Farm Life High School - Parrot Yearbook (China Grove, NC)

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Editorial Staff FRANK BLACKWELDER Editor-in-Chief HOLLIE RITCHIE Business Manager HAROLD GRAHAM Advertising Manager WILLIAM ATKINS Assistant Business Mgr. EDNA CARRIGAN Assistant Editor STEPHEN SLOOPE Assistant Editor CARL BELK Circulation Manager

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Ultjp f arrnt ! Kl I S ! Kl j the old barn. This was remodeled and made as comfortable as possible in p i i ' .:25 but is a very poor place for class work. g : Kl i The number of boarding students and teachers has averaged over fifty and I this department will be necessary until Rowan County has more accredited S J High Schools. g I g i When the present main building was erected Mr. W. J. Swink gave $1,000 p 1 to the school. Part of this was used to install lights and part of it to pur- g I chase furniture for the reception rooms of each of the dormitories. g ! Kl 1 We expect to see the Farm Life School continue to render a great service E I Kl i as it has since its establishment in 1914. The early history is recorded in the g i Parrot Annual for 1924. I

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History of The Parrot In nineteen hundred twenty three, it dawned upon the fair-minded stu- IH dents of the Rowan County Farm Life School that such a fine school as they had, should be publishing a school paper. They realized that they had the p material in the school but they also realized that they were lacking the funds that were necessary for such a proposition. It was decided that with 3 S the talent and the determination of the school, it would be possible to pub- m lish a paper. The paper was started — publishing a small magazine quarter- p ly and then an Annual at the end of the term. This class (1926) changed from the magazine to a small newspaper which seems to have been even g p a greater success than the magazine — portraying the school life more vivid- ly. The board of ' 26 has published the largest Annual of the four volumes. p The officers of each of the four volumes are: § 1926 (this volume), Frank Blackwelder Editor and Hollie Ritchie Busi- S a ness Manager. S I 1925, Ella Host Editor and York Roberts Business Manager. S X 1924, Lucille Gillon Editor and Otis Pleasants Business Manager. S 1923, Marvin Eddleman Editor and Walter Hinson Business Manager. ea The publication has proven a great asset to the school and it has al- S ways been the hope of each board that the following class would continue a S it. Likewise it is the hope of the board of 1926,. that you the class of ' 27, g continue the publication and profit by our mistakes and in so doing put out a p paper that cannot be excelled. g