Kinston High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kinston, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1924 volume:

woMJMii ©mm KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR FOREWORD With sympathy towards all its readers, and with malice towards none, the first volume of THE KAYAITCHESS presents itself to the public. The task of compilation has been tedious, but not unpleasant. The completed work is submitted with a plea for lenity from those whose patience will be abused by its many shortcomings. The Editors have sought to make it an acceptable repre- sentation of the life of the School. If this annual, the result of our labors, in any way meets with your kind favors, we shall have been duly rewarded. Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR TO WILLIAM HAYES In Token of the Esteem and Respect OF THE CLASS OF 1924 KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAirCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Thornas Kewiit Servici CUss Ea. Fra-ntesTcVlock, C 1 rc-u at icn Mgr. KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR AUniNISTRflTIVE U i bv at 10,1:1. S-ight KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Nine KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR CONTENTS Book One CLASSES Book Two STUDENT ACTIVITIES Book Three ATHLETICS Book Four JOKES Ten Eleven KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR SENIOR CLASS Flower: Pansy Motto: ' Always Ready Colors: Purple and Gold OFFICERS Vernon Cowper Grace Wooten Mary Emma Bizzell Robert E. Lee Plato Collins Louise Paschall Thomas HE VITT . Lillah Johnston President Vice-President Seer eta ry- Trea surer Historian Statistician Prophet Testator Poet Twelve THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR HILDA GRACE ADLER ' The gentle mind is by gentle deeds known CYNTHIA DUNN BAGBY Bid me discourse; I will enchant thine ear MARY EMMA BIZZELL ' ■For may we search before ive find., A heart so noble and so kind Secretary and Treasurer of Senior Class, ' 24; Censor and Critic of O ' Henry Literary Societ ' 23- ' 24. I PLATO COLLINS, Je. He goes a long ways to make friends Staff Member The Connecting Link, ' 23- ' 24; Critic Odd Literary Society, Fall ' 23- ' 24; Vice- President Odd Literary Society, Spring ' 23- ' 24; Declaimer at Wa ce Forest, ' 23- ' 24; Senior Class Statistician, ' 23- ' 24; Track Team, ' 24. Thirteen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR MARY ELBA CUM MINGS .4 silent woman may he wise — a talker must be GEORGE VERNON COWPER, Jr. The glass of fashion and the mold of form; the observed of all observers Business Manager The Connecting Link, ' 23- ' 24; President Senior Class, ' 23- ' 24; Football, ' 23; Track, ' 23- ' 24; Athletic Editor The Kayaitchess, ' 23- ' 24; Staff The Connecting Link, ' 22- ' 23; Triangular Debating Team, ' 22- ' 23; Orchestra, ' 22- ' 23; Critic Even Literary Society, Spring ' 23- ' 24; Censor Even Literary Society, Fall ' 22- ' 23. CARRIE MAY DUNN She looks as clear As morning ' s roses newly steeped in dew Critic O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 22- ' 23; Chair- man Program Committee O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 23- ' 24. MARY ALYCE FAULKNER Serene amidst alarm Basketball, ' 22- ' 23- ' 24; Manager Basketball, ' 23- ' 24. Fourteen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A ITCH ESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR ELISE GRAY However it he, it seems to me ' Tis only noble to be good HELEN H.ASKINS She will sing the savageness out of a bear THOMAS FREDERICK HEWITT He who loves not wine, women and song. Has no pleasure the whole life long Marshal Commencement, ' 23; Staff Member The Connecting Link, ' 23- ' 24; Senior Editor The Kayailchess, ' 23- ' 24; Tennis, ' 24; Vice-President Even Literary Society, Spring ' 23- ' 24; Cheer Leader, ' 23- ' 24; Winner Lincoln Essay Medal, ' 23- ' 24; Senior Class Testator, ' 23- ' 24. NANCY ELIZABETH HINSON Her hair was not more sunny than her heart Winner Chamber of Commerce Essay, ' 23- ' 24 Fifteen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR ZULIENE JOHNSON Grii is the grain of character VERNA ELIZABETH HODGES A lid si ill they gazed, and still the wonder greiv, That one small head could Carry all she knew Vice-President O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 22- ' 23; President O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 23- ' 24; The Connecting LinI; Staff, ' 22- ' 23; Basketball, 20- ' 21; Orchestra, ' 22- ' 23. MARJORIE HUNTER The airiest, fairiest slip of a thing ' ALICE PENDRE JENNETT Where there ' s a will, there ' s a way ' Sixteen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR LILLAH JOHXSTON Have your coiiviiiioits and sland firm ' Sei ' ior Class Poet, ' 23- ' 24; Marshal Comniciice- ment, ' 23. ROBERT E. LEE can iiol Jiiid a U ' ay, I will make one Editor ir-Cbief The Kayaikkesi;, ' 23- ' 24; Editor- in-Chief The Connecling Link, ' 23- ' 24; Stal ' f Tlie Reflector, ' 2 - ' 12; Senior Class Historian, ' 23- ' 24; Triangular Debating Team, ' 22- ' 23; Director Hi-Y Cluhi, ' 22- ' 23; Censor Even Literary Society, Spring ' 22- ' 23; Vice-President Even Literary Society, Fall ' 23- ' 24 . EDWARD LEE Eal, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die President Even Literary Societv, Spring ' 23- ' 24; Staff The Connecting Link, ' 23- ' 24; President Junior Class, ' 22- ' 23; Chief Marshal Com- mencement, ' 22 - ' 23; Football Manager, ' 23; Business Manager The Kayailchess, ' 23- ' 24. RUBY LEE LEGGETTE Give to the world tire best van have. And the best will come back to you Seventeen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR RUBY LOUISE MEWBORN 7 awoke myself and found myself famous Basketball, ' 22- ' 23, ' 23- ' 24; Track, ' 22- ' 23, ' 23- ' 24; Secretary Girls ' Athletic Association, ' 23- ' 24; Tennis, ' 22- ' 23, ' 23- ' 24; State Mono- gram; Cheer Leader, ' 23- ' 24; Athletic Editor The Kayaiichess. ' 23- ' 24. IRENE NACHAMSON A mind forever varying through strange seas of thought Orchestra, ' 23- ' 24 RUTH VIRGINIA PALMER A name famed AMIE JORDAN PARHAM While I live, I crow Basketball, ' 20- ' 21, ' 21- ' 22, ' 22- ' 23, ' 23- ' 24; Track, ' 22- ' 23, ' 23- ' 24; President Girls ' Ath- letic Association, ' 23- ' 24; Tennis, ' 22- ' 23; Cheer Leader, ' 23- ' 24; Secretary-Treasurer of Junior Class, ' 22- ' 23; State Monogram. Eighteen KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YA ITCIIESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR LOUISE PASCHALL ' Music exalts each joy; allays each grief FRANCES HOKE POLLOCK ranted ajar For divers things — We wonder how many they are Circulation Manager The Kayailchess, ' 23- ' 24 ELDRED RHEM works will do it, I win Marsha! Commencement, ' 23 GRACE MEWBORN ROUSE Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul Nineteen Twenty KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Twenty One KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Tweniy-Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR JAMES OWEN SUTTON A face willt gladness overspread Vice-President Odd Literary Society, Fall ' 23- ' 24; Baseball, ' 21- ' 22, ' 23- ' 24; Reporter The Con. necting Link, ' 23- ' 24; Tennis, ' 24; Basketball, ' 23- ' 24; Censor of Odd Literary Society, Spring ' 23- ' 24. EMMALIE TAYLOR Good humor is the clear, blue sky of the soul ' ETHEL MAE TAYLOR 77 be merry, I ' ll be free; I ' ll be sad for nobody Secretary O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 23- ' 24; Assistant Editor The Connecting Link, ' 23- ' 24; Vice-President Junior Class, ' 22- ' 23; Press Reporter O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 22- ' 23; Commencement Marshal, ' 23. WILLIAM STANTON TAYLOR The best of men have ever loved repose ' iiijeniy-Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR LOUISE TULL True modesty is a discerning grace ' ISAAC MONTROSE TULL .4 johc is the spice of life ' ' President Odd Literary Society, Spring ' 23- ' 24; Critic Odd Literary Society, Fall ' 23- ' 24; Censor Odd Literary Society, Spring ' 22- ' 23. VIRGINIA LOUISE TYNDALL Gentleness Juts its powers Winner V. T. Parrott .Aledal, ' 19 WILLIAM RAYMOND WESTBROOK, Jr. A iL ' oman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke Baseball. ' 22. ' 24; Literary Editor The Kavaitchcss, ' 23- ' 24 fwmty-k ' om ■ KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCIIESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR SAMUEL LEONARD WILLL MS A bull I ' d be throii ghoul the land. A scholar, athlete and ladies ' man Football, ' 21- ' 22, ' 23; Track, ' 23- ' 24; President Even Literar} ' Society, Fall ' 23- ' 24; President Athletic Association, ' 23- ' 24; Captain Track, ' 24. MARIE GLADYS WILLL MS Give every man thine ear; But few thy voice Literarj ' Editor of The Kayaitchess, ' 23- ' 24; Marshal Commencement, ' 23. GRACE WOOTEX She is pretty to walk with. And witty to talk with. And pleasant, loo, to think on Vice-President of Senior Class, ' 23- ' 24; Sponsor of Track Team, ' 23- ' 24. LILLIAN CLAIRE WORTHINGTON Good nature is the sign of a large and generous soul THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR THELMA ELIZABETH WOOTEX Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are ' ' Treasurer of O ' Henry Literary Society, ' 23- ' 24; Football Sponsor, ' 23. CLASS POEM O joyous day, the goal is reached, And victory crowns the hour; The budding thoughts of yesterday Are now full-bloom in flow ' r. Up rugged paths and steps we ' ve climbed To reach this day of days — A day when our hearts must seem sad As we go different ways. Always Ready was the motto we chose, And to it we ' ve always been true. May we always be ready to do our best In work and pleasure, too. And may we look back upon mem ' ries dear As the years onward roll, And see the sunset reflecting ' 24 And the Class with the purple and gold. — Poet. Twenly-Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR WHAT THE SENIORS THINK OF EACH OTHER (As voted by the Senior Class) Neatest .... Most Loquacious Biggest Flirt Quietest .... Best Looking Girl Best Looking Boy . Greatest Giggler . Daintiest Most Studious Most Popular with Students Most Popular with Faculty Most Sarcastic Most Athletic Boy Most Athletic Girl . Biggest Blujf Most Carefree Wittiest Most in Love . Laziest Most School Spirit Best Musician Most Conceited Most Original Best Ail-Round Girl Best Ail-Round Boy Man Hater . Woman Hater Biggest Eater . Most Attractive . Cutest Class Baby Most Dignified Biggest Fool Most Stylish . Louise Stanford Amie Jordan Parham Cynthia Bagby . Marie Williams Grace Wooten . Vernon Cowper . Ethel Taylor . Nellie Spencer . Vance Spence Grace Wooten . Verna Hodges LiLLAH Johnston . Leonard Williams . Ruby Mewborn . Sadie Stadiem . Louise Paschall . Vance Spence Helen Haskins Montrose Tull Frances Pollock Irene Nachamson Thelma Wooten . Plato Collins, Jr. Ethel Taylor . Leonard Williams . Lillian Savage William Westbrook Marjorie Hunter Carrie Mae Dunn Marjorie Hunter Ruby Mewborn Dorothy Suggs Amie Jordan Parham . Vernon Cowper — Statistician. I ' d ' eniy-Seven KINSTON HK.H SCHOOL THE KA Y Air CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR SENIOR CLASS HISTORY When we entered the Kinston High School in 1920, the Emerald Isle itself could not have surpassed us in freshness, nor the whole British Empire in im- portance, as we estimated ourselves. Disillusionment soon followed, for during the first few weeks of study and mingling with each other, our greenness was diminished by half, and all of our assumed importance waned. However, it was not all up-hill work. The daily agonies of Algebra, Latin, Science, History and English were mingled with the good times that only Freshmen can have. As Sophomores, we were all that wise ones could wish. We took up the reins laid down by our immediate predecessors and directed the Newish through the trials and tribulations of that year, not by fear and force, but by kindness and friendship. With our Junior year came jolly days at last — days that Time can never efface. The rough track was behind us and the race half won. Freshmen filled the gap left by the Seniors, and we continued the course. Officers were elected, and we were early on the road to real achievement. Edward Lee became Presi- dent; Ethel Taylor, Vice-President, and Amie Jordan Parham, Secretary and Treasurer. Rings were ordered, and no efforts were spared in making the Class of 1924 all that the members felt it destined to be. Purple and Gold were taken as colors; the Pansy became our flower, and ' ' Always Ready ' our motto; Need Thee Every Hour was adopted as our class hymn. It was during our Junior year that members of our class organized the Hi-Y Club, w hich created, maintained and extended throughout the school high standards of Christian character. It was from our class that came the President and Secretary. During our Junior year came the long-anticipated event of our school life — the Junior-Senior banquet. It was held on Friday evening, April 20, 1923, and was declared one of the biggest and most enjoyable ever held in the history of Kinston High School. As radio was then just becoming popular, the scheme of the whole program was along lines of radio. The banquet hall was beautifully decorated in the colors of the two classes — green and white, and purple and KM.ld. It was in the fall of 1923 that the Class of ' 24 became Seniors, and it was with manifest dignity that we carried all the responsibilities placed upon us. Vernon Cowper wa s elected President, along with the following officers: Grace Wooten, Vice-President; Mary Emma Bizzell, Secretary -Treasurer ; Lillah Johnston, Poet; Thomas Hewitt, Testator; Louise Paschall, Prophet; Plato Collins, Statistician, and Robert E. Lee, Historian. It is an unwritten law that all Historians must toot the horn loudly and play a tune of praise and glorification unto the class of which he is a member. I shall not break custom. I shall toot, and toot loudly, and the facts to be pre- sented in the offering will show that tooting is not without cause. Now, let us set forth and review the life of this Class of 1924. No doubt it is due to the largeness of the class that we find so great a diversification of talent and directed energy and ultimately the leadership in practically all school activities resting upon its members. In every phase of school activity, the members of this unit have been in the front ranks. fwenly- Eight KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YA ITCH ESS N 1 netep:n twenty-four Whether in football, Ijaseball, basketball, track or tennis, the Senior Class of this year has put in the held athletes of irony calibre. Captains, managers and cheer leaders have come from our class. And the fact that the Class of ' 24 this year has furnished memliers for every varsity team, should stand out in bold relief in the history of our school athletics. In the first annual Field Day, which was held last year, our class completely overwhelmed all the other classes, winning every event. However strange it may seem, members of our class are the only ones in our school who have ever been able to win State honors on the field. In forensic activities, the standard has been held high. Last year it was a team from our class that won the Triangular Debate and went to the University of North Carolina for the finals. In the Literary Societies, one of the most prominent activities of the school, we have had more than our jiroportion of representation. We have furnished officers, orators and debaters in abundance. In fact, statistics show that we have furnished two debaters every time all the other classes combined ha e furnished one. Only this spring a Senior was chosen as the best declaimer to represent Kinston High in a State contest. In the world of literature emd writing, a genuine standard h is been main- tained, showing talented ability. In the Class of 1924 one will find holders of the Barrett Hartsfield Medal, Lincoln Essay Medal, W. T. Parrott Health Essay Medal, and others. The Connecting Link, which was begun last year, has flourished and grown in a new style, with members of our class managing and writing for its colunms. It has been an isthmus between the school and the people; a vinculum between the school and its alumni and alumnae; a hyphen between the school and its activities, and a stepping-stone for a better and bigger school. It is today recognized as the best high school paper in North Carolina. It has become the true exponent of the Kinston schools, which is due to an editor-in-chief and a business manager who graduate this year. The Kayaitchess was given birth by the Class of 1924. Feeling the need of an annual, the Senior Class this year undertook the project, and with their own initiative, nursed it until it became a reality. It is a complete picture of school life at Kinston High during the past year. It is something that will cause the students in years to come to live again the brightest and bluest days of their career. It is a valued keep-sake made possible by the Class of 1924. And now that the goal of graduation from Kinston High School has about been reached, we stand upon a new threshold. Reminiscing, we arc hapjiy: contemplating the future, we are happier; for, behold, we are now at the point when life in its fullest can be enjoyed by us. Every morn is a fresh beginning; every day is a world made new. Where the various individual paths will lead to remains a part of the Prophet ' s story. But in making future history, let us cast no shadows on the past, which has been noteworthy in every detail. We want to keep up the process of growth and make progress and development our motto. We owe much to our Alma Mater here, which will always serve as a memorial to whatever fame or fortune we acfpiire in later years. Whether success or failure crowns our eflorts in the future years, Kinston High School will stand out to the Class of 1924 as a guiding-post — a haven of beauty and learning; an institution dedicated to humanity by our patrons. — Historian. Twcnty-N ine KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of North Carolina, County of Lenoir. We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four, of the Kinston High School, aforesaid State and county, being sound of mind and in full pos- session of all our faculties, and having reached the desired step, to-wit: Our intellect being broadened and our vision of life considerably widened, realizing that our sojourn here in this memorable High School must soon come to an end, and also that High School quizzes or instruments invoked by that past great terror — the faculty — to perturb and mislead the minds of the young, are of a past age, do make, declare and publish this as our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other wills and testaments made previously by us. All assets, rights and privileges that we have acquired, either by the hand of the fates or by our strong-arm of might, we do now dispose of, in the following way and manner, viz: First: We give and bequeath to the Junior Class of said institution the sole rights and privileges of ruling over the largest tract of our estate, bounded on the east side by East Street, on the west side by a high board fence, on the south side by Lenoir Avenue, and on the north side by Vernon Avenue, which is to be disposed of in like manner to its successors and executors. It is to be distinctly understood that their sole reign over the tract shall in no weiy in- terrupt, hinder or harass the rule of the faculty of the said school, over a build- ing, said building being situated in the center of said tract of real estate; and that in the case of the entrance of snow into our sunny Southland, they shall in no way place obstacles in the form of snowballs, et cetera, in the face or figures of the said faculty while they are departing from or arriving at the said building. Second: We do give and bequeath the above-mentioned faculty of said school the privilege of calling on us — their worthy pupils — for any of that infor- mation and erudition gained by constant use of our ingenuity and perseverance. Third: We do likewise bequeath to the said body politic, viz: The faculty of the said school, the distinct privilege of pointing out to the awed multitudes of a future date the fact that we were once their pupils, and with pleasure to watch each upward step of the personnel of the Class of ' 24. Fourth: We do give and bequeath all the sandwiches, whose crusty sides our baby-teeth were unable to penetrate, to the lunchroom. Amen. Fifth: To the Literary Societies we do hereby give and bequeath the explicit duty of replacing the speakers who make their exit, in due form, this year from the K. H. S. Sixth: We do exhort the various and sundry athletic teams of the said school to raise the Red and Blue from its dusty level and wave it on high. Seventh: To those who are not pursuing elusive erudition further next year by entering college, and who have credited themselves with the sum total of learning possible to be obtained within the walls of the said school — congratu- lations. We do bequeath to them the sole rights and privileges to the various and sundry settees, sofas, et cetera, which the male members of said Class of ' 24 have been too often prone to occupy in lieu of the preparation of Latin, or some other unnecessary and hard reality of school life, during evenings. Thirty KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Eighth: To the school-at-large we do surrender, give and bequeath the chance of distinguishing themselves literarily, as several of the members of said class have done, through working for and supporting the school publications with tireless zeal and work. May they come to cherish and protect them in the future as they have cherished and started them in the past. Ninth: l pon the said Junior Class we do place the duty of editing The Connecting Link and the 1925 Kayaitchess. Tenth: Whereas, the Junior Class is a minor by the age of three months, and will not attain the full age of seniority until September, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four; now, therefore, our will and desire is that Mr. Ray Arm- strong, or his successor, as Principal of the aforesaid school, be and is hereby constituted and appointed guardian of the said Junior Class, to have and to hold the custody of their estate until the said Junior Class arrives at the full age of seniority. Eleventh: We do tender, give and bequeath to each of the single-blessed members of the said faculty of the said school one marriage license blank, and as we tender it we exhort them to find a tender one as a companion, so that theirs may be a propitious change to married life. We do solemnly advise them to do away with old pipes-, bachelor-buttons and other acquirements by instinct during their many years of single-blessedness, which have caused them to congregate and start staying in every evening after making such a change. Twelfth: Our will and desire is that all the residue of our estate, of what- soever nature, and whensoever, wheresoever, and howsoever acquired and not herein disposed of, shall be sold by our executor, or his successor, and the pro- ceeds thereof used in the purchase of an individual life-size portrait of each and every individual of this class, said photograph to be placed in the aforesaid building, at present occupied by the Kinston High School, and we do ask the succeeding principal to employ the use of police force, if necessary, to protect these pictures. Thirteenth: We hereby constitute and appoint our beloved Superintendent as «ur lawful and sole executor, to all intents and purposes, to execute this, our last will and testament, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, hereby employing the services of the scrub faculty (viz: the janitors) to en- force the disposition of our property by him — by physical force, if necessary. Fourteenth: We do give and bequeath this item of our constituted will to the support of that good old superstition that thirteen is an unlucky number. In Witness Whereof, We, the said Class of Nineteen Hundred and 1 Twenty-Four, and the testator, have to this, our last and will and testament, subscribed our title and given and bequeathed our support, this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-four. [Signed] Class of 1924. — Testator. Thirty-One KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR CLASS PROPHECY It was in the spring of 1942. I was working in New York at the time, and had been since my graduation from High School in 1924. This special day 1 was feeling blue and wishing I were home. As I walked along the street there came to my ears a famihar sound, one that I had not heard for a good many years; in fact, the whistle that was used among the girls of the Class of ' 24. Turning around, whom should I see but Elise Gray, my old friend. Joyous greetings and exclamations followed. Finally the talk ran back t(; our dear class, that of ' 24. It has been so long since I was hf)me that I have lost track of everyone, I said. Do you know what has become of Grace Wooten? Oh! Elise said, she is married. To whom? 1 asked, Vernon Cowper? No, not Vernon, but another boy from a different part of the State. Vernon used to be crazy about Grace, and when she was married he left for the South Sea Islands to try to find consolation. Dorothy Suggs went with him, and the last I heard of them was that Vernon had built up a great practice among the natives (having studied medicine), and that Dorothy was his invalu- able assistant. x nd Marjorie Hunter? What has become of her since Grace ' s marriage? I asked. Why, Marjorie is now a staid old maid. Plato Collins expressed the wish to be a preacher, after which Marjorie declared that as she wasn ' t fit to become a preacher ' s wife, she would prefer single blessedness to marriage happiness. Plato married someone else, and seems quite happy. Amie Jordan Parham used to want to go on the stage. What has become of this wish? I asked. Elise laughed, and said, Amie is teaching school somewhere out in the country, and has her time divided between the country swains. And what has become of the girl who used to slam Science so hard — Lillah Johnston? I queried. W ell, I guess she ' s sorry for it now. She was married two or three years after her graduation. After six months of married life, I saw in the paper that her husband was trying to divorce her. And the charges! She didn ' t know how to cook, and as a servant was not available, she had to make an effort. The result was — divorce! Poor Lillah! And that Latin brought her to this fate. Of course, you remember Ruth Palmer and Louise Tyndall, don ' t you? (This from Elise.) Sure, I replied. What about them? Louise and Ruth have gone into the millinery business together. Louise does the trimming and Ruth keeps books. I saw something yesterday that surprised me not a little, said I. It was a gigantic picture, sitting before a theatre on Broadway, of Marie Williams. Marie is in the biggest ballet dance hit of the season. Thirty- Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOI. THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Marie Williams! I never thought that of her! But then, the case of Grace Rouse is almost so bad. She has gone in for black-faced clogging on the stage. There was a sensational article in the paper about Grace, written by Kmmalie Taylor, who is now a cub reporter. The accompaniment for Grace ' s dance was played by the famous violinist. Montrose Tull, and the celebrated pianist, Irene Nachamson. I feel rather honored to have been to school with these celebrities , I said. Don ' t let me forget to tell you about Claire Worthington. She has lengthened her dresses, dyed her hair and is now an important business woman. Eldred Rhem is now an athletic coach in a renowned college, with Verna Smith as her assistant. Do Nellie Spencer and Ruby Lee Leggette still live in Kinston? Yes. Nellie recently won the Beauty Contest that was held in March. I can ' t understand how it happened, because, as she owns a garage and is the chief workwoman, she has to stay dirty all the time. Ruby Lee is the Senior Latin teacher in K. H. S. The latest news is that she had vamped the Principal, and he was on the point of proposing to her, when his wife came in. Ruby Lee, of course, didn ' t know of the exi ' stance of Mrs. Principal. The former is now ' a broken-hearted girl. Mary Cummings and Robert E. Lee are editors-in-chief of The Motion Picture Magazine and are both great successes. I saw Verna Hodges up here the other day, I said. I only had time to speak to her, since she was going abroad to gather antiques for her shop, which is located in Chicago. William, or rather ' Dog ' , Westbrook is a fashion model for one of the large firms, and a fine one he is. He is now the rage among the ladies and the envy of the men. But look at his friend, William Taylor. William is a farmer and cares nothing for style. And so William Taylor has degenerated into this? But, surely, our studious Vance Spcnce hasn ' t let such a fate overtake him? No. Vance has turned out to be a cake-eater, tea-hound, and lounge- lizard. Quite the stufT, you know. I never had any idea that Vance would end bp this way, I said. Neither did L but Fate laughs at us all. Look, for instance, at Helen Haskins. Poor Helen is still dreaming of Poughkeepsie, as James Dail never returned to Kinston. I heard he eloped with a schoolmate up there. And, then, too, Carrie Mae Dunn lives on golf links. She is a golf fiend. Louise Tull, her faithful companion, takes her stump-speeches that she wants to learn and goes with Carrie Mae to the links to see that she doesn ' t get hurt in any way. Carrie Mae Dunn, Louise Tull and Mary Emma Bizzell were great chums, but poor Mary Ennna is tied at home, now, with three kids and no nurse. Another interesting fact about Carrie Mae is, that rumor has it that she will soon take one-half interest in Heber Taylor ' s Jazz Orchestra. Here I interrupted her by asking her the whereabouts of Olive and Owen Sutton. Why, Owen is chief star in the opera Fly Away. His golden voice has won him fame. Olive was fioor-walker in Adler ' s Department Store, but was Thirty-Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR fired the other day because Mr. Adler said that she was abusing him with Latin words. Sadie Stadiem took her place. Sadie is a good bluffer, and so she fits right in. Hilda Adler returned from college and went to work in the hotel at Ayden. Hilda was always crazy about Ayden, and so I ' m not surprised. I almost forgot to tell you about Thelma Wooten, Elise said. She used to be a pretty girl, but you should see her now. She looks ten years older than she really is. Fate dealt hard with her when it caused her to marry a poor farmer. After the death of her husband. Ruby Mcwborne, the famous millionairess, played the fairy godmother to her and Thelma is now living with Ruby. Thomas Hewitt is their devoted butler. I heard he had formed an at- tachment for one of their maids, who is none other than Ethel Taylor. Ethel doesn ' t seem to regard him very seriously, though. And the aristrocratic Edward Lee ? Edward holds the lowly position of street-sweeper. Edward Lee a street-sweeper? Surely. Edward speculated and lost all his money. I hope no such sorry fate has overtaken Wilbur Stroud and Leonard Williams, I said. No, replied Elise, Wilbur is Governor of North Carolina, and Leonard is a street-car conductor. That ' s not so bad. But what has become of Nina Ruth Rouse, Neta Mae Stroud and Mab Stroud? I asked. Why, here lies the greatest wonder in the whole class. Nina Ruth Rouse is candidate for Congress in the next election. Neta Mae Stroud is renowned for her vamping qualities. She has taken the place of Pola Negri and Nita Naldi in the movies. Mab Stroud is a book-keeper. All she has to do is copy arithmetic from one paper to the other. Mab always was a good hand at copy- ing. Louise Stanford is the society lady of the class. She is very popular. Mary Faulkner is a telephone operator. When did you see Nancy Hinson? Has her hair lost any of its red color? I asked. Not one bit, was Elise ' s reply. I saw her the other day, and she was very blue. She is a Horsford ' s Baking Powder agent. So many children had shut the door in her face, saying that their mothers said they were out, that she was quite discouraged. I asked her if she knew what had become of AHce Jennette and Lillian Savage. She said that Alice was over in Africa hunting big game, and that Lillian is a great authoress and has written many fa- mous books. Frances Pollock is a director of big stage play, and Zuliene Johns- ton is a great success as an interior decorator, due to her course in House Furnishing, under Miss Tolbert. Elise, I said, all this time I have been so busy asking you about other classmates and you _have been so busy telling me, that you haven ' t told me what you have been doing. I waited for her to answer quite a while before she did so. She then told me that she had been collecting old furniture and had quite a collection. At Thirty-Four KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR this point in our conversation, a man was seen rapidly approaching, rolHng a baby carriage. He stopped at some distance and beckoned to EHse. Oh, EHse! I burst out, is that your husband and baby? Why hadn ' t you told me Ix-forc? Well, said Elise grinning sheepishly, that kid is mine from 7:00 a. m. until 9:00 p. m . I am his nursemaid and the man is my employer. I have just had dinner-hour off and must now return to work. I hope I see you again before long. Good-bye. With these words, she left me tmd I was left to ponder over the lates of my dear school chums, members of the Ijest class in all the world — that of ' 24. — Prophet. Thirty-Five THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR JUNIOR CLA ss OFFICERS William Mewborne President iVl At r OkJJHAM Vice-President Louise LaRoque Secretary Marie Marston . Treasurer MEMBERS Alexander Alma Moseley Williaai Rirr rr j npA McDaniel, Christine T T 4 Wn T OTTT lTr McNairy, Lillian T n O AT A TITT D Xj jyj ivi , X 1 1 Hi Nachamson, Naomi r on Ai at Paerott, Nannie Parrott, Jake RTTDCTTTTir TTCTP X U KDil J- J-fi.j OUolJl Parsons, Catherine TIttpcttt T V ' Y ' lW A MV Pate, Helen ( w AFlWTPK SaTJATT Philips, Carlyle C noTTP P ' riWARri v_, I ' Vy IV J - , Jj U V -K U Rawles, Evelyn r pAAs u ' OPn Phtt Rountree, Elizabeth r ' TTAiWT vr. ' Wtt RTIR U iVL.Vi. J. i VJO, fVlljiJlJIN. Simon, Albert _, U K X i o 5 Xv J ij -11. Iv X Smith, Ernest T ATT T?OTATsjn XJ AX Xj, XX VJXj in I J Spear Charlie A-f A V X O J V_. X X iS X W i Spear, Preston T AW ONT TAAfF J-J rV V V O W IN , 1 iM Jj O Stricklen, Winnie West Dunn Isabelle Sugg, Ellen Ti ' n ' PnTTAM ATaf JL L ' Xv Li XI . iVL f -ivj. ri H, Sutton, Drew T? A M Ti! Q R nV Sutton, Thelma TTapt Stdnfv Taylor, A. B. TT AVFQ OtT 7 FT? X X V 1 ILDf KJ XjL V i- X . Taylor Nannie Alice JTXXXjX j V_. i X XXXI -R X IN £-1 TuLL, Rowena TTnTm oon M A NT _L X V_ V_ V. V y 1 y • X i w I . iVl rt. i Tyndall, Albert XXUIJUXjo, X llyXv.oXo Vatz Oscar T-I r Tf T ( V T PFri iXL JKXVJlN, X rv L, L VicK Mary Virginia TAr ' T C TW A T THF Wade, Helen Jenkins, Raymond Waters Edith Jones, Carrie West Hilda KiLPATRICK, AlLEEN White Ralph LaRoque, Louise Wttttams Dai Marston, Marie Wood Donald Mereadith, Lester WooTEN Doris Mewborne, William WooTEN, Martha Mae Mitchell, Adolphus WooTEN, Mary Louise Mitchell, Lettie WooTEN, James Moseley, Katie WORTHINGTON, GlADYSE Moseley, Martha Thirty-Six THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KAYAU CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Thirty-Seven KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAY AIT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS CtTTV STROTir) Pyp n p ' ytf LuLA Lang Mewborne Vice-President Dorothy Wooten Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS Adrey, Nazerra Harper, Trumbo Pulley, Fred Aldridge, George Harrell, Iredell Rouse, Ross Earl Alexander, Culbreth Harris, Emmett Scott, Eugene Alexander, Lena Hart, Alley Slaughter, Alma Askew, Remus Hart, Lyman Sparrow, Wilford Bagby, Charlie Hayes, James Spruill, Henry Ballard, Claude Heath, Albert Stadiem, Miriam Ballard, Lowell Heath, Bruce Stanford, Mildred BizzELLE, Susie Rogers Heath, Pharon Stanley, Lillie Blalock, William Hemby, Wilbur Stricklin, Isabel Broon, Fritz Hill, Edward Stroud, Clara Brown, Clifton Hill, Nathan Stroud, Guy Brown, George HiNEs, William Stroud, Lucile Chesson, Gladyse Hinson, William Stroud, Matt Claytor, Alton Hodges, Helen Stroud, Speight Conway, Charles Hooker, Mary Cooper Stroud, William Copeland, R. E., Jr. Humphrey, Kermit Sugg, Carl Cornell, Dorothy Humphrey, Webster SUMMERALL, AdDIE MaE CowpER, Marion Jarmond, Raymond Sutton, Clyde Craft, Jesse Johnson, Careta Taylor, Troy Crawford, Will Johnson, Nolphus Tilghman, Esther Mae Croom, Edith Jones, Clifton Tillman, Elizabeth Darden, Flavius Jones, Elizabeth TuLL, Doris Davis, Archie Jordan, Roberta TuRNAGE, Harvey Dawson, James KiLPATRICK, LUCILE Vatz, Harry Dixon, Keith Langston, Robert Wade, Helen Douglass William Lee, May Belle Wade, Thurber Dunn Clyde McAvERY, Lewis Wallace, Lillie Farmer Paul Mewborn, Lula Lang Ward, Margaret Faulkner Edna Miller, William Wilcox, Thelma Faulkner Helen Mitchell, Esther Williams, George Earl Faulkner Robert Nachamson, Grace Williams, Lillian Fowler Richard Nicholson, Will Williams, Park Frederick Ruby ' Parham, Julia Hunter Wilson, Theo Gray, Willie Parrott, Frank Wooten, Dorothy Hardee, Francis Parrott, John L. Wooten, John C. Hardy, Hulda Pate, Antonette Worthington, Jessie Hardy, Jesse Phillips, Ruth Worthington, Ruby Thirty-Eiiht THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KAYAITCIIESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Thirty-Nine KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Lyle Sitterson President William Adrey Vice-President , Hugh Moore . Secretary -Treasurer XVX XV IVX Ij X! IV wJ Adrey, Williaii Harper, Mildred Roddy, Lillie Mae Allen, Elma Harper, Ruth Rogers, Marie Amos, Margaret Hart, Roland Rouse, Edward Arthur, Willard Hatcher, Rachel Rouse, Louise Bailey, Fannie Hawkins, Susie M. Rosemond, George P. Barr, Eleanor Hill, Charlotte Saunders, Mae Belle Beach, Nellie Hill, Carlyn Savage, Jennie Lee Becton, Lina M. HoBGooD, Sophie Savage, Olive Belleflower, Mary Hood, Roland SiTTERSON, Lyle Bizzelle, Inez HoRTON, Jasper Slaughter, George Borden, George Hudson, Elvira Smith, Lola Mae Brown, Grace Humphrey, Essie Smith, Libby Brown, Helen Jeffress, Della Sparrow, Dorothy Brown, Thomas Jenkins, Monthea Spear, Charles Cason, Hammond Johnson, Ruby Stadiem, Abe Chadwick, Ethel Johnson, Doris Stroud, Clyde Collins, John Johnston, Ambrose Stroud, Gladys Cook, Catherine Kennedy, Bernice Stroud, Isaac Cox, Louise Langston, Edward Sutton, Eugene Croom, Gertrude Lanier, Doris Sutton, Helen Croom, Mildred Laws, Mary Alice Sutton, Viola Curtis, Allen McDaniel, Dwight Taylor, Roland Davis, Helen McDaniel, Roger Taylor, Sarah Dawson, Jasper McLawhorn, Elizabeth Temple, Henry Denmark, Martha McLawhorn, Gentry TuRNAGE, Hannah Douglass, Helen Mallison, Joe White Turnage, Jaaies Eason, Minnie May, Edward Tyndall, Hyman Edwards, A. Z. Moore, Hugh ViCK, George Edwards, Leo MosELY, Helen Waller, Christine Ellington, Florence Noble, Grace Waller, George Ferguson, Louis Noble, Rose Waller, Joe Fisher, John Parrot, Elizabeth Ward, Marion Fly, John Pate, Margaret Waters, Waddell George, Virginia Pollock, Anne West, Ralph Grady, Doris Pratt, William White, Herman Grady, Mae Belle Pulley ' , Frances White, Willie Grady, Sallie Rawles, Carlton Whitley, Alice Gunn, Irwin Rawles, Carlyle Wooten, Eleanor Hall, Thelma Raymore, Dorothy WooTEN, Roy Hardee, Lillian RocHELLE, Ike Forty THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Forty-One THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Forty-Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR OFFICERS I Fall Term Spring Term iEONARD Williams . . . President .... Edward Lee Robert E. Lee .... Vice-President . . . Thomas Hewitt Vance Spence . . . . Critic .... Vernon Cowper Abe Bloom Censor .... Leo Harper Ernest Smith . . Chairman of Program Committee Clarence Jeffress Marion Cowper . : . Secretary-Treasurer . . . Clyde Dunn Forty- Four THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KA YAITCHESS NINETKKN T ENT Y-I ' OM K ODD LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS Fall Term Spring Term Heber Taylor . . . President . . . Montrose Tull Owen Sutton .... Vice-President . . . Plato Collins Montrose Tull .... Critic .... Owen Sutton Sidney Hart .... Censor A.B.Taylor Plato Collins . Chairman of Program Committee . . Sam Bloom Guy Stroud .... Secretary-Treasurer . . Claude Ballard Forty-Five KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR O ' HENRY LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS Verna Hodges ....... President Marie Marstox ....... Vice-President Ethel Taylor ........ Secretary Thelma Wooten ....... Treasurer Hilda West ........ Press Reporter Mary Emma Bizzell ...... Censor and Critic Carrie May Dunn .... Chairman of Prof ram Commitl e Forty-Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAY AIT CHESS NINETEEN TVVKNTY-FOIIR TRIANGULAR DEBATERS Query: Resolved, That the Inter-Allied War Debts Should Be Cancelled. Affirmative IsABELLE Dunn Sam Bloom Negative Lillian McNairy Clyde Dunn WAKE FOREST DECLAIMER Plato Collins, Jr. The Wounded Soldier ' Forty-Seven KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Miss Hattie Wilson Irene Nachamson Irene Nachamson Elvira Hudson Christine Waller Naomi Nachamson Jack Tyndall Charles Spear Ernest Smith Clyde Dunn Charlie Spear Herman White Preston Spear Monthea Jenkins Director Manager MEMBERS . Pianist Violin . Violin Violin . Violin Saxophone Saxophone Saxophone Saxophone Saxophojie . Cornet Drum Forty-Eight I KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YA ITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR ?l Connecting Link Staff 7-- Ward L otk. ' lar.ie riatsTo-tv, -J Forly-X ine KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Thelma Wooten Grace Wooten IsABELLE Dunn SPONSORS Football Track Basketball Fifty KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Fifty-One KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR FOOTBALL TEAM Wilfred Sparrow Captain Dr. Robert F. Porter Coach Mr. R. L. Beck Faculty Manager Edward Lee Student Manager SQUAD William Stroud, Center Guy Stroud, Guard Clarence Parker, Guard Jack Turner, Guard Leonard Williams, Tackle Nathan Hill, Tackle Melvin Smith, End Henry Spruill, End Lewis McAvery, End William Mewborne, Quarterback Vernon Cowper, Quarterback Jake Parrott, Halfback Henry Palmer, Halfback Wilfred Sparrow, Fullback SCHEDULE September 26th Kinston 0 October 5th Kinston 7 October 12th Kinston 0 October 19th Kinston 24 October 27th Kinston 0 November 3rd Kinston . .15 November 10th Kinston 0 Smithfield 20 Goldsboro 0 Wilmington 18 Tarboro 0 Greenville 0 Rocky Mount..., 26 Goldsboro 12 Fifty- Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR BOYS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Richard Fowler Mr. N. M. West Captain Coach Richard Fowler, Forward William Stanley, Forward Henry Spruill, Center Lewis McAvery, Guard Sidney Hart, Gtiard SQUAD Will Nicholson, Forward William Mewborne, Forward Owen Sutton, Guard Norman Hobgood, Guard William Adrey, Guard SCHEDULE January 24th Kinston 9 January 25th Kinston 8 February 6th Kinston 16 February 8th Kinston 13 February 13th Kinston 17 February 15th Kinston 26 February 22nd Kinston 8 February 26th .Kinston 8 February 29th Kinston 10 March 7th Kinston 22 Dover 14 Snow Hill 12 Aj ' den 7 Dover 19 Snow Hill 12 LaGrange 16 LaGrange 21 Pink Hill 12 Farmville ..43 Farmville 21 Fifty-Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR TRACK TEAM Leonard Williams . . Captain • Mr. C. N. Stroud Coach TEAM Leonard Williams 440 Yard Dash and Broad Jump Vernon Cowper Pole Vault Lewis McAvery Mile Run and 880 Yard Dash William Pratt 100 Yard Dash and 220 Yard Dash NoLPHUS Johnson 880 Yard Dash Plato Collins Javelin Throw Relay Team Williams, Pratt, McAvery and Johnson SCHOOL RECORDS Event Record Holder Record Date 100 Yard Dash Nicholson 10 3-5 seconds .1923 220 Yard Dash Nicholson 24 seconds ...1923 440 Yard Dash Williams 53 2-5 seconds 1924 Pole Vault .Cowper 8 feet, 6 inches 1924 Half-Mile Dillahunt 2 minutes, 30 seconds 1923 Mile Run McAvery 5 minutes, 16 seconds 1924 Broad Jump Williams 18 feet, 10 inches .1924 High Jump Williams (T.) 5 feet 1923 Shot Put Williams 37 feet 1924 Javelin Collins 116 feet 1924 Fifty- ' Four THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KAYAITCIIESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR ================================ TENNIS TEAM Mr. R. L. Beck Coach SQUAD Thomas Hewitt Isaac Stadiem ADOLPHtrs Mitchell Owen Sutton Fifty-Five KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR BASEBALL TEAM Mr. Ray Armstrong Coach SQUAD Henry Spruill, Pitcher Norman Hobc.ood, Catcher Richard Fowler, Catcher Will Nicholson, First Base James Dawson, Second Base William Westbrook, Short Stop William Stanley, Thiri) Base William Mewborne, Third Base Owen Sutton, Left Field Sidney Hart, Center Field and Pitcher Billy Douglass, Right Field and Pitcher Carlyle Phillips, First Base Clifton Brown, Utility Clinton Davis. Utility SCHEDULE March 20th Kinston 7 April 2nd Kinston 15 April 11th _ Kinston 1 April 18th Kinston 8 April 25th Kinston 8 April 27th Kinston 8 April 28th Kinston 3 May 5th Kinston 6 May 6th Kinston 6 May 8th Kinston 2 May 9th - Kinston 2 Dover 5 Dover 5 Greenville 11 Goldsboro 6 Greenville 5 Kennedy Home 5 Snow Hill 8 Kennedy Home 8 LaGrange 15 Snow Hill 5 Goldsboro 7 Fifty-Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAirCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM OFFICERS Lois Brown Captain Mary Faulkner Ma?iager LiLLiE Stanley Treasurer SQUAD Mary Faulkner, Forward Willie White, Forward Ruby Mevvborne, Forward Amie Jordan Parham, Guard Lois Brown, Guard Esther May Tilghman, Guard LiLLiE Stanley, Snb-Forward Helen Hodges, Sub-Guard SCHEDULE January 11th Kinston 13 January 25th Kinston 20 January 26th , Kinston 28 February 8th Kinston 22 February 29th Kinston 19 March 1st Kinston 25 March 6th Kinston 21 Goldsboro 10 Tarboro 16 Rocky Mount 14 Tarboro 1 1 Rosev ood 29 New Bern 15 Rosewood 31 Fifty-Seven KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A ITCHES S NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR GIRLS ' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Girls ' Athletic Association, a State affair, was organized in 1923, in Kinston High School, by Miss Margie Hastings. The purpose of this Association is to develop athletics in high schools and make cleaner sports. Girls are given the right to wear State and school monograms. The Association covers many athletic games, among them Track, Swimming, Hiking, Tennis, Baseball and Basketball. The Association has grown, and will continue to do so in the future, if supported by the girls. Amie Jordan Parham is the President of the local organization and Ruby Mewborne is Secretary and Treasurer. The organization is composed of sixteen members. Fifty-Righi KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Official Rules for the Library Not more than ten persons shall talk aloud at the same tim.e, and then they must not use stronger words than shucks, demit, dog-goneit, by ( ecrge, vee, Btelzibith and damfino. There must be no smoking of rabbit-tobacco, fig leaves or corn silks — cnly tobacco smoke will be tolerated. Students should not slip out more than three reference books at a tirre, if the class needs them. Get as many novels as you like. These, however, shcLld be returned your Senior year. Don ' t register at the desk for any bock. It will annoy the Librarian. Books in the stock-room are for the use of the FacuUv only, and student:, should not display their greenness by aslring for any of them. Chewing gum is feminijie. Always chew real tobacco. Spitting v another ' s face is positi ely forbidden. Use tfie floor for such motley deeds. Poker shall not be pla ' ed on the reading-tables on Sunday. All bets cn the game, Vv ' hen played, should he confined to fi e dollars. No one is allowed in the reading-room vvithout hob-nail shoes on. People might not notice your entrance. No student is allowed to collect and keep all the story magazines for more than a half-day at a time. Students who go to sleep at the reading-table must not be disturbed. It would interfere with their personal liberty. Magazines are for use. Clip them freely. A big reward will be paid for the capture of any one found using a dic- tionary, encyclopedia, or other reference books. These books are made to look at. Fines being imposed upon delinquents for the personal enrichment of the Librarian, students are requested to make provision in their last will and testa- ment for the payment of same. I. M. Nutty, Librarian. □ □ □ May Be Longer He put his arms about her neck. The color left her cheek. But on the shoulder of his coat It stayed about a week. □ □ □ Crown Him Knight Peaniite — Would it be proper for me to kiss your hand? Thelma — It would be decidedly out of place. □ □ □ Interpretation of men ' s thoughts depend upon the age in which we live. For instance: Our Freshmen are interpreting the expression, Hitch your wagon to a star, as meaning to find out everything possible about movie stars. □ □ □ Will Nicholson — Lend me a dollar and I ' ll be forever indebted to you. Jake Parrott — Yes, I ' m afraid so. Sixty KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENT Y-P Til ' K But Time Heals Montrose — Darling, will you marry me? Cynthia — Yes, Montrose, I would love to marry you. (Ten mi nutes elapse.) Buff, why don ' t you say something? Montrose — I have said too much already. □ □ n May, of Course Lyle Sitterson — Our Christmas begins the nineteenth. Henry Temple — What month. □ □ □ The Four Seasons Football, Basketball, Track, Baseball. □ □ □ It ' s a hard world, said the steeple-jack as he crashed to the pa ement from the top of a thirteen-story building. □ □ □ James Dawson — I know a fellow who ate beef all his life and grew strong as an ox. Sam Bloom — That ' s nothing; I know a man who ate fish all his life and couldn ' t swim a stroke. □ □ □ Deprived of Pleasure The baby elephant is sad, His life is dull and gray — He cannot suck his thumb because His nose is in the way. □ □ □ A m an once fell in love. The object of his attraction was a curly girl with little hair. She had tiny eyes and large blue feet. Her petite upturned chin and determined nose were not the least of her distractions. Her mouth was straight and smooth, and her eyebrows formed a perfect Cupid ' s bow. Her rosy hair formed an aureole around her golden face. She possessed small, dainty eyelashes and long curling ears. Her slim, perfect face was a sharp, but charm- ing contrast to her plump, round, little physique. It is quite impossible to fully express the numerous and varied attractions of this unusual girl on paper. We shall be obliged to leave the rest to your imagination. . □ □ □ Pete — Sir, when you eat here you needn ' t dust off the plate. Coach — Beg pardon; I ' ve just been umpiring a game. □ □ □ Can You Beat It? Rastus and Sambo, two Mississippi darkies, met in Memphis. They were discussing the heat in their towns. Rastus said: Why, man, in my town it gits so hot it wilts the flowers on the wall paper. Sambo replied: Shucks, niggah, you don ' t know nothiii ' a-tall ' bout no hot weather. Why, in my place, dey has to keep de ' lectric fans runnin ' in de col ' storage room at de ice plant. Sixty-One KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Beneath Notice Sunday School Teacher — Ernest, who defeated the Philistines? Ernest (roused from day-dream) — Dunno; I don ' t follow none of them bush-league teams. □ □ □ A New Use For It So, that ' s your new overcoat, eh! Isn ' t it rather loud? It ' s all right — when I put on a muffler. □ □ □ An irritable old sportsman was aroused from his bed at three o ' clock in the morning by the insistent ringing of his door-bell. On answering, he found a seedy drunkard, struggling hard to maintain his equilibrium. What do you mean by waking me up at this hour? Is yoh Mr. Smithers? Yes, yes. What of it? Ish yoh the gent what advertised for a partner to go lion-huntin ' in Africa? Yes, I ' m the gentleman. What do you want to know about it? Nothin, ' ' ceptin ' I just wanted to tell you that on no condishuns, what- soever, will I go with you. □ □ □ Teacher — Willie, if you were sitting in a street car, and every seat was occupied, and a lady entered, what would you do? Willie — I ' d pretend I was sleepin ' , same as Dad does. □ □ □ Jones was discussing the recent most popular songs of the day, and ex- pressing his disgust at their utter senselessness. They make me tired, he said. ' Yes, We Have No Bananas. ' Did you ever hear anything sillier than that? Why, when I was a young man, we had songs like ' Ta-ra-ra-ra Boomp Da-aay, ' and ' Papa, Won ' t You Buy Me a Bow- Wow? ' There was some sense to the songs in those days, I ' ll tell the world. □ □ □ Felicitations in Order Collector — Your hardware dealer has employed me to collect the bill you owe him. Customer — You ' re to be congratulated on obtaining a permanent position. □ □ □ Tried to Please Prison Visitor — And what brought you here, my man? Convict — Well, madam, my father said, when I was a boy, that he hoped I would marry beauty and brains, and I wanted to please him. Visitor — Yes? Convict — I committed bigamy. □ □ □ A Good Provider Mandy, said a former mistress to her servant, is your husband a good provider? Yes, ma ' am, dat he is, she replied. Dat about all he do. He say he go ' git me some furniture for de house, providen he git de money; and he go ' get the money, providen he git a job; and he go ' git de job, providen he like it. Yes, ma ' am, he sure is good at providen. Sixty-Two KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A ITCHES S NINETEEN T VV E N T Y - FO 1 1 R Carried Unanimously The hall was crowded, - nd the woman speaker was waxing eloquent. Yes, she cried, emphatically, women have been misjudged for ages. They have suffered in a thousands words. (Here she paused to give her audi- ence time to consider this momentous statement.) There is one way in which they never suffered, and never will, said a meek little man from the back of the crowd. The lecturer gave him a frigid look. And in what way is that? she inquired. In silence, replied the little man, as he sank into his seat. □ □ □ Mrs. I. B. Sick is very near death ' s door, but it is thought Dr. Cure Em will pull her through. All of her friends will be delighted to hear the good news. □ □ □ Rastus — I ' m tired o ' my ole lady sassin ' me. Sam — Why, she been sassin ' ye? Rastus — Yas, she ' s been givin ' me apple sass for the last three weeks. □ □ □ Farmer Brown (on being asked if the tornado of the night before had dam- maged his barn) — Derned if I know; I ain ' t found the dang thing yet. □ □ □ The roughest date she ever had. The man with a tweed suit. a n □ William ' s Contents Children, said the teacher, instructing the class in composition, you should not attempt any flights of fancy; simply be yourselves and write what is in you. As a result of this advice, William turned in the following: We should not attempt any flights of fancy, but write what is in us. In me there is my tummy, lungs, heart, liver, two apples, one piece of pie, one sugar-stick, and my dinner. □ □ o Still Spry Boy Scout (small, but polite) — May I accompany you across the street, madam? Old Lady — Certainly, you may, my lad. How long have you been waiting here for somebody to take you across? □ □ □ I bought a pair of new shoes for my wife today, and ran all the way back with them. What did you run for? I was afraid the styles would change before I got home. □ □ □ Waiting for Information Tourist — To what do you attribute your great age? Oldest Inhabitant — I can ' t say yet, sir. There be several o ' them patent medicine companies bargaining wi ' me. a a a How much are these dollar stockings? asked the would-be funny cus- tomer. Fifty cents a foot, replied the funnier clerk. Sixty-Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Sixty-Four KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Sixty-Five KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE K AYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR 10,000 EAST CAROLINIANS READ THE (DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY) MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Largest Bona Fide Circulation of Any Newspaper in the County of Lenoir 99 2% OF CIRCULATION GOES INTO SOME HOME THE YEAR— $5.00 Commercial Systematic Saving Is the First Step Toward Wealth and Independence 4% Compounded Quarterly Savings g gj Now— Do Not Wait FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK Sixty-Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAY A ITCHES S NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR COBLE ' S STUDIO W. M. COBLE, Proprietor PHOTOGRAPHS, FRAMES AND KODAK FINISHING Old Prints Copied and Frames Made to Order LIFE-SIZE PICTURES A SPECIALTY Service Both Day and Night in View of Our Modern Lighting System Second Floor, 1 st Suite to Right — Whitaker Building OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF KAYAITCHESS KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR First National Bank of Kinston Kinston, :-: --: N. C. THIS BANK EXTENDS TO ITS FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS IN LENOIR AND ADJOIN- ING COUNTIES A HEARTY WELCOME AT ALL TIMES. PERSONAL ATTENTION BY ITS OFFICERS TO ALL ACCOUNTS BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT D. F. WOOTEN, President DR. HENRY TULL, Vice President W. B. HARVEY, Vice President-Cashier J. J. BIZZELL, Assistant Cashier R. G.WOOTEN, Assistant Cashier Sixtv-Eieht KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR SUMMER TIME IS VACATION TIME Buy that FORD now and get back to nature. A vacation in the mountains, or at the sea- shore with a FORD is all you could wish. LINCOLN FORD FORDSON SPEAR MOTOR CO. Kinston Cotton Mills Kinston, N. C. Manufacturers Hosiery and Underwear Yarns 10s to 30s single and two-ply Combed and Carded ORION KNITTING MILLS (Established 1890) Kinston, N. C. MANUFACTURERS HOSIERY AND SWEATERS All Grades Misses ' , Boys ' and Ladies ' Superior Quality Hose Men ' s Sweater Coats and Novelties Selling Jobbers in Local, United States and World Markets Sixty-Nine KIXSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA YAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR 1904 1924 SHOP AT INoUuess Work o U I 1 vJlM o The Store that has One Price, Do you know that your in- and sells for Cash. No Special surance policies are written correct- Sales, but we sell you your needs ly or do you just GUESS they at Correct Prices, Six Days to the are .• ' Week, Fifty-Two Weeks to the • ' NO GUESS WORK WITH US Year. Twenty Years ' Experience in W e solicit a share of your valued Kinston patronage. A. J. Sutton Sons 107-109 South Queen Street Insurance and Real Estate Kinston, N. C. Lenoir Oil Ice TRY Company DIXON ' S QUALITY AND SERVICE FIRST r UK Manufacturers of DRUGS, CANDIES AND L.U 1 lUlN ottU rKUUUClo DRINKS PURE CRYSTAL ICE X e have the best equipped Foun- tain in the City Dealers In Service Unsurpassed HARD AND SOFT COAL Dixon ' s Drug Store PHONES 82-83 ' ' QUALITY AND SERVICE Seventy THE KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL KAYAITCHRSS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR DEPOSIT YOUR FUNDS WITH The National Bank of Kinston OLDEST AND STRONGEST BANK IN THE COUNTY 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings J. C. RASBERRY L. P. TAPP President ' Vice President J. A. BIZZELL T. W. HEATH Cashier Assistant Cashier SeventV ' One KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR NATIONAL PRESS INCORPORATED PRINTING PUBLISHING BOOKS— CATALOGS— TARIFF Directory and Publication Printing a Specialty EQUIPPED TO HAiNDLE LARGE EDITIONS ON LIMITED SCHEDULE SCHOOL ANNUALS— HOUSE ORGANS B I IM D I NJ G Estimates and Dummies Furnished PLANT AND GENEKAL OEFICES SECOND AND GREENFIELD STREETS p. O. Box 907 WILMINGTON, N. C. Publishers of THE NATIONS GARDEN Seventy-T ' ii- ' o KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A ITCH ESS NINETEEN ' TWENTY-FOUR Seventy- Three KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Fred I. Sutton Geo. B. Greene SUTTON GREENE Attorneys and Counsellors at Law KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA ADREY ' S LADIES ' READY-TO-WEAR and NOVELTY SHOP MADEIRA MILLINERY 102 S. Queen St. FIRE AUTO C. OETTINQER INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS Office: 114 East Gorden Street P. 0. Box 108 DUDLEY ' S DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING Satisfactory Service Guaranteed 112 W. North Street Phone 71 F. E. WALLACE ATTORNEY AT LAW Office: First National Bank Building Kinston, N. C. CompUment£i of Br. aul Jf , Mljitafeer Compliments of Dr. Vance Perry DR. C. P. MANGUM DISEASES OF CHILDREN DR. FLOYD P. WOOTEN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Seventy-Four KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCIIESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Spaulding Sporting Goods Eastman Kodaks and Supplies J. E. HOOD CO. DRUGGISTS AND BOOK DEALERS TO PLEASE YOU PLEASES US Excellent Fountain Service CONKLIN AND WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS B. W. CANADY SON HARDWARE OF QUALITY , WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS, KIT- CHEN UTENSILS AND ATHLETIC GOODS H. arbep Bon Co, mston M tUt OTorfes B. E. Dale. Proprietor MARBLE— MEMORIALS— GRANITE IRON FENCI G Howard -Andrews Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Phone 755 Kinston, N. C. William Tells Flour Butter -Kist P )p Corn and Hot Peanuts CENTRAL PHARMACY Phon 750 F. C. Marston, Mgr. Parrott Memorial Hospital Kinston, N. C. A Private Institution for Meifical, Surgical and Obstetrical Cases AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF RA3IUM For Rates — Write the Superintendent Seventy-Five KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KA Y A IT CHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR D. V. DIXON SON Lenoir Filling: STATION EVERYTHING IN We strive to please ! HARDWARE Our pleasure is in serving you! We carry tiveryiningf lor ine All Kinds of Building AUTOMOBILE Materials CAPT. J. S. BARR ALLAN OSBORNE CHARLIE T. RANDOLPH Phone 62— P. O. Box 1 32 PAUL E. COLLINS MINES USE CREECH ' S ICECREAM DENTEX Is the Favorite of Tens of Thous- 1 C A 11 ands ror All Uccasions To make the Teeth Beautiful A Liquid Tooth Paste Sold at all drug stores HINES ICE CREAM LUlVlrArNY Kinston, N. C. Try Creech ' s Laxagestine for ,_._,_„_„„ Indigestion, Headache and H. C. Hines, Preddent • Nervousness Seventy-Six KINSTON HIGH SCHOOI. KA YaYtCIIESS I N ET E E N T W E N T ' - 1 ' f H ' R CASWELL Eastern Carolina ' s Largest Depart- ment Store HOTEL Featuring: — HART SCHAFFNER MARX AND GRIFFIN CLOTHES Largest and Best Hotel in Kinston EDWIN CLAPP AND FLORSHEIM SHOES Modern conveniences MANHATTAN SHIRTS Nothing But the Best of Merchan- dise Carried in Our Depart- C Dl European rlan ment Store Adier Brothers Service — Our Motto Department Store GENERAL HARDWARE LADIES ' Farm I 4ar}i mprv C onf rarfoi ' s Rnrl X cci 111 i T 1 c( 1 iiii iy } vy 1 1 l i l i o ci i i JL KjdSLQy 10 = w ear Builders ' Supplies Tools — Cutlery Millinery, Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Gents Stoves and Ranges, Paints and Oils Furnishings H. E. Moseley Styles Correct — Prices Reasonable Hardware Co. 124 North Queen Phone 163 Darren vx narisneia Seventy-Sei ' ot KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR JOHN Q. COX Cash Shoe Store 44 Best By Test KINSTON, N. C. ALWAYS EARLIEST TO SHOW THE LATEST Complete Line of Footwear in All Styles Sizes and Widths From $2.95 to $12.50 YOUR INSPECTION WILL BE APPRECIATED Established 1903 OUTFITTERS FOR MEN Clothcraft and Michaels Stern Clothes ONE PRICE TO ALL H. STADIEM The Clothcraft Store Good Clothes College Style We are speaking to the young man who wants style, snap and colors All that and more is in — STYLEPLUS CLOTHES There are several reasons why this brand of clothing is the best. Absolutely Guaranteed Lower Price College Styles If you want to dress up like the other fellow, see our clothes NEW YORK CLOTHING CO. Seventy-Eight KINSTON HIC,H SCHOOI- THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR Furniture of Quality MORE THAN A SCORE OF YEARS of satisfactory dealing with the housekeepers of Kinston and Eastern Carolina is good evidence that we have rendered honest and faithful service and given good values in the furniture we have sold. Vc value the good will and patronage of our friends and customers and aim to merit their con- tinued patronage by prompt service and the quality of the furniture we sell. LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS, HOOSIER KITCH- EN CABINETS, MAJESTIC RANGES, KARPEN UPHOL- STERED SUITES, BERKEY GAY DINING ROOM FURNITURE, GAS STOVES AND RANGES FOR PROMPT AND SATISFACTORY HOUSEFURNISHING SEE Quinn Miller KINSTON, N. C. LET ' S TALK BALLOON TIRES SHEALY ' S Everything For An Automobile MARiON-HASKINS CO. An Up-to-Date Grocery and Sani- tary Market M Q V E R E A O Q T C E S E T R A 1 B E L S E S Complete Line of Wares Cakes We Try to Please 59 Phones 60 Seventy-Nine KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL THE KAYAITCHESS NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR THE HOME PAPER Read it First in Today ' s News Today The Free Press Kinston Daily Free Press AMERICA ' S PREMIER SMALL CITY DAILY CONGRATULATES YOU To the boys and girls, young men and young women who are being and have been fitted for Hfe ' s responsibihties in the schools of Kinston, The Free Press extends best wishes for the attainment of their hopes and ideals. MAY THEY BE NOBLE ONES ! Eighty