East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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June 6, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 13 SENIOR ADVICE (Continued from page 11) wasting time in the halls, especialy after the bell has rung. You must continue to be prompt in meeting your classes—and don’t forget the advantages of a front seat. You have already graduated from the school of bluffing, but remember, it still has a use—always ap¬ pear interested in every class, even though you can dis¬ cover no good reason for so being. When your teacher assigns an impossible task, “grin and bear it.” That’s about all you will do toward preparing it. As to our teachers, it has been rumored that they crave attention. This is especially true of the blondes. Just use your tact and diplomacy in handling them— they’re human. They’ll fall for your line, if you have the ability to put it across. Now, as a final admonition. Regardless of the secret complicities in your life, always keep the laws of the faculty with unceasing diligence. Beware, lest you should by chance fall prey to their unforgiving wrath, and thereby meet your eternal doom. —E. L. E. OUR SUCCESS As we go forth from the shelter of our Alma Mater, many serious and complicated problems confront us, but the most perplexing one is HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE SUCCESS. It cannot be doubted that the primary essential for success in any endeavor is activity. Constant activ¬ ity on the part of each of us in our individual realms will sow seeds of success in fertile soil, where continued effort will generate life, stimulate growth, and insure an abundant harvest. One cannot hope to enjoy the harvest without first laboring in the field, nor pluck the fruits of native ability without constant and careful cul¬ tivation. In planting the seed of success, there is no preferred season; the wind and the weather are always on the side of the diligent, steady worker. A cheerful disposition is a great factor in making the pathway to success more pleasant. If we smile into the face of the world; a smile comes back to us. We are often judged by our outward demeanors in times of stress; hence, despondency, in the time of a crisis, will inevitably designate us as failures in the opinion of others; and, when our fellows set us down as failures, we often fail. One’s disposition constitutes a great mirror that reflects one’s thoughts, ambitions, and atti¬ tudes. Therefore, let us see to it that the mirror is not beclouded and our ambitions dwarfed by the false im¬ agination that an unfriendly world is not giving us a square deal. A strong determination to win is half a victory in itself. Half-hearted effort will not take one very far in any line of endeavor. If a person thinks enough of a job to accept it, that person should think enough of himself or herself to make of it a better job. Faith in one’s own powers and confidence in one’s own individual methods are essential to success; but let us remember that an attentive ear is the open door to knowledge, and no man is a graduate of the school of experience. It is a trait of human nature, common to all, to become egotistical in the presence of progress; but it is well to bear in mind that success may become its own hindrance through too much self-glorification. We cannot be independent of the indispensable “give and take” spirit in our work. Finally, when we have attained a degree of suc¬ cess, we should not become so much enraptured in it as to stop in the middle of the ladder; for we cannot dwell in contentment in the ephemeral structure of temporary achievement. The greatest success is one who dies suc¬ ceeding. —L. M. C. OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS The iime-light of the future emits ultra-violet rays of “good tidings,” as we small, insignificant mortals view it from the realm of our imaginations. Should the prophets and oracles of the past return to prophesy our destiny for us, they would beyond a doubt recount it in picturesque phrases of extremest brightness and rarest good news. Reflecting upon our past history, we are reminded of our long, swift strides of continuous development. Development which has been in accord with the ad¬ vanced thoughts of our age. Then, why should we not look upon the future as holding trump cards for our hand? With nothing for us to do, but play the cards sensibly, the tricks to be turned are: larger and better buildings; more modern equipment; increased prestige; general expansion; increased enrollment; a higher type of students; a stronger alumni association; and greater social freedom. With the advent of our new buildings, our students will add pride to their store of acquired characteristics —and as a result of such a pride, will boost their school to their friends, who will in turn pass the good word on to their friends, thus helping to establish a certain prestige, certain traditional legends, and, as Dean Bur¬ leson would say, “certain apocryphal stories of vivid imagery, phenomenal setting, and intensive local color,” which hold the listener’s attention in the face of all dis¬ turbances. Furthermore, many new students will be persuaded as a direct result of this free advertising, to select this school to continue their higher education in. With the coming of more modern equipment, our medium of instruction will be greatly facilitated and improved. With this development and growth, must come a parallel raising of our standards and requirements; if this is done, we can naturally expect a higher type of student— and with this higher type of student, there will, as we can rightly expect, come greater social freedom. And as these higher type students begin to swell the ranks of our alumni, we have a right to expect their superior strength to have a direct bearing upon the strength of our alumni association. There’s a role for each one of us to play in bring¬ ing about a realization of our, perhaps far-fetched, dreams of the future. Let each, who holds dear and sacred “the hand that has fed him,” sound abroad the good name of the institution which has nurtured him from ignorance’s infancy to the maturity of wisdom. —R. C. M.

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12 THE CHALK LINE June 6, 1980 HELEN EVA BOWMAN Johnson City, Tennessee “She says little, hut thinks much ” Mathematics, History, English EDNA ELIZABETH COLEMAN “Greta” Asheville, North Carolina “Oh, tell me less or more” English, French, Science Sapphonian; Science Club, ’29-’30; Glee Club Re¬ porter, ’29; Y. W. C. A.; Alumni Editor Chalk Line, ’30. EDWARD L. STANLEY “Ed” Oneida, Tennessee “A man with a purpose” Mathematics, Science, History, and Social Science Pestalozzian; Science Club; Secretary Pestalozzian, , 28-’39. MAUDE ELIZABETH LYON Manchester, Tennessee “Speech is great, hut silence is better” English, French, Sociology L. DEANE DEAKINS Jonesboro, Tennessee “Quiet and Studious” History, Home Economics, English

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14 June 6, 1930 THE CHALK LINE EMBREE LOUISE ELLISON Johnson City, Tennessee “She sees life steadily and sees it whole” English, H istory, Social Science, Home Economics BESS BALLARD ARCHER “Bess” Johnson City, Tennessee “A good disposition is more valuable than gold” Home Economics, Science, English, History Sapphonian; President Sapphonian, ’25-’26; Kodak Editor Old Hickory, ’25-’26; Science Club; Glee Club; Orchestra; Y. W. C. A.; Student Manager Training School Cafeteria, ’30. RAYMOND EARNEST BARRY “Duck” Jonesboro, Tennessee “Just plain ole Barry” Mathematics, English, History Milligan College, ’27- 28 ; Secretary and Treasurer of class, ’27- 28 ; Secretary Athenian Literary Society, ’27; President Athenian Literary Societ} r , 28; Debater, ’27-28; Red Cross Life Saving Corps, ’27-’28; Teachers College, ’29-’30; Secretary and Treasurer Debating Club, ’29; Varsity Debater, ’29-’30; President Debating Club, ’30. WILLIE MAE MILLER Burem, Tennessee “Joy is not in things; it is in us” History, Home Economics, Mathematics Sapphonian; Treasurer Sapphonian Literary Society; Home Economics Club; Vice President Hawkins County Club, ’29. JULIA ELIZABETH BREWER “Jule” Johnson City, Tennessee “Why worry? Things are hound to happen anyway” Mathematics, English, History, Social Science Pi Sigma Literary Society; Dramatic Club, ’26, 27; Secretary Junior Class, 29; Business Manager Chalk Line, ’30.