E E Smith High School - Smithsonian Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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Ad m' 0 lnlsiration 'YO THE- CLASS OE' i96i'. y to extend my congr atu- ood wishes tor tutur e . Xamhapp iations and sincere cg ' d success in your too, on your com X961 Smith- untimite Cong! atuiations , mendabie pr oduct, the dusting, students if om cout ses which ' if-now - sonian 'I ou , as gt a 5mith,haye compieted wer e designedto equip y ou with iedge , shiii and abiiity which viii enabie you to continue in coiiege or enter immediate empioyment. True, there may he a ieeiing, oi reg: et in ieayixig y our schooi and the numerous associations it gave you. Yet, there is at the same time a pieasgmt anticipation oi a new, rich and successiui iiie ahead. iN ehope that the 19 6X Smithsonian vliii serye as a medium oi recaiiing, pteasant memot ies and it iendships oi days spent at smith. may Nierit, 'Yhriit and industry to a iiie ot achievement, cur ity. iead you happiness , and se Yours very truiy, E.. c. winter , Principai 13 Mr S S- I. ecretarjli Johnson O Principal -li Mrs ' H amrick TITLE. Llbraf-ian I6

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301' whom our sc-QQOL is named Rf Q 2. '-,sw 'N Qt t , .. J lx al To you E.E.Smith may mean many different things,but the name is that of a very great educationer Dr.EzekielEzra Smith. In addition to his achievements in education he was also a preacher, a soldier, a businessman and a diplomat. Dr. Smith was born on May 23, 1852 to free parents in Duplin County, North Carolina. Among the many difficulties of his early childhood there were no schools for Negroes. Following the civil war the few schools in the South were opened to Negroes. Ezekiel worked and saved enough money to enter Shaw Collegiate Institute, now Shaw University, in Raleigh, as a work student. In 1878 Ezekiel Smith completed his formal education receiving an A. B. Degree. The following fall Dr. Smith was elected principal of a school in Goldsboro, North Caro- lina. Feeling his call to preaching Dr. Smith was ordered by the Baptist State Convention of which he later became president of until 1883. Dr. Smith was also a member of the Falt Carey Foreign Mission Committee and was moderative of the Union Association. In the military aspect of his life Dr. Smith was important in the organization of the Fourth Battalion of the North Carolina General and in the same year, 1880, he was ap- pointed a major. Dr. Smith was sent to Liberia as Minister Resident and Council General of the United States. He served this important post for two years, during which time he was almost sole responsible in the great improvement of relations between the United States and Liberia. Now a high school has the honor and distinction of the name of this great educator, Dr.EzekielEzra Smith. And now also we the students, teachers and associates who have any contact with the school have the burden of upholding its great name and tradition. 15

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4 Behind every great man there is al- ways the inspiration and love of an equally great woman- Principal and Mrs. Miller. A, V., Miss C. L. Thompson, Guidance Counselor Mr. E. E. Miller, Principal Able leaders who annually guide pupils in their migration from adolesence to maturity.