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Glass CPc oem Twelve years ago as little saplings We came. A tenderfoot. As the little sapling needs nourishment. So did we. Our teachers supplied us with protoplasm- - Broken down into bits of reading, writing, and arithmetic. Chlorophyll was added by the enjoyment of little games, Christmas and Valentine parties, Easter egg hunts, And all little surprises. As the sapling grew in height and hardened, We learned to get along with other people. We grew in knowledge and wisdom From history, geography, and library books. We grew in worldliness from Sight-seeing trips. Still it was an easily bent, Half-grown sapling That entered high school. Some of us bent low and got in trouble; Some stood firm through such Storms as Chemistry, Shorthand, Geometry, Macbeth, and Mr. Rhodes; But we all grew and hardened. Basketball, baseball, tobacco contest, and club life Added new color to our lives. We grew in knowledge from books. But we flourished most from such fun as the Washington trip, Junior -Senior And dates. Finally Seniors. Physically the little sapling was about grown. Mentally, we know we shall never stop growing. Our Annual developed originality, Responsibility and pride in our work. We were more conscious of a future- - Big and Unknowing. College, Army, A profession, Marriage -- As we step from these portals to these, We leave unafraid. Physically and mentally We face the future With open minds, And open hearts.
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Our high school years have been presented in the form of a four-act play. Each act was given its own title and held its own precious memories. Act I was entitled Freshmen; Act II, Sophomores; Act III, Juniors; and the final act, Seniors. Act I began in the early fall of 1951. Remember how the boys shied away from the girls, and the girls were afraid of the teacher because he was a man? We were no more intelligent than the usual freshmen; however, I think, we were just a little prouder than most. You could identify a group of our freshmen by those ever-present giggles. No care or worry ever entered our minds. We were just a happy-go-lucky group of freshmen. The second act was slightly more eventful than the first. Parties were the main topic that year; and for some unknown reason, the boys began to realize that girls were actually human beings instead of some horrible animal from another world. Occasionally one of our handsome young men would escort a lovely young miss to one of those parties. Here we got our first taste of dramatics, and the Sophomore Play was quite a success. We were really grown up then, weren’t we? Remember how we looked upon those poor little green freshmen? In the third act, we had to assurrre the dignity of Juniors. There was so much work to be done, and so much money to be made. We all became beggars that year. If we weren’t asking for donations, we were begging people to buy things. That Washington trip was going to cost a lot. During the practice of our Junior Play, our class rings came. I ' m sure no other class could have been as proud as we were. Miss Sugg, do you recall how everyone waved his that night at play practice? The proceeds from the play, combined with the money made from peddling everything from Christmas Cards to vanilla flavoring furnished funds for our trip to Washington. I’m sure it will always live in the memories of those Juniors and Seniors who took the trip. Soon it was vacation time, and we realized that we had only one act farther to go. At last! Seniors! The fourth and final act. Cupid and Uncle Sam had stolen quite a few of our classmates, and now we had only thirteen members of the senior class. The year began with a lot of work on the annual. Day and night the staff labored. It was sent to the press as the biggest and, we think, the best ever at Walstonburg. We realized, however, when they returned that our efforts were not in vain. The Senior Play soon followed. Our caps and gowns, invitations, calling cards, and diplomas had been ordered, and we were only waiting for baccalaureate sermon, class night, and graduation. Now as these occasions approach, we find that it is not as joyful a time as we had antici- pated. This ends our high school play, and also our class history. Each student will now begin to write his own history as he goes his separate way. May yours be one that you will be proud to call your own. Always live up to our motto: Not finished, just begun.
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