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JCCORMICK high
SCHOOL NEWS
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^ti:nc3, kindness and efficiency,
o those who follow we leave this
, arting message, “Carry on.” Let
3 say, in conclusion, “Vale vale,
-2d non semper vale”—Farewell,
farewell, but not always farewell.”
RUBY WHITE.
SALUTATORY.
Tonight is a memorable event in
he lives of the Senior class of
.931, for :.t is indeed a time to
which we have looked forward for
the past four years. We are grad
uating! Soon our names will be
listed among those who have left
these portals behind to go out and
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Schedule Of Services
At Colored Churches
Schedules of services at the Col
ored Churches are as follows:
Young Mt. Zion, Chappell, First
Sunday.
Old Mt. Zion, Epworth, Second
Sunday.
Bethany, McCormick, Third
Sunday.
New Hope, Plum Branch, Fourth
Sunday.
REV. J. F. MARSHALL,
Pastor.
Springfield, First Sunday.
Ebemezer, Second Sunday.
Shiloh, Third and Fourth Sun-,
days.
REV. DOUGLASS,
Pastor.
Zion Chappel, First Sunday.
Piney Grove, Second Sunday.
Bailey Bethel, Third Sunday.
REV. t W. S. MIMS,
Pastor.
Liberty Spring, Second Sunday.
Mt. Moriah, Third Sunday.
REV. WILLIAM PETERSON,
Pastor.
Cedar Spring, first Sunday.
Shady Grove, second Sunday.
Mt. Herman and Mt. Lebanon
third Sunday.
Carry Hill, fourth Sunday.
REV. C. M. MIDDLETON,
Pastor.
St. Charlotte, First Sunday.
Mt. Moriah, Second Sunday.
Hosannah, Third Sunday.
New China, Fourth Sunday.
REV. E. D. TALBERT,
I Pastor.
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The strenuous gait people travel
these days is said to be hard on the
heart, and the pocketbook also
jBuffers. . „ _ _
assume new responsibilities. It is
quite fitting that you,^ our parents
and friends, should oe here to
share with us the joys of this oc-
j casion. To you we ext^fid a
hearty welcome and the assurance
that we are more chan glad to
have you here.
In the rush and hurry of the
world about us today no one pur
sues his way alone or unaided, for
we are all to a certain extent, de
pendent upon one other. To our
parents we owe a debt that can
never be paid. We realize how
deeply they have cared for us and
how utterly dependent we are up
on their guidance. It is only
through their devotion, love and
many sacrifices that we ai*e here
tonight. On us they have laid a
trust, and it is our purpose to car
ry onward these high hopes they
hold for us.
To our many friends who,
through their interests in the wel
fare of our education, have made
possible such a school as this we
likewise owe a debt of gratitude.
We extend to them our deepest ap
preciation for their interests in us.
Last, but in no wise least, we
would say ‘all hail’ to our teachers.
They have aided and encouraged us
over the rough spbts always Hold
ing before us the goal which we
have striven to obtain. Perhaps,
we have made many mistakes,
which after all is only human;
maybe we have let opportunities
slip past unnoticed, but now the
past is a closed book, and the
promise of the future beckons us
I onward.
j So here’s to our parents, friends,
and teachers a joyous welcome
mingled with the sadness of fare
well.
HELEN TALBERT.
CLASS HISTORY.
On that bright September morn
ing of 1927, thirty-two boys and
girls started on a long journey of
knowledge by the way of thej great
highway. Wisdom. As Freshmen,
everything was very new and
strange to us, but we soon master
ed the agonies of Latin and strug
gled through the many rules of
Algebra. We were full of vim and
had a large amount of surplus
energy, but a great deal of it was
wasted by mischievous capers;
however, before we completed the
first mile of the journey, we had
begun to realize the necessity of
work. We also found that the
journey through which we werei
slowly moving was long, toilsome
and full of sorrows, and it was with
regret to the class to know that
some of our members became dis
couraged and gave up the fight.
On the next September, .30 of us
returned as gay sophomores to
perform even more difficult tasks
than those of the preceding year.
Even though we were one mile far
ther than we were before, life was
almost as hard. We often became
discouraged, but always the
thought loomed before us that we
should some day be seniors, and
the privileges would then be ours.
JYith this fact in mind, we worked
just a little harder until at last the
second mile post was passed.
Our junior year began with pros
pects. Seventeen new students
were added to our merry band of
thirty. We realized we were be
ginning to lead, instead of to fol
low. We were soon to be the
honored ones, and on and on we
plodded until we had completed
three miles of the weary journey.
Ah, at last we reached the long
looked-for day. Thirty-nine were
to enjoy the senior privileges,
hardships, sorrows and joys, which
have proved to be many. This past
year we have realized that, as sen
iors, we were leaders in the student
body. We know that the younger
students have followed our lead,
and we trust that as leaders we
have done well our part.
This has been a memorable year
for us, and it is with regret that
we, the travelers of *31, must sep
arate. May the future of every
one of us be as joyous and as in
spiring as have been the four
years of our happy tour. This class
shall ever remain a class, writing
its history in words and deeds and
lines. It shall not end with these
commencement evercises, but in
stead, shall more firmly renew its
indissoluble union, feeling with
browning chat:
“The best is yet to be
The last of life, for which the
first was made.”
MABEL LYON '31.
CLASS POEM.
On this our last class morn
We seniors of McCormick High
Have gathered here again
But not to say goodbye,
For though we be far apart
And different tasks pursue,
We will always cherish in our
heart
“McCormick High,” a thought of
you.
You may wonder why we are so
sad
At leaving high school days;
You can’t understand how fond
we’ve grown
Of dear old McCormick ways,
But dearer to us than these ways
Are the teachers who have been
our guide,
And we will try to win the game
No matter what betide.
And in the far and distant years
When by experience we’re wise,
We’ll think of the days of ’31
As those we highly prize,
Faculty, Students, Classmates and
Friends,
We do not say good-bye,
But we do say “Till we meet again”
ANNIE BELL LANGLEY ’31.
PRESIDENT’S FAREWELL
ADDRESS.
Has it ever occurred to you how
large a part of these human lives
of ours is taken up by just doors?
There are open doors and closed
doors, and over the kind which are
continually facing us we have no
control whatever, but there they
are, of one kihd or the other, ob
truding themselves across our
pathway, always obstructing or
deviating the otherwise direct pas
sage of our jives.
The open door is at least invit
ing. It shows us what is coming,
whether a menace or a benediction,
and does not leave us standing
outside entangled in the mazes of
doubt and speculation.
Before the closed doors that con
front us we are much like little
children. Our curiosity is aroused,
and we long to batter down the
barrier that we may know fully
just what is waiting for us behind
the obstruction.
But alas! This evening, we stand
facing a door which will soon be
closed against our existence and
may never again be opened, the
class of 1931. There is, however,
one happy thought in this connec
tion, for the closing of this door
we can blame no one; it is simply
one of the irrevocable processes of
time. As the door swings slowly
to its close, we can only say with
that master mind of all aeons,
Shakespeare,
“Welcome ever smiles
And farewell goes out sighing.”
Yet, before the latch of the door
gives its final, closing click it has
fallen my lot as the president of
this class to say a few words of
farewell. Classmates, the world is
not so large but that we’ll soon
meet again, for there’s a thread of
fate, of destiny, which binds cer
tain individuals to one another,
and though they may be separated
to the fartherest ends of the earth
at some time, at some place, at
some hour they shall meet again.
As the latch begins to click, I
wish to say to the board of trus
tees, to the teachers, to our class
mates, and all other associates,
there are sweet pictures remaining
behind the closed door, which our
spiritual eyes, penetrating the
closed barrier, will always be able
to conjure, at will, as long as life
shall endure.
Classmates, as I hear the latch
clicking, the door closing, I say to
you and all,
The saddest word in the English
language,
A word which breaks the chain
of years,
Tis the little word, good-bye.
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Farmer George
Washington Suffer
ed From Drought
Senator Morris Sheppard of Tex
as happened to fall into conversa
tion the other day with a repre
sentative of the Division of Infor
mation and Publication of che
United States George Washington
Bicentennial Commission. The
Senator represents the largest ag
ricultural State in the Union, and
quite naturally the subject ot
George Washington as a farmer
came to his mind.
“We’re all inclined to lock on
our burdens as the first and worst
of their kind,” said the Senator.
“And no doubt the disastrous
drought of last year, that laid a
blight over ’a great section of the
country and caused distress and
loss, might be set down as one of
the outstanding afflictions in our
history. But the records show that
these cycles of rain deficiency are
of fairly regular recurrence. George
Washington himself was a sufferer
from these periodic failures in
what the weather man calls pre
cipitation.
“He took a mighty hard blow,”
Senator Sheppard reflected. “The
other day I came across a letter
that Washington wrote from Mt.
Vernon to a friend of his. The let
ter was dated April 4, 1788, and it
impressed me so that I had it cop
ied. Here it is.” The Senator drew
from his pocket a typewritten
sheet. “In his letter Washington
discloses that he knew very well
what it was to lose nearly the
whole of his crops. It’s an inter
esting revelation of the man and
his trials. He says, the Senator
read:
“Dear Sir:
I am very sorry I have not yet
been able to discharge my account
with the J^mes River Company, for
the amount of which you present
ed me with an order.
“The almost total loss of my crop
last year by the drought, which
has obliged me to purchase up
wards of eight hundred barrels of
corn, and my other numerous and
necessary demands for cash, when
I find it impossible to obtain what
is due to me by any means, have
caused me more perplexity and
given me more uneasiness than I
ever experienced before from want
of money. In addition of these dis
appointments which I have met
with from those who are indebted
to me, I have in my hand a num
ber of indents and other public se
curities, which I have received
from time to time as the interest
of some Continental loan-office
certificates; which are in my pos
session ”
“That was in 1788,” the Senator
continued. “Exactly eleven years
later, in 1799, the last year of
Washington’s life, he suffered
again from drought. What he has
to say of that experience will in
terest every farmer of today. I
had copied for me this letter that
Washington wrot£ ! ' to a friend,
dated August 17, 1799.” The Sen
ator read it as follows:
“ 4 The drought has been so ex
cessive on this estate that I have
made no oats—and if it continues
a few days longer, I shall make no
corn. I have cut little or no
grass; and my meadows, at this
time, are as bare as the pave
ments; of consequence no second
crop can be expected. These things
will compel me, I expect, to reduce
the mouths that feed on my hay/
“Doesn’t that sound as if writ
ten last year?’ Senator Sheppard
remarked. “That last line in Wash
ington’s letter completes the par
allel between his experience and
the loss of. our farmers who were
compelled to sell their livestock for
lack of the means to feed them.
“So even George Washington,
one of the wealthiest men of his
time,” the Senator reflected, “knew
what it was to take a crippling loss,
at the hands of Nature. And in
the first letter I read you,” the
Senator smiled, “Washington
sounds a note that will make him
understandable to many a present
day American outside the farming
circle. Even the Father of his
country knew what it was to be be
hind with his bills, and had to put
up his own equivalent of a modern
hard-luck story to account for his
lack of cash. It’s just another one
of those homely touches,” the Sen
ator ended, “that should endear
George Washington to every Am
erican, and arouse deep interest :n
the Celebration of his Two Hund
redth Birthday which will extend
from February 22, until Thanksgiv
ing Day of next year. i
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