Morris College - Hornet Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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CLASS WILL the cIass ol nineteen hundred and thirty-nine. being .iImhiI In ,{,.p.ir( from this sphere ol education. in lull possesion ol .1 crammed nun.I .uol a wdblrainod memory. lo moke and publish tins, our last w ill .,n«f lr»l imrnl. hereby making void .ill former will or promise hv us at ony time heretofore made, or mayhap . carelessly «|mkcn. one to the oilier, a the thoughtless wish ol an idle hour. To our beloved Faculty, we give and liequeath all the amarine know ledge and startling information that we have furrn lied them from time to time m our examination papers—and a sweet and im broken succession of rcstlul nights and peart lul dreams. | o our kind and noble President. Dr. I D Pinson, we l e |Uf.ilh our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our giatitude and the unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. To the lunior class, we give and bequeath our Senior dignity May they uphold it forever. To the Freshman and Sophomore 1 lasses, we Rive any stubs ol pencils, eraser or scraps of paper that we may leave behind us in ths‘ excitement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasure for the last time. May they feci lice to use them and feel, iierhaps. that they may in some mystic way. impart some ol our great knowledge to them. To the football team of next year, we he |iieath the ability of Siinl Harrison Willie I. Holman and Sw inton And now person.ills—: Miss f'.thel Smith wills her ability to march to Mis Geneva Ramsey. Miss elma Smith w ills her line of live- to Mis Hattie I ta ier Miss Rosa Sumter leaves her ability to cel along with people to Mi Clara McDowell Mr W in. Swinlon leases his knowledge of history to Mr Charles holler Mr Gad on I arleton graciously bestows In scholastic ability U|M r. Mr I B. Butler, and hi know ledge ol nialhe-niatics to Mr. M Kinh-y Mi Knight Mi » ernice laylor leaves her sweet disposition to Mi » Rosa Woods. Mi Margie Thompson leave her manner ol mixing with people to Mi» Mary Pinckney. N; Josephine I insley leaves her large vocabularly to Mr Riihard lleas-ant. Miss Willie M. White would like nothing In-Iter than to leave Miss Margie Carter her brown poekelbook lilted with comb, mirror, rouge, etc. It is Mis Ernestine Weston wish that Mi»» Marg.iret Sue W illiams should inherit her « harming and new hair style Miss Glsdvs Wilder leaves her gill to gab to Miss Helen White and her patience to Miss lva Murray. Miss Elizabeth I )ant ler wills her red coal to Miss ( arrie Bell Mis Marylyn Dean leaves her chewing wax to Miss arolyn lliomp son. and her neat appearance to Mis Orgic Lucas. Rev R I i»h burne will hi dignity to Mr Addison Pleasant. Mi Rehold.1 Garner will her |Mi ition as W ( A president, and as manager ol the cafeteria to Mi s Clara McDowell. Miss Beatrice Gregg writ her green coat and brown oxlord to Miss I lielina Seller Mis Annie I I h-M will her oratorical ability to Mis lessye Mac- Wallace Mr Willie I I lolinaii leaves hi position as Dean ol men lo Mi barb-Smalls. Rev. II ( ) Harvey wills his dearly beloved job as hell ringer to Me 11 1 ■ .11 - Rohin on. Mr. Saint Harrison will his ability to jive to Mi Isaac Joe. lo Mi • Ida lackson, Mi s Grace l.o k on will her knowledge ol I iiilosophy. Miss Aiiiiii- B Kendrick and Wanda Bailey will their seals in the 8 to Misses Maggie Gayle- and lola Maple Miss arietta Lawrence leaves her tailored suit to Miss I ie ( link sc,ile, Mr ( harln- Logan wills his hash house I 'll Ohillila I OX-worth Mr . ( hailollc Iordan leave her room to Miss I tln-l Albany. Ml Roller) McLeod leaves his ability to gel Math lo Mr. I liomdS Bull, r Nlitf 1 ’rud.-ic4 McIntosh will her dignified manner to Miss Selena Holland Miss Beulah Mi I . -■■ Ion wills her seat ill till- c liafM-l to Mi Hattie Sharper Mi » Rosalie Lhrook leave her heart I Mr. lol in I honipson Nil Ninllic Murray will her -8 to Mis Pearl I milage Mr Alvin Moon w ills his ahihl lo lool the teac hers lo Mr. W. P. I larrison. Mis lanve Mattison will her Senior diguilv to Miss iol.i lackson Miss hailolte Myers leave her |M silion in ll...ifeteria to Mi elda lackson Mi Ojetla Parker will her never-ceasing tongue to Mis I Initio I ra ier. NIi Med tel Muldrow will her seat in the- p.uk to Nil I.rum.1 Henry Mr Morris l car on wishes lo leave the key •«» the commissary lo Mr George I miner. Miss leanellc Richardson wills her elaborate w.irdrcelm to Miss I )orothv (’nldough Miss I rin stuie Ham will her height lo Mi' I holm.1 Sellers. Mi- Mars Ha tie will her cpiiel disposition to Mi I Ii .iIm-iIi Plow Jen. Mi I b ailor I hunllierry will lu-r size to Mi Dorothy Diggs Mi ( lianie Dobson wills her seal in English grammar to Miss Geneva Ramsey. Mr. Albert Burroiigh will his bicycle to Mr Montague Bi.mlh-y. Mr. Carl Brown will hi neat ap|iearance to Mr. Enin Rountree. Mis Sara Biirmtigh wills hot temper lo Mi s Alva Murray. Mr. Wheeler Bradley leaves his harboring tools to Mr l.lllher W ilson Miss Bertha ( Inna Will her eve-glasses to Miss I ie ( linkscale. Mr Grover Belton leaves Ins old tooth brush with |mste thrown in. lo Mi Charles Small . Miss Victoria laikson will her brown coat and hat lo Miss Clara McDowell Mr I haddeii Ba cole- will his ability lo play the- piano to Mr. David ( oo|ier. Misses W ilhc-hneni.i Cain and Palma Burgess will their patience lo Mis 10I.1 lac k on. In witness wherc-of. we have hereunto sc-l our hands and seal this J |th day ol May in the ve-ar ol out Lord, nineteen hiindii-il and thirty-nine. WITNESSES: TESTATC R Marvi.vn Di an. Grovlr C. Belton. Makc.IE I IIOMPSON CLASS POEM By ( mi 1 I v kso . 1 Dear Classmates! Our time is Heeling We on each our road must trial Still, we’ve had a pleasant meeting; ()lir goal is reached—by the Grace ol ( nid. Trials and tribulations linvo been ours. But day after day we still loiiglil on; nd lor those- prc-c inns Incurs I he goal wc ve sought — is won. Morris, dear, we will not forget thee; In ccur hearts you will remain, I hough our parting he regretful We will often come again. ALMA Morris, our college dear With hearts all lilled with clcc-cr We come tec llcee— I hroughollt lib- ' cln-eke-re-d WAV I by name we ll ever praise. I c-.cc her ol youlldiil days All hail to thee! Each year we will send our token: I he dart of , ill not lall: I hough I know wove In-ell provoking Wc- II remember you one and all. I cue her . I rieuds, and Alma Mater. li.. has caused us now to pail: We ll not forget you or our Pater— Your names will be always in each hc-ait. As llic days will chill along. S« liccccl thoughts will keep 11 bill ol cheer. We’ll remember each iha|M-l song And the- scene sweet and dear. MATE R When from our homes wc came— To own thy lofty name Breathe coinage Iree Parc -lit and teachers, clear. Calmed by tin- lack ol lc-ar Pay homage ibrotivb the years All bail to thee! 15

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I’HE CLASS CALENDAR t Life is a full-blown year, with all things in I Loir season I lius. in our school career, each change hath rhyme and reason: I he seasons come and go—each with its gifts in hand. I hat we may see and know-how well all life is planned. io FRESHMAN YEAR • SPRING is the time of all green and growing things: what more fitting, then. I licit the Fresh man. in this green time of his life, should enter college I he March winds and the April showers were very necessary to the budding of the shoots of knowledge !! the hreshman mind. And we. so green in our dewy innocence, received at this lime the first seeds of knowledge and fell the lirst pull of tl re plow and the cultivator in this spring of our career. And this was the year of nineteen hundred and thirty live. Summing it all up we might say with the poet—that Once came sixty babies— I hrnugh our magi gales to pass— Scattering If you please. and Mavbcs — Weren I they as green as grass ioV - 7 SOPHOMORES © SI JMMER— I lie March winds and April showers brought forth an abundance of May flowers, and the Summertime came upon us almost before we knew: so dclightlullv did the one season blend into the other. We found that the skies were much bluer and the sun shone more warmly upon us. We held our heads very high and we kept the stalks that supported them very straight. I hey were not yet so heavy with their accumulation of wisdom and so did not droop with the weight. But our flowers were unfolding little by little. We were slowly but surely coming out into the light ol day. We gayly marched along lor we had such personalities to join us as the Misses Eleanor I landberry and Sara Burroughs, and Messrs. Charles Pickett and Roland Niles. Misses Pearl Watkins. Edith Brown and Willie Mae Spann broke ranks with us. leaving us to long for the new I fomain where Juniors ruled so royally. Our buds had become blossoms and the color ol our dominant characteristics had changed with the unfolding ol the larger blooms. 1937-38 JUNIORS • Al II J.MN—But verily, in school life, even as in nature. Leaves have their lime to fall, and (lowers to wither. Wry brilliant was our foliage that year, very rich our fruitage, as the little buds ol the- I'reshman year, grown into the Mowers of Sophomore development, became the richer, and more satisfying fruit of the Autumn. It was indeed the harvest of our early planting—the reaping of the- results of all our dreams and hopes and efforts. Regretfully we accepted a farewell from the Misses C lara Bright. Ida Rutherford. Ruby ( denn. Pearl Wilson. Louise Lee. Alva Murray. Lillian Kirven. Ruth Briggs and Daisy Bell and (»corge I aimer, as they chose to pursue dif-fercnl avoc ations of life, leaving us with our dreams and visions of soon becoming Seniors. New troopers joined us in the persons ol Mr. Win. Swinton and Miss Josie I insley. But it was not all glory and wonder and splendor. I here were tests, cultivations and the I'nil planting, and with all our wisdom, there was muc h to be desired. 19)8-■ SENIORS • WINTER—But even this stage passed on into eternity: the fruit was all gat I cored and stored away with our memories, and with the snows ol all the past in hoary wisdom upon our heads, we wolc ome the appro.ic h of Winter. Rugged in our young manhood and womanhood. lad in spot less snow and frost, protec ting the- yet immature germs of developing life from the- blighting atmosphere. we stand al the end ol our course. More of our c lassmates succumbed to the call ol Late. namely: Misses ( rrie L. Shephard. Mary Raiford. Anna Ross. Geneva Hickson. Louise I lastie. Anna Jenkins and Messrs. Randolph Weight. ( liarles Pickett and Reverend Horton. In their stead we welcomed the- Misses Janye Maltison. Margie I homnson. Yernice I aylor. Marylvn Dean. Elizabeth Dantzler and Messrs. ( liarles Logan. Grover Belton. Jack I arleton. It scorns a sadder lime than we expected. I L»- world outside is cold. e know not what to expect from its bleak, bare atmosphere. Hut we must not forget that tomorrow we will all enter into a renewal ol life in .1 glad, glorious, new springtime. And so we go forth, robed in the snowy emblem ol our purilic alion. no longer green, nor red. nor even blue— Lor the last year satisfying— must al! shadows safely blow: Senior life- is purifying, and we pass—as white as snow. —Ri-iioi.da Garner. 50. 14

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CLASS PROPHECY W'ln-ii lit.- .lilli. nil task l pfQ|Ji. ' inc llic lullin' I my ilhi'lrioii' classmates » i' .ill.il.'.l l me—you can imagine rny onslciii.ilioii. Mow could I possibly .'v.'ii attempt lo know ..millin'.' .iImiiiI ill.' lulur.- ol such .« large l!r»ii| « l varied individuals? I low.'VOf. inliiilion liii.ally prompted me lo (oiil.i. I a crystal-gazer « l ini.'lu.ilion.il lainc who li.nl li.'.'ii brought lo llii (ounlry .il great cost—lo during llic summer ol n yj ••• llu Now oik World I oil. Much lo my surprise li«- did heed llic iccpiest ol one a m-signili. .ml as I and loaned me a vnlualile crystal lor one hour — in wlii.li I was aide lo see cacll ol my . lassuiales in llic Allluinn ol Alter iny I’cwildernienl had sub- sided soniewh.il I ..nil.l discern |inle dislim llv my . lass-mal.'s in I lie silualions which I shall relale lo von. I . mild see our heloved I 'resident—( ail Brown—in all Ins dignity and limjesli. hearing. I lis Ulllhition had lead him ever upward and onward until lie was OVCU the President ol llu- I niled Stales As I gazed among llie society . ir. les I recognized elnia Sniilli. ( da.U s Wilder and lean.'lie Rii hardson. still striving lor Im'.iiiIv prizes and popularity at the I lollyw’ood Casino. As I looked among the professional . u les I saw among the men ol unusually brilliant minds a prosperous lawyer—none oilier than W. I. Il.dnian—pleading before the War ol an Arizona court. In the same slate 1 paused at a large cathedral and saw a stately priest in his rid.........I dignity—pouring Inrlh words ol inspired inslru. lions. Il was none oilier lli.in Rev. I larvey. As I |x ndi-r -d over these revelations the door ol a home swung open on a western ranch and liehold. I saw a wile and mother. I rejoic'd when I recognized Mary Mastic' Inllilling my expectations. While I watched the home lights die away, sweet strains of music held my soul enchanted I saw llie same |KTSon who so ollen played our i Impel mar. h—Vernice I aylor. giving a piano r.-cilal In-fore an immense audience a I I ok University. Ihe spirit ol llie prophecy conchi. ted me l« a foreign . ily whew two sal by a fireplace talking of llie past ( )| course they were none other than lame Mallison and Lle.uior M.uidherrv lanye was now a I.noon, musician, while I leaner dan..'.I to her delighllul tunes. As they talk'd they were anxiously awaiting the arrival ol another. When Margie Ihomps.in arrived il was the same old trio. Margie had be. ..me a successful stenographer. As the sjh'II ol the prophecy continued I recognized in cither |Mr|s nl the world among llie chin shadows ol millions ol |H-ople the familiar countenances of some ol my Frivolous classmates, now Iransloimed into active, serious-minded c ill .'ns—in llie |h rsons ol Willie Mac While. Wilhelm.-nia ( ain. and I’.dmer Ibirgess llie intensity ul my vision seemed to increase as I ch-tecl.-cl Sara Burroughs and I li alielh I )anl ler in a uni.|UC dress making shun in New hnk (‘ily. In the same . ily—lo my surprise. I loiin.l Rev. I ishliurnc pasloring ihe Abyssinia Baptist ( hue h. In tile next scene RuIm-iI Me ( lend appeared as Dean nl Uieci ,.| , and I . ( nllege. and V. I.. k».m had organized a well-known debaters' club at llu- same place. I next saw Prudence McIntosh. Mill.-I Smith, and Charlie Dobson, sin cess In I in business and in puldi. weak in the Slate ol Pennsylvania. Successful in llie field cd art in Washington, D. ( .. were ()ji'tl.i Parker. I .rnestine Weslon and Mollic Murray, lo iny surprise I saw Saint Harrison actually sellled clown lo Ix-ing l.xill.all coach at I Inward I tiivctsily. In ihe Stale of Ionnosscr were two eminent physicians al llu- head ol a prominent hospital. Ihev were none other limn la. k I arletnn and (.rover Belton. Rosal.-e Alshrooks was llirill ing a lilli.- town in Ken-lui kv will, her melodious voice and was aspiring to lie a famous opera star, kova Slimier. ( harlolle Myers and Mabel Mul.lrow wen- traveling in far countries as they pursued llieit duties as missionaries. Next, a beauly salon m a large building—and a lair lady o|M-r.iling. Yes. il was (•rate l.u kson in ( irecnslioro, North ( arolina. • And llieu I saw a pros|M-rous middle-aged iii.ui crossing llie country m an airplane—and his every ap|M-aran e hes|Kike riches. M-s. you re right. Il was Albert Burroughs. I saw ( harlolle Iordan »|M-r.iling a l i-aulilul tourist horili-in I )arlinglou. South ( arolina, and reading in her spare lime llie lies! seller novels written by Annie B. Kemlri. k and ( nrlcltn Lawrence. I got a glimp'c cd an elfic ienl I iiglish leather al Morgan ( nllege .mil I am positive il was Marylyu Dean. Al I uskegee Inslilule the nohle professor who was ex pounding some ol th.it vast amount ol know lee Ige at .piired al Morris ( ollogo was none oilier ill.in William Swinlon t the '.mie insliliilion I rnc-sline I lam was conscientiously p. rloriiiing her dulies as rnalron. losie I insley—exemplifying hers.dl as a woman d strong mind, .strong will, and strong ■ liar.uler. was winning dislim lion as a public speaker in a inii11h.-r ol llie most progressive cities. I wo happy wives who were spreading a great deal ol sunshine nliove llicm— proved lo me that inve|Mrnlde chums • lid not h-l marriage come between them. I hey were R.-ludda ('’airier and Bealri.e ( regg in Augusta, Georgia. A . urio shop ill some lanl.isli. part ol the world—displaying clirumas to the natives lor immense sums ol money, was .iwnnl and operated by B.-rlha ( liina. Miss Naomi Bailey was tea. Iiing I rent h in a junior liigli s. Iiool in Baltimore. Maryland. In other stales Morris Pearson was donating money f»r the construction ol orphanages and the Ix-autiliil buildings were being constructed by Alvin Muon. In the ( ily ol Sumter. illiam Br.idles was au extremely prosperous barber and ( hades Digan was the proprietor id an up-to-date cafeteria. Mr. President, brave and wise fli i.ils ol the illustrious . lass ol yj ol Morris ( nllege. my duly is at an end—and the liitiir ' is hereafter to thee and thy classmates an upon ixinh. May each ! you billow l.iilhl ully the paths ihe crystal lias mark.'.I oul lor your loot-steps, and so make your lives ihe glorious successes the fates have decreed that they are lo he. R. Alshrooks. G. Jackson. C Myers. W. S VINTON.