Hartsville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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in having one other among its new members, Woodrow Lewis, who has, without doubt, made his presence felt in the record he has made for himself. During this, his first year in Hartsville High School, he won the distinction of being the best negative debater in the state. The short story medal, which is awarded each year to a pupil from our High School who writes the best short story, was won by a member of the Junior Class, Mary Lee. Literary ability was also discovered in Maude West, who won the prize awarded by the Professional Women’s Club for the best essay written on a stated topic. We are most proud of the members of our class who acquired success on the various athletic teams and in the musical activities. Last, but not least, among the events and happenings of our Junior year, and wa might say, one of the most worthy, was the organization of a chapter of the National Honor Society in our high school. The honor of the organization of the chapter is due to Miss Helen Baker, one of our beloved teachers. The members of our class who were taken into the society this year as charter members were Margaret Phoebe Reynolds, Marguerite Gandy, Charlotte Coker, and Woodrow Lewis. Last September we entered our Senior year with the largest membership ever possessed by a senior class of Hartsville High School. It was hard to realize that we had been at old H.H.S. for three years, but yes, we were now seniors, and it was our duty to live up to that name of “Senior.” This year, for us. has held even more than our Junior year, and yet we know that it has been one of joy mingled with sorrow -joyful because we had attained our Senior year, and sad because we must soon break the ties of love and friendship which have, for the last four years especially, bound us together. Our Senior class officers were elected as follows: President, Woodrow Lewis; Vice-President, Lucas Sparrow; Secretary, (.’arson Steen; Treasurer. Martha Carnes. Fannye Stokes was added to our class roll this year. The new members taken into the Honor Society were: Martha Carnes. Ruth Stewart. Mary Lee. Myrtle Carpenter, Lem Stephenson. Lucas Sparrow, and Finch Ridge. Vie give much credit to our affirmative debating team, which won third place in the state, out ol forty contesting teams. On this team were two members of our class: Martha Carnes and Woodrow Lewis. The IJ. D. C. medal, awarded this year for the best paper written on Wade Hampton by a high school senior, was won by Margaret Phoebe Reynolds. I he prize in the tobacco essay contest was won by one of our seniors. Maude West. In spite of the many, many times Mr. Hungerpiller has scolded us in Fnglish class, for being one of the worst classes in spelling he has ever taught, we are proud of the fact that we have one member, and maybe two or three others, who are excellent along this line. This pupil is Sadie Howie, who has won. for the past three years, first place in the County High School Spelling Contest. Our class had the privilege this year of contributing to the Lower State Championship Basketball Team the manager. Margaret Phoebe Reynolds; three players. Marguerite Benjamin, Mary D. Chambers, and Fannye Stokes; and three subs. Mildred Folsom, Frances Flowers, and Juanita Ingram. Our boys also accomplished much in athletics. We had quite a number from our class in the Glee Club which won second place in the Coker College contest. Of course, fellow classmates, it would be impossible for me to remind you of all the activities of this, our Senior Year, but these 1 think are the most outstanding. While we are not satisfied with our achievements, the class as a whole, has stood for a high standard of honor. The record of the class has not been attributed to the attainments of two or three members, but to the steady work of the unit. We shall soon part, probably never to meet again as a group, but true friendship can never be wholly obliterated and, therefore, we are sure that we shall not forget those with whom we have been so intimately associated. I must stop now for 1 have told you, as best I could, the history of the class of 1928. We shall leave the responsibility of the next chapter in the annals of Hartsville High School to the rising senior class of 1929. Charlotte Coker, Historian. Twenty

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I I lllll'l II LfTTfn T H E RETROSPEC Senior Class History e It was in September, eleven years ago, that a young ami eager group of us entered the first grade of the Hartsville Grammar School. Our minds were filled with excitement and joy. and we were ready to grasp anything concerning learning which might come our way. In this group were several who have been faithful and true to our old class, and are now in the Senior (Hass of Hartsville High School, ready to be graduated if fate does not decree otherwise. The girls in this first grade group were: Lena Blackman, Martha Carnes, Virginia Chapman, Mary I). Chambers, Charlotte Coker. Marguerite Gandy. Beatrice Heustess, Juanita Ingram. Percie Ingram. Mary Lee. Ethel Mae Renfrow. Margaret Phoebe Reynolds. Dorothy Tillotson, Laura Twitty. I he boys were: Bruce Bair. William Funderburk. Henry McKinnon, Finch Ridge, Lucas Sparrow, Lem Stephenson, James Steen, Heyward Smith, K. W. Stogner, Jr. As the years of Grammar School came and went, others joined our group. When we realized that we were getting into the more difficult field of study, we felt very important. Before we knew it we found ourselves in the seventh grade. (x)uld this be possible? es. and then we were regarding the pupils in the lower grades with an air of dignity, and maybe a little condescension. Don't you remember, class mates, the feeling of pride which we had when we walked across the stage in May, 1924. to receive our Grammar School Certificates? We felt, as all the other pupils do when they graduate from Grammar School, that we had accomplished the first big task in our young lives, for our chief ambition in the years preceeding had been to receive our certificates from the Hartsville Grammar School. Those who went along with us from the Grammar School to the High School were: Mar- guerite Benjamin, Myrtle Carpenter, Evelyn Graddick. Myrtle Ingram. Virginia Langston. Irene Sparrow. Maude West. Robin Askins. J. 1). Cook. Walton Luther, Leslie Graham. Baxter Ridge. Carson Steen, Bob Stewart, William Summer. Ralph Turner. The following September, we appeared in High School with countenances marked with fear and uncertainty. We soon became aware of the fact that we were not nearly so old and learned as we had thought, and that there was much work ahead of us. We. during this first year in high school, experienced many taunts and threats, from the more experienced and more learned upper classmen, which filled our hearts with fear. We didn't fancy at all the title of honor— “Rats which was conferred on us that first y’ear. As we had no contact with the outside activities of the school world, as it were, we entered upon our studies with ardent zeal. Two new members came to us this year; Frank Ellis and Sadie Howie. No large task was accomplished by our group aside from class work that first year, for we were too busy becoming used to our new surroundings. We were largely occupied with the more difficult studies of Latin. Algebra. Science and the like, which seemed extremely hard and strange to us at first, and which demanded of us hard study in order that we might grasp their difficult problem. Nine months, filled with many hardships and fears, brought us to our Sophomore year. Feeling much more at ease, we entered, with more confidence, into the life of the school. We had by this time become adjusted to Hartsville High School life. This year we welcomed to our class these girls: Frances Flowers, Ruth Stewart, and Lois Young. The class was proud of Henry McKinnon, who won first place in the high school declamation contest. Several of our members began to take part on the various athletic teams, in the Glee Club, Orchestra, and other oragnizations of the school. In spite of the fact that we were rapidly gaining the reputation of being the noisiest class in high school, which reputation we were to keep for the remainder of our high school career, we were proud of our class for its varied achievements, and for the splendid way in which we had learned to work together. It was in the third year that we really made our presence fe!t. Quite a number of the members of our class were now old enough and capable enough to share in the various activities of the school, including athletics, in which some were bold and spry enough to take part. This, our Junior year, was filled with opportunities for the various members of our class. A great many of these opportunities were grasped, and successful goals were attained, by the class as a whole and by individuals who were to make for themselves a record worth while. The following students entered our group this year: Ella Mae Flowers. Zuline Flowers, Mildred Folsom. Ruth Folsom. Helen Howie. Doris King. Esther Lee Moore, and Ruth Poison. The class was fortunate this year Twenty-seven

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Senior Class Poem P 4 To Mr. J. . Thorn well and the Faculty. As we come to the close of our High School career And think of each session apart. We know that the thought of our Senior Year Is marked with real sadness of heart. We’ve worked close together four long happy years. And now as we come to the end. We think of the parting with eyes full of tears. And this message to you we would send. Our purpose shall he as through life we go To gallantly ’‘follow the gleam.” To hold to the truths which we all know, And not value things as they seem. To you who have taught us, our friends tried and true. We pledge faith to your high ideal. You’ve given us courage to dare and to do As Life’s Mystery you’ve sought to reveal. Myrtle Carpenter, Poet, ’28. Twenty-nine