Biscoe High School - Yearbook (Biscoe, NC)

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Commencement Exercises Baccalaureate Sermon May 21, 1950 11:00 A. M. Processional Thy Holy Name - Wilson Glee Club . Invocation Hymn - Holy, Holy, Holy Prayer Heart Divine Dvorak Scripture Lesson Sermon - Rev. Rommie Pearce, Wingate College Solo - The Holy City Adams Paul M'cLendon Benediction Recessional Graduation Exercises May 24, 1950 8:00 P M. Processional Invocation Salutatory - Martha Buie The Year's at the Spring - Glee Club Cain Introduction of Speaker Commencement Address J. O. Bowman, Supt. Anson County Schools The Lost Chord Sullivan Glee Club Presentation of Diplomas Valedictory - Carol McAlister Presentation of Hix Medal Recessional x g Seniors Will Miss Those good old times at Glee Club-An issue of the Hi-Lites-Try outs for plays- The fun we have at basketball games- Taking over the front seats in chapel- Fighting over who will go to lunch first- Memorizing Shakespeare for Mrs. Connor -The night of the J unior-Senior-Having their pictures taken-Mr. Matthews coach- ing-Shouting in study halls-The old senior room-Christmas Vacations-Eas- ter Monday fishing trips-Chewing gum on class-Going down town to lunch- Leaving study halls-Mr. Matthews' Pop Quizzes-Mrs. McDuffie's classes-Skipl ing classes-And writing THEMES FOR MR. LAMM. Class Night Exercises On the evening of May 23 the seniors, with the aid of the juniors, invited their friends to share with them their garden of dreams . Dream music was appropriately interspersed throughout the program and the various class night exercises effectively given. Class Historian .... Mary Anne McKinnon Class Prophet ........................ Doris Greene Class Testator ....... ....... B ernice Coggins Class Poet ................................ Doris Greene The program closed with a candle-light recessional and The End of a Perfect Day .

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Last Will And Testament We, the Seniors Class of the Biscoe High' School, being now ready to lay down our high school activities, and enter the world beyond the door of high school, and realiz- ing that we shall no longer have need for many of the articles, talents, and assets which worked to our advantage in high school, now make this our last will and testament, revoking any former will or wills by us made. To our teachers we bequeath our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. To our principal we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been graduated, pleasant memories of our four years together, and a feeling of pride in any great deeds or note worthy achieve- ments that our future may contain, realiz- ing that such glories, if any, will owe much to his example and counsel. To the freshmen we express a wish that they will always be loyal students to Bis- coe High School and will come to love her customs and traditions the same as we have. To the sophomores we bequeath our deep knowledge of how to get along with and influence people. We surely had to influ- ence someone to get along as we have. To the juniors we leave all our positions on the athletic teams, in Glee Club, our class colors, and even our front seats in chapel. To the whole school we bequeath as a memorial to our presence in high school, of time, our finger prints all over the build- ing, the echo of our voices ringing through the halls. Blanche Goodman wills her friendly smile to Ruby Lemonds. Martha Buie wills her love of English to Ray Rumple. Blanche Chriscoe wills her fondness for cuting classes and eating in school to Lu- cille Hurley. Bernice Coggins wills her bangs to Sara Lee Callihan. Virginia Davis wills he height to Joann Gaddy. Estelle Dyson wills her dignity to Mary Hix. Barbara Maness wills her lethargy to Vance Crotts. Carol lVLcAlister wills her industry to Gene Coker. Doris Greene wills her voice to Sibyl Strider. Mary Anne McKinnon wills her brillance in geometry to Edward Lee Hinson. Howard Britt wills his neatly combed hair to Harvey Poole. Dickie Poole wills his ability to stay out of trouble to Ingram Jenkins. Paul Maness wills his ability to spell to Melvin Yarboro. Marshall Maness wills his ability to talk unceasingly on the telephone to June Wallace. Fred Staley wills his school bus to Fred Bailey. Vernon Myrick wills his position as class wolf to Jimmy Myrick. Billy Saunders wills his ability to always date good-looking girls to Bobby Williams. In witness whereof we, the seniors, here- unto have put our hands and affixed of- ficial signatures in presence of all of us this, the 24th day of May, 1950.

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1950 LAURELS TO THE SENIORS Martha Buie - First place winner in the essay contest sponsored by the Biscoe Wo- 1nan's Club, entitled Our American Herit- age and Our Responsibilities as Ameri- cans First place winner of the Peace Ora- torical Gold Key. First place winner in the essay contest on The Truth About Bever- age Alcohol , and second place winner in the county finals. Salutatorian of her class. Carol McAlister - Winner of the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award for the girls, Co-Captain of the girls' basketball team, second place in the essay contest. Vale- dictorian of her class. Dickie Poole - Winner of the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award for the boys. Captain of the boys' basketball team, second place winner in the essay contest, The Truth About Beverage Alcohol . High hearts are never long without hearing some new call, some distant cla- rion of God, even in their dreams, and soon they are observed to break up the camp of ease, and start on some fresh march of faithful service. And, looking higher still, we find those who never wait till their moral work accumulates, and who forward resolution with no rest, with whom, therefore, the alternation is instan- taneous and constant, who do the good only to see the better, and see the better only to achieve it, who are too meek for re- morse, too earnest for repose, whose wor- ship is action, and whose action is ceaseless aspiration. J. Martineau Citizenship Medal Again the Junior Woman's Club is a- warding a citizenship medal to the student in high school who complies most fully with the requirements set as a standard for a good citizen. All students in high school are eligible for this award, thus making it possible for the same student to win it as often as he is adjudged worthy. The qualifications of leadership, sports- manship, scholarship, attitude, and service were considered as a basis for the selection of the recipient of this medal. lt is a distinct honor to Martha Buie to have won this medal two years in succes- sion. Her loyalty and unselfish devotion to all activities of school life are indeed to be commended. Hicks Memorial Medal Miss Carol McAlister, valedictorian of the senior class, has been named the 1950 winner of the Hicks Memorial Medal. This medal was awarded for a number of years to the student with the highest scholastic average by Mrs. W. B. Hicks as a memorial to her husband, a devoted patron of the school. Since Mrs. Hicks' death, her daugh- ters have continued the award.