Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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ROBERT ELI BURROUGHS Bethel, N. C. Bethel High School •17- ' 21; Treasurer Class ' 21; Treasurer Vance Literary Society; Mgr. Star Staff; Basket Ball Team ' 21; Debater ' 19, ' 20, 21; School Representative at Chapel Hill ' 19, ' 20; Track Team ' 19; Excelsior Music Club ' 21. If ladies and electricity will mix Bob will climb fast on the ladder of fame and reach the top with a grin. If iie takes you in hand, Sir, with an argument, he ' ll bray you !n a mortar .

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FRANCES WILLARD S!V:iTH Bethel, N. C. Bethel High School ' 17-21; Cor. Sec. Class ' 21; Sec. Ex- celsior Music Club; Pres. Hes- perian Literary Society; High School Debate ' 18- ' 19 ' 20, 21; Schncl Rcpresi: ntati e in Tri- angMlar Debate at Chapel H;1! ' 19, ' 20; Basket Ball Team; Class Prophet. Frank will win with her L ' Vin;; eyes. Who knows but they, with her oratical voice, will swav thousands. Tlais we sail without care or sorrow With t uit ror today and hope for tomorrow. NANNIE ELIZABETH ' WHITEHURST Bethel, N. C. Bethel High School ' 17-21; Vice-Pres. Class ' 21; Presi- dent Hesperian Literary So- ciety; winner recitation med- al ' 17; Class Historian. The meuse will lead Nan- cy Jane into the path of useful service. By her win- ning personality she will be a success in whatever phase of life she is called upon to fill. The fair, the chaste, the un- expretsive she .

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HISTORY CLASS 1921 (By Nannie Whitehurst) It was in the autumn of 1917 when we, fifteen newish, en- tered High School. The ages, sizes and mental capacity of each greatly varied. In the Freshman year of our High School life our clas was a large one. But several of our members for ' fferent reasons dropped out. Larry Brown, deciding that Bethel was entirely too small for a man of his ability, de- cided to cast his lot with the Cullowheo School, while Mary Manning nnd Russell Whitehurst fell along the pathway. Ru- helle Thomas, who was the life of our class, stopped because she found that her school life seriously interfered with her correspondence with her numerous beaux. Thelma Brown, ;?5n ' amin Manning and Carey Brown also decided that the Freshman class of Bethel High School was not for them, but other things called and they responded with light hearts, throw- ing Latin and Algebra to the winds. During our first year we underwent embarrassing experiences as freshmen. However, despite our many trials and tribulations, eleven of us came out as victors and were able to walk proudly into the sophomore class with due amount of dignity. This second year may truly be called The Golden Age of Our Youth. We never were blamed for our rudeness and were allowed to go unpunished for many ridiculous things, for nothing else could be expected of Sophs. We welcomed every freshman in the Newish class with delight and did our best toward training them in the way they should go. But as we saw that we never could change their freshman habits we de- voted our last two months to recapture our work. Again, we lost some of the members of our class. Xury Manning and Willie Lewis, deciding that they were men of the world, fell out of the ranks and filled places as such,. while Lucile Martin, real- izing that she had heart disease, decided to go down to Winter- ville to see if the climate there wouldn ' t improve her health.