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

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CLASS HISTCRY SENIOR CLASS OF NINETEEN-SEVENTEEN ,fi ,,S f t 5 ' , ' an - f . 1 I gf, ff I X I O6 CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL Charlotte, N. C., May 16, 1917 EAR Old Pal:-I promised to write you about my graduation class, wherever I happened to beg and I am delighted that I am a member of such an interesting one as this Senior Class of Nine- teen-Seventeen has proven itself to be. Well, I will start at the very beginning. On September 3, 1916, the Senior Class enjoyed the annual reception. lVIr. Davis, Mr. Pugh, and Mr. Campbell were the hosts. French punch served in cans, delicately flavored with don'ts, and with no spirits, accom- panied by Algebra sandwiches of X and Y, seasoned with various roots, Latin salad with puffs, pickled cylinders and spheres, were served in parallel planes. Rainbow ice-cream, with frosted lemon and nut cake was followed by U-All-No mints of the history type, and German coffee, very black, and without sugar or cream. After refreshments were served, the Class enjoyed lively descriptions of exams and their effects. They also learned that the explanation of that is this. After thoro assurance that both the hosts and the guests understood each other perfectly, everyone hastily departed, reinforced by a number of books and things to remember. Fourteen

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The day after the reception was spent in getting settled, and as we all were a little nervous over the first excitement many social errors were clumsily revealed. Nevertheless it was the matter of only a moment to bring the Class to attention, and then the plot began to thicken. Oh! how hard we worked trying to get out of work, and what dreadful times we had trying in vain to refrain from talking and corresponding with our neighbors! However, after a few recesses and two-thirty gatherings we were able to control our desires. Up to our first-term exams nothing out of the ordinary happened, but thenil The morning of the first day we awoke to find ourselves immersed in a sea of dark, gloomy, and incomprehensible dimensions. We could recognize only sharks and jellyfish. Wildly we gasped and struggled, but in vain. We ran excitedly here and there, pellmell, endeavor- ing to find some means of escape. Suddenly in our midst appeared the luring Mr. Cheat, but, in utter disdain, we held ourselves above him. After waiting many long and weary hours, we were astonished to find ourselves again in daylight, and on real ground, altho, for some of us, the light was slightly dim and the ground rather uneven. Once again time began to drag slowly, and movies became more interesting. As usual, with the New Year came new hopes, and we all made countless good resolutions-the majority of which were only resolved upon, but never put into actual practice. To increase the enthusiasm in studying, and also to enlarge the public libraries, we had a number of copying matches. Soon after, at the price of two borrowed tablets and a pencil, we had another text-book on the order of original, except much more valuable. A prize was offered, but as practically all were competitors, and very experienced, there were too many could-be winners to select any particular one. After much quizzing, the teachers learned that a few of us were useful as well as ornamental, and straightway they took advantage of this discovery, and expected those few to answer for the entire Class, which task they performed in an estimable manner. By the time second-term exams were announced, we realized that our ranks had been thinned by the departure of some of our members whose tender hearts could not stand this second direful ordeal. However, those who remained settled to theirs, firm in the purpose to conquer. Of course, by this time we were used to exams, and the situation for us Fifteen