Henderson High School - Pep Pac Yearbook (Henderson, NC)

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Class Histor ltfl' us go back into the land ot the past, back to a bright September morning in 1924. lfxcitement reigned in all of our homes, sixty hearts beat a little faster, and sixty dreamers knew that our dream had come true. For seven long years, we had plodded through the grades, with only the picture of high school to keep our courage strong. ,Xnd had we not reached our goal, was not our radiant vision about to be realized? Wlere not we about to become real members of that wonderful home ol knowledge which before had seemed a far oft dream? ,-Xt eight-thirty, on this happy morning sixty members of the class of '28 crept joytully, yet timidly, from various parts of town, to our destination: to the place which since has become a part ol' our lile. our hopes and dreams. As we came nearer, our joy turned to something which resembled fear, for had we not heard of the terrible disasters which had betallen Freshmen ot previous years? Should we be treated in the same cruel manner? Only time could telll ...A ' Xnd the tale which time did tell was far from a pleasant onel Yes, even we, with all of our hopes and dreams, Could not avoid the custom which had been handed down through the ages, namely, initiation at the hands of the Sophomores. However this foreboding weakened our courage only a short time, and soon we found ourselves facing the real problems of high school lireshmen. 'We encountered the hardships of Latin, of Science, and of Algebra: and although, at first, some came very near falling by the wayside. bythe end ofthe year, most of our number had come through with flying colors. It was in our Freshman year that the name of the high school annual was changed to The Bull Dog, and we, as lfreshmen, did our wee bit toward making it a success. Soon we realized that our first year in high school had ended, and we were about to face the problems of a Sophomore world. How little and insignilicant the in- coming Freshmen now seemed to usl lVas it possible that -:rv could ever have looked so pitifully Ntluniblli It so, we were not surprised that the upper-Classmen had looked down upon us with such scorn. So, according to the way of Sophomores, we began to pass on to the Freshmen some ol' the indienities that had been in- tlicted upon us the year before. But soon, the novelty of initiation having worn oli, we turned our thoughts to things nearer home, and found to our suprise that fifteen of our members had fallen by the wayside, leaving an enrollment of only forty-tive in the Sophomore Class. There was little time, however, to be spent in grieving over the lost ones, for was it not the duty of the forty-tive who remained to work with a determination which would make up it ir the fifteen who had fallen from our ranks? Wie began work with a will and were soon fully capable of solving X, lighting Caesar! wars and discussing the fall of ancient rulers. But our year was not to be all work, for liady lfortune sprinkled in it a little pleasure. ln February, the Freshmen entertained us at a Valentine party which was greatly enjoyed, and. in return, we invited them to a picnic at the Hllvaslioutil which was equally enjoyed by both Classes. But this enjoyment' could not last, for all too soon the tide of time swept us on to the Junior shore, from which, in the dim distance, could be seen the end of our journey. Only a leiv more miles to travel, only a lew more obstacles to overcome, Tllirljy

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and our golden dream would be fully realixedl llc struggled onward, upward. with the Senior shore our destination. Though live of our number had been swept down by the billows, the remaining forty lost not an ounce of hopeg and, with Billie Klixon as our president and Xliss .lulia Searcy as our guide, we looked ever onwartl to the joys and success of a happy year. YVhen the basketball season opened we found that our class could boast of three expert athletes, Frances Xeathery, Katherine Turner. and Roslyn Satterwhite, the Captain of the Blue and lVhite Lassiesf' Our team was especially successful this time, losing only one game during the entire season, and we lqnew that the players from our class had done a great deal toward maliing the year a successful one. Soon after the close of the basketball season, we found that our time was being filled with pleasant happenings. First. came the ,lapanese 'llea which we gave in honor of the Seniors. This entertainment was proclaimed a very great success and was enjoyed by all of those who were present. l.ater. the Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion gave a party for the Seniors at the Parish llouse. and added our names to the list of those who were invited. Soon we found that we could no longer term ourselves Jolly Juniors, but must instead assume the title of Dignilied Seniors. Wie, at last. had reached our goal! Yes, we had reached the last mile-post and would soon bt- ligistguing on toward the end of our journey. llihy had old ll. ll. S. become so dear to us? Willy did the thought of graduation bring with it a feeling of sorrow as well as of joy? Soon after the opening of school, after many class meetings and much heated argument the following ofiicers were elected: Charles Rollins, President: Billie Nlixon, Vice President, Roslyn Satterwliite, Secretary: l.eslie Langston, rllreasurer' and Bliss Dorothy Turner, Faculty Adviser. One of the most notable efforts of this, our last year of high school, was the getting up of our annual, now entitled the PEP-Pac, a labor of love combined with an unlimited amount of patience. Again, on the athletic field, our football team and basketball teams carried will some glorious victories. But each day brought us nearer and nearer to the end which would mean the separation of the Class of '28, whose recreations, joys, sorrows, and even failures had but served to draw us nearer together. And now the history of this honored and honorable class is nearing its close. Already we are hearing the resonant tramp of the oncoming years, those years which will mean so much to us, which we hope will be full of the most choice blessings, and, in which our class of 33 members, we trust, will play a part that will reflect glory upon ourselves and the Alma Nlater of which we now so reluctantly take leave. Lituvwoa Youms, ffZiJil0l'IilIl1. a T! as 3 Tfzirzy-one