South High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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32565766369 Zffir-c:'Z2iE.-hi Ei 253 ANNlvlQ r v EDITIDN UZ-Cl -If-Q '-U!lU-lI- -U HISTORY OF IUNE CLASS, 1936 Marguerite Pegram, Historian Four years ago a group of wide-eyed youngsters drifted over to the R. Rey- nolds Naval Academy from Calvin H. Wiley with dreams of becoming full- fledged sailors on this modern sea of life. We had heard of the stiff regulations by which we would have to live, the long hours of study, dotted here and there with a few days of liberty, and in the summer the three months of shore leave when we were free from the stiff study routine, but we launched our feeble ship Desire on the waters of education and gave it a push. The principal appointed to be in charge of us, our first Secretary of the Navy, Miss Margaret Bailey. By her excellent guidance we managed to get through that year when we were considered mere plebes. We were pestered and teased on all sides fsome of us even paid the so- called radiator feel and learned the stages by which we were taught our course in tying knots. The first year as freshmen we were tied in knots: as sophomores, or youngsters in our customary naval slang, we watched the knots being tied: as juniors, we learned to tie the knots: but when we became seniors, or first-class midshipmen, and inherited their many pri- viliges and noble dignity, we tied the knots in a big way. We elected as our regimental com- mander, or president, for both our first and second years, the versatile Mary Lou Nash, who has since gained an honorable discharge and moved out of our regiment. She wore' all five stripes of honor with a guiding leadership and was assisted by Ruth Weavil, Bill Borthwick, and Mutt Dize as our other honorary striped of- ficers, serving along with our second Sec- retary of the Navy, Miss Faye Martin. We found that after hitting the deck for class every morning we were requir- ed to go through the daily ship's work of swabbing the deck of English, scraping the Page one hundred forty-two paint of Science, shining the bright work of Mathematics, coaling the ship of His- tory, and polishing the rails of the Lan- guages. Few minute intervals for trips to our sea bag or locker always served as a well-appreciated breathing spell. A real sigh of relief though was heard every day around twelve o'clock when the mess call for chow was sounded and we paced off toward the lunch room or the scuttle-butt fdrinking fountain to you under-class- men.l If we did not come up to the 2.5 mark of passing for our ship's work we were politely bilged out, or in milder language, flunked out and remained in our accust- omed place. However, if we could reach the 4.0 mark of perfect, we were widely proclaimed and looked up to by the rest of our regiment and batallions. As we boarded the third year of our education, we found ourselves under, the command of that systematic siren Secre- tary of the Navy, Miss Irene Iones, and the characteristic class commander, Bill Brooks-the privileges were beginning to come our way and our waters were dot- ted with the gayety of the Iunior-Senior and such affairs, but then, as always, they were followed by the clouded skies of exams drawing near. As we embarked upon this, our senior year, and attained the rank of first class midshipmen, we bragged extensively of our many privileges, but where they are or what they are-we cannot tell you. Phil Walker, Miss Ruth Ford, and Miss Pauline Whitley have successfully steer- ed us through the merry waters of the year and steered us clear of the exams, storms, and frequent showers in the east- ern portions of tests, Now we have gained the honor of be- ing ready to embark on the two ships launched in our harbor, College and the Business World. We are thankful for the send-off by the President of our Union, our faithful principal, Mr. Claude Ioyner. BLACK AND GOLD

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Gai asses E 3 qi Q WUC- --1-Q -SHXISSI-I -I ,CZ 4 'QQ ...Gai , E 253 An lvlz r v EDITID E115 PRCPHECY OF CLASS OF IUNE, 1936 Barrett Russ, Prophet I have formed an unethical, unimport- ant, and impossible theory. It is my con- tention that any person between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one who has passed through an exceptionally nerve-wracking and disappointing period of four to seven years, such as high school, will experi- ence a complete change in his way of life within a period of twenty years. All the- ories must have some sign of proof. Through the efforts of an eminent and nationally unknown scientist, Arthur Morris, and myself, there has been pro- duced a very complicated mass of nuts, bolts, springs, levers, and erasings from notebooks, which definitely has shown the state of this part of the world thirty years hence. The United States is no more. The ruler of our unfair country is Queen Mar- tha of Rawlings. The very sad and hen- pecked king is that demon of the knitting needle, King Cecil of Poe, The latest royal scandal reported by Editor Margar- et Holbrook says that the king talked back when Queen Martha showed him where he had knitted two stitches instead of perling three, This scandalous incident was immediately taken up by that eaves- dropping, slinking gossiper of the press Sir Philip of Walker. Sir Philip spread and slung so much propaganda that the country was threatened with civil war. The men of the country rallied to the aid of their fair king under the leadership of that golden tongued 10-karat-plated ora- tor, Sir Tom of Lumpkin. His Lieutenant was Sir Francis of Ray. Sir Francis says that men should have the right to knit as they wish. It gives mens' skirts that personal touch. To oppose this faction is the womens party led by Madame Paul Ader better known by her maiden name, Mademoiselle Lena Sue Shermer. She says that there should be no deviation from those rules set forth by the Union of Page cnc hundred forty-four Ladies' Aid Societies. Mademoiselle Shermer became famous as the leader in the anti-poetry movement, She was suc- cessful to the extent that Mother-Goose Rhymes must be printed in the prose ver- sion. The whole affair was settled, how- ever, when the King Cecil of Poe, agreed to recant and remove the unethical stit- ches. The biggest business in the country is the Royal Brewery Co. The principal stockholders are the former Misses Mary Iris Ferrell, Gladys Weatherman,Alice Broadway, Lorrain Lewis, and Wilma Garwood. Their husbands are Willie Al- good, Bill Rawlings, Tom Cauble, W. McGee, and Forrest Conrad. These dis- tinguished personages form the most pop- ular sextette of the day. Harmony is most noticeable after a meeting of the oflicial board of the Royal Brewery Co. when they meet to take care of the sur- plus stock, Every respectable country must have a circus. This country is respectable. The man on the flying trapeze is Shore Neal. The component of his act is Lucia Iohnson. The climax of the performance is the triple somerset by Miss Iohnson in- to the arms of her waiting and anxious partner, catching by one hand. The show was- nearly wrecked when they fell in love and Miss Iohnson used both hands con- sistently. They had a light, however, and were married, so the show came back to normal. The dazzling blonde equest- rians in the big ring are Edna Earl Cli- nard, Frances Morgan, Hannah Smulin, and Marguerite Pegram. If one will look closely one can see that all four of them are making eyes at the peanut and pop- corn man, Eugene Williams. He is not interested, however, and is calmly stand- ing by a monkey's cage and showing the occupant how to use his face to the worst CContinued to page l95j BLACK AND GOLD