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

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KAY-AITCH-ESS 2] W k ' b dtp rFS Third — We would al so take great pride in leaving to the present Juniors our numerous and sundried privileges; however, as we have never received any, we are able only to express the wish that these Juniors will be more fortunate than we have been and receive all rights due them. Fourth — To our brothers, the Wise Old Sophomore, we would bequeath our over-abundant pep and school spirit to which we hope that they will add and add and add. Fifth — It is our will that the Freshman class catch the gleam of our in- exhaustible knowledge, self-reliance, and common sense that they may complete rapidly the road to the land of success. Sixth — It is our greatest hope that the rising seniors will receive with all be- coming dignity the front rows in our magnificient and spacious auditorium. Seventh — To the whole high school we leave our faculty whom we shall ever look upon with pride and reverence. Eighth — To our superintendent, Mr, Curtis; to bur principal, Mr. Green; and to our competent advisers, Misses Madge Daniels and Grace AMn Landingham, we do extend our deepest appreciation for what they have meant to us throughout our high school days. Ninth — The following may seem trifling requests, but we hope that they will be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away, because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets, to those who may receive them, and a continual reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full disposal : 1. To our class-room teachers, Misses Walker and Wilson, the profound ad- miration and ever-enduring friendship of the Class ' of 1927, in individual as well as collective manifestation. 2. To the athletics teams of next year, the ability of Charles Spear, George Parrott Rosemond, Lyle Sitterson, Charlotte Hill, Julia Hunter Parham, Pharon Heath, Helen Douglass, and Sophie Hobgood. 3. Seeing the need, Julia Hunter Parham’s beauty to Virginia Smith. I. All of our unlearned Geometry to Miss Wilson. 5. To Mamie Hines LaRoque, Sara Dawson’s timidity. 6. To anybody who needs it, George Parrott Rosamond’s bluff. 7. Charles Spear’s gift of gab to Catherine Pittman. 8. To Albert Cowper, Lyle Sitterson’s power of argument. 9. To Julia Gray, Helen Douglass’ forgetfulness. All the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality, soever it may be, and not herein being disposed of (after 28 1927 •

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State of. North Carolina County of Lenoir City of Kinston We, the Class ' of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-five, aforesaid state and county, being of sound mind and in full possession of all of our faculties, having sailed our last knot, before landing on the great dock of life, do hereby make, declare, and publish this document as our last will and testament. We, having completed eleven long, hard years of continual struggle against failure, do withdraw ourselves rather sadly, however, with no feeling that we have not striven earnestly to accomplish the tasks which have been set before us and do hereby will the coming class, our rights and privileges in the following manner, viz : First — To the student body, we do bequeath our beautiful building to keep, cherish, and love. It is our most earnest request that they do not mar or destroy in any way this beautiful memorial of Kinston’s attitude toward education. It is also our request that the teachers aid in every possible way the preservation of this beautiful institution. Second — We do make a bequest of our senior lunch table to the rising senior class with the hope that they will receive it with a feeling of hospitality toward their classmates. It is also our will that they set an example in behavior for the other students and enjoy a round-table gossip of all events as much as we have done in the past.

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paying our honestly-incurred debts) we give and bequeath to our beloved principal, for his use and benefit absolutely, and then be disposed of for the good of the coining classes as he may see fit. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said principal sole executor of this last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1927, have to this will set our hands and seal this tenth day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- seven. (Signed) Ethel Chadwick, Testator. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Senior Class as their Last Will and Testament, in our presence ; and we, at their request and in their presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses on the day above mentioned. ( Signed ) Ethel Chadwick, Testator. ( Signed ) Keith Dixon, President.