Dunbar High School - Tiger / Bar Yearbook (East Spencer, NC)

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Seniors WARREN SIMPSON Sonny Nothing succeeds so well as success. SYLVIA JOAN SIMON Sylvia Even a turtle gets nowhere until it sticks out its neck. RUTH ELIZABETH SMITH Ruthy Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they should be done . OLIVIA SANDRE' WHITE Libbie No education is complete that doesn't teach how to live con¬ tentedly. JAMES WILLIAMS Buster A little learning is a dangerous thing . IRENE WILLIAMS Rene Always Try. JUANITA WORTH Duck Every moment of resistance to temptation is victory. JULIA WYLIE Julia In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed,

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Seniors LEROY PRINCE PEAY Pop Dad You can't go straight on a crooked road. LEONARD PHILLIPS Red The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes, but liking what one has to do. eugene McCullough Gene Don't brag, it isn't the whistle that pulls the train. PRISCILLA MILLER Prisy 'What I am, I owe to my mother. j§j JP : ■ MAGGIE MAE ROBINSON Shag This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow like the night, and the day; thou can'st not then be false to any man. BETTY JEAN SHUFORD Bet He who has learned to obey, will know how to command.

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Our Class History (All That's Past) In the fall of 1953, we entered the portals of Dunbar High School. Seventy-two wide-eyed frightened students from the Dunbar elementary department and the Granite Quarry School, had begun the journey that so many other students had traveled before us. After a week of adjust¬ ment, we were well on our way toward becom¬ ing the young men and women we are today. We were divided into two divisions, of which Maggie Robinson and Betty Shuford were elected presi¬ dents. Our scholastic progress was excellent, and many of us were represented on the honor roll. We also joined various activities such as, The Coral, Dramatics Club, Basketball, N.H.A., Student Council, and other extra curricular ac¬ tivities. Leroy Peay was elected Treasurer of the Student Council, and we were also repre¬ sented on the basketball team. Nellie Austin was our attendant in the Miss Dunbar Contest. By the end jof the year we gave a sigh of relief for we had really worked hard. As Sophomores we were more determined than the year before. Elizabeth Mackey and Ralph Keaton were elected presidents of the two sections. Imagine having William Barbour, Ray Ferrens, Tommy Ferrens and Richard Gaston on the basketball team; they were excellent players, and Miss Holmes organized a cheering squad on which Olean Massey, Wilbert Robert¬ son, Irene Williams and Leroy Peay were a running success. Returning for our Junior year, we put to¬ gether all we had learned from our past expe¬ riences, and were ready for another year of hard work under our presidents, Elizabeth Mackey and Thomas Jeter. We were no longer green , but worthy of the title Juniors , and Olivia White was elected Vice President of the Student Council, with Maggie Robinson and LaVerne Brannon as representatives. The Council did a magnificent job, and gave out handbooks as a guide, to each member of the student body. These books were greatly appre¬ ciated. William Barbour, Olivia White, LaVerne Brannon, Kathleen Charleston and Richard Gaston were represented on the basketball team. Olean Massey and Wilbert Robertson were rearing to go on the cheering squad this year, and we had made such an improvement, that Miss Holmes then organized a pep squad, and the members from our class were Virginia Ford, Jennie Davis, Olean M a s s e y , Varnetia Aiken, DeElla Davis, Nella Ree Austin and Maggie Robinson. The Homecoming was an overwhelming success, and we were all thrilled to see The Dunbar Tigers defeat Dunbar from Lexington. We were then looking forward to the Junior- Senior Prom, and the advisors, Mrs. Vails and Miss Taylor, with the assistance from Miss Holmes helped us with new ideas for this glori¬ ous affair. We were very excited as we worked hard to make it a success, and it was. Our theme was Moonlight and Roses, and we danced in an Oriental Garden under the Moonlight. Our evening was truly an enchanting one. Florine Corpening was crowned Miss N.H.A. and after the ceremony, she was given a reception in the Home Economics Department, and Mr s . Shelton, the Home Economics Advisor, served refreshments to the guests. The Commercial Club journeyed from Dunbar to North Carolina State in the early spring of 1956. We had participants in the typing contest, and by no means were we left behind. We won second place in the contest. While this great event was taking place, the rest of the students toured the city, and had a wonderful time. We visited the Ligget Myers Tobacco Plant to see how cigarettes were made, and to say nothing about the machines. We then visited the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and we were surprised to know that the whole company was ftilly operated by Negroes, and we were also amazed to find out what we didn't know before. We cannot tell all the things we saw, but I can say we fully en¬ joyed ourselves. After a brief pause and re¬ laxation, we journeyed to Chapel Hill to the Planetarium, and there we were inspired by the heavenly bodies, and what happens during Easter and Christmas. To sum it all up, we felt that no trip could have been better. With deepest enthusiasm, we returned in the fall of 1956 to take up the responsibility of being a Senior. Realizing that this was our final year here at Dear Ole Dunbar to prepare ourselves for leadership in the world, we re¬ solved to make it our most profitable year. Our class officers for '56 and '57 are Pre sident Clarence Hailey, Vice President LeRoy Peay, Secretary Nella Ree Austin, Assistant Secre¬ tary Jennie Davis, Corresponding Secretary Irene Williams, and Treasurer William Barbour. Olivia White is President for the Student Coun¬ cil, with James Ford as representative. We elected our Bar Staff in the early autumn of '56; LeRoy Peay was elected Editor and Maggie Robinson, Assistant Editor. We participated in the Livingstone College first Senior Day on October 27th, 1956, along with other Seniors from other schools. Their kind hospitality was appreciated by all of us. We were also invited to Senior Day at A and T College, which was very enjoyable. We have spent many happy and pleasant days beneath the blue and white, and as we leave our happiness is also sorrow, but we realize as Shakespeare has said, All the World's a stage, and each must play a part. Each has his en¬ trances and his exits. So it is that we have entered the doors of DUNBAR, ascended its stage and now we are about to make our exit, only to enter into the stage of realities. The Class Historian Olean Massey