Central Wesleyan College - Centralian Yearbook (Central, SC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Senior class of nineteen hundred and thirty, of the Wesleyan Methodist Junior College, being in full possession of sound mind and understanding, and being cognizant of the deteriorating physiological changes in nature, do make and publish this, our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and declaring void any and all wills heretofore executed by us. ITEM 1 1. We give many thanks to our dear Saviour, who has protected our lives and brought us safely to the present hour. ITEM II 1. To our beloved school, we the Senior class, leave curtains for the stage. 2. To our tireless President, Rev. A. L. Vess, we will some of our spare moments so that he may have some rest. 3. We the Senior class, leave to Mrs. Bain, our Sponsor, a picture of the class, hoping that the memory of each individual will hecome engraved in her heart. 4. To the Faculty, we bequeath our sincere admiration and appreciation of their earnest efforts, and pray God’s blessings will be upon them. 5. To Miss Jennie Smith, our Practice Teacher Supervisor, a book “How to Train Young Teachers. ITEM III 1. To the class of 1931, we the Senior class, will our sincere desire that God’s richest blessing may rest upon them. 2. To this class, we solemnly bequeath the privilege of leaving the study hall directly after classes. 3. To this class, we also leave our dignity of writing up an English note-book. ITEM TV 1. Velma Murphy wills to the incoming Senior President her power of ruling with an iron hand and remaining human at the same time. 2. Paul Hollis wills his serious-mindedness to John Kelley, hoping that he will make good use of it. 3. Verna Teaehey wills her opportunity to help in any musical program to Evangeline Humes. 4. Ruth Gibson wishes Roberta Wylie great success in training for Foreign Missionary work. 5. Velma Owen wills her fondness for making “A” on English tests to Virginia Alexander, hoping that she will get as much pleasure out of doing this as she has. 6. Willie Grace Center wills to James Hilson her “position of wrapping and addressing the “Star of Hope” papers. 7. Wayne Kelley wills to Gaines Evatt his ability in Astronomy, with a desire that he will discover a new planet. 8. Crealie Steele wishes to leave to Mary Patrick her faithful black dress with shiny buttons and hopes that she will not be called to the stage to apologize for shin- ing lights on the wall during chapel. RUTH GIBSON, Testator.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It was on May 24, 1938, just exactly eight years since our graduation exercises at Wesleyan Methodist College. Often had I recalled the old days when our class walked about the college campus; but on this particular day I had a very strong desire to learn of the whereabouts of my former classmates of '30. As 1 sat there in my office thinking about each of them, a sudden knock at the door awoke me from my day dreaming; and what a pleasant surprise awaited me. On opening the door, there stood Wayne Kelley, I would hardly believe my eyes, but on further notice I knew that I was not deceived. After many handshakes we began to discuss our classmates of W. M. C. I learned that Wayne had made a mark in the world since we last met and was now one of the leading lawyers of Greenville, South Carolina. In spite of his busi- ness affairs he had always had a penchant for keeping in touch with his classmates and as we talked, I learned how many were married, engaged to be married, and otherwise engaged. Crealie Steele's poetical ability has attracted world wide attention. After publish- ing two volumes of poems, she began a tour of Europe, where -he wishes to obtain inspiration and material for many more. If one were to walk down the shady streets of those small Italian towns, he would, no doubt, see Crealie sitting with pen and paper, pouring out her soul in words that may be well classed with those of Shake- speare and Browning. Willie Grace Center began her career as a Home Economics teacher, hut after two or three years, she decided that she had rather practice than teach it. and when last heard from, she was happy in her new home at Central, South Carolina. Velma Murphy had become a famous nerve specialist, whose sunny smiles benefited her patients almost as much as her skilful treatment. Verna Teachey, who had always had strong journalistic tendencies, was making a name for herself as social editor of the Wilmington Morning Star.” She was still living up to her slogan of an “Old Maid, to the utter disappointment of several young men. After finishing her theological work at W. M. C., Ruth Gibson has fulfilled her sincerest desire to help those hungry souls in Africa. During the four years spent in that “Dark Continent” she helped to establish a girls’ school in a small village completely surrounded by jungles and wild beasts. Here where the heat is terrific and the wild beasts wander about the streets, she is happy with the knowledge that she is helping mankind. Velma Owen had become a successful supervisor of one of the Kindergartens in New York City. While there the many children have learned to love her with the same profound love that the students of W. M. C. had for her in 1930. As we finished talking, Wayne departed with the promise to call again in the near future. Then I was left alone to ponder over that which I had just heard and to live over again in my memory the days so happily spent at W. M, C. PAUL HOLLIS, Prophet.

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¥ i— 6 = =jg •v 1 “One Step Forward Every Day, And the Goal is Won” As we look over the history of mankind from the earliest period of civilization to the present, we find characters that have risen from posi- tions of obscurity to others in which they have exerted a marked influence upon their associates, and upon the age in which they lived. There were no carefully constructed steps to assist them in climbing to these positions, but upon some sure foundation they began the construction of a ladder, and rising step by step, till they reached a place where no others were able to stand. We are sometimes inclined to think that the little incidents of common, every-day life, are of little consequence, and if we could only do something of some importance, we would be happy. Great things are not done in a day. Twenty-four hours are far too short to do anything that will make one famous, but it is not too short to do something, and the many little things added together make the great ones. If we expect to reach a higher position, such common tasks must be performed, and perhaps after these we will find our greater life-work. Life would hardly be worth living if our thoughts were for ourselves. All the beauty in nature was ' made for our enjoyment, so our action should be for the good of those around us. The present alone is ours, and wasted opportunities are never presented to us again. We may not be building a structure by means of which we expect to make our names famous, but we are all building the invisible frame work of character. May the material of which it is composed be the best. Life is made up of success and failure, and those who are the most successful are the best workers. We all expect success, and this stimulates us to greater activity. Often, however, instead of our efforts being crowned with success, we meet with failure, but our failures, as well as our suc- cesses, should be steps by which we rise to greater usefulness. “The sweetest flowers are guarded by the sharpest thorns” so our greatest achievements may be surrounded by the most trying difficulties. WILLIE GRACE CENTER. : -A - ■ ■■■■ ... ■ ■», V ■ — ■ - « —