J T Barber High School - Warrior Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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Class Will We, the members of the class of 1960, in the Town of New Bern, the County of Craven, and the State of North Carolina, being of sound mental nealth, do hereby make this last will and testament and in this manner we do dispose of all our possessions: 1. To the Junior Class, we leave our good luck. In addition to this, our privilege and rights as seniors in the classrooms and chapel will revert to them, as well as all examination questions we have been given during the past years. We believe that an examination, like history, often repeats itself; also we leave you any boys or girls we leave behind. 2. To our good friends, the Sophomores, we leave our good patience. It will be found useful as the only means to endure the Juniors. 3. To the young unsophisticated Freshmen, we leave a map of the school building, so that they will not get lost and roam about in everybody ' s way. 4. To our dear ole school building, we leave the peaceful quiet caused by our absence. 5. To our Principal, we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been graduated, pleasant memories of our four years together, and a feeling of pride in any great deeds of noteworthy achievement that our future may contain, realizing that such glories - if any - will owe much to his ex¬ ample of counsel. 6. To our teachers, we hereby give our entire store of knowledge. From them it comes and to them it should be returned, that others may be benefited by it as we have been. We also leave to the teachers our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. Finally, we do hereby name and appoint as the sole executor of this, our last Will and Testament our class advisors: Miss E. B. Martin Mr. W. G. Keyes Mr. A. Attmore In witness whereof we, the Class of 1960, the testator, have set our hands and seal on this, the thirty-first day of May, in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty.

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In the third year, owing to the old educational custom, the Sophomores became Juniors, and their promotion made their sense of importance increase all out of due proportion. Great indeed, was their scorn for the Fresh¬ men and the Sophomores. It must be admitted that the aforesaid Freshmen and Sophomores, completely absorbed in their own process of being explored, were in no wise embarrassed or concerned. These persons guided us through our third year: President, William Shepard; Vice President, Doris Bell; Sec¬ retary, Cleopatra Hargett; Parliamentarian, Wilda Deans; Reporter, William Moore; and Business Manager, Mil- ton Shields. The most important features of the year was the preparation for our prom. Immediately we began our mon¬ ey-raising projects, namely the Womanless Wedding and a newspaper-selling which failed. But the night of May 15, our dream was made a reality. Our prom, The Mardi Gras, had not failed. It was simply beyond the best. Added activities, namely the Crown and Scepter and F.T.A. were of great import. Our class members in the Crown and Scepter were John Daniels, Doris Bell, Cleopatra Hargett, and Wilda Deans, while Essie Nobles, Charlene Hayes, James Scott, Earnestine Carter, Mary Jones, Mildred Best, Evelyn Gray, Cleopatra Hargett, Faye Johnson, Faye Johnson, Harold Gaskins, William Moore, Mamie Rasberry, Lois Wright, Elnora Phillips; Dale Smith and Edna Jones were members of the F. T. A. Edwin Green, Edna Jones, Faye Johnson, Cleopatra Hargett, Doris Bell, Thurealee Perry, Mildred Best, and Lois Wright took very active parts in the state-wide spelling bee. William Shepard and John Daniels scored the two highest points on the National Merit Scholarship Test. John also attended the National Science Foundations ' Summer School Program at A and T College, Greensboro. The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y and their advisors attended the annual Y.M.C. A. and Y.W.C. A. conference in Lumberton. This was a year of work and the dreaded ordeal of examinations was passed with few casualties. The teach¬ ers had endeared themselves to the heart of the class, and there was a feeling of genuine friendship throughout the school. We approached our fourth and greatest year of all with a bang! Our history at Barber was nearing its end. We were seniors when the school year began. The organization of the class was as follows: President, Wilda Deans; Vice President, Charles Dixon; Secretary, Doris Bell; Assistant Secretary, Linwood White; Treasurer, John Daniels; and Parliamentarian, William Shepard. Miss Martin, Mr. Keyes, and Mr. Attmore were energetically at the helm. To start the highlights of this period of our history, the High School Senior Day Trip to A and T College, Greensboro. A very adventuresome trip it was as two fellow scho olmates did their part in the persons of William Dixon and Hubert Hargett playing on opposing teams. The J. T. Barber Warriors were runners-up for the Eastern Championship in football. The class members who were active in this feat were Charles Dixon, Raymond Col¬ lins, Aaron Martin, Shelton Kirkman, Eddie King, Richard Staten and William Shepard. Taking part in the Annual Shrine Bowl game were: Aaron Martin, Shelton Kirkman, Raymond Collins. All of this was looked upon with friendly amusement by the teacher-explorers, who regarded the result of their four years of hard labor with rightful pride. They had converted a band of ignorant, untamed aborigines into intelligent, courteous citizens of their great school, and had lost only the usual proportion in the process. Better yet, they had found that for which they had been searching so eagerly; a genius in fact, several of them, and all of the class was passable. This next period, settlement, is not easy to describe. In these fast-moving and disturbing times, nothing remains settled for long, but it appears that the seniors were urged to stay in the country to which they had come four years previously to be discovered, in which they remained to be explored and are now ready to be settled. They have all chosen their vocations. Each was destined to become famous and honored throughout the land. Their successes lie, not as impossibilities, but tasks waiting to be carried out. The only thing impossible is that which has not been thought about. We say then, our helmsmen, Miss Martin, Mr. Keyes, and Mr. Attmore, led us safely through. Only now, old man experience will take over . . . Onward to Yonder. The Historians Class of 1960

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Class Song and Poem DEAR OLD BARBER HIGH Dear old gay Barber High Now it ' s time to say good bye” In all four years we loved you so It’s ”60, time to go. Dear Barber what we got from you We hope to keep each day through And hoping those left behind Will follow along this line. Even tho’ we ' ll be far away Well think about you each day And remember the sweet old days back home Where we no more will roam. CHORUS- Onward to yonder we are bound Onward up to higher ground Everyday we’ll fight and pray Along this rough and rugged way. By Edna and Mary Jones Class of 1960 THE CLASS POEM J. T., J. T., J. T. Barber High We have waited four years today Now we must go and say goodbye Farewell we say, Farewell we say. The time has been long All that we have earned Has been well learned W ith every man for himself Now the time has come when we must depart All the good times we have had and shared With all the misfortunes we have bared We must go into this wide world to face with our heart. Essie Nobles and Mary Jones