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

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In the spicy, brisk Thanksgiving weather We harvested a mountain of donated food And two days free from school. Then Christmas crept up and sprang on us With decorations and good cheer abounding- A special cheer of people interlocking plans. The passing year seemed slow, seemed quick. We asked, analyzed, acted, and reacted. Eager for snow, awaiting the future, We always were participating, weaving paths. Awards and inductions, a college day, Ragged fingernails, cast-down cigarette butts, Were signs that the year was in full progress.

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We stayed after school many days To study in the library, going the extra mile; To attend club meetings; to practice Cheers, dances, sports, music, government; To decorate for games and dances; To put ourselves into that extra project Which we realized that we enjoyed. Thus we understood how to endure, How to improvise and work with others. Thus we overlapped education with talents. We began to prepare ourselves Debaters, athletes, chapel speakers, For vocations, college, and family life. Helped to make Reynolds a special school. Modern academics caught our interest We were honored to attend a school and instructed us through discussions, With strength in many fields. Lectures, reading, creating, searching- We crossed, questioned, communicated. A collage of learning techniques. We involved ourselves to express ideas. The year crescendoed and winter came. 10

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Wielding a compass, a typewriter, a paintbrush came naturally, As we learned that tackling made a task simpler and clearer. We saw that the student could rise to meet the occasion And could complete difficult assignments with determination. A semester passed, booklets and forms traveled by mail, Scores, scholarships, honors distinguished individuals. Among our classmates we saw efficiency, accuracy, talent. Each was preparing for post-high school interaction. |