New Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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ORANGE AND BLACK 25 UNION SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADE, ROOM 2. MISS GIBSON, TEACHER. Class President—George Nevens. Class Editor—McCallum Plowden. Class Colors—Orange and Black. Class Pin—Orange and Black with Union, 1910. Class Leaders :—1. Valira Thomas, 2. McCallum Plowden. Enrollment —October, 44; Ma} r , 41. Boys, 16; girls, 25.

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24 ORANGE AND BLACK UNION SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADE, ROOM 1. MRS. I. T. ST. AMAND, TEACHER. CLASS OEFICERS : President—Walker Taylor, Jr. Treasurer—Chas. Grainger, Jr. Secretary—Virginia Milton. Editor—Athalia R. Bunting. This class started in October with forty-four pupils. We now number thirty-nine. Our class has been led Thelma Brooks, with an average of 99%, closely followed by Jennie Gilchrist. We have completed many of our text books, which we are now reviewing. We contributed over one hundred volumes to the Union library, and have kept a bank account, which netted us nearly fortv dollars. Our class flower is the sweet pea. The class song has been writ ten by a member of our division, Katharine Risley, and will be sung to the air of Auld Sang Syne. Our teacher requests that it be mentioned that she has appreciated very much the manner in which we have con¬ formed to her wishes throughout the session.

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26 ORANGE AND BLACK HEMENWAY NOTES—EIGHTH GRADE. Class of 1909-1910, started upon its career with the un¬ derstanding that we would have to work very hard indeed for our Secondary School diploma. Some of us followed this suggestion conscientiously and others are now bitterly lamenting that they ignored it. We have enjoyed our English course more than any¬ thing we have studied. We have read: “The Lay of the Last Minstrel,” “Enoch Arden,” “Evangeline,” and “The Tale of Two Cities.” We were intensely interested in the latter and it made a great impression on our minds. The most difficult work we have accomplished is the writing of a history of the United States for the last decade. Our text book only takes us to 1900, and we have collected materials from many sources and have written a brief nar¬ ration of the chief events in our country’s recent history. Our teacher seems much pleased with the work and we feel that it has a real value. We have the distinction of being the first class of the Grammar School to take four months’s work in Latin. We have found it very difficult, but have made good pro¬ gress. We are at present at the beginning of the verb SUM. We are preparing for a final examination in Latin and are much exited because our promotions depend largely on finals this year. We have to stand a final on English Grammar and one on Algebra. These occur the fifth week of May and after that we will know who really composes the graduat¬ ing class. Our class colors are white and gold, and our motto is: “There is no royal road to learning.” We have found our motto true at every step in our year’s work.