Fairfield High School - Crucible Yearbook (Fairfield, AL)

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The CRUCIBLE 19 2 6 Obe beauty of Simplicity All the great thing of life arc inexpensive. The l eaut of a sunset. a landscape, and of all nature is free for the seeing. Some one has said: “You may have the land but the landscape is mine. We can pay for pleasures and luxuries, hut we cannot buy love; licauty, and virtue. We can buy palatial homes and extravagant furnishings, out wd cannot give gold for peace or for happiness. For happiness dwells within our own bosoms, and is the reward of honest, simple self-expression, with consideration for the rights and happiness of others. When we try to make others happy, in a simple way. tin- act is a boomerang which comes back to us many times multiplied. Some ignore the beauty «.f the simple things of life in the futile search for “the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and come to the end of life's journey to find disappointment; realizing that they have postponed living and have left life behind them. A woman whose life Inul been embittered by much hardship and disappointment, was strolling, one day, through a mountain farmyard. She did not know where she was going, and did not care. She just wanted to forget, if but for a moment, the bitterness of her life. Site stopped near a well and gazed angrily around her. wondering how there could be so much peace and quiet In a world that held nothing but turmoil and heartache for her. Suddenly she glanced toward the ground. A tiny girl was watching her intently—a little girl who had lived all her seven years in the untutored expanse of the mountains. The woman was annoyed, and she did not hesitate to show it. What arc you looking at—what do you want? she demanded irritably. Instead of returning the frown, the child smiled and stepped a little closer. I was just thinking how pretty your face would he if it smiled instead of frowned. she answered. The woman's face relaxed. The latter look in the eyes vanished and was replaced by a bright, new light. The scowl Iwcamc a grateful smile, and with an impulsive sob of purr joy. she knelt down and drew to her the little girl who had been the first in a long time to return her frowns with sincere smiles of friendliness. nd when she finally left the child and returned to the exacting conventionalities of the town, she was a nobler, better, and finer woman. It was beautiful, the simplicity oi that child. It triumphed over the bitterness of a woman who had known years of education and worldliness. It brought happiness into a heart that had tasted of all life's pleasure —and found them empty. All too often, in our search for happiness, we miss the happiness that is close at ha ml. We sin uhl not reach for the stars, hut should find l cauty in the simple things that are everywhere around us. Some writer has said: It is common things that quench thirst, not rare things; ordinaries. not luxuries; not palatial houses, hut a home: not royal wine, hut water. Good health, kind friends, encouraging words, loving deeds, duty done, heartaches healed, a grasp, a clasp, a kiss, a smite, a song. . welcome—these are the beams that bring summer into the soul ami make us lighthearted and free and glad. Live simply then. Enjoy the present moment. Do the duty next to you. Speak the kind word waiting to he spoken. Do the kind deed tarrying to l c done. N’ever will you pass this way more. Never will you he privileged to sec this particular spot again. The next time you come by, it will Ik different. Something will Ik added; something will Ik? wanting: something will be changed. Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply; expect little; give much; sing often: pray always. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self.. Think of others. Do as you would be done by—these are the tried links in contentment's golden chain. R C. Hows . ‘j6 Ttvenly-teftn

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The CRUCIBLE 192 6 Cast Will an6 Ocstamcnt We, tlit most handsome, humorous and enlightened Senior Class of Fairfield High School, being in a dignified state of mind, do make and declare this to Ik our Iasi will and testament. We, the Senior Class, leave to the Faculty and Student Body our good will, success, jov, and happiness. In addition, we as individuals, will to our favorite successors as follows: B. C. Dandridge bequeaths to Prank Paffe all his good looks so the citizens can forget the Evolution Trial. Minnie jx leaves to Virginia Sawyer her art of blushing in class. Louise Brown leaves to Elizabeth Poster her ability to wear clothes. (files Duncan wills his neatness and quietness to John Studinka. Nathan EstrofY leaves his voice, so effective at football games, to Earl Lewis and requests that he accept position as cheerleader. Edna Pant's cry of pay your money!' is left to the secretary of next year’s Senior Class. Fred Barnes leaves his interest in the Junior High I'acuity to lton Daniels on condition that he does not get too interested in any particular one. Raymond Anderson leaves a large portion of his timidity to one who needy it, Ed Wright. Willie Lee Hays’ good luck of corresponding with handsome French boys is left to Delia Francis Wright. Margaret Hartman wishes her basketball suit. No. 12. to Ik given to Nannie Koonce, provided she always rings a goal. Lucile King and Lois Mounter bequeath to Elsie Brown and Mary Cookson their everlasting friendship. Elsie and Marv are always to talk. eat. read and think alike on all subjects at all times. B. (’. House bequeaths his unsurpassed dignity, calmness and studiousness to Thomas Brooks. Please use at every opportunity. Bernard Holms bequeaths to Haynes Kelly the sleeping powders which were left to him from his Uncle Rip Van Winkle. James Lee leaves to Miss Clarke his courage when speaking in public. Sara Mae Reynolds leaves her sweet disposition, her kindness, and her never failing courtesy to anyone working hard enough to secure it. Burns McClendon leaves to Earl Daniels regular attendance and promptness at school. Virginia Lindsay leaves her far-famed purse to a future editor-in-chief. This suitcase L to he used in carrying pencils. l ooks. keys, cosmetics, Annual material, and (if there is room) any small change. Bill Horne bequeaths his art of loving to a boy who has more time and finer cars. Clyde Kimbrough wills bis size and football ability to Scotty Chalmers. Ben Lively leaves to Harriet McIntosh bis school girl complexion, but under one condition, that she leave drug store preparations alone and save her money Roderick Southall wills his reputation as a sweet boy to John Phillips. Jo Williamson wills her Titian Locks to Sara Maddox. (Continued on page 6t) Tn'f'tty-iix

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