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

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 27 has had several of her poems printed in a number of newspapers both in North and South Carolina, and Gordon Ambler's articles have won for him much praise, as well as financial reward. To athletics our class has contributed a number of good men this year, having four representatives on the football squad, two on the basketball team, and three on the baseball team. Although we did not again win the State Championship in basketball, our team made an enviable record, losing only one game, and that by a single point. But we must not fail to mention the many social affairs that we have enjoyed so much since the first of the year. A number of athletic and debating teams have been entertained from time to time, and all of our entertainments have been voted a great suc- cess. And now as we are about to pass out from our High School forever, the feeling comes to us that only by continually striving to live up to the ideals that have been set before us can we repay our school for the many happy and inspiring days we have been permitted to spend here. lVIay we not fail to meet this obligation! N ELL HoRToN. I-: WSI :A . x ' 5:5 A!-:ia . 4 iii. uusnliier ssi : ,Q. ?:E?i,.-7: , - EQ? ,

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26 THE BLACK AND GOLD Think of it! For years we had studied with this one ideal in our minds, to enter High School, and now that we really were to become students there, our joy was complete. Up to this time we had been considered children, just pupils, now we thought ourselves pupils no longer but students. Imagine our surprise, then, when we found our teachers did not agree with usg worse still, they plainly told us that we had not yet put away childish things. During our first and second years, it is true that we some- times had to work pretty hard, but these thoughts of hard work are immediately swept out of our minds by the recollection of the many happy times we spent at class picnics, straw-rides, and parties. How we eighth and ninth grades did enjoy them! Our Junior year was not all happiness, however, for we were forced to buckle down and work as we had never worked before. Sometimes it seemed to us that we would never be able to master the perplexing problems of plane goemetry, but most of us man- aged in some way to reach the seventy-fifth notch, and then, again, joy reigned. The Hrst thing that we, as Seniors, did was to assume a very dignified air, and proceed to frown upon all misconduct by the lower classmen. Then, when we had become perfected in the art, more serious things were earnestly undertaken. The event that stands out most prominently in our minds is the adoption of Student Government. We are the second class in the history of our school to have attempted this form of gov- ernment, and we feel very proud of the fact. In the Commercial Department the members of our class who have taken this course have all done unusually well, and some of our number have won fame by their rapid typewriting. These are Gordon Ambler, Banks Newman, Alma Lackey and Lurline Wills. We who are not so proficient wish to congratulate them on their success. But our ability has not only been recognized in our school but the outside world has heard of some of us. Luella Cochran

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28 THE BLJCK AND GOLD En Hirtnrg T was the night before Commencement. My mind I was filled with joyful anticipation of the morrow and yet mingled with the joy was sadness, for the i i ties of years were to be severed, our class, bound by common interests, was to be broken, our loyal band was to send its boys and girls out into the world, into the world as individuals with individuals' work to do. Woiild the coming years fulfil the bright promises of the present? As if in answer to my question, Inspiration softly touched me. I should like , she said, for you to go to the Land of Ideals. Imagination shall be your guide and Hope and Joy your companions by the way. And so saying, she called Imagination, and quicker than thought spread before me the fair Land of Ideals. In the heart of the Land was the Fountain of Purity, its waters flowing deep under ground, making all about it sweet and fresh, and hard by the Fountain stood the Temple of Endeavor with its altar of Faith, its walls lined with Courage, Fidelity and Perseverance kept the Temple of Endeavor and they seemed to diffuse an atmosphere of their own about the place. Yes, whispered Inspiration, anticipating my thought, only those who take Fidelity and Perseverance as their companions really succeed in the Land of Ideals. Tell this to your class- mates and friends as you meet with them on the morrow. And tell them also, she added as stern-faced Duty greeted us, that only he who makes friends with Duty earns a place in the House of Success. just then Duty beckoned to us to follow her. But Imagina- tion had other sights for us to view before she left us. Into a quiet, sequestered vale she led us where lVIodesty, fearing lest loud-sounding Praise make her known to the world, was in hid-