Hartsville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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And now there comes before the vision a splendid building. Carved over the portals I read the letters: “Y. M. C. A.” What can it be? Now I see, Young Men’s Christian Association, and the business-like doctor with the pleasant smile, Lever Edwards. And now I see a modest little schoolhouse, far from the haunts and noises of time. I see a teacher small but learned, wearing glasses, with an air of authority about him. Who can it be? Why, it’s our old friend, Tom Ham, now principal of Bethel School! Well, Tom never did like to come to town and it is said that the boys had to hold him in the car when he rode around Coker College. Well, Tom is still single and the College is still there. And now I see a vision of an athlete, a woman who has refused to become fair, fat and fussy. Who is this vision? What is she doing? Speak pot and tell me what I see (stirs pot). Why this is old Ava May Billings-ly! Well, the girls of the University of Florida are fortunate in having such a director. Luck to your teams, Ava May! And now I see a student, a history book she has, intent she seems to be. Clear, vision, clear. Why, it’s old Billy Abbott, and studying just as hard as she used to! Who would ever have thought that Bill would turn down all her suitors and devote her life to history? My, what funny things happen! And now six feet, six hundred pounds he seems to be! Who is this splendid figure rising before me? Where is the old car that used to carry, written on it, “Corn and Oats, Newly Weds?” Well, they say Harry is doing fine work as Freshman Coach at Berkeley University. Another vision comes to me! A woman, fair but stout. A pen and scroll in her hand she seems to hold. Why, it’s old Edith Renfrow, short story writer for the American Magazine! What is this I see? Two knees together seem to strike! Is it real or put on Why, it’s Hartridge Miller, a noted cartoonist for the Hollywood stars. Well, Hartridge, don’t lose your heart or your head. They tell me Hollywood is a great life if you don’t weaken. Who now comes up? Short he seems, he looks as if he might belong to the tribe of Dan. Now that smile I recognize. It’s our good old friend of by-gone days, Joab Watson. Ah! We always knew that voice would carry you somewhere. Well, your high school efforts were not in vain. Tonse, Tonse, Tonse, what’s this ringing in my ear? Speak pot, speak to me. Oh, it’s Florence Elliott. Dear, old, studious Florence! Now secretary to the president of the University of Kentucky. Well, Florence always was great at keeping our library hooks straight, so we hope chat she will keep things straight in the president’s office. 24

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY To see me in this condition, Is not from the lack of ambition, But a happy visitation of an hour or two, To see, dear classmate, what has happened to you. The first form that comes before me is that of dear old Mildred Miller, our Valedictorian, gay, petite Mildred, always a flapper. Who would have thought that Mildred would have developed into a flapper teacher of Latin. My! how times have changed! When we studied Latin in dear old H. H. S. there had to be a certain amount of dignity but now the boys flock to take Latin from a flapper teacher. Well, anyway, we wonder if Mildred still says “Ego Amo Te” to the boys. Well, maybe some leap year some man will take her up and then it will be no more Miss Miller. And who is the rustic looking couple I see? Well, bless my soul! If it isn’t Marguerite Miller and Leslie Rhodes—farmers, both of tern. lie with the field and she with the fowls. Well, the old block “H” was not on the school grounds in vain; Marguerite and Leslie tied up for life. Well, all the joy and happiness that this world affords I wish for you. Well, here comes Kathryne Powe and Lyndal Perry with their beauty parlors. Well, old Kathryne always was an expert on curling her own hair, while Lyndal knew the ways of putting on rouge. So what a team they make. Boil, pot boil, and here comes old James Lide Jordan. My, but I believe to my soul he’s still arguing. And what means these clothes in which I see him clad! A lawyer—a talented lawyer with divorce as his specialty. Well, oJd James JLide had a habit in High School days of breaking into love affairs, so he is still up to his old habit. Boil, pot boil, and bless my soul! Another married couple I see. Pinck King, our former class president, a developed football star. And who is this sweet demure looking damself by his side? Who would ever have thought that Marguerite Hoover would have developed into such a meek little wife? Now, who is this that rises before me? And what mean these clothes in which he is clothed? Why, it’s Charlie Funderburk, heading Funderburk’s Jazz Orchestra! Why, you can hardly tell him from Mr. Goldman, he has stoutened up so. And now there seems to arise before me a vision of an angel of mercy. Who can it be? What can it be? Those fair forms in those white uniforms! Why, it’s Ruth Seymour and Lillie Watford! We always knew that there was good in them and here we find them devoting their time to the sufferers in Florida. Luck to you, Ruth and Lillie! 23

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What do I see now? The happy face of Eleanor McKinnon, and on each side of her two dirty little urchins, inhabitants of the slum district of New York. Old Eleanor is trying to instill into others her mania for washing faces and hands and keeping clean. This is a great work and one well worth while, for cleanliness is next to holiness. Here’s an interesting vision! Imagine Rachel Miller a legislator, elected on the platform favoring bond issues. She makes powerful speeches and puts over any project she favors. Now I see the successor of Miss Baker who formerly held the Chair of History in the Hartsville High School. This is now held by Caroline Gillespie who is well qualified to fill this position from her former training. The fates have not forgotten the need of religion in the hearts and lives of our people, for I see here, Catherine Morgan standing with a Bible in her hand, which she carries continually. She has mastered this book so thoroughly that she has become Bible instructor at Winthrop College. Well, look at this! Old Otto Wilkerson, and attached to him some kind of funny looking electrical machine, which has recently been patented in Washington. His own invention! It looks like a baby crier or some such article. I see before me a desk littered with papers and writing materials by which is seated Susan Hicks. We presume that she is writing editorials and not love letters. Here’s a thrilling picture! C. T. Miller, Jr., in uniform, serving his country faithfully and well, in the borders of rebellious China. He hasn't yet acquired a pigtail like the majority of those around him. Let’s hope he won’t! Here’s a beautiful vision! I see a room filled with little children, seated on the floor and in their midst sits Pennie Rhodes. Let me look further! What is that they are doing? Oh, I see! Cutting paper dolls. Well, even that training is necessary in the kindergarten and Pennie is relieving worried mothers of a great care. In contrast to the picture where the teacher is training the children, I see a vision of a mother, teaching her children to read. This faithful and devoted mother is Sara Howie. Here’s a pretty picture! Lester Blackwell is an ordained preacher and by his side stands his sweetheart of High School days, Eva Walters, who is now the minister’s beloved wife. Next, I see a vision of Olive Kirven. Instead of playing on the heart of a man, as many thought she would do, she is playing on the keys of a typewriter. Here’s a picture of much style. Vivian Wallace is the up-to-date ready-to-wear saleslady for J. L. Coker Company. 25