Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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CLASS STATISTICS (By Robert Burroughs) This class is composed of five animals that broke out of the local zoological garden in nineteen hundred seventeen and entered Bethel High School. The total height of this class is twenty-six feet and eight inches. The volume of this clasi is one hundred thirty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty four cubic inches. The to- tal weight of this class is seven hundred and fifty pounds. In order to get an idea of the size of this class( we will think of it in mechanical terms; that is, if an object equal in weight to the total weight of this class were to fall a distance equal to the total height of this class it would develop twenty thirty-thirds of a horsepower. Annie Gerteude Jones, the largest one in the class, weighs one hundred and seventy pounds. She is about six feet tall, not counting the heels under her shoes. While she was in school her most interesting subjects were geometry and alge- bra ,but she seemed to do better work on those she did not like so well. Annie Gertrude is very fond of boys. Perhaps this ac- counts for her disliking the subjects which boys generally omit. Clarence Whitehurst, better known as Silas Green or Fros- ty, is the most attractive member of the class, as his names im- ply. His coal black hair is very wavy and he is about 5 feet high. ■ Silas is not very crazy over girls, but they are crazy over him. it must be that black hair and gray eyes that draw them like honey draws the flies. Frances Smith, the shortest of all the girls in this class, is a typical blonde. She has very little, if any, use for boys. She de- spises the ground their shadow falls upon. Frances is an ex- cellent student in mathematics, but not much on foreign lan- guages, as she does not like them, so she does not study them very much. Frances has never in the whole history of her high school life agreed with Robert Burroughs, another animal of this class on any subject. If any question arises, this class can

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CLASS SONG (By Clarence Whitehurst) (With apologies to Stephen Foster) Gone are the days when we were fresh and green, Gone is the time as Sophomores we were seen, Gone Junior year and Senior all so dear, We hear the voice of High School students no more here. Out in the world we go to take our place, And meet our trials with a smiling face ; Though sad we are to leave this hallowed spot, With heroism we meet our task and take our lot. As years go by in duty ' s path we ' ll stay, Our motto grand we ' ll follow day by day; And to our school our hearts will e ' er be true, I ' ntil life ' s work is ended and we live anew. CLASS POEM (By Clarence Whitehurst) The years of toil have fled at last, As thru the high school we, have passed; Seniors now, who bore ' mid toil and strife The many cares of high school ' life. In freshmen days we saw the light Of Senior glory gleam clear and bright; The four weary years seemed hard and long, But we mounted our ladder with a song. Oh, stop, the gay world said, and rest; Don ' t bother your head with quizzes and tests. But with our aim ever in sight, We toiled upward thru the night. And now we have reached the.longed-for day, Tired, but proudly happy and gay. While up in the sky, serene and far. Shines our own unfailing star.

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say it is not one-sided, because Frances and Bob will be sure to take opposite sides on it. Nannie Whitehurst is the longest and slimmest member of this class. She is about six and one-half feet tall and weighs only ninety pounds. Nannie is noted for the rapid speed at V -hich she walks. Nannie makes the honor roll every month. Robert Burroughs is the shortest member of the whole class. He weighs nearly two hundred and twenty-five pounds. For Geometry he| cares very little, but lie likes French and English very well. Bob spends the largest part of his time studying science. He is crazy over the girls, but unlike Silas , the girls are not very crazy over him. The total circumference of this class is one hundred and fifty feet. The combined age is eighty-five years.