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

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 23 S. CICERO OGBURN Director of High School Orches- tra; Member of Athletic Associa- tion; Member of Debating Team. “Yon white light is not the morning’s eye; ’tis but the pale reflex of Cicero’s brow.” Shake- speare might have worded his lines like this and then they would have been truly poetic. “Cis” is the proud possessor of a very ample supply of very white hair. The reason that he is so proud is that he and How- ard Fulton are the only posses- sors of such wool known to civilization. Cicero not only has white hair. He beats a fiddle—I mean, plays a violin. But it all amounts to the same thing, judg- ing from the result produced. He also debates. At the mention of the word “Railroad” he will rise, roll up his sleeves, and prepare for mortal combat. PERCY) POWELL Member of Debating Team; Member of Athletic Association ; Member of The Pickwick Play- ers; Press Reporter of Calvin H. Wiley Literary Society, Section B; Winner of McIver Declama- tion Cup. When one hears the word “Red!” called, the picture of a perpetual grin o’ertopped by a crimson thatch at once comes to mind. That is Percy. In this short little body rests the soul of a debater “par excellentia”’. His ambition is to “Patrick Henry it” through life. When he rises to his climax in a speech, the audi- torium rings with the echoes of his resonant tones and his op- ponents begin to beg for mercy for Red is “little but he’s loud”.

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22 THE BLACK AND GOLD ARCHIE GRAY ALLEN President of Calvin H. Wiley Literary Society, Section A; Member of Student Council; Member of Athletic Association. Arch is a fine boy. That ex- presses it. He studies hard, works hard, plays hard. The only trouble with Arch is that he is ultra-kind-hearted. He would do anything for anybody, anytime, or anywhere, no matter how much it inconvenienced him. Everybody likes Archie. BAILEY EIIRE ERI: President of Class; Chairman Student Council; Treasurer of The Pickwick Players; Member of Athletic Association; Member of Football Team; Member of Basketball Team; President of Calvin H. Wiley Literary Society, Section B; Assistant Business Manager of Black and Gold. Benjy, otherwise Easter, is composed of six feet of fun and athletic ability topped off by about an inch and a half of seriousness. For Benjy can be serious, and does to a tremendous extent, when the laws of student- government are violated. He seems to have a mania for of- fices, as the above witnesses. In the select list of basketball stars, his name ranks well up around the top. And well it might; for with his height he could easily reach up-and place it there,

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24 THE BLACK AND GOLD JULIAN BUXTON Treasurer of Class; Vice-Presi- dent and Chairman Executive Committee Calvin H. Wiley Literary Society, Section A; President of The Pickwick Play- ers; Associate Editor of Black and Gold; Class Historian; Man- ager and Member of Football Team; Member of Athletic As- sociation; Member of Student Council. “Juba” is the highest type of school boy. He is a hard worker at everything he undertakes, whether in school or out. In football, he is as good a tackle as he is a half-back, which would be saying a great deal for any person playing either position. Although quiet, he is not devoid of a sense of humor. He will make some girl an excellent husband. PASS FEARRINGTON Captain of Football Team; Mem- ber of Basketball Team; Mem- ber of Athletic Association; Member of The Pickwick Players. “Fatty”, which nick-name is most inappropriate, unless it re- fers to his head, is an athlete the like of whom is seldom found. As captain of our football team, he proved his ability in that line of sport until his career was ended by an accident. His equal as a basketball guard is not to be found in the State; and, unusual as it may seem, he is a good student also. Fatty’s athletic ability is only exceeded by his freshness and love of practical jokes.