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

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THE BLACK AND GOLD linux mr ilivlt The morn dawned bright and sunny On our graduation day, VVe hustled through our breakfast To pack our books away. YVe laughed away the morning Till the hour of noon approached, It made us feel as grand As Cinderella in her coach. The afternoon dragged slowly In contrast to our hearts, In the height of rare excitement, We sang like happy larks. The clock chimed one, two and three- How long the hours seemed, The sun was still o'erhead, But how our faces beamed. i Hark, the clock again was striking, This time 'twas four, then five- The hour of eight was coming, Look out, 'twas almost nigh. VVe hurried to our festive rooms To get our quitting', frocksg We powdered shining noses, And curled our straggling locks. The boys were primping, too, As the fatal hour approached. Their ties just would not tie, And their hair just would not roach. They felt stiff and ill at ease In their suits of new broadcloth, And their patent leather shoes Seemed to squeak whene'er they walked. We reached the opera house An hour too soon, I'm afraid, But then it's only once That Seniors graduate. Not a sound was heard-so still, Our hearts too full to speak As we thought on leaving High School, And of new friends we would meet. NVi.h shining eyes we listened To the speeches that were made, And behold, our white diplomas Seemed to sparkle where they lay. On that night we had the thrill Of leaving old to seek the new , And the joy will live forever Though we said, Farewell, to you . ALVA Goswrcic

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 25 llllul1llsll1Illllvlllllllllmullllllrllll HOWARD REYNOLDSQ Dick None but himself erm be his parallel. Member of Athletic Association, Member of Victory Boys, Statis- llllllullulllllllllsllllllllllllllll Illlllllllllllllllllllllll lllllI,H'HI BRUCE ELLIS Brutus Deeper, deeper, let us toil, . In the mines of lenofwledgef' Member of Program Committee of Calvin H. Wiley Literary Society, Treasurer of Class, Member of Victory Boys.

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 27 IIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIIIIlllllllllllllIIIIIIIIlllll-IllllllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllIlIIIIIIIIllllllIllllllllIlllllllllllllll Illllllllllllll Gllana iliiatnrg nf 1915 QUR years ago the class of '19 entered High School with Q is no realization of the wonderfulevents that were to transpire Within the short period of High School life. Surely our ' - class has lived through the greatest time the world has ever witnessed. So of course our school history has been affected by the changes these years have wrought. lf the happenings of past classes have Hlled pages, surely ours through these eventful years would fill volumes. However, I shall endeavor to relate only a few of the facts of our class life. -, g , When in September l9l5, we started vout, our eighth grade was divided into four sections, due to the fenrollment of one hundred and fifty boys and girls. The next year the four classes were combined into three ninths, and by the time we had reached our Junior year, our class had become small enough to place in two divisions, the boys' tenth, and the girls'. It was here that we tenth grade girls made ourselves famous by writing our Liberty Play , under the supervision of our English teacher, and presenting it in chapel, it was here that one of our members, Alva Goswick, won the High School medal for giving the best four-minute speech on the War Savings Stamps, and Leah Willis and Mildred Beck the prizes for writing the best papers on, Why We Should Buy War Savings Stamps. All our girls were active, too, in the local War Savings Society, and turned many a moving picture, chewing gum quarter into a loyal Thrift Stamp. Nor were the tenth boys one bit less patriotic than the girls, though in a different way. They loyally supported the school War Savings Society with lO0 per cent membership, and bought with their hard earned savings a Baby Bond. Three of them, Harry lVIaddrey, Emmanuel Glenn, and Frank Dalton, enlisted in the service, and have actually seen oversea service. i Of these we feel especially proud that our class should have contributed to that long line of khaki that stemmed the tide of the Hun. And as love follows war, three of our girls, lVIary Boone Neely, Mary Southern, and Evelyn 1lVIessick, became war brides. The class shared with Evelyn her great sorrow, when her husband was killed on the fields of France. . Cf the fifty that are in the Senior class now, twenty-three of us started out in the first grades together, sixteen girls and seven boys. One of our classmates, Mozelle Culler, has been with us only this year. Mozelle came from Texas and she speaks well for