Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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M IILESSE R 1926 Durham High School Song lTune: Rattle Hymn of the Republicj I. Mine eyes have caught a vision of a school beyond compare. XYith her sons of manly courage and her daughters queenly fair, And her faculty inspiring made of those who do and dare. As she goes marching on. II. Truth shall be her lirm foundation, faith in God shall be her wallsg XYo1'lc and peace and scholarship the atmosphere within her halls: Strong in body. clear in heart and mind, we'll follow when she calls, As she goes marching on. HI. Till the crown of all our Southland shall to Durham ltligh belong. Till her sons and daughters win the light for right against the wrong. Un the held, or in the classroom, or in life amid the throng, Our dreams go marching on. CHoRUs: Glory, Glory to our High Glory, Glory to our High Glory, Glory to our High As she goes marching on D . School, School, School, FR,xNcEs jon NSON, '26. IPAGE 81

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E JYLE-SSE R 1926 Progress in North Carolina Today North Carolina, passing through her renaissance. is on the threshold of industrial power, destined to lead the sisterhood of states. a position attained by the marvelous development of her natural resources. The State is divided into three sections, each of which has contributed spe- cifically to the growth or reputation of the commonwealth. The beauty of the scenery in the lllue Ridge mountains has made the Land of the Sky a Mecca for tourists. ln that hill country dwell the mountaineers, the purest Anglo-Saxon stock in America. The staple products of the Piedmont section by which the hungry factories are fed, when manufactured, rival in quantity and quality similar products of the mills of New England. The coastal plain is the market garden which is a fruitful source of revenue to the state. The problem of transporting raw material and small farm produce has been solved by the building of an intricate network of excellent roads in which the state has invested eighty millions of dollars. A state consciousness of responsibility for leaders in industrial progress awakened an interest in public education which Charles li. .Xycock during his administration as governor of the state did much to foster. The Old North State has the distinction of having two universities within her borders: the Uni- versity of North Carolina, which ranks with the foremost institutions of the nation academically: and Duke University, which is the youngest and most richly endowed institution in America since the recent bequest of james Tl. Duke. The position of the state is due not alone to the blessing of natural endow- ment, but to the foresight, ingenuity, and energy of the homogeneous population of English descent, the nucleus of which first came to the shores of Carolina in 1585. -IX spirit of cooperation, resulting in a unity of sentiment and endeavor is very marked. Indeed, cooperation has been the soul of its phenomenal growth. The sun that sets on the f'Golden Age of Carolina has risen on a new era of industrialism, and fortunate indeed is the rising generation who are privileged to prepare for leadership in the workshop where future citizens are made, in the schools of North Carolina. IPAGE 71

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