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

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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

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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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Activities of the Class of '30 Fifteen Years Hence In the year 1945, there assembled, in one of the foremost moving picture thc- atres of the country, an eager audience. A pleasant hum of conversation fills in the short wait before the curtain rises. Soon a quick glimmer of lettering upon the screen announces the beginning of the evening's program. Immediately, the sound of con- versation dies away, and the audience leans forward in anticipation. REEL I-ill. G. M. NEWS M. G. M. lion Hashes in view, giving with evident relish his two fierce growls. iM. G. M. lion-William McNeely.J CAPTION 1. Prince of Wales embarks at Liverpool to resume big-game hunting in Africa, completing the trip postponed by his royal father's recent illness. CPrince of Wales-James Cornwell-carrying gun on his shoulder and wearing white duck suit and pith helmet, waves farewell to an imaginary cheering audience.J CAPTION 2. Palm Beach lasses demonstrate latest styles in beach pajamas. iAn- gelene Goodson, Edythe Styers, Della Mae Davis, Helen Childers and Jessie Rhyne saunter across the stage and pirouette slowly to show off to the best advantage gay- colored cretonne umbrellas, beach costumes and waterproof beads.J CAPTION 3. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh return from their second exploration of ancient Indian temples in South America. fCurtis Broome and Mary Ellen Yoder in aviation togs stand still for a minute in front of plane, blink, smile, and hurry elf stage.J REEL II--A1IVl1'If'l'1SEMENTS CAPTION 1. Haynes Dairy, Lincolnton, N. C. You can zvlzip our 1'rf'1lm Iliff you Cllllill bent our milk. Bouncing farm lass fBess Schruml, dressed in crisp gingham, leads contented cow Iimpersonators-Fore legs, James Vanstoryg hind legs, Marshall Shivesl out to pasture. CAPTION 2. When you leave a trail of rice in the lobby, be nonchalantg light a Murad. Bride fNancy Caldwelll and groom fAlexander Procterj swagger with assur- ance across the stage. CAPTION fl. Go boating, golfing, or riding with an easy conscience! Use Palm- olive Soap and keep that School Girl Complexion. fR.LIfl:lY1 Self, tennis racquet in hand, poses, smiling, before audiencej CAPTION 4. She was once the most popular girl in her crowd. Now her canary is -her only friend. Use Listerine! iBeautiful young girl, Mary Leuise Johnson, looks up sadly at her canary, twittering in its cage.J CAPTION 5. Safe and easy way to reduce! Take anti-fat tablets and reduce! fMargaret Yoder and Bryte Blackburn stand side by side to illustrate results before and after taking.J Page iIiLL'L'l7ftl'I7Il7t'