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

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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

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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

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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