R J Reynolds High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Gliviilfifksnflftvlh M inston City High School. Subscription Price .... .................... F ifty Cents the Year Editorial Staff. Editor in Chief .... ..................... VK 'illiani Wright, '13 Associate Editor . . . ......................... Blanche Buxton, '13 Department Editors. Athletics .. ............................ Julius Neely, '14 Locals ........................ Emily Vaughn, '15, A. J. Fox '14 Personals .............. Marguerite Pierce, '15, Gregory Grahani, '14 Exchanges, Louise Crute, '13, Callie Lewis, '14, Walter Crews, '14, Wilson Dalton, '13. Business Manager. Fred Hutchings, '13. Assistant Managers. Francis Coleman, '13.. Ralph Stockton, '14. For Advertising Rates, address the Managers. Entered at the Post Otlice at Winston-Salem, N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter. '-I hitnrial Our readers vvill notice that all the articles in the De- ceinher issue of The Black and Gold are vvritten hy the girls of the High School. The following issue vvill be turned over to the boys. Of course there will he no use to compare the tivo issues, although ive acknowledge that the boys will have one advantage over us. for vvho would not be inspired to ambition hy the December issue of the Black and Gold? The articles that come under the head From Our English Xotehookw are taken from the daily assignments that have lieen handed in during the year. -Blanche Buxton. 'l3.

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THE BLACK AXD GOLD 27 about sunset I was preparing to go home when I saw six soldiers coming over the hill with some one a prisoner be- tween them. IVhen they came closer I saw it was poor Gas- pard. He was carried on to the yillage. and put in the pris- on. He wasput in an iron cage like a wild beast. About two weeks after this. I went to the yillage one bright morning and there, by the fountain. I saw a scaffold. forty feet high. It l1ad been erected silently during the night while we were asleep. You may be sure there was no work in the village that morning. There was only gather- ings and whispering by the fountain. About midday Gas- pard was brought out in the midst of many soldiers and hanged-forty feet high. That is all. messiers, except this: Monseigneur was the cause of Gaspard death and of his childs. How say you '? Shall not his race be registered '? Deep frowns were on the listener's faces. Vvith one accord. they answered. Yes Registered as doomed to destruction. Mon- seigneur's race to the latest generation. -Grace Foltz, '14, li.-.. . Q9ft in the -Sviillg Night Oft in the stilly night. Ere slumber 's chain has bound me. My mother brings the light, And wraps the coyers 'round me. XYhen shels gone away, And taken all the light, The ghosts come out to play, And I get cold with fright. -Nellie Reid, '15

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 29 A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life -Goethe. V Such a practice carried out would prove very beneficial to every student i11 the High School. Sometimes a li11e or two of good literature remembered will help one to success- fully resist te1nptatio11 or a line of music hummed will brighten a dark hour. All of our thoughts, surroundings and companions have an influence upon our lives, either for good or evil a11d how much this habit of seeing, thinking, or l1eari11g would do to beautify our lives is beyond co11- ception. -Blanche Buxton, '13. within QIBLII' Baum Thanksgiving Exercises. As usual, our School, on the Vifednesday before Thanks- giving, brought gifts for the poor people of the city. These were taken at the door by the boys of the Senior Class and carried up to the chapel Where they filled the Whole length of the platform. In the afternoon they were give11 to Miss Annie Grogan, who distributed them among the poor. Our Thanksgiving exercises were held during tl1e last two periods of the day. They consisted of 111usic by the orchestra, recitations, speeches, and songs. Some visitors were present and it was altogether a very enjoyable event. At the close of the exercises Mr. NVhite called in Joe, our faithful janitor, and presented hin1 with a large turkey from the Senior Class, tied with the Senior Class colors. Besides this, the school gave Joe a nice purse as a token of their ap- preciation of his faithful services for the past seventeen years. -Buth Anderson, 'LL