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

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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,

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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.

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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.