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

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IANUARY CLASS HISTGRY Evangeline Butner, Historian In the year of Nineteen Hundred Thir- ty-Four a group of young, ambitious mountain climbers started on their climb to the Mountain of Success. ln the group were some very charming young men and women who desired to reach the tip top. Thousands of aspiring students have gained the summit and yet they all had to start at the bottom-empty-handed as we did. To me was given the task offkeeping a diary of this delightful yet strenuous trip, which we all realized to be the most important of our lives. My diary begins with the Freshman Days of our journey. lt was a cold, bleak winter when we started on our climb: but we joyously passed over our subjects-every now and then stumbling over rocks of English grammar and weeds of high school ignor- ance. At the beginning of the year of Nine- teen Hundred and Thirty-Five, we start- ed through our Sophomore days. That year we bumped into more rocks-Short- hand, Typing, Latin. We chose as our leader this year Ruby Hall. It seemed as if these days passed much quicker than those before because our trip was then half over. ln our junior Days of Nineteen Hund- red Thirty-Six, things began to happen. We furnished members for just about every field of discovery. Heading the athletes were Ruby Hall, Dewey Peg- ram, Tommy Hinshaw, and Carl Mc- Culloh. When time began to drag, Louise Barnes was always ready for de- bating any subject. The behavior of the Student Body was placed in the hands of our one-man police force, Dorothy Oehman. Also taking part in our Stud- llziqc one hundred thurrv ent Government were Grace Smith and Evangeline Butner who were chosen as Court Stenographers. Several of our members excelled via the Excelsior Club. Many were the preceding climbers who stretched their necks upward to see the Dramatic Club featuring Grace Smith playing the part of the middle aged wid- ow and Lillian Currin as the flapper. Then came the main event of our jun- ior year. Pockets were empty for sev- eral days after the delightful junior-Sen- ior Reception which was held at the Country Club. Unable to see the top of the mountain, because of tear-stained eyes, we faced our Senior Days in Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven. For the last days of our journey we selected Evangeline Butner as our leader. This year a shocking event happened at the first semester-Lillian Currin, Evangeline Butner, and Ruby Hall were ceremoniously made members of the National Honor Society. lt seemed as if we were even more in- terested in our work this year because we realized that it would be the last trip of this kind for most of us. This year we struggled over Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth and tried to obtain some knowledge of our American History, We all finally managed to pass over these subjects and at the end of our Senior Days we are still looking toward the top and expecting to reach it someday. For our motto we chose Not on the heights, but climbing , which clearly sug- gests our situation. We are not at the top of the Mountain of Success yet, but we are still straining forward, trying to attain the honor of having reached the top. I-IAN ES HIGH SCHOOL

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Z IANUARY SUPERLATIVES WITTIEST MOST ATHLETIC Louise Barnes Ruby Hall Carl lVlcCulloh Carl McCulloh BEST ALL 'ROUND BEST LOOKING MOST INTELLECTUAL Ruby Hall Frances Cooke Evangeline Butner Ioseph Wright Dewey Pegram Dewey Pegram Page one hundred twcnl

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IANUARY CLASS PRGPHECY Grace Smith, Prophet Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main, played the orchestra as the good ship Typee pulled and tugged until she made her way out to sea in the year 1948. It was my first sea voyage and I, being a reporter on The Globe, a New York daily newspaper, was given the assign- ment of going to the Glympic Games in Germany to convey all news of impor- tance or unimportance tas the case might bel to our own U. S. A. After dinner on our first night at sea I strolled to the ballroom for amusement. Whom should I see as featured dancers but the celebrated team of Barnes and Clodfelter tLouise and Harry, of coursej my old classmates at Hanes High. At the end of their dance I spoke to them and asked of our other classmates. They told me that loseph Wright had married Dorothy Gehman, heiress to the Oehman millions: they occupied the Grand Suite on board ship and were en route to Asia Minor. The next morning as I was reclining in my special deck chair, who should stroll by but the captain of HTypee. Looking up in amazement, I discovered walking with him, none other than Dewey Pegram. Quickly making conversation with him I learned that he also was sail- ing to Germany to finish his studies in Art and Sculpturing. Later I learned that Dewey had won a huge Scholarship for his celebrated work in the United States. 'AWell, I said to myself, I wonder if any more of my old friends are on board this ship. Determined to find out, I made my way into the ship's beauty parlor for a mani- cure. Who should come to my aid but Tommy Hinshaw, Americas greatest beauty specialist. While indulging in conversation with Tommy, I learned that Frances Phillips and C. C. Goforth were also on board the ship. Frances, it seems, BLACK AND GOLD was enjoying another of her pleasure trips-this time to Germany. C, C., I learned, was the ladies man on board the Typee, having all eligible ladies on the run, We docked in Germany a few days later and I started to work, On the first day of the games the womens swim- ming matches were held. Among those who made international news was Lillian Currin, who was a competitor and the winner of the free style championship for America. On the second day I learned that Ruby Hall was among those competing in the womens finals in Hurdle Iumping. Ruby also brought Uncle Sam in for first place. Among the men contestants I found, also making international news, Carl lVIcCulloh, Americas fastest track runner, who lost his breath and fell in the middle of the track! Too bad, Carl! . The games being over, I boarded the ship to sail for home. Having nothing else to do, I sought out Frances Phillips for companionship. Of course we talked of school days. She told me that Ruth Holton was a teacher in the University of North Carolina and that Evangeline Butner was the private secretary of the Mayor of New York City. And where, I asked, is the beauty of our class-Frances Cookezn Oh, did not you know? Frances exclaimed. Why she is now acting in Romeo and Juliet, holding the leading role. She is considered the greatest actress on Broad- way! Presently we heard the ships gong ring for dinner, and so we separated until tomorrow, next week, or next year. My trip had indeed been a joyous one and my work had been well done, for I had previously received a cable from The Globe, saying that my assignment had created a great sensation in the United States. Page one hundred thirtv-o