Drexel High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Drexel, NC)

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MOTTO DO NOT SAY GO, BUT GO THYSELF. CLASS FLOWER red and white roses. CLASS COLORS red and silver. class song Through the years we've worked together Now the end is here. We must leave Old Drexel High School Which we love so dear. Chorus: Now we leave the halls and classrooms But not in vain. Farewell to thee, dear Drexel High School May we meet again. To our friends and fellow classmen Who inspired our aims. To our teachers, dear and patient Go our heartfelt thanks.

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CLASS H ISTOR Y If it were possible for you to turn back the pages of time until about 1941 you would see about eighty wide-eyed youngsters standing around wondering what was coming next. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Edwards were struggling with them for this was the present Seniors' first day of school. You would also see Mr. Harry Hallyburton beginning his work as principal here at Drexel School. Mrs. Charles Eller and Mrs. Charles Berry were our second grade teachers, followed by: Miss Reid and Mrs. Ralph Berry as third grade teachers; Miss Crouch as fourth grade teacher; Mrs. Lester Me Neely as fifth grade teacher; Mrs. Kincaid and Mrs. Bayne, sixth grade teachers; Miss Bolick and Mrs. Ash Powell, seventh grade teachers; and Miss Bradshaw and Miss Bolick as our eighth grade teachers. These eight years of school were topped off by an elaborate graduation. The first few days as freshmen were filled with confusion much like that of our first days in '41. Surely this couldn't be the dignified Seniors of '54. Mr. Ralph Abernathy and Mr. Dane Smyre were our home room teachers then. In the tenth grade we had Miss Sarah McCreight and Mr. Charles McBrayer as home room teachers. Our eleventh grade teachers were Mrs. John Sutton and Mrs. Henry Bounous. This year our responsibilities increased. We fed and entertained the seniors of '53 at the Junior-Senior Banquet and we also presented The Little Clodhopper. In the twelfth and final grade, with the rank of Seniors, we have Mrs. Maude Stover and Mrs. Faye Russell as guides and teachers. This year has been filled with responsibilities; selling cards, giving plays, trying to raise money for the Washington trip. We are also publishing an annual. But there are many other things to keep us interested such as looking forward to getting the class rings, the Junior-Senior Banquet, our Washington trip, and last, but not least, our graduation. We have seen some important changes in school during our high school days. The football team won the N. C. Championship, a student council was organized, the rings were made standard, and the building of a new Gymnasium and Home Economics Department. We, the Senior Class of '54, wish to thank with deepest gratitude each teacher from the first grade through the twelfth and also our friend and principal, Mr. Harry L. Hallyburton, for their kindness and their consideration through these possibly trying but wonderful years at Drexel School. CLASS HISTORIANS Lillian Abernathy Wallace Baird