Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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The survivors were a little tired when vacation came, and we thought that if all came back and worked as hard the next year as they did in their sophomore year, we would have a class to be proud of. The session of ' 19- ' 20 found the class of ' 21 plugging away on the third run of the journey. As juniors we couldn ' t help but look back with pleasure and forward with anticipation. We no longer had to receive the abuses lavished extravagant- ly upon freshmen. As juniors we felt ourselves very import- ant and did not fail to rub it into the newish. There were no hard feeling, of course, but at this step up the ladder of knowl- odge w e felt puffed up with importance and knew, or thought wo know more than the seniors and faculty combined. All of our members except six had fallen by the wayside, for different reasons, and these s ' x stuck fast and were, at the end of the term presented with the privilege of entering seniorland. We had come thus far and we had come in a run ; soma of us out of breath, but we determined to grit our teeth and finish in style yet. , Of the fifteen members tha tentercd as freshmen in ' 17 there were now only seven dignified seniors. Our vac; ' .tioii had pass- ed quickly and we returned soon and claimed the name of ' Seniors. Only a Senior knows how to appreciate that title. Red Andrews honored us with his presence this year. Among the numerous achievements of the Senior Class was the organ- isation of the Overall Club, which Red Andrews had the iionor of organizing. Physical training appealed to many of our members rather than mental. Red, deciding that he preferred the mill to French and English, fell f-om our i anks. Also, later on, one of our most active members, Helen IJullock, fell from the yacht of Seniorhood into the sea of matrimony, and the senior class draped our Dew Drop Inn private office in black for one day. We had at last come to the top step of the ladder, and now we had undergone the ■ ending process for so long that we felt we were by th ' s

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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.

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time transformed into small sparkling jewels. We felt the time drawing near for us to leave old Bethel High School, but in our hearts her name shall we enthrone. We shall forever cherish and honor her. Memories of her will make sweet the joys that here we know . For us new paths are opened and new duties will fill our days, but as we leave these dear old walls may our lives be an honor to her fair name ! Now we feel a sadness that will never pass away, for we know we shall never return a sstudents to her dear old walls again.