Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Senior Class History HE early fall of 1919 ushered into G. H. S. a band of forty insignificant little people whose sole hope and consolation was, a green thing must grow. Under the cold, merciless eyes of the blase upper classes we struggled for nine months of perfect misery ; suffered the persecution of the sophomores without a murmur, and bore the blame for everything that happened. The tremendous task of initiating this crew into the manners and customs of high school was entrusted to Miss Hinton, who worked with us, sheltered us, and protected us in our infancy, as it seemed, in such a manner as to win a permanent place in our hearts. It may not be generally known, but the word sophomore comes from the Greek word sophor , meaning wise. Add to this the word more and, behold ! you have a word of great significance. If anyone doubts the veracity of this statement, I will have to refer you to our record as freshmen. With the generous aid of juniors and seniors, we were quick to learn the stupendous nature of our ignorance, so 1920 is a record of hard work for the Class of ' 23. The critical period — namely, the Junior Class — found us still radiant with fun and pleasure, but calmed to that steadiness which can be so readily relied upon. Many of our former classmates, who had been with us through years, had dropped from our class roll, some of them victims of Cupid ' s darts, while others found life more pleasant in the green grass by the wayside. But to those who remained, 1921 was a time of progress and achievement in every respect. We look back upon our junior year with the pride and satisfaction afforded by a task well done. With Miss Hatcher at the wheel to pilot us on our last lap along the road to learning, we have followed the detours, avoided the ruts, and now we have arrived at our distinction, graduation, badly shaken, but happy. Although our road has been hard, we have attempted along our way to- blaze the trail that those who follow us may be encouraged. The senior table, which was placed in the lower hall by the Class of ' 23, is a source of much pride and benefit not only to the Senior Class, but to the entire student body. The senior hedge, planted in front of the building by the Class of ' 23, not only serves a worthy purpose in beautifying the campus, but will also serve as a lasting tribute to G. H. S. from her departing class. The Echo, our high school paper, was edited in its first year by one of our classmates, and his staff included two other members of the class. The success of this paper is due in many respects, however, to Miss Hathaway, who devoted much of her time to this work, and whose advice and cooperation enabled the staff to present a paper of which the school is justly proud. To our principal, Mr. Davis, loyal friend and advisor that he has proven to be, we wish to express our sincere thanks. We can show only in a small way the high esteem 28