Watauga High School - Musket Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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The Torch Bearer Hold high the torch; you did not light its glow. ’Twas given you by other hands, you know. Tis yours to keep it burning bright. Yours to pass on when you no more need light For there are other feet that we must guide And other forms go marching by our side. Their eyes are watching every tear and smile And efforts which we think are not worthwhile Maybe, perhaps, the very thing they need, Actions to which their souls will take most heed, So that in turn they'll hold it high and say, “I saw another carry it this way.” Hold high the torch; you did not light its glow. | °Twas given you by other hands, you know. I think it started down its pathway bright, That day the Master said, “Let there be light.” And He once said Who hung on Calvary’s tree, “Ye are the light of the world; go — shine for me.”

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‘Tis yours to keep it burning bright With the passage of the bond issue of September, 1963, the massive project of building a new consolidated high school was begun. The five existing high schools — Appalachian, Beth- el, Blowing Rock, Cove Creek, and Watauga Consolidated — merged into one. Then overnight the finishing touches were being added to an ultra-modern building and the major por- tion of it was ready for its occupants. Time marched onward.