Boyden High School - Echo Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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s w J simjuaS . . • It has been an unpredictable road that the class of ' 48 has traveled, even from the date of birth. The community has undergone many changes in the last eighteen years and this group has felt and weathered them all. Having been born in the dark days of 1930, we were considered a crop of depression babies. We survived the hard times, however, and in pigtails and kneepants we faced adventures with the three R ' s. In 1941, our country was plunged into war. Even at the age of eleven we were concerned about our future. Though we weren ' t old enough to take an active part in the war, we felt that we, as a part of the community, should do everything we could to help win the peace. With our pennies, defense stamps, victory stamps, war stamps were bought; waste paper was collected; and air raid drills were practiced. We took the circumstances that war causes in our stride. About this time, another grade was added to our school system and, as a result, we are the first entire group to complete the full twelve year curriculum. Higher school taxes were needed with this addition; these taxes had to be voted on by our parents. We distributed pamphlets and helped to influence our elders to vote for them. Two such elections have been successful since we have been in school, and there is a hint of pride among us that we helped make them so. In 1944 we were ready for the long awaited day—our entrance into Boyden High School. School was delayed because of a polio epidemic that had ravaged this part of the country. When the doors were opened on September the eighteenth, it was a rainy day, but this did not dampen our spirits. We were a hopeful lot, and looked for brighter days to come. During the past four years the faculty has seemed to play fruit basket turnover. Three different principals we have had, three different head coaches, three different librarians, and many, many changes in the different departments. We accredit these variations to the war; at least we hope we haven ' t been such problem children that we have forced them. With the coming of peace in 1945, we found many veterans were returning to high school. They were accepted into the fold, not as older men, but as fellow students. During the year that we were Juniors, many of us went to Raleigh on chartered buses. There we saw our state legislature in session and met the congressmen from this community. Our class has been a group with much individuality, one which has shown great interest in selecting vocations. In November, we Seniors sponsored College Day. It was on this day that representatives from different colleges in the state came to talk over the problems that arise when many of us try to squeeze into the institutions of higher learning. Some weeks later, Career Day was held for the first time in Boyden. People with different vocations in Salisbury held discussion groups about the advan¬ tages and disadvantages of their work. Career Day was a help to those not going to college as well as to those that are. The Yellow Jacket Staff deserve much credit for the wonderful job they have done this year. In addition to printing an excellent paper almost every week, they published the handbook, Black and Gold, helped put on a fifteen minute radio broadcast every week over WSTP, and have kept the community informed of the activities of the Stu¬ dents at Boyden through the Salisbury Evening Post. The Yellow Jacket Staff have truly brought a closer relationship between Salisbury and Boyden. The influence of the Class of ' 48 has been felt throughout the cify. Most of its members are associated with the church, the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A., the Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, or some other civic organization. The Youth Center also claims a large percentage of this class as members. The students at Boyden are learning to govern themselves in high school so that they will know how it is to be done when they take their places in adult civic life. The Student Council has really made a name for itself this year. The revising of the constitution was the first great undertaking. Then in April the Student Council was host to the Western District North Carolina Student Council Congress. About fifty schools were represented here with two hundred delegates. A dance and a banquet at the Yadkin Hotel afforded the entertainment for the delegates. Pleasure was not the purpose of the meeting, however, and they showed this when they attended differ¬ ent discussion groups under the theme Democratic Participation in Student Council Activities. The Sociology Council, which was formed this year, for the first time, by the Seniors, has sponsored many drives to help the community. Campaigns for Red Cross membership, tuberculosis, polio, and community chest contributions have been more than successful. Too, baskets of food were distributed to the needy at Thanksgiving. The community has done much for us also. Many people have offered trophies to students at Boyden who excel in different fields. The merchants have been very helpful to our D.E. and D.O. students. The people of the city have helped expand the recrea¬ tional and athletic program. The civic clubs bought sweaters for the football team and watches for the coaches after our team won the Dairy Bowl against Chester, South Carolina, and were acclaimed one of the best teams in the state. Yes, we ' ve had our ups and downs. The road ahead is still uncertain, but you may be sure that whatever is in store for us, we will be prepared to face. Our teachers, parents, and members of the community have made the road broader, straighter, and the load lighter; for this we shall be ever grateful. RACHEL GILLEAN, Historian

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Sweet disposition . . . poise composed MRS. ELMA GAFFORD Capable . . . sagacious MRS. MINNIE M. GASTON MISS LOUISE GOFORTH Understanding . . . Sympathetic . . . good taste helpful MISS IDA GORDNER MISS ALMERIA GORDON Kind-hearted . . . Gentle . . . enthusiastic sincere MISS MABEL O. JOHNSON Placid . . . composed MISS ELIZABETH JONES Fun-loving . . . substantial MR. J. CALVIN KOONTS Cooperative . . . musical MISS EMMA M. MARSTON Precise . . . indefatigable MISS VIVIAN McCALL Industrious . . . consistent MISS VIRGINIA SMOOT Diligent . . . efficient MR. RICHARD E. SOUTHWICK An artisan . . . individualistic MISS ELISE WAGONER Jolly. . . a winning smile MRS. ANNA R. WILLIAMS Neat . . . dainty MISS FRANCES G. WILLIAMS Amicable . . . jovial

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D{cu , (Z tzc j£JL . . . Conclusion Of High School Preparation. . . . Initiation Into Adult Participation And Service To The Community.