to Ophia Osborne and Gertrude Thomas, but they must run around the lake every day. To Salle Mae Cagle goes Evelyn Wyatt's privilege of being the most 50 SILVER AND BLUE contrary member of the class and to Thelma Hall her reputation as a Cicero student. Aurelia Rahn wills the honor of being the hero of Dorothy Hall to Lillian Childs provided she will re- spond to all calls and signals rain or shine. To Sarah Miller goes Roney's place in the Dorothy Jazz Orchestrag to Doris Purcell the privilege, honor and pleasure of being the sheik of her class. Gussie Cavender Wishes to ,pass on to Gertrude Hardman her skill in cooking grits but she must be careful and not let them Scorch before cook- ing. To Thelma Hall goes Ellen Bell's distinction of being the only Senior girl to make C plug on conduct pro- vided she can keep up the rep. She willingly bequeaths to Jean Hayes her ability to go around the campus singing so as to be heard a mile off, if .lean thinks her lungs are strong enough to endure the strain. To Sallie Mae Cagle she wills her hit with Miss Greenway. Georgia Conger wills her privilege to sleep from 2 to 4 in the P. M. to Elizabeth Porter. Georgia and Ellen will to Virginia Burke and Nellie Fletcher the habit of taking beauti- fying exercises at 10:00 o'clock at night in Dorothy Hall provided they will not disturb the faculty down- stairs. To Alice Hume and Vernie Day goes Ellen's and Thelma's privilege of being the lowest down members of the class. Thelma's dignity is handed down to Ola Mae Westbrooks. Myrtle Bryant wills Sarah Bray her rep of being married after each vacation. ITEM VIII Thelma Sherman's generosity is expressed in the fact that she wills collars and cuffs to Agnes Lockman, Mattie Lou Martin, Jean Hayes and Lillian Childsg her old white shoes that she has worn for two summers to Ola Mae Westbr-ooks. Ethel Farrar's geometry book goes to Gertrude Hardman and also her white collars and cuffs. To Sallie Masters goes all her cotton hose that she has had for the past three years, including a moth ball. Georgia Conger and Ellen Bell will to any senior girl who is willling to sterilize it, a boiler that has been used as a foot tub, for making coffee, cocoa, fruit salad and various other things. Ellen Bell gladly wills to Mary A nn Jacobs her Cicero book which has been her daily companion for eight months. To Lillie Tant goes the re- mainder of her sticking plaster that was used in senior sewing classes to stick the girls mouths together to prevent so much talking. Mariella Colquitt wills to Elizabeth Porter her collars and cuffs and to Addie Jones the privilege of climb- ing trees without a ladder. To Sarah Miller goes one of Gus- sie's collar and cuff sets. n SILVER AND BLUE 51 Ruth Newsome's tie goes to Inez Love. In Dorothy 10 in the ceiling where one plank is loose, may be found a recipe for making cocoa and a half bottle of peroxide, some of which Edith gave Mildred for cough medi- cine, also the rules for hiding the senior tree. These Ago to Janie and Alice Hume. Willie Sue Cordell bequeaths to Lurlie Ham the remainder of the faithful old broom which has served her for four years. She also wills to Gertrude Hardeman her white collar she took from her room just before tree day and she may have the culfs if she will come for them. Sadie Jeffcoat and Lurlie Ham leave to Edna Stephens and Otho Purcell a handsomely bound volume entitled A Senior's Reflections, said book containing an account of their dreams while under quarantine. Another book also being composed during the vacant periods in their room-This is a book on philosophy. Ruth Hart wills Lyla Murt Hend- erson her white collars. The handed down broom from class of '26 to Frances Foy if she will promise to use it every day and then hand it on to some one else. Exie Garner wills to Gertrude Thomas the cold she had that kept her from helping hide the tree and her footstool to Jackie Cadle. Evelyn Wyatt and Exie Garner bequeath to Georgia Conger their old white slippers that cost 51.25 a pair four years ago. Evelyn wills to Theo Reache her wash day dress and the scraps left from her senior sewing that may be used to patch the dress. To Masina Hicks goes her one overshoe to be worn on the foot next to the hospital or on the one next to the outside when the line is being inspected. To Edna Stephens goes Gladyfe Estes' old wash dress and slippers provided she will keep them clean as Gladys did and will not wash them as long as quarantine lasts. Aurelia's old wash dress is willed to Sparkie Hume if she will not launder it but once during the year and pass it on to the next class. Kathryn Turner and Vera Edwards collection of personal mentioned here. Said have a large property not things will go into the hands of the highest bidder at the auction sale to be held in Dorothy 8, May first. James Darkness Day wills his position as Whisker's right hand man to Pee Wee Huffg To Tom Meacham his hit with Mr. and Mrs. Groff and Miss Haskinsg his position as school car chauffeur goes to Claude Rivers if he will make use of those two years experience he had with a Ford before he came to Berryg to Harold Moody his hit with all the -orchestra girlsg and his songleading talent to Lacy Paulk on the condition that he will sing to Miss Anderson at least three nights a weekg as he is the -only one that can head a pig in a two foot alley, he wills this privilege to Sereno Beck. Garland Bagley gives to Rufus Molly Capehart his public speaking 52 SILVER AND BLUE ing abilityg to Tony Smith his luck as a duck hunter and lastly he be- queaths to Fred Weaver his past career on the stage that is if said Weaver will continue to run all per- formances as usual. Leroy Buckshot Butler wills his oratorical ability to Eulon Woodall provided that he will be in as many final debates, extemporaneous speak- ings and so forth as he hasg to Pee Wee Foster his enormous size but not his fighting spirit for it would be dangerous for a man of such size to have it. Last comes the one thing hard for Buckshot to part with, but here it goes, to anyone who wants it, his job in the kitchen, under the condition that they will get into three fusses a day with Miss Anderson and all-ow her to win out. Glenn Bryant the Bell ringer, wills to Mr, Skinner the privilege of hearing Miss Anderson'5 line of free Autocratic Lectures which are given each day and twice on Sundayg to Clarence Long his coifee percola- tor and to Senior Moody the long yearned for privilege of being a sen- ior which he has tried so long to be. The last will and testimony of James Young is as followsg Doc Wall gets his position as waiter provided he will swipe a quarter of a pound of butter each morningg to Friday Davis goes his room under the condition that he will listen for Mr. Cook to leave his room to turn out the lights and be in bed when he checks upg to Tony Smith his ability to dress like Mr. Cook a few nights before tree day and scare all the senior boys from the Girls School. Here is another of the brilliant boys of '28 who leaves his hit with Miss Anderson to Dexter Dowdey providing said Dowdey will chase Lucy Field with a pigeon through the kitchen each day so as to keep up his hitg to Lum Womack goes his privi- lege to dress up like a girl and go to the Girls School and have a little fun on the condition that he won't leave in too much haste. To John Crane goes Jack Strain's straw hat provided he will wear said hat on all sad and serious occasionsg to Clarence Lamb his privilege of acting like Charlie Chaplin at the Girls' School on Sunday evenings if he will wear his shoes straight and carry a Sears-Roebuck Catalogg to James Seay his hit with Girls' School Faculty provided he will stay out of fiower bedsg to Thomas Uproar Meacham his hit with the fair sex also his place on the Lemley bath- room quartet. Robert Chastain does hereby sure- ly and sadly will and bequeath his r-oom to Peanut Groover provided said Peanut will run a ,pressing club on a better scale than he did: his baseball ability to Pee Wee Fosterg to Johnnie Cannon his hit with the girls. Obadiah Tomlinson wills his posi- tion as official barber Of Lemley Hall to Gilbert Hulme and Ben She- ram on the condition that they will not charge over fifteen cents a head as that is all any ordinary head is SILVER AND BLUE 53 worth and most of the time that has to be charged and never collected. Hoke Hamrick wills to George Collier his musical ability with the understanding that said party will frog church and Sunday School and practiceg his hit with Miss Williams goes to anyone with a mustache. James Smith wills his hit with the ladies to Edd Lee Capps providing he does not let them get too personal with himg to Lloyd Lacy his work at dairy if he will be Hey fella you wonna watch that's! right hand man, to Guy Davis his room at Emery on the condition that he keeps up the religious spirit and a supply of shoe polish for Hog Daddy Mitchellg to George Collier his P. C. in making ice creamy to Hooty Wheelis his privilege of butchering and deliver- ing meat at the Girls' School if he will promise to wear patched britches and be a 'Senior' Moody among the ladies as he has been. Verdell Deck hereby wills and be- queaths a mirror and an empty lotion bottle to Tony Smith provided he will refill the bottle and apply it in making up in front of the mirror as he did while ro-oming with Earl Smith. At his death his body is to go to Mr. Skinner so that he can auction it off and live in ease from the proceeds thereof 3 his ability to make all the girls in the Junior Class fall for him goes to George Collier. Due to Mike Pyle's open heart he wishes to leave to Pee Wee Foster all his weights and exercises which have made such a physical, mental, and moral giant of him-not to mention his beautyg to Sister Smith his girlish waysg to Hoyt Jiles his talent as a. banjo picker on the condition that he will not allow any- one to call him Tenor Banjo. From Ernest Huff to Edd Lee Capps goes his ability to make cocoa if said Capps will have his head in a bowl when Mr. Cook checks upg to Fred Case his social standingg to Hog Daddy his hit with Whiskers 3 his straight chair job which was given him January lst by the Dean of Labor goes to O. C. Skinner with the understanding that he is not to frog. Reese Wooley hereby wills his hit on the farm to John Crane pro- vided he will not room at Fairfield with Whiskers this summerg to Ramah Underwood his position as fire- man at Rhea Hall provided he can keep the steam out of the bath room. His love for the women goes to Mr. Nabors' right hand man if he won't paint Rome Cottage Kitchen more than once a weekg his art of eating razor blades, light bulbs, victor re- cords, etc., goes to C h a r l e s Hod- gens and Jonnie Word, if they will eat blades that have been used as the boys can't afford to buy new blades for them to eat. Leamon Mulkey does hereby, will and bequeath, his ro 0 m to J. C. Wheeler and Shoesole Jiles provi- ded they will stay in it as much next year as they did this yearg his un- surpassed voice to Sereno Beck: Fred Case his athletic abilityg to Mutt Ward his position as fireman at the dining hall if he can keep Miss 54 SILVER AND BLUE Anderson's room the same tempera- ture all the time. Clarence C Smith wills Gran- ville Bridges the privilege of pour- ing cream off the top of each can of milk provided he will carry each can of milk from the dairy and can keep Wesley Nunn from running to Miss Anderson and telling on him. Since Lindy Corbin and Bill Kerr are so close related they Wish to make their will together: Their hit with Miss Anderson goes to Lacy Paulkg their frying pan and kitchen set to James Seay if he will use them as much as they have been used in the pastg it is with great pleasure they leave their ability to win hearts to Senior Moodyg they also leave to same Moody the empty hair tonic bottle if said Moody will r e fill them and use on his beautiful locks. Quinn Rollins wills John Word his old Dairy hatg to Lacy Paulk his hit with Mr. Greesong he also willingly and anxiously leaves to Red Wor- ley his ability to make candy, coffee, cocoa etc., but the co oking out- fit goes to Rudeseal. Bradly McBrayer hereby wills and bequest his job of feeding calves to Gordon Foy, provided he will awake all the boys on first floor Lemley each morning at five o'clock3 to Black- stock his hit with Mr. Whiskers Beaird if he will agree to get to the barn just ahead of Lonnie Helton at least once a week to Ho otie Wheelis his old tractor if he will not boil corn in the radiator, Elbert Forester leaves his job as devil at the print shop to Dr, Deang to Sereno Beck his position in the string bandg to Frank Gay his place on the honor roll providing he always makes B on conduct. The unsurpassed saprano. voice of Jitney Ford goes to Red Laney to his brother the ability of conquer- ing the Smiths, if said brother will try it on another Smith. From the cooks of our Class, Ves- tus Dood, Vencent Buell and J. T. Bagwell, to the Junior Class goes all the cooking outfit, provided they will get it from Mr. Skinnerg to anyone that can milk their privilege of mid- night milking. The vast accumulation of wealth privileges, personal property and various other assets of th-e following four boys: Sleepy Kelley, Mulli- gan Bedwell, Earl Smith and Red Adair will not be given away in a lavished way but on May 2, at 2:30 o'clock, half way between Emery and Lemley there is to take place one of the biggest sales the Berry Schools have ever known. 1 Traveler: Porter, I want to be called at five o'clock in the morning. Porter: Boss, Ah guess y o u al l isn't aquainted with these h e a h modden 'nventions. See dis heah button, heah? 'Well, when youall wants to be called, youall jest presses dat button, an' we comes an' calls you, -Frivol. SILVER AND BLUE 55 The Train To Those We Leave Behind I . The Berry Train is scheduled now , I The time has come when schoolmates To stop and change its crew, And all the things we've left undone We now give up to you. Be sure to watch each little thing And give it careful thought, For little things not rightly done Have great disasters wrought. II The train's conductor you wil find To be the founder of our school, To hold her standards ever high Has been our highest rule. The Berry Train must be kept clean And always on the go, To reach the goal that's set for us The race will not be slow. III We've worked, studied, and tried so hard To keep its course aright, When we thought the rails most straight Another curve would come to sight. Many tunnels and trestles have been along our way, But safely crossed are they all today, For we kept the onward spirit and have reached our goal. But now we change for other trips on life's great road. IV On this glad graduation day, Tis hard to say farewell, How strong the ties that bind us here No human tongue can tell. All aboard! We hear the call The old crew leaves its place, Now, may the Founder's spirit guide On this new and unknown race. must part And it makes us all feel blue, For the pleasantest memories in each ones heart Are the memories we treasure and hold of you. II If we ever again should meet you, And if so we'll certainly be glad With the cheerfulest smile we'll greet you And talk of the many good times we've had. III When friend are parting as we are today, It's difficult to hide all sadness But let's say farewell in a cheerful way And overcome our grief with glad- ness. IV As we bid farewell to you, We hope we've impressed y-ou well We hope you will profit by our many mistakes And we bid you a fond farewell. . Where are you going? I'm taking ,my son to the' museum. Great guns, man, no! Is that so? And what is there peculiar about him? --Ski-U. Mah. 56 SILVER AND BLUE Salutatory How many, many times in life we are forced to admit the inadequacy of mere words to express the deepest sentiments of the soul. Our hearts fill with emotion and we learn when our tongues falter and our lips re- fuse to utter the words we wish them to, something of what Tennyson had in his heart when he said: I wish that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. Dear friends, this occassion is one of those times. Did you ever stop to think how much may lie underneath the surface of this word which I have been chosen to speak to you? Wel- come! The word that endeavors to assure you that you have well come -the word that we try to express in so many ways, yet that may be summed up in these words: My first I hope y-ou are: My second I see you areg My whole I know you are! For after all our words and high sounding phrases how much more can we really put into this greeting to our friends-we hope you are well, we see you have come, and we know you are welcome! Words are elastic. Of themselves they may be very small and apparent- ly worthless, but stretched to the fullest extent of their capabilities they may be made to express far more than we ourselves may be able to realize. Sometimes our words sound exaggerating and seem to try to say more than our hearts really prompt. Again we may find all words far to weak to convey to our friends the emotions that are flooding the innermost recesses of our being. Dear friends, I must say again that this is the position in which we finl ourselves today. To you, this in- deed may be a pleasant occasion, for we shall certainly do our best to make it sog but at best, it will be only one of many, many such occasions in your rife, which, enjoyable as they may be at the time, are but fleeing in their influences. To Us it is a great occasion, one of the brightest spots in our lives, and bound to live in all our memories forever. To you, it may be a pleasant place to be amused for an hourg to us it a gleaming milestone along the journey of life, and the interest you show in us by coming to bid us God- speed on the way is most deeply and truly appreciated. T-o those of you who have a per- sonal interest in us as the boys and you have seen grow up from girls infancy, it means, of course, far more than to the chance guest to whom we appear but as strangers. To those, to-0, who can remember their own thoughts and emotions on similar occasions in their own lives, it will be a pleasant reminder of those early hopes and aims and will incite in them a deeper sympathy of all that we are feeling and dreaming as we enter the exercises of the day. To our parents and relatives, this is an hour of pride and affectiong to our teachers, an hour of mingling joy in our success, and regret, we SILVER AND BLUE 57 trust over the necessary parting. S-o much depends upon the individual point of view. As for us, this closes one epoch in our lives, the most important period we have yet known, and one of the utmost importance in its bearing up- on all our future careers. As we look back over the past few years, we feel that we can truthfully say that we have done our best at all times and in all places to make the most of our opportunities, as far as our young minds could understand it. We mean to continue to do that same best at all times and in all the places where fate may hereafter direct our paths. And we are sure that at this time every one must realize some- thing of what this means to us, and while grieving with us at the sunder- ing of our dear class ties, which each year has helped to make stronger, must at the same time rejoice with us that we have been able to accom- plish so much as we have, while wish- ing for each of Us greater triumphs in the future. We ask you then, dear friends, to be glad with us and for us, as we enter upon the program of the hour, sure that we are all most earnest in assuring you of our joy at having you with us, and that I, in the worm inspiration of your presence, am m-ost sincere in telling you, in the name of my classmates, how truly glad we are that you are here. We hope that you all may feel that it has been good to be with us today, and may see in all that we do and say, some assur- ance of your welcome, even while rea- lizing that as a class we cannot well ask you to come again, Valedictory Miss Berry, as spokesman for the Senior Class, I wish to tell you how we appreciate what you have meant to us. Your life's work here has been the means by which we have attained a higher plane of thought, of love, and of living. As long as life itself shall last, we shall cherish fond memories of the dear old place that owes its very beginning to you. Members of the faculty, perhaps you can forget how trying we have been and remember something plea- sant about us, We are deeply indeb- ted to you for having been instru- mental in our character building pro- cess. After we depart we shall strive to apply the things you have instilled in our lives, whereby not making your efforts spent in vain. When in future life you think Of past associ- ates, remember us, we shall appre- ciate it. College students and underclass- men, we shall remember our friend- ships formed with you, also we shall recall pleasant memories of friendly rivalry. We shall remember you. always, and we request that you do not forget us. And now fellow classmates, let us perpetuate the spirit of the finer things of life we have received here- let us be men and women that will be an honor to the Berry Schools, to the South, to America, and to God. 58 SILVER AND BLUE M A Jokes in Rhyme Surely in the class of 'twenty eight At least one man is classed as great. Am sure you will get some fun From the record of this Berry Son. ln his desire to grow and expand He left these parts for a distant land. The last we heard, we're sure 'tis true, One wife wasn't enough, so he had taken two. He set up an empire through victo- ries won And ruled as King Tut Tomlinson. He is here he is there, he is every- where, You'll know him by his bright red hair. And though unconquered, don't for- get Good Looks is going to Master yet. We've heard a rumor, it may be so, His girl told him where to go. Since then he's been much in despair And we feel very sorry for John Adair. Some are known by the way they talk Others by the way they walk. Here is a man that uses his tongue But the use of his legs affords us fun. 'Tis said one day he met with fame Trying to head a pig in the lane We know one thing, and it is that The pig must have been very fat, For if you try you'll see the way That pig got by Jimmy Day. We'I'e 80ing to be square and on the level In telling you about this printers devil. By his looks you'd never think He's good at slinging printers ink. Some day he is going to print a book And tell you how he improved his looks, For they say he loves to write And that his style is out of sight. He likes very much a Berry daughter And is making eyes at Elizabeth Shorter In this he has little hope of winning But Elbert Forester must make a beginning. The night that Crozer caught on fire This lad to climb did much aspire. Not satisfied, no not content To go where other firemen went, He risked his neck to go beyond And tresspassed on the danger zone. He slipped, he slid, all hearts did flutter, To see him hanging from the gutter. From that day to this and for reasons sound He has kept his feet upon the ground. You may not know it, but it is a fact That's how Morris got set-back. Who is this fellow, can you guess? So different from all the rest. Nature made him a man so tall We can't associate with him at all. He looks down from heights unknown Upon us poor mortals on the ground. We look up into infinite space And see smiling there, Tom Denton's face. SILVER AND BLUE 59 Though they look it, they are not But the rest of us were mighty glad, brothers For who wanted to hear night and day A nd they are different from the This boy learning how to play? othersg He left the band when he got sore One a brunette the other a blond ' -Both should let their hair grow long. When not at work their time is passed In front of their favorite looking glass. They know it gives the girls delight For their hair to be curled exactly right, In fact we heard the other day Some girls were trying to curl their way. The method of getting a permanent 'wave To the world, Pyle and Hamrick gave. Here is a man who views with alarm A labor assignment to the farm. In fact, we feel that he would like The job of patrolling the Summer- ville pike. He'd much prefer than keeping the mules To be out at night breaking the rules. Fired from the kitchen for swiping jelly. We refer, of course, to O Lula Kelly. He'g there with looks and plenty of poise And in the glass he's a great big noise. For we tell you that this man Was the leading member of the band Until at last some one did get And hide away his loud cornet. This may have made him very mad And opened up a ten cent store To all customers he is very cruel And they speak of him as Ten Cent Buell. O see him in his lordly poseg A dignified look, and a turned up nose. His hair combed down very slick We think he should really patent the trick. You could never tell by his look That he is the shadow of a Cook. He aspires to be a Gym instructor We'd like to see him a freight train conductor, A few strands of hair out of place. With a little smut upon his face, We do not feel that we are to blame For here attaching Bagleys name. Post Script- 'Tis said one day he showed foolish pluck By swimming the lake for a wounded duck. But after all it was vain striving For he could not keep the duck from diving. During work hours he watches the clock Being late to begin and early to stop. In Industrial Department he is really a drone And we've thought seriously of send- ing him home Though he does not like to work, He likes anything that wears a skirt. 60 SILVER AND BLUE He dresses in the latest style And trys to look like Malcolm Pyle. Some day he hopes to go to heaven, But you must change your ways, Clifford Evans. He is very small and he is very rough. He has plenty of gall when he struts his stuff. His grin extends from ear to ear lt will split his face some day we fear. Some day he hopes to be a man He is doing the very best he can. When he succeeds, he is bound To marry a girl from Cedartown. About this fellow we have said enough, We refer of course, to Ernest Huff. When tales are told and we make bold To sing a song that's never been sung, You hear about a Berry boy Who climed fame-'s ladder rung by rung. Alas! Alas! The ladder lead To the car of an airplane overheadg His leap to fame was very cute As he held onto a parachute. This is a song that's never been sung And predicts the future of Jimmie Young. There's bound to be in a class this size A boy who will take you by surpriS0, On his face is a look that is very meek Under his vest is the heart of a sheik. He picks his foreman with a great deal of care For he likes to sit in a rocking chair. A great big husky, he ought to be able To do more work than wait on a table. It is hard to iind a job to please This man who likes a life of ease. Though many things are wrong in his world ' We hope that Rollins has the Wright girl. We would like for this boy to tell us how It is possible at night to milk a cow. We hear he sleeps some during the day And travels at night the milky way. 'Tis said not very long ago fOne of his classmates told us sol In one of his travels he got a fright When his face was struck by a beam of light From a flash held in someones hand As he tried to spy on this Young man. It is a secret 'twixt you and me How he dodged from tree to tree And on some trees in a certain place The bark is scratched by Bagwell's face. i- One day a circus came to t-own Of course we went to see the clown. We certainly got our money's worth To see strange people on this earth: A little many a woman fat A monkey whose face resembled a cat. In this company to our surprise We found a classmate in disguise. It required but little to make him odd, But 'twas none other than Vestus Dodd. SILVER AND BLUE 61 He likes his work and he's never There came to Berry on a day that iiunked was damp, And ,we wonder why he is fond of A ragged little fellow that looked junk like a tramp. In fact he thinks its well worth His wealth consisted of a postage while stamp To risk his future in a junk pile. The hardest problem he has dealt with yet Is to change a letter in the alphabet. He'd give a lot if he knew it was so That same day he can change R in Worley 'to O. Being a most efficient man, We're inclined to believe that Reese W ooley can. Here's a boy so much in love He reminds us of a cooing dove. He spends his time around this place Trying to change the looks of his face. Poor fellow, we say it can't be done, Your face was made that way, son. If love is blind, there's hope for you We'd like to see what you can do. Be Fleet of Foot to do your part, Perhaps you'll win a Ruby heart. May your efforts be not in vain, We wish you luck, Robert Chastain. We must not count this boy contrary Because he wants to run the Dairy. It takes good milk to make co-coa Any cook will tell you so. Another reason you can see Is his fondness for Will McB. The third we will tell you any how- He just loves to milk a cow. When he marries and settles down, Mu1key's dairy will win renown. And a shock of red hair that shone like a lamp, In this boy a change has been wrought For he found at Berry just what he sought. 1 Sad to relate he has been taught How to get byg how not to get caught. He still carries his brilliant lamp, But he used his only postage stamp For a mail order course in how to vamp. This is the story of Wayne Camp. If you want to win two bets Count not these boys Miss Ander- son's pets. In fact, no matter what the weather We hear them complimenting each other. We know because from the Drawing Room We hear their talkg we see their gloom. - What it's all about we cannot tell We think each wants to ring a Bell She shakes her finger in their faces And tells them how to keep their places. One is meek and mild, not defiant You'd never know that was Glenn Bryant Nor does the other pine or mope As Ray Strains at the Bell rope. 62 SILVER AND BLUE' g - Arriving at Berry in a h-ome-spun suit With nothing in his trunk but a bag of fruit This boy came from Salem South 'Cause his farm went broke, 'count of a drought. You'll never have thought he'd be- become a dandy Spending his money for high priced candy. He came to Berry for an education But we doubt very much his gradua- tion. For about him we'll have to be per- fectly frank And tell you that now his thoughts are Blank. In athletics at Berry he did nothing at all Until he tried to play basket-ball. Then he got chesty like a red breast robin We refer of course to Christopher Corbin. 'Tis said sometimes the greatest prize Is wrapped in the package of the smallest size. In choosing such, here is our advice, Before you actually pay the price, You should take a peep inside to know If what you think is actually so. If this boy ever becomes a man He will have to be judged by such a plan. Attached to him would be a little treasure If you judged him by his measure. You have to search in heaven and earth To find what Buckshot Butler's worth. It is often that a sooth-sayer Will tell only things you want to hear, About this fellow he speaks the truth Though he has no thought of hurting the youth. Here is a man who wears a peck Of Adam's apples in his neck. They say he is fond of apple pie It is easy to see the reason why. Am sure you will learn with great surprise That once he won a beauty prize. ln athletic games he is not a player We refer, of course, to Bradley Mc- Brayer. V Who would have thought two years ago That this young man could develop so. We regret it is true, but we must say He developed in a peculiar way. With him at Berry nothing went amiss Until he began to room with Chris, Then his body grew strong, while his mind grew weak- We could tell you more, but we dare not speak For fear that we would cast a slur Upon the name of William Kerr. If we could in the future look And turn the pages of times great book, We would be interested quite a lot To find on one clean page a blot, Of course we'd want at once to know Why that record was blotted so And it makes us very sad to state 'Twas one of the class of 'twenty eight. SILVER AND BLUE 63 Am sure that you will give a shout And sell him for half he thinks he's When you learn what it is about, worth, There came one day an ugly lady You would be classed as the richest Who vamped and ran away with man Frady. A man who likes well his bed And in cross-country runs is usually ahead. In other things he is slightly behind, He never can get to class on time. In his walk he resembles a kangaroo As he amples one step and shufiles two, About his movements we have our doubt, When his room is checked, he is usually out. Where he is you can never tell We refer of course, to Carl Bedwell. A man who all through life will bear The brunt of jokes, some poor, some fair. Not because he met with fame But for the way he spells his -name. We often wonder why it is true That some are great for what others do. This boy at home may always stay Though his name be carried far away. If you travel near or far You'1l find it printed on many a car. If we tell you more you may be bored But this is true of Brandon Ford. Oh me, Oh my! Whom have we here? The curiousest critter on this hemis- phere. In this class of 'twenty eight He is the fellow who takes the cake. If you could buy him with this earth In the length and breadth of this broad land. We are sure you are saying, well by heck! That's none other than Verdell Deck. Why write four rymes when one will do To tell about a boy or two. Members of this class admit That all they do is to sit and sit. In a class taught by Miss Hench All they did was to warm the bench. Their other teachers in vain did strive To keep their brains alive, alive. Now it's time some tears were shed For their brains are dead, are dead. Clarence, Earl, Homer, James, All these boys have SMITH names. Sambo: I'se always smokes quar- ter cigars, Rastus.- Rastus: Go on, nigger, you don't smoke no quarter cigars, you ain't that rich. Sombo: Yes, I does, too. De boss man he smokes three quarters and throws 'em away and I'se smokes ie oder quarter. -Yellow Jacket Voice Over Telephone: John come home right away. I've mixed the plugs in some way, the radio is all covered with frost and the electric box is singing. -Chanticleer. rvq. .Q V: 1. fl .gp ' Y'-- --1 . G . Y,-w...ag 1 wa.. 'fj: ,f'.p.- 'fb' sg-1 . . mv ,fa 11195 , 'E-W-'Y , : ' ff 1- '1-f 5 -'ik 5.1735 .' 5' Tiff. 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