Blue Ridge School for Boys - Blue Ridgian Yearbook (Hendersonville, NC)

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The Gadawhee 1926 Senior Cl ass Offi cers JAMES K. WARD President ROBERT G. HAYES Vice-President SELWYN S. SCOTT Secretary MISS NEALE FEW Sponsor Twenty-Three

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The Gadawhee 1926 H Class Poem We are leaving ' , we must sever, From our school we must depart. We are leaving, but we ' ll never Fail to hold her near our heart. We have studied, played together, Learning lessons day by day; That through life will guide us ever Till our hair is gray. Friends we’ve gained, we’ll ever cherish, As the years roll by; Memories that will never perish; Thoughts that never die. W r e must go, and we must scatter, Scatter far and wide, it seems, But thy vision, Alma Mater, Fairest will be of our dreams. The path has not been strewn with roses, And we have at times felt blue, Though the door behind ns closes, To Blue Ridge we’ll be ever true. R. M. Albright ' 26. Twenty-Two

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’MJM JLLM2MIMIM2JVJL The Gadawhee 1926 m History of the Class of ’26 Blue Ridge will long remember the boys who went out in ’26 as graduates. Their achievements, their loyalty, their sociability, have helped to fill a page of her history that will be referred to often in the coming years. They have set a new precedent in the annals of the school. During its four years the Class of ’26 has seen the advent of a new Blue Ridge. The class leaves athletic prospects under the able leadership of Coach Lawrence, that were never brighter; a school paper, self-supporting, and a credit to the institution; an example of scholarship that attains no mean stan¬ dard ; and they publish the first annual since the foundation of the school. In 1922 ten freshmen arrived at Blue Ridge to become the nucleus of the Class of ’26: Case, Cathey, Erckman, Ewbank, Garren, Kelly T., Schenck, Scott, Smyth, and James Ward. This Class has grown until now it contains twenty- seven members, the largest graduating class in the history of the school. In athletics ’26 has given much to Blue Ridge. One has but to recall the names of Jim Ward and Bob Cathey to revive a spark of football enthus¬ iasm. In baseball and basketball the wonderful playing of Cyrus Case will long be remembered. Along with these, the names of Smyth, Garren, Ward II., Boyd, Hayes, Eden, and Brown will come to the mind of every member of ' 26 when sports at Blue Ridge are mentioned. In literary achievements the Class has also made important contributions. Albright, a one year man, leaves Blue Ridge having been largely responsible for the publication of a school paper and her first annual. The splendid work of this boy and his associates on the staffs of the Blue Ridgian and the Gada¬ whee is worthy of commendation. The Blue Ridge Literary Society, organized in lJ2o, is another accomplishment of the Class, and space forbids mentioning the excellent work of its members in this organization. Socially, the Class has been successful in every respect. The members of the football team have been entertained by civic organizations of Hendersonville, and the Class has been the guest, on numerous occasions, of the Fassifern girls at entertainments given at the school; and too, the Blue Ridge dances have been delightful affairs. Through the medium of state clubs, a social club, and other groups, much has been accomplished. A ith these successes, there have also been failures to be sure. But the real history of the class can not be so summarily written, as it is the record of the lives and struggles of youth. The greatest pride of the class is the boys who are m it. The greatest chapter of this history is yet to be written—the chapter of life—in college and the business world. Those who came to Blue Ridge seeking knowledge, go away well equipped with that knowledge which they sought, with self-confidence, and with experi¬ ence, ready to enter higher institutions of learning or to smilingly meet life with their own resourcefulness. And is it boastful to say that the present be¬ speaks of a future that is bright with the prospect of lives of achievement and service? But whatever may betide, every member of the Class will ever be a loyal son of Blue Ridge, a loyal son of ’26. Twenty-Four