Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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Class Prophecy F. winter evening as I sat by the lire dreaming, a fairy appeared before me, and in her hand she held a pure white rose. “To learn the future of each boy and girl in the Senior Class,” she said, placing the rose and wand in my hand, “You must take this wand and touch lightly each petal.” Then there was a soft rustling sound and she disappeared. Lightly I touched the first petal as bidden, and in it I saw a huge stage, and an opera house packed with people. At a piano on the stage sat Frances Sorrell and by her side stood Daisy Batts, with her violin under her chin waiting for the signal to start their piece. It was a beautiful sight to behold—the audience waiting breathlessly and the two girls perfectly at ease on the stage. The next petal I touched gave me the shock of my life. Paul Tillman, our president, was teaching a class of unruly children geometry. He seemed perfectly happy even though his patience was tried pretty often. Paul has learned to be patient by now, because if I’m not mistaken I see who used to be Geneva Hawkins waiting for Paul’s class to be over. In touching the next petal our much loved classmate, Flora Williams, comes into sight. Flora excelled in athletics and is teaching in spite of her husband’s protests, but Flora always did like ball and is proving it by the choice of her life mate. The next petal opens on a very happy scene—the front porch of a prosperous looking home. The favorite of the class of ’28 affectionately telling his wife, good-bye as he starts for the large firm of Stevens Clothing Company. The next petal I touched revealed a cozy corner of a living room. Grady was busy unfolding to her husband the plans of her lesson that she was to teach the next day. The Virginia sun slowly disappears as the scene fades away. The next scene opens on Fifth Avenue, New York. As my eyes become accustomed to the bright lights, a very artistic sign attracts my attention. The sign reads “Burrus Mathewson, Insurance Company.” As if by magic the scene changed and I was gazing upon a beautifully furnished studio. A group of girls were taking lessons in aesthetic dancing. When I could see more distinctly, I recognized the instructor as Helen Hines. Edna Truitt’s beauty has at last classed her as an “extra girl” in Hollywood. Dwight took a course in commercial art, and is now a famous artist spending his winters in Italy, transforming the beautiful scenery on canvas. The next petal revealed a quaint little tea room in Paris, Marie Murray and Mary Hudson House being the proprietors, having made a grest success. Reginald Godwin was left a beautiful estate by a rich uncle who died recently. We know that he is pleased, especially because it has a thick growth of shrubbery and trees surrounding it. He seemed very fond of trees at Cary. When the curtain was again pulled, I saw a crowd of people gazing intently at one spot. The next instant I saw a horse with a lady sitting calmly on his back dive off into the water. When the lady came out of the water, who should it be but the much loved classmate of ’28, Frances Chadwick? Raymond was always a quiet kind of fellow at Cary, but I knew he would make his mark in the world. lie is a promising young lawyer, practicing in California. In the next petal there is an office of a large business firm. A slender girl answers the summons of her employer’s bell. She is no other than Lesbia Green, the private secretary of the president of the firm. I

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 m lKVy1 (Main K X1 cfc Last Will and Testament Earth United States State ok North Carolina County ok Wake City ok Cary Cary High School 7E, the Senior Class of Cary High School of 1928, being of sound mind and memory, realizing that ’ we will soon go out in the world to light for ourselves, and being possessed of certain real and imaginary effects of which we wish to dispose, do hereby declare this document our lawful will and testament, and the hereinafter mentioned persons and classes to be our true and lawful heirs. Article I To Mr. Dry, we do will our sincere love and devotion. Article II To the class of 1929: 1. We present our places as Seniors, also a microscope, with the hope that they may find our privileges and enjoy them as much as we have. 2. And of being a model and example to all the underclassmen, and being a delight and inspiration to every one, including the faculty. 3. And the task of putting out an annual next year, and may it be a success. Article HI To the class of 1950: 1. Junior privileges, with the hope that the burden will not prove too heavy for their young shoulders. 2. All chewing gum found under desks, and we sincerely hope that they will enjoy pawning all other possessions we have. Article IV To the Freshmen: 1. The hope of being Seniors some day. 2. All our refinement and dignity, which we hope they will carry through school. We also hope they will demand their rights and privileges. Article V To Mr. Smith: 1. A dormitory of clean rooms, and boys who will pay the janitor’s fee promptly. 2. Successful athletic spirit next year. To Miss Smith: I. We leave the Student body with marked ability to sing “Love's Old Sweet Song. To Miss King: 1. A group of girls that will always be slipping out. 2. A hope that she will give the girls more privileges. 3. A new dormitory with nickel-plated bars in the windows and doors. To Mr. Rapcr: I. Success in everything he undertakes. To Mr. Lccka: 1. A physics class that will work and stay in the laboratory the whole period. 2. Success with his new Chevrolet. We hope it may find him a wife. To Miss Jones: 1. New and better equipment for the “gym.” 2. New uniforms for the girls basketball team. Twenty-nix dm