Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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-- ..1.... , ..1i,.. HER RECOGNITION as a prosperous city has come through the turning wheels of in- dustry, the hum of which resounds over the world by means of such trademarks as i'RenoWned the world 'roundf' 'LBull Durham Smoking Tobaccof' and through the great educational centers located in this vicinity. It, therefore, seems only Fitting that this graduating class of Durham High School should recognize in the yearbook of 1938 the progressive spirit which characterizes our Friendly City of Industry and Education.

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1- l .l...i i -- ..., TH M THE CITY of Durham symbolizes the meaning of progress in North Carolina. Growing from a tiny hamlet in 1865 to a small manufacturing town several years later, then in IQOO, a little city whose very rapid growth has now reached the mark of 70,000 in pop- ulation, it is easy to observe that ours is indeed a city of the New South, continuously outgrowing itself. A This growth has resulted from hard work, for Durham people have always been working people.

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DEDICATIIDN THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT DEDICATES THIS ISSUE OF THE M E S S E N G E R TO MR. WILLIS GUILFORD WI-IICI-IARD IN TOKEN or APPRECIATION or the practical icleals of citizenship which he has taught in his civics classesg the faith that he has shuwn in the future of this class, citizens who in a few years must assume the duties of a new leader- ship in our Cityg and of his own example as a civic-minded young man who is making a Worthy contribution to the richer, fuller, civic life of our city. ll ll ll II PAGE 6