Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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EDITORS IIklen Dry William Timberlake Baxter Ti m berlake Carlyle Wheeler Frances Smith Page Seven

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 Lucille Johnson Associate Editors : Helen Dry Frances Smith C A R LY LE W11EELER William Timberlake EDITORS Editor-In-Chief : M. Lucille Johnson Assistant Editors : Blanche Martin Mary Watts Clifton Poole Blanche Martin Faculty Committee : Mr. Meekins Miss Cranford Miss Siler Miss Brinson Judson Mangum Business Manager: Judson Mangum Assistant Manager : Baxter Timberlake Clifton Poole Page Six Mary Watts

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THE SPIRIT OF CARY HIGH SCHOOL As you enter the campus of C. 11. S., stroll slowly around the cement walk and gaze at the dignified beauty and academic charm of the buildings, at the grace- ful colonial columns that indicate a reverence for tradition and culture, and at the athletic field; a feeling that you cannot resist gradually steals over you; for you have felt the spirit of C. II. 8. But C. II. 8. is not just a collection of buildings, a campus and athletic field —C. II. S. is her student body, and it is in reality from the students, both past and present, that the spirit of C. II. 8. emanates. “What is the spirit of C. H. 8.?’’ you ask. It is a feeling that is too deep for words, that defies analysis, and yet, as one considers it, there seem to stand out pre-eminently four attributes especially characteristic of it—loyalty, industry, fellowship, and emulation. Emile Brontroux in answer to the question, “What is a nationality?” said: “The will of a certain number of persons to live together, to cultivate together common memories, and to pursue common aims is at once the essence and the test of nationality.” This definition is just as true of a school as of a nation. A school is in reality like a small nation. It has its laws, its customs, and its gov- erning body, just as any large community. While we term the feeling that we have for our native land patriotism ; that which we feel for the institution that we hold dear we call loyalty. True loyalty means that we are willing at all times to give our best efforts and our entire respect to the school toward which we have this sentiment. Unless we are willing to make some sacrifice, or work harder than we are actually called upon to do, we are not loyal, we are merely following the path of least resistance. We feel that Cary High School will always be back of us ready to aid and advise us as we need her, and that in the future she will stand for great things in the world of education. While we respect our school, it is through us that those who do not come into personal contact with her, revere her; for, beyond the belief of most people, the standing of a school in the community and the effect of a school in the country depend on the personal character of the graduates and under- graduates. In the community the students of a school make a power for good or evil; and by them in school, and by them after they have left school their school shall he judged. In this way, though we seldom suspect it, our school is judged, and we show our loyalty by being girls and boys that C. H. S. need never be ashamed of for bearing her name. The spirit of industry is often harder to carry out than the spirit of loyalty, for it is more prosaic. It lacks that feeling of uplift that goes with sacrifice and means steady plodding. What have you found most useful of all things school has given you? I think it is a willingness to do what I am asked to do, and a kind of feeling, a belief I got in school, that I could do anything, no matter what. Cary boys and girls have put this belief to the test and are never found wanting when called upon to do their part, whether it is after school when they can help by doing the things that lie before them in the best possible manner, or in school when getting the next lesson perfectly seems to be the task of the moment. Lessons are more or less compulsory, but there are many hard things that C. II. S. hoys and girls do of their own free will. The excellent concerts that the Glee Club gives and the plays by tin Dramatic Club are not prepared in a night but through weeks of steady labor. The programs given by the four societies show thought and research that take time and effort. The C. II. S. Echoes is a successful proof of the labor spent by the staff in getting out increasingly fine numbers. These arc all examples of the spirit of industry that exists among the boys and girls of C. IT. S. Page Eight