Biscoe High School - Yearbook (Biscoe, NC)

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Patrons of the school, we realize that it is your silent influence at work that has made it possible for us to come to this glad hour, through your endurance and support in times of seeming depression. As we pause tonight upon the threshold of active life, the doors of our beloved Biscoe High School swinging behind us, you wonder, as we do, just what we are going to get out of life. There is but one satisfactory answer: We are going to get out of life exactly what we put into it. It remains then that each one of us must decide within ourselves just what our goal shall be. Classmates, the saddest farewell of all is that which we must take of each other. What shall I say to you? We part tonight te enter our separate worlds. We have been such close friends and companions that We shall miss one another for some time to come, and we shall feel a lack that nothing can quite fill. We have studied together, have hoped and planned together, and we experience a joy as we realize our accom- plishment together. Yet it is with sadness that we who appear before you for the last time as a class must bid farewell to Biscoe High School. Farewell, a sound which hath been and must be, a sound which makes us linger - yet - Farewell . Through varying wishes, hopes and fears, Fever'd the progress of these years, Yet now, days, weeks and months but seem The recollection of a dream. Scott Farewell, and stand fast -- Shakespeare Senior Data MOTTO Not for ourselves, but for others COLORS Blue and White FLOWER Red Rose MASCOTS Betty Gayle Green - Gary Batten GRADEMOTHERS Mrs. C. G. Buie Mrs. C. R. Poole Mrs. A. L. Saunders Mrs. H. A. McKinnon MARSHALS George Williams, Chief Betty Lou Harvel Ann Burt Mary Hix Winford Batten SCHOOL SONG Here's to dear old Biscoe, Faithful and true, Here's to our banner of the White and Blue, Here's to men and women who Come and gog Singing a victory song of Old Biscoe. Farewell! If ever fondest prayer For others weal availed on high, Mine will not all be lost in air But waft thy name beyond the sky. 1 Byron

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Staff Editor . .... . ,.,........ C arol lVLcAlister Asst. Editor .. .,,,,,..., Martha Buie Art Editor E . ........, Doris Greene Business Mgr. ..........,E...... Blanche Chriscoe Production Mgr. ,....o Mary Anne Mckinnon Advertising ....,. . ........,.,.r....v....,,., Seniors Typists . wE......,. .... ..,...,........... S e niors Faculty Advisors . .....r. .. . .. Mrs. McDuffie Mrs. Connor - Mrs. Lamn Farewell! fValedictory - Carol McAlisterj We who come before you tonight at the meeting between a happy past and un- known future have reached not the end, but the commencement of our lives. What our lives are to be depends greatly upon the foundation that we have been building for the past twelve years. All these years of our student life We have been on the receiving hand. Life has been showering upon us its best gifts. It is true that we have justly earned a certain portion of all that we have obtained, yet we owe much. The fact that we are debtors does not mean that we must repay in dol- lars and cents, but in service, faithfulness to duty, in the uplift of our neighbor - yes, perhaps in unavailing pain, heartaches, and tears. First, and above all, we are indebted to our God - the very foundation and begin- ning of our being. The memories of the past make us desire to express our deepest appreciation to everyone who has had a hand in our educa- tion. Dear parents, we cannot pass this first milestone of our lives without expressing our thanks to you from the bottom of our hearts, for the opportunity of beginning this journey and so continuing it. To you, who in understanding love, have provided the way and necessities, removed barriers, and prevented disasters during these twe- lve years of our journey. Members of the faculty, upon our depar- ture we begin to value more definitely the place you have held in our lives. We are grateful for your endurance, concern, sym- pathy, and imparted knowledge. In the future as we meet problems our minds shall turn again to those times when you helped us in our decisions. Dear teachers, you must all know how much we appreci- ate you, and how much we mean by the only words we can find to say - Thank you, and God bless you. Undergraduates, we are leaving you in the best and most capable hands we know. Yet, we feel that we must not leave our places in the classroom and the school ac- tivities to your full and free enjoyment, without reminding you of that old proverb: Sow a thought - reap an action Sow an action - reap a habit Sow a habit - reap a character Sow a character - reap a destiny . How necessary for you then to sow with greatest care from the beginning, even as we have tried to do before you, and to think only those true and pure thoughts that eventually develop into the strong and noble life you wish to build for truly, God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap . As stu- dents during these years of school life, we have already experienced the working of the great eternal God. We have earned our reward and suffered our punishments. For every wasted hour, unfinished task, and idle moment, we have paid in the time of examination. We wish it were possible for you who come after us to profit by our ex- periences.

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REMINISCENCES CF OUR SENIOR YEAR Class Rings Arrive A squeal, a yell, a glorious shout, was heard one day in early September. It came from the seniors! A crowd had gathered about them and I heard them exclaiming, How beautiful they are! And looking to see what had caused the commotion, I saw that on the second finger of the right hand each senior wore a Biscoe High School ring. The rings have a blue stone with a crest in the center and 1950 written on the side. Seniors Entertain Juniors Among a setting of cornstalks, pumpkins, candlelight, and the other Thanksgiving decorations, the seniors feted the juniors at a party in the lunchroom on November 21, 1949. The refreshments consisted of sand- wiches, olives, pickles, stuffed celery, mints nuts, pumpkin tarts, and soft drinks. Upon entering the lunchroom, every per- son was given a hat made of the fall colors. Joann Gaddy, Doris Greene, Paul Mc- Lendon, and Curtiss Crotts entertained us with several musical selections. we played records the entire evening and dancing was enjoyed by those who so desired. Never delay To do the duty which the hour brings, Whether it be in great or smaller things, For who doth know What he shall do the coming day? E Anon Christmas Party Christmas holidays began on December 21st, These welcomed days of rest were ushered in properly when the grade mothers, Mrs. Buie, Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. Saunders, and Mrs. Poole, entertained the seniors with a delightful party in the school cafeteria. Cokes , cake, and ice- cream, in the shape of bells and Santa Clauses, were served by the grademothers. 'Other members of the faculty were present. The Christmas spirit was felt by everyone as they joined in singing Christmas carols. Many thanks, Grademothers! Seniors Enjoy Weiner Roast The evening of February 15 was one that will long be remembered by the class of 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Van Hix graciously con- sented to allow us to have a Weiner roast on their lawn. We used their grill, and it proved to be ideal for cooking the delicious and savory hot dogs . After eating to our satisfaction, we play- ed games and sang songs. As a climax to the delightful evening, we attended the movies where we were highly entertained by the antics of The Girl and The Doctor . He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beastg He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small, For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. Coleridge