Middleburg High School - Carrier Yearbook (Middleburg, NC)

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Class History ily E1.17,1.m1TH XVELIAS N the fall of 1922, we entered upon our High School career, nineteen strong. As we walked up the stairs, that first morning, no one could have felt better and of more importance than we did. XVe were the most important beings in the school, in our eyes, hut sad to tell, it was not long hefore most of our egotism was knocked out of us in various and sundry ways by the Sophomore-s and the High School teachers. I,atin was our greatest burden, and most of our number fied from it as they would Hee from a lion, to the Agriculture and Home lleonomics Clourses. But with Miss Irwin struggling with all her might to beat something into our empty heads, we at last succeeded in reading a little. VVe also began Algebra this same year, and to our great astonishment we found that it was not so awful, after all, and most of us were able to conquer it, with Mr. Rogers to drill us in X, Y, Z's day after day. Thus, we struggled through our first year of Iligh School life. XVith one of our number having taken up house-keeping, eighteen strong, we greeted our new superintendent, Mr. Durham, in the fall of 1913. hiiss Riley tugged with us this year in Algebra. Everything moved along smoothly and we gained each day in our Sophomore importance. Soon, however, the end of the year came and we were once again set free. Our original class was now reduced to fifteen, but though we grew less in numbers, we grew greater in ideals and aspirations. Now as wise and lofty juniors, we began to feel that getting an education was a really serious affair. Miss Sadler ca111e to us that year to guide us in our lfnglish work. Mr. Dew came all the way from Florida to assist us in our study of Algebra, we also began French under Mr. l3lll'llIll l'llb leadership. Most of us succeeded in at least under- standing what it was about. This year all too soon passed away, and we were given the long suinmer months to contemplate tl1e serious business of becoming dignified Seniors, September, Ifjl-5, found us again plodding our way at the call of the bell to our beloyed sfhool building. At first school hardly seemed the same for we had lost lNiiss Irwin whom we all loved and admired. VVe must have lost all our knowledge of English during the summer, for although our present Ifnglish teacher struggled very hard, she was 11ot able to find any trace of English in our minds, N This year, more than ever, we have realized that it take: a great deal of perserverance and pluck to master Math. Our heads have been stuffed with rectangles, isosceles triangles, and circles within circles, until some of us are haunted at night with geometrical ghosts with triangle heads and all forms of beings with angles less than ninety degrees. The class of '16 has been a live, progressive one, stepping out into fields hitherto unknown in our school. XVe held the first graduating exercise in the seventh grade, and gave the first Junior-sSenior banquet. Vl'e have successfully entertained several times during the present year, proving that we are not only serious minded in our work, hut competent as social leaders as well. Most remarkahle of all, we have planted the Carrier -the first animal to be edited by the Middleburg lligh School. XVe are a versatile class-knowing our faults but filled with self- confidence to finally succeed. As we go forth, each his own way, let us ever be mindful of our motto: 'I'hey can who think they can. 18

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Senior Class V.yxr.i.in JUYNIER lJL'CKlTTT Aviivilies: U. ll.-nry Sm-it-ty, Ula-liwsIi':i and lliltilm Ululr Here is a girl we are proud tu kn0w-Cru1st'i- entinus and sineere in eyeiqtliilig. She is a gnntl old pal and can always he counted nn tn du her part in all phases of lligh Selmnl activities. She is a friend in needg genuine and generous. slt'Li,x RiXNllUI.I'll STITXV.-XRT Aviiyiiies: Yi 4'4- fl'r1-snlt-nl nl' H. lls-nry Sn: iwtvg As- sistant Ifhlitiu' ul' .-Xnnnalg l'i'4-sul--nt ni' H uvi' lal Vuln- inlttvvg Ililiing' l'lulIg HI'--lnsllwig l'I:uss I'in1wIuvl, Charleston, Charlestnn, is her latest fad- lf she ever learns it, Gee, we-'ll he glad! These lilies truly apply tn .luliag she is une of the must popular girls in the Class nf '26, and une nf thnse who is sweet to everynne. NYhen Julia is in the room there is nn danger -if il dull period. ETHEL Mn' STVRGIZS A1-tiyilies: U. Ilvnry Sm-it-ty and fliw-In-stun lithel, our quietest and must reserved nieniher, has toiled with us through the trials and trihuf lations from Alpha to Omega. Always gantl- natured, sweet-tempered and willing to du that which was right and never indulging in that which was wrunpg, unless it was tn laugh at the wrong time. LEWIS VVII,llL'RT Sinnx Arfiyitiex: U, ll:-nry Snell-ty Lewis says little hut thinks mueh. Ile has won friends in his easy going manner. Lewis luuks rather hashful, hut we always watch thwse slnw fellows for they win the gnals after all. E1.iz,xm2TH XVIQLLS Ariivilivsz iiillnril on Ilnsltn-tluall Tvzlnig M Vlulv, U. lli-my Sm-iwty, l3ihher is an exeeptinnally bright girl. ln Geometry few van surpass her. Originals tn her seem only fun. She is also good natured, always ready to help her class. She is a guml spurt in all ways. Ars QL.,

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Prophecy of the Ciass of 1926 Minnrencao HIGH SCHOOL IIFRE are some people who say emphatically that they do not believe in elves, and if you happen to be one of that most unfortunate class, listen to an experience of mine and then perhaps you will change your mind. One day at dusk, I was walking through a wooded lane on my way to the summer Cottage of some friends of mine whom I was visiting for a few days, and as I strolled along, loath to leave the cool shadowy path and quiet contentment of the wood, I was attracted by a rustling noise near my feetg and then, most certainly, a gentle but imperative pull at my shoe-lace. Now these were my prettiest oxfords and I had taken' great pains with these particular shoe laces to have them set just right, so I immediately became attentive to this particular tweak, think- ing that I had probably caught the lace on a brier or thorn. Looking down-could my eyes deceive me-what should I see but a little man scarcely six inches tall, gazing expectantly up into my face. Iconfess I was somewhat frightened at first and greatly astonished, but I thought he seemed to be trying to tell me something, so to be able to hear him at all I was compelled to lie flat upon the ground with my face close to the earth. His voice was squeaky like that of a mouse, and to tell the truth, he resembled a mouse, being scarcely larger, with his drab little Coat and Cap of mouse-gray. Finally, I understood that he had something very important to tell me, and holding out a small glass that looked like a minature telescope, he bade me look within. At first I was puzzled for the glass was so small that I could not get my sight focused at once, but soon I began to see prisms and segments of color falling into kaleidoscopic array, and grad- ually as I strained my eye-sight, the jumble of colors and figures began to take shape. The first picture that became clear was one quite unfamiliar to me as it seemed to be some sort of a wealthy gambling hall. I immediately guessed it to be Monte Carlo, and though I had often heard of this famous rendezvous where hundreds make and lose fortunes at the turn of the wheel, I had never actually seen it until now. Imagine my excitement and actual sorrow when I recognized my old schoolmate, my sweet little innocent schoolmate, Annie Carroll, caught in this whirl of temptation and avarice, bending over the famous roulette wheel, totally absorbed in the business of playing for high stakes and-winning! My sorrow and anxiety over seeing her in such a place was somewhat lessened when I beheld Bennett Jackson regarding her and her win- nings in an unmistakably husbandly way. As I slowly turned my little kaleidoscope I seemed to hear faint music and the familiar air of Yes, Sir, She's My Baby, and gradually an orchestra came into view with a wide expanse of polished ballroom Hoor in front. This was evidently the ballroom at the famous Casino at Moonte Carlo, and there, to my utter astonishment, I beheld on the glassy floor two more old friends, Ethel Sturges and Lewis Spain, giving an exhibition dance of the Charleston to a hundred or more appreciative spectators. The orchestra seemed to be one of the jazziest of jazz bands, and leading the others in all sorts of contortions of the body and born to this wild syncopation was none other than our old jazzy Elizabeth XVells. I understood now what my little elfin friend had planned. He was going to let me catch glimpses of all of my old schoolmates of ten years ago fIQ26, to be exactl as they were today, and since I had lost track of so many of them, I could hardly wait to turn my little kaleidoscope to find out what it had to show. I next seemed to see the entrance to a magnificent photoplay house, and emblazoned in letters a foot high, I read the old familiar names of Lelia Murphy and Hanks Frazier. I'Iow often I had 19