Central High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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RICHARD L. YOUNG Bill Davis Societyg President second term '12-'13, first term '13-'14, Treasurer first term '12-'13, Critic second term '13- '14g President Junior classg President Senior classg Presi- dent Athletic Association '13- 'l4g Secretary and Treasurer of the Glee Club '13-145 Varsity Football, two yearsg Varsity Basket-ball, two yearsg Cap- tain Basket-ball team '14, Marshalg Athletic Editor of S,N1Ps AND CUTS '13g Inter High School Debater, two years. Age 18 years, height five feet eight inches, weight 135 pounds. All through High School, Dick has done everything that anyone else has done, but always with a thought for the other fellow. He is our star debater, and a favorite with all. Although he has always been loyal to C. H. S., we sadly fear that his heart is in Monroe.

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LAURA TORRENCE Fair is my loveg but not so fair as fickle. Alexander Graham Society, Supervisor two terms '13-14g Comic Editor SNIPS AND CUTS '13g Class Prophet '14, Age 17 years, height live feet two and one-half inches, weight 113 pounds. Laura prefers a good time to studying, and generally has it wherever she goes. She is rather popular among the girls, and especially so among the boys. She has been a happy companion of our High School days. JULIEN MADISON NSMYLY I ain't dead, but I am spach- less. Bill Davis Societyg Glee Clubg Varsity Football '12-13. Age 18 years, height five feet eight, weight 135 pounds. Jule is quietest of students in school, but he is a jolly good fellow among the boys. His favorite pastime is hunting. His talent for all things me- chanical is rather remarkable. However Jule does, he will not surprise. 26

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Class History N a September morning about el-even years ago, with hearts beating high 1n anticipation the majority of the Senior class of '14 started to school. School! how important and grownup it made us feel! Were we the same childr-en that a few weeks before had been content to play with mud pies? How insipid those childish amusem-ents did seem to folks old enough to go to school! Shall we ever forget that first day, when with our new books tucked under our arm, we trudged to school, or that equally memorable day, when bursting with knowledge we rushed hom-e to ask in an excited tone, O, mama, can you spell cat ? Ever since, that first day has been treasured in our memory along with the recollections of birthdays and parties and similar red-letter occasions. Thus our first years of school life passed very pleas- antly and quickly, bringing us each year a little nearer the realization of our dreamsg and then we passed on into the intermediate grades. By this time our thirst for knowledge had abated a little and we threw ourselves wholeheartedly into all the fun that was going on. Some- how it was a heap more interesting to pass around notes or pull the other fellow's hair and hear him holler than to pay strict attentions to the lessons. Little did we care whether it was Columbus or some other person that dis- covered America, or whether the world was round or flat, or how much the interest on one dollar at six per cent. for six months would amount to. Sometimes though when our teachers insisted very strenuously on our learn- ing the lessons assigned, we would resolve to do better, 28