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

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j • ?i CALENDAR Sepf. 15 —School opens with a lot of fresh “rats.” Sept. 16 —First football practice of the season. Sept. 27 —John Lawes takes up boxing, after the Dempsey-Tunney fight. Oct. 8 —First football game of the season, Blue Ridge 19, Farm School 0. Wingate sees his first game of football. Oct. 18 —Fassifern pays Blue Ridge their first visit to see the Hilltoppers down Biltmore Junior College, 27 to 0. Nov. 5 —The team goes to Charlotte to play Charlotte High, and is defeated 6 to 0. On the way back one of the cars has a breakdown. Mr. Andrews, John Lawes, and some other boys have to spend the night on the side of the road. Nov. 11 —Armistice. Blue Ridge defeats Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, 45 to 0. This will long be remembered as a track meet. No v. 12 —F assifern gave the Juniors and Seniors a reception. Girls! and still more girls! Nov. 17 —Cotillion Club gives their first dance in the dining hall. Turned out to be a crown¬ ing success. Dec. 13 —First basketball game, Brevard Institute 18, Blue Ridge 13. Dec. 16 —Crepe. Exams start. Dec. 17 —Archer and Burroughs pass solid geometry. Dec. 2 1 —Smiles but no tears. Everybody goes home. Merry Christmas. Jan. 1 — Happy New Year. Jan. 10 — Everybody back, with New Year ' s resolutions. One new boy. Jan. 16 —The new Blue Ridge flag was raised; speeches by Mr. Singletary, Dr, Hughes and Edmundo Valdez were the main events. Jan. 2 9 — Robert Bryce sees first snow which is the first snow of the year. Jan. 2 5 — Heffron stumps his toe and does not come out for basketball practice for two weeks. Jan. 2 6 — Webb takes the mumps. Everybody looking in looking-glass to see if they are swell¬ ing up. Feb. 4 — Covington puts a geometry problem on the board: Mr. Randolph so surprised that he has a fit. Final exam on solid geometry; the entire class passes. Feb. 9 — Extra! Charnley and Sloop make room permission? Feb. 11 — Lattimore arrives with his big mouth; no more rest for the weary. Feb. 20 —“Dummy” and “Goofy” take the measles; Mrs. Yearwood has a hard time trying to convince “Goofy” that he is not going to die. Feb. 21 — False alarm! Blue Ridge has a fire; it turned out to be in Dr. Hughes’ stove. No damage done. Feb. 22 — Webb wears his first “tux.” Feb. 24 —Blue Ridge beats High School. Three cheers. March 10 — Annual goes to press. Sighs of relief from the staff. June 1 —Graduation exercises. Diplomas. Good-bye, and tears. 86-10 1133

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of the Senior class of Blue Ridge School, City of Hender¬ sonville, County of Henderson, State of North Carolina, United States of America, World, being of unsound mind (owing to our grief at having to enter college next year), do hereby make known our last Will and Testament. Article I. To the class of ’29 we do hereby will and bequeath our senior dignity and our ability to rate room permission. Article II. To the student body in general we do hereby will and bequeath our ability to rate with the lassies in town, our deepest sympathy when they get to be seniors, and our undying loyalty to old Blue Ridge. Article III. To the Faculty we do will and bequeath our sincere appreci¬ ation and thanks for the kindly spirit and interest that they have shown in helping us up the ladder of our prep school career. I, George Burbage, do bequeath my ability to ‘ ' blackbottom” to Willie Reynolds. I, Lewis Bernhardt, do bequeath my highly cultivated horse-laugh to Joe Goddard. I, James Archer, do bequeath my sweet singing in “rat” meetings to J. C. Robinson. I, Milton Bryce, do bequeath my rating at Fassifern to my brother, Robert. May he keep up the good work. I, Jake Barnhardt, do bequeath my arbitrary decisions in sports to Morgan Heath. I, Charles Heffron, do bequeath my athletic ability to Clifton Wingate. I, Edmundo Valdez, do bequeath my gracefulness on the ballroom floor to James Price. I, Fred White, do bequeath my diabolical delight in teasing someone to Hasle Meacham. I, Norfleet Webb, do bequeath my girlish giggle to Julian Phipps. I, Sadler Hayes, do bequeath my innocent look and angelic smile to Alex Motsinger. I, Henry Burroughs, do bequeath my ability to get by with staying in bed through breakfast to Alexander Korn. I, Joe Stamey, do bequeath the duck of my last “El Ropo” to Cleve Cline. He will find the same under the head of my bed. Signed and Sealed this first day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-eight. Barron Grier, Class Lawyer. Witnesses: Anthracite, Janitor, BITUMINOUS, Assistant Janitor.

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