Craven County Farm Life School - Mill Stream Yearbook (Vanceboro, NC)

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PRINCIPAL’S HOME ROYS DORMITORY

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SENIOR CLASS SUPERLATIVES. Most modest — Annie Franks. Daintiest and most beautiful — Grace Lancaster. Most serious — Lillian Laughinghouse. Largest and jolliest — Rosa Lee Wynne. Most lively — Janie Brown. Smallest — Lawrence Lancaster. Tallest — Ralph Reel (Skinny). Hardest Worker — Zach Whitford. Most scientific— Robert Gindin. Wittiest — Clyde Barrington. WANT ADS. WANTED — To know why Mr. Cherry inspects the mail — Two faculty members. WANTED — The girls to quit bobbing hair. — Mr. Joslyn. WANTED — Position as janitor in Eastern Carolina League. — Clyde Bar- rington. WANTED — To see Mr. Stallings ' picture. — Ladies Betterment Association. WANTED — Farm School folks to learn to like greens. — Miss Cole. WANTED — Thinking machines during exams. — All Pupils. WANTED — Girls to eliminate slang and rouge. — Faculty. Miss Burch was giving intelligence tests on class. When asked what juggler was Lula Kate answered, “A slow poky mule.” While taking an intelligence test most of the Senior Class looked blank when the word “milksop” was given. Mr. Joslyn though to help matters by saying he hoped none of the class would get mixed up with one. Then Rosa Lee said a milksop meant a love hffair. In an examination paper a pupil informed Miss Burch that the Vanceboro roads were good just outside of town. In history class a discussion arose in regard to the relation between nationalities and names. Sadie remarked that Mr. Schenck’s descendants must be German if there’s any sign in a name. WHAT SORT OF PICTURES HAVE YOU ON YOUR WALLS? Cheap originals or good reproductions? In former times people wanted to have original paintings in their parlors. Their notion of a work of art was a landscape picturing a series of waterfalls, at least one saw mill, sev- eral farm houses, and a selection of wild and domestic animals scattered about. Water frequently ran up-hill, and some of the mountains looked as though they needed to be propped up. Then there were amateur rendi- tions of flowers and fruit, with a crayon “work of art” to finish up on. The average original picture in the average individual home is plain punk. Very few of us can afford real works of art for our parlors. When we try to get them we are commonly stung. Good Reproductions Cost Less and Look Better. The test of a picture is how long we can keep looking at it without getting weary. The intricacies of the ordinary amateur landscape commonly get on our nerves after a time, while a real work of art grows upon us with the passage of months. We even grow weary of the grins of the pretty girls. Good reproductions of real masterpieces cost little and wear long. They are evidence of good taste. They afford a real education in what is truly beautiful. — High School Life. THIS IS THE SEASON OF GOOD WILL. As school closes, we forget all our grievances and remember all our joys. Many wish that they could linger longer in these last days of friendship. SUMMER IS THE TIME OF FORGETTING. The knowledge which is crammed into our heads in winter is commonly shaken out in the summer. This is not as bad as it seems. It is not de- tailed facts which matter, but the power of grasping them. That power remains when the facts may have flown. — High School Life. A habit all should cultivate, Is to read and ruminate. Next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one. — Long- fellow. ,

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History ©I Crnvan Counif Farm Life School Grace Lancaster. The Farm Life School was the first to be established under the Farm Life School law passed by the State Legislature in March, nineteen hundred and eleven. The law provides for the location of the school in the township offering the best inducements, giving due consideration to the desirability. The people and frienas of Vanceboro provided by subscription, ninety acres of land and a large frame school building, while township number one, in which Vanceboro is situated, voted a ten thousand dollar bond issue. The Craven County Farm Life School in its first few years did not grow rapidly although each year a few more students came and by the year nineteen hundred and eighteen when the school had been well advertised it was necessary that a new building be erected. The school was crowded for there was not enough room for classes. Formerly the one brick building had served as boys’ and girls’ dormitory and also for an administration building, so in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen money was bor- rowed from the State building funds and Mr. Brinson, then county super- intendent, took care of this debt with the county funds, for the building of a five room administration building. In the year nineteen hundred and nineteen the school grew so rapidly that four rooms were added to the building which is the present adminis- tration building. When the year nineteen hundred and twenty came there was no room for the students so a hundred thousand dollar bond issue was made by the County for the building of the boys’ dormitory. The term of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and twenty-two found that the school opened with a hundred and thirty-one pupils enrolled. At present the school has the following buildings and equipment: A brick dormitory for girls, boys dormitory, administration building, a dairy, a well equipped wash house for girls, also a farmer’s cottage. Besides these there are barn and stock build ngs. There have only been two superintendents — the first was Mr. Turlington who served the school two years — the other is Mr. H. L. Joslyn, who has stood loyally by the school for six years. Formerly all pupils save those from town were boarders. Now pupils come from twelve miles away in trucks. The whole surrounding country is being vitally touched by the school. SCHOOL SOHO In Craven County’s chosen spot, We have casted in our lot, Dear old Farm Life School to thee we lift our song. Near thy level fields so fair, We shall breathe the balmy air, While with merry hearts the chorus we prolong. As the mornings sunbeams light, Greets thee o’er the forest height, So our tribute, we as freely to thee bring. Youths true homage full and free, We thus gladly render thee, Dear old Farm Life School thy praise we freely sing. To thee, guardian of our youth, Faithful guide to light and truth, We, thy children, bring our songs of grateful praise. And when we shall leave thy halls. We shall ne’er forget thy calls, Dear old Farm Life School, the scene of happy days. CHORUS: Sing we a song of our dear Farm Life School, Fondly we love thee still. And wherever we may be ' , Fond mem’ry turns to thee, And our many friends we have at Farm Life School.