Tarboro High School - Tar Bo Rah Yearbook (Tarboro, NC)

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HAYWOOD MAURICE TAYLOR Age 18 Height 5 ' U% Weight 115 Editor-in-Chief The Tar-bo-rah ' 16; Presi- dent Senior Class; Chief Marshal County Com- mencement ' 15; Treasurer Tennis Club ' 16; Athletic Association; High School Literary So- ciety; Dramatics ' 15, ' 16. Dooley is a worthy nickname. Wasn ' t Mr. Dooley a philosopher? He had schemes to run everything from a lawn-mower to the uni- verse. Haywood is a man of varied accomplish- ments — photographer, chemist, pianist, and would-be ladiesman, withal. Who would think it? — once he said he was going to be a ball player! Beyond the Alps lies Italy. BRUCE FOUNTAIN Age 18 Height 5 ' 9M Weight 153 Arbor Day Representative ' 16; Treasurer Athletic Association; High School Literary So- ciety. We realize it was our loss when Bruce left us. He has shown that he had the interest of the class at heart. It is rumored, though, that the girls thought he might have used his Ford to better advantage while he was among us. The best-looking man in the class, quiet, gentle- manly, and polite, he deserves the title of The Pride of Leggets. If he will, he will, and you can depend on ' t; If he won ' t, he won ' t, and there ' s an end on ' t. 23

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RUPERT ANDREWS PHILIPS Age 15 Height 5 ' 7 Weight 114 State Triangular High School Debate ' 16; High School Literary Society; Dramatics ' 16. Pat has not been with us long enough for us to find out all his good qualities — especially as he does not proclaim them from the house- tops, as some of us are accused of doing. It has been said, you know, that still waters run deep. We see in him a second Demosthenes or a worthy successor to our friend, Marcus Tullius Cicero. Give me liberty or give me death. LILLA DALE ROSENBAUM Age 17 Height 5 ' % Weight 102 K Business Manager The Tar-bo-rah; Class Historian; County Commencement Marshal ' 15; High School Literary Society; Athletic Associa- tion; Tennis Club; Class Representative Arbor Day ' 16; Dramatics ' 15, ' 16. Lilla Dale, the Queen of Willowdale. Di- plomacy is her outstanding trait. That has stood her in good stead as Business Manager of The Tar-bo-rah. Her vocabulary doesn ' t con- tain either can ' t or no. ' She is the small- est in the class in size, but not the smallest in our estimation. What would we do without those giggles? She has one failing, however; she always laughs at her own remarks — because some one must, she says. Her soul is pure, and sweet, and while, All good is garnered there. 22

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Senior Class History Years and years ago, in a secluded spot in Edgecombe, a great scientist dis- covered a very peculiar breed of bacteria (homo sapiens bacillus). There were only a few of these bacteria, but they exhibited such extraordinary properties that the scientist decided to give them his personal care and attention. Under his wise provisions the few developed into strong and virile colonies. They were, in those days, housed in a large wooden structure; but they were not destined to remain so secluded. They multiplied so rapidly that at the end of six years, it became necessary to transfer them. The scientist said, I have seen the mighty ant feed his louse, I have seen the ferocious mosquito suck the blood from the veins of weakly human beings, but never have I seen such growth as this. They can no longer be held within these narrow walls. They must have a home more suitable to their natural ca- pabilities. So a better and greater home was erected, and the many little ba- cilli were transferred to it. At the end of two years it was the whim of the supporters of the scientist that these bacilli should undergo a rigid test to prove that they were strong, yet gentle; cultured and refined, yet sensible; cultivated, yet able to endure the hard- ships of severe conditions and altogether fitted to enter into newer and broader fields of endeavor. Although this test was most severe and minute, every colony passed with high credit. However, the colonies were not as yet sufficiently cultivated to do their best work. Before the scientist would consent to let them be taken from his care they must pass through four years of severe study and inspection. The scientist alone could not care for these species. He must have some one who would take an interest in them and who had been especially trained for this service. He had waited seven long years for the right one to appear, one upon whom he could place this mighty privilege. He must have some one who would sacrifice everything for them, one who would give up the pleasures of life just to be with these bacteria and give them some litt le aid. At this point in their history the great master found the one for whom he had been waiting so long. I can see her now in my mind ' s eye — tall and dark complexioned, with stern, gray eyes, a sharp chin, and a Grecian nose. Her distinguishing feature, however, was those magnetic eyes. Many are the times I have seen a bacillus turn to a spirillum under her withering gaze. Part of her work, aside from caring for the needs of the bacilli, was the keeping of the records of their growth and develop- ment. This afforded her much pleasure, as one could see by the gleam from those magnetic eyes. Promptness in completing them and promptness in having them returned after inspection, was her infallible rule. 24