Lincolnton High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Lincolnton, NC)

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Senior Class History In the beginning of the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. there entered into this land of learning three and seventy seekers of knowledge, with Essie Lawing as their leader. Some came up from the seventh grade, where they had been busily engaged for some time in storing their minds with the wine of wisdomg others, from more distant halls of instruction. As they entered into this new place they were received with great rejoicing by those who tas it was decreedj should henceforth lead them up the perilous byways of knowledge. As they dwelt long in the land, their greenness wore away, and they each became accustomed to the ways and inhabitants thereof. At the beginning of the second year ot' their sojourn, it was dis- covered that thirteen classmates had fallen by the wayside, and it was with much sorrowing that the class went on its way. In the spring they found that they were to carry the daisy chain for the dignified Seniors, whom they had admired and held in such awe for the last two years. Immediately were th-eir best efforts put forth to make of the occasion a great event. First, came the extensive drill up the chapel aisles so that straggling sophomore feet might learn to rise and fall in dignified marching rhythm on the night of the real processional. Then appeared the spring dawn, when shadowy figures, armed to the teeth with rusty knives and old scissors, met at the school house, bent upon a mys- terious, rural pilgrimage. The sophomores were going up hill and down dale in search of thousands of daisies to be woven into their chain. At last came the gala night, towards which all endeavor had turned. The girls in soft white dresses, the boys in neat white trousers and blue coats, formed a long flower-aisle, and accompanied their sister class up to its triumph. This event, so long looked forward to, was over and past in a brief few minutes, just as the wind bends the slender grasses and is gone. A still smaller group assembled in nineteen hundred and twenty-eight to begin the third year of its journey. At this time, casual observers might have noted a change in the junior attitude towards life. Dating from this point, all full-fledged juniors adopted a paternal kindness towards lower classmen and a fraternal ease in the presence of the once deitied seniors. This feeling of near-equality with seniors soon brought the juniors their reward. They became every day more conscious of senior glances linltlt' IiLL'l'l7ILf .seven

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i lllltll' lk ww 'I lL'l'I7ll! ,xrx Seniors MARSHALL WILLIAMS 'HVU l'1'r do today :chat you cfm put off zmffil fon1m'r014'. Advertising Club, '26, Stunt Night, '26g Class Historian, '27g Commercial Club, '30. LILLIE MAE WILKINSON JILL Her cycs ure stars of I'wll1'gl1.1' fair, l,il.'1' twilight too, lzcr duslfy hair. Sewing: Club, '27: Stunt Night, '27, Glee Club, '26, '27, '28g Girls' Athletic Associa- tion, '26, '27, '29g Commercial Club, '30g Advertising Manager PINE BURR, '30, Li- In-arian, 'I-303 Cast: Prince of Peace. ISABELL CAMPBELL WILSON BELLA ulfrnlciiilwr well, and lncm' in mind Tlznf good true' fricnfls are hard fo fzizd, And :ellen you find one good and true, Clzmzgc not the old for the new. MARGARET HOKE YODER TUBBY ll ' 7 ll r who lfnozc her best, love her best, Glee Club, '27, '28g Cooking Club, '27, '28g Sewing Club, '27, '28, First Prize Music Memory Notebook, '28. MARY ELLEN YODER PAUL UUE' can so1'rou', if need llc l0llI0l'I'0ll7, fflll today is the f1'n1c fo live. Dramatic Club, '26, '27 lA. H. SJ: Lit- erary Society, '26, '27 QA. H. S.Jg Basket- ball, '26, '27 QA. H, S.Jg Glee Club, '26, '27 KA. H. SJ.

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and significant senior remarks. At last, at an eventful meeting of the junior class, it was discovered that those who try to move in royal circles must be glad to pay the price. There must be a reception, with the seniors as honored guests. Junior preparations for this affair amounted to a real flurry. Plan after plan was scanned and rejected. Finally, color schemes, amusements, refresh- ments, and favors were settled upon. On the night of May the third, a holiday gathering of juniors and seniors met at the Woman's Club for an evening of pleasure. The contests ranged from the dignified type, calling for thinking, to the ridiculous spectacle of faculty and pupils engaged in frantic Kiddy Kar racing and balloon tennis. The air of gayety was so contagious that everyone joined in the fun-making and laughter. Now in the fourth year in the history of the class, there has been much hard labor and very little resting by the Way. Great schemings are in progress for coming departure from the land. Two main crises of the fourth lap of the journey have been met safely, and both are worthy of record. First and foremost, the seniors agreed whole-heartedly upon a class ring. Not a dissenting voice has since risen to criticise or regret the choice. Very few classes pass through this ordeal without two or three staunch opposers left bleeding on the battlefield. The class is proudest of all of the Autumn Carnival, which was patronized so enthusiastically by the whole school that its success was certain from the beginning. The big feature of the evening was the crowning of the Fall Queen, as she took her place on a throne, bright with autumn leaves. The days of this last year are passing swiftly by. Soon there will be need for final rehearsals of class night songs and perfecting of com- mencement plans. There is a mingled feeling of anticipation and regret in senior hearts, as they think of trying their wings in a broad, open world and leaving behind them forever the sheltered friendliness of their high school years. Their four years within the walls of L. H. S. have been well spent. May their happiness here strike a keynote for the coming years of their activity, Wherever they may go. HAZEL WHITESIDE, Hisforizln. Iufllll' 'liLL'f'77fll'f'Itll71