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

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24 THE BLACK AND GOLD all circumstances. They worked hard to win, and did not think of losing when the final contest came off with Graham High School. The example set by these boys might be followed by every member of our school, for it is only by determination, perse- verance and hard work, that we can ever expect to bring any honor to our school. -L. Tlhv High Ssrhunl ani! Ihr Qlitg The high school is often referred to as a business establish- ment, and there is no doubt that it is one of the most important and most interesting of all the business plants in the world.. It is almost a necessity for every city to maintain a school which will give to its boys and girls a broader and more thorough training. Qur city high school is a school which does all of 'thisg it is the best investment ever made by our citizens. Here the student does not depend upon a teacher for help, but stands on his own feet, and in the high school he begins to realize all that he may make of himself. The high school is an investment made by the men and women of today, in order to have a more efficient and more ideal citizenship tomorrow. In our high school are found the boys and girls who will make the Winston-Salem of twenty years hence. Here are the men and women who will, or will not, make our city a city of power and influence in the State. In fact, our high school is the Winston-Salem of tomorrow. -L.

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 23 In the first issue these words were found, We take pride in this magazine as it is ours and our work. It inspires us, and it creates a school spirit which the school has lacked so long. This was the aim of the magazine. The contributions of the first number were not very large, but were well written, and well worthy of credit. As the magazine was good, it grew in favor and gradually the work was increased and improved. The next issue, even, was very much better. Due to the excellent staff of business manag- ers the magazine has had, the magazine is a financial success. The concluding issue of the year has always been left open as the Senior Class number, the other issues being open to work from any student in the High School. Perhaps no greater honor has ever come to the Winston- Salem High School than the winning of the Aycock Memorial Cup at Chapel Hill on the night of April 9th. It was with but little hope of winning that our boys entered the contest which included six hundred boys and girls from one hundred and fifty high schools all over the State. When the four boys, who had been chosen to represent Winston-Salem, Gordon Ambler, Hor- tus Scott, Charles Roddick and Clifton Eaton, won in the pre- liminary debates at home and High Point, the whole student body was enthusiastic over the prospect of going to the Univer- sity for the final contest. The four boys with whom lay the power of bringing this prize home, worked as no boys ever work- ed. The initiative and referendum was their topics of consersa- tion at all times. They absorbed the subject and went to Chapel Hill with the determination to do their best for their school. Very few realized what it took to win that cup, and how much the school wanted to win, until the debates were all over and the news of success came home. It was then that we understood what the school's representatives had fought against, and the determination, perseverence, and hard work that they put forth to Win. They determined to do their best and to persevere under

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