Kittrell College - Bulldog Yearbook (Kittrell, NC)

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Ruby Watkins James Wiley envwors — 38—

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Arle: rlean Ross Barbara Scott enwors Helen Shepperson Reine Rows ernice C. Smith Ronald K. Ward

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In 1956, a group of students entered Robert R. Moton High School, Farmville, Virginia, destined to become another student group in the struggle for integration in Virginia. Before the termination of the school year, we had lost one of our beloved classmates, Charles Brown. Our experiences, as ninth graders better prepared us to meet the challenges of the unforeseen future. As tenth graders, we can never forget Lillian Ford, who surprised the class by win- ning the Miss Homecoming title and Lucy West who won first prize at the District Science and Mathematics Conference in Biology. At the beginning of our Junior Year, we constantly kept our heart in tone for the greatest event of that year “The Junior-Senior Prom.” Although a great deal of time was spent in planning for our Prom, the juniors rendered excellent service to the leading organizations of the school, in which many of them held leading offices. We were represented on the football team by James Wiley, Ronald Ward and Sammy Jack- son; and on the basketball team were Charles Taylor, Robert Crawley and Norman Cobbs. Other highlights of our Junior activities was the crowning of Bernice Smith as “Miss Moton,” the honorable mention of Flossie Oliver as the second place winner in the “Miss Homecoming Contest;” the representation of Elsie Booker and James Wiley in the State Science Conference; Margaret Carter and Flossie Oliver in the Library Science Conference; and the selection of Bernice Smith to represent our school in a debate on “Moral and Spiritual Values” at Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia. Between the closing of our Junior year and the beginning of our Senior year, an unfortunate situation occurred in our county. This situation dealt with the closing of all public schools in our county; a decision ordered by our educational officials because they were not willing to begin integrating the schools. At this point, our future dreams, desires, and aspirations to graduate from our school or any school became hopeless and seemed more a fairy tale; but became a reality, when Kittrell Junior College, under the dynamic leadership of Bishop Frank Madison Reid and President M. Arthur Camper opened her doors to us. Because of such cir- cumstances, we gratefully, prayerfully, and eagerly embarked upon Kittrell’s campus to commence our Senior year. Upon arrival, the administrators, faculty, and other students extended to us a most hearty reception which helped to make the problem of adjustment less difficult. We soon found ourselves connected with many organizations. Such organizations as the high school choir, dramatics club, library club, A. C. E. League, Sunday School, house government staff, student council, and intramurals. In conclusion, permit us to say that our Senior year here has been one of warmth, enthusiasm, friendliness, loyalty, co- operation, and gratitude, which we shall forever remember and cherish. Glass; Colores wate waves ey neat tases Purple and Gold Clase BIO WEE ian ah f laihalgeper Naat tect pase Agate Camelia Class) Motto oo ke “We have crossed the river, the ocean lies ahead.”