Paynes Business and Secretarial School - Excelsior Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Mr. Vililliani Henry wills to Mr. Eunique Vvhitaker his dignity, and l1is bookkeeping ability. Miss Esther Perry Wills her ladylike ways to Miss Marjorie Buie, and her position as lunchrooni keeper to Miss Lucy Blackwell. Mrs. Marjorie Dunn wills to the undergraduates much success in the business world. ,Miss Montrose Wliitley wills her splendid ability to all the under- graduates, and her black suit to Miss Perline Mcllonald. Miss Letha Elliott wills her bookkeeping ability to Miss Lucy Blackwell. Miss 'Dorothy Pullen wills her artistic ability to Miss Aldene Baird. Miss Polly Vilatson wills her Blue Speller and her chewing ability to Miss Bertha Nortleet. Miss Mary Vandergriijf wills her Gregg Speed Study and her typ- illg' ability to Miss Aldene Baird. Miss Nannie Hanks wills her lied Speller to Miss .Xnnie Leach. Miss Josephine Birdsall wills her neatness to Miss Gladys Xichol- son and Miss Bertha Nortleet. - Miss Virgie Garncs wills to Mr. VVillis Steed her line Vnderwood typewriter. Mrs. Johnsie Jones wills to Mr. Owen Chandler the Black Dic- tionary. Mrs. Hazel Simms wills her shorthand ability to Miss Annie Leach. Miss Jessie 'Niles wills her quietness and her pleasing personality to Miss Marjorie liuie. Mrs. Christine Stewart wills her form and height to Miss Perlene Mcllonald. Mr. Charles Ilenry wills his co-operative attitude to Mr. William Jones. Miss VViIIor Alston wills her quietness to Miss Gladys Xicholson. Mr. lidfrar Mc-Ulain wills his businesslike ways to Mr. Andrew Z' . Shaw. Mrs. Luverdis Mayo wills her courage and ambition to Mrs. Lular . I 1 'l'-ivlor Mr. Norinan Smith wills his businesslike ways to Mr. Owen Chandler. l4l'VEliDIS Mavis. '47,

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School to corrode before we returned to school again in the fall. Upon resuming our course in the fall session, our hearts were overjoyed to learn that a host of new students had cast. their lot with us, to venture into the field of business. One of the most outstanding events of the year was the big cele- bration of Founder's Day. The entire school was served a delicious repast. Following the repast Mr. Brown, tl1e speaker for that hon- orable day, delivered an address which was a great inspiration to the entire school. As time marched on the class was reorganized with Mr. XVilliam flJ. Henry as president, Mrs. Christine Stewart as vice-president, Miss Esther Perry as secretary, and Miss Nannie Banks as treasurer. The entire class co-operated with the new otlicers to the fullest extent, which enabled tl1e1n to perform tl1e duties which were required of them. As the time for graduating is drawing nigh, we find ourselves look- ing back over the ground that We had covered since we first entered sehool at Payne's Business tv Secretarial School. ln making the final cheek of tl1e students that started out in the race, we iind that only a few held out until the e11d. For various reasons those that did not kfiep the pace dropped out one by o11e until the number of graduates were cut down to its present status. NVQ must always bear in mind that fortune favors those who never give up until the race is finished. Last but not least, the graduating class of 19-LT has been o11e of the most outstanding classes in tl1e history of the school. TXTONTHOSE E. XVIIITLEY, VV1LL1.xM D. HENRY, I 'lass Historians. 55 35 'F All hail to thee, dear 1'ayne'sl We leave thee with hope and feal, lhe time has come to say f'Good-bye 'Leave with smile and sigh, lo friends and teachers, kind and true, Oh, give to us a word of cheer l And dear old l.'ayne's Business School. .Ks we must say Good-bye. ' The time that was spent in this school llas not been spent in fun: 'But now that graduation calls, VVe know our work is done. AIARY lCI.1z.xn1-:'ru XTXNIDEIZCGRIFF, 47.

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CLASS PROPHECY Greetings and salutations from the students of the graduation class of '47. We linish this course With a sense of well-being and accom- plishment. As we emerge from this 'institution of knowledge, our minds are centered on one thing: what does the future hold for us? VVell, let us take a trip on the magic carpet of time and see what's cooking for us. Our carpet lands first of all in a little town ill Pennsylvania, Traf- ford to he exact. There as we wander clown the main street, who should we see but Miss Esther Perry. From Miss Perryls conversa- tion, we tind that she is director of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. We know that all prohlems brought to Miss Perry are handled with the utmost care. Traveling southward we stop in Virgilina, Virginia, where we find Mr. Xorman Smith, a former student of Payne's Secretarial School, has a thriving business. There, also, we lind Miss Mary Vandergritf as Mr. Smith's private secretary. Continuing the journey southward, we stop again in YVise, N. C. We find Miss Virgie Garnes as manager of the city's largest depart- ment store. Raleigh, N. C., next stop. Here we find a host of former class- mates. Mrs. liuverdis Maye as owner of a small but select millinery shop, Miss Josephine llirdsall as a competent hookkeeper for a local department store, Miss Pollie Watson as a secretary in an insurance otlice, Miss Hazel Simms as assistant to Mrs. F. P. Pane, president of our former Alma Mater, Miss Jessie Niles as circulating manager of the f'fl.7 fII'1'l1ii6LII-, our local newspaper. Q Stopping in High Point, N. C., we see Miss Dorothy Pullen as director of child welfare there. ln Erwin, N. C., we find Miss Letha Elliot, as hookkeeper for the largest fruit company i11 the city. Newton Grove, the home of the Messers. lVilliam and Charles Henry, has enjoyed a wider variety of dry goods since the Henry Brothers Ilepartment Store was established. Ill Fayetteville, X. C., we were entertained hy Mrs. Marjorie Dunn, who is competently holding down a joh as manager of the ladies' ready-to-wear section of a big department store. Miss Nannie Banks puts her excellent bookkeeping skill to work in her home town, Como, N. C., in the Federal Reserve Hank there. Miss VVillor Alston who hails from Louishurg, X. C., finds her work as secretary to a prominent lawyer very interesting.