State Normal High School - Normal Light Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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16 THE NORM AL LIGHT 1925 Faculty DR. P. W. MOORE Principal A. M., LI. D., Shaw University. You have heard of a poet-laureate but perhaps you have not heard of a Principal-laureate. Well, if you haven ' t here is your chance. We give him this name, for surely Dr. Moore should be crowned with laurel. Since the organization of the school in 1892 he has devoted his time wholly to its success. PROF. J. H. BIAS - Vice--Principal A. B., Lincoln University (Mo.) He can truly be called the father of Education. In the drama of our school life he repre- sents zeal, intellectualism, and eloquence. The short time he has been with us Prof. Bias has spent his time in trying to make us see the importance of using our time well. MISS OTHELLO HARRIS Science and Education A. B., Howard University, M. A., Columbia University. Where does light go when it is blown out? How can the dot washed from the blackboard be used again? Ask Miss Harris. She can surely give an answer. PROF. L. L. HENDERSON Education and History Ph. B., Drake University. He knows the history of the whole world as we know our alphabet. We think he must have been present at the Hundred Years War from the way he can talk about it. PROF. C. F. HOLMES Mathematics A. B., Howard University. Chalk and talk is his motto. He wants you to explain the proposition while putting it down. He can work anything pertaining to mathematics except subtract chickens from pigs . MRS. M. E. DOLES Education and Critic Supervisor A. B., Shaw University. A pleasing personality and remarkable ability as a critic teacher are the excellent possess- ions of our supervisor of the Normal Department. Under her direction the work progresses smoothly. MISS W. M. KING English, Latin and French A. B., Wilberforce University. Bonjour, Mademoiselle, comment-allez-vous? Bonjour, je me porte bien. When you leave Miss King ' s class, you are able to speak French with the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean D ' Arc or Marie Antoinette. MISS E. J. LEWIS - — English A. B., University of Michigan. We believe that she knows everything about English. She is thoroughness personified and puts English right there for us. If we don ' t get it, it isn ' t any fault of hers. She is the Senior High School class adviser and gives us the real advice. MISS L. D. QUARLES French and Latin A. B., Howard University. Un, deux, trois, et unus, duo, tres these are her subjects and these she can teach. Talk about coming in late — oh, no! and cut class if you dare! She finishes her classes by saying, What are vou going to do? REV. J. T. DOLES History and Civics H. B., Shaw University. Wait a minute, daughter is his favorite expression. Everyone likes his method of teach- ing History for he makes it a delightful story. At prayer meeting he points out the straight and narrow path. MISS A. M. DAVIS Music A. B., Fisk University. When she sits down and begins to play Time is forgotten and flies away. MRS. JULIA MARSH Domestic Art A. B., Howard University. Sewing is essential. Mrs. Marsh can teach one to make a dress from a pair of trousers. She takes the scissors and says to them, Cut , and they obey her. Her fashion shows are not surpassed by the Federated Stvle Shows of New York. MISS M. E . OSBY Domestic Science Fisk University. She teaches the baking of cakes and pies, Bread, doughnuts and cookies, too; With flour and spice and all things nice She shows us what to do.

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1925 THE NORMAL LIGHT 15 PROF. L. L. HENDERSON, Member of Faculty

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1925 THE NORMAL LIGHT Faculty MISS E. C. HARRIS Librarian A. B., Shaw University. She can give you a book as quick as a look. Hut if over time you keep it a day You ' re sure of a fine— she ' ll make you pay. PROF. U. S. BROOKS Mathematics and Chemistry A. B., Howard University. Here is a genuine chemist. It seems as if the spirits of (Jay Lussac ami other chemists are incarnated within him. MR. A. A. DALTON Science and Mathematics A. B., Ohio University. What is gravity, metamorphosis and buoyancy? Who knows? Mr. Dalton. He is very accurate in our experiments and in algebra and insists that we be accura te, too, because he likes to draw circles (zeros). MR. H. JACOBS Vocational Education Hampton Institute. Listen! If you want to know how to make your soil fertile, how to raise more ami better live-stock, secure information from Mr. Jacobs. After seeing him you will also know a Minorca from a Plymouth Rock. MISS MILDRED E. LEE Elementary Grades Eastern Illinois State Normal College. To be good is to be happy, Says Miss Lee of the Junior Grades — If you ' re noisy I ' ll be snappy, And you ' ll surely be afraid. She succeeded in getting this thought across the first time she said it. MISS MADELVN TURNER Primary Grades East Stroudsburg State Normal School. She contradicts the statement that little folks should be seen and not heard. She likes to talk especially about the primarv, binary and neutral colors. MISS MILDRED E. LEWIS . Primary Grades Ohio University. What is home without a mother? What would the Y. W. C. A. be without Miss Lewis? We expect that she is even now making plans for the next vesper services. MISS MAMIE SAMPSON Primary Grades Ohio University. Smile and the world smiles with you — so will Miss Sampson. We wonder if she smiles so sweetly in order to soften the hard marking system. MISS FLORENCE HICKMAN . History, English and Mathematics Zero is her favorite word. When one doesn ' t get her lessons she not only says zero but she gives it. Students prefer to be absent from her classes if they do not have their lessons because thev know what ' s coming. MISS LUCY D. JACKSON Bookkeeper and Stenographer Maiden High School — Commercial Department. Pay your fees, because you can ' t get by even if you try, for Miss Jackson can surely keep an account. We are always glad for her to meet us with a check. MISS S. D. YOUNG - Matron Tuskegee Institute. You ' ll have to do better than that! shouts Mrs. Young. She was formerly a matron of Tuskegee. She could give Queen Sanitation points on housekeeping and Pola Negri could learn much about how to work and still keep young from her. MISS BESSIE V. MOORE Diet,,, an Shaw University. Her Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts satisfy the longing for home cooked food. MISS J. O. RAYNER Matron State Normal School. Don ' t you hear her talking to you? Well, if you don ' t a new name is added to the working list and you learn about ladies from her. MISS JESSIE WAINWRIGHT Dining Hall Matron Hampton Institute. -i, Cleanliness is next to Godliness. We believe that Miss Wainwright ' s eleventh com- mandment is Thou shalt not spill food on the table cloth. When we break this command- ment we tremble in our boots; the rolling of her eyes makes words unnecessary.