Maryville High School Yearbook - Emerald Glow 1919

Dedication In grateful appreciation for the earnest endeavor and kind assistance and efficiency as instructors, We the class of ’19 lovingly dedicate this book of our recorded history to our teachers, Prof. Curtis, B. S. S c ie n c e

Miss Pickens, B. A.

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M a t h e m a t ic s

Mrs. Crawford, B. A. E n g l is h

Miss Taylor, B. A. L a t in

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Foreword

The Class of Nineteen Hundred Nineteen presents to you this Emerald Glow that it may typify to you the spirit and aim of the faculty and students. It is our wish to show what has been accomplished in this first year of Maryville High School and it is our earnest hope that it will give pleasure to our readers.

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Seniors Motto: Reperiemus viara aut faciemus.

Colors: Gold and Green OFFICERS

President • . . . .

Howard Sullinger Vice President - ................................ - - Mabel Burns Secretary - * - - - - - Rhoda Smith Treasurer - - - - - - - Gaynell Griffitts Class Poet - - - Elizabeth Stanley .

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Three cheers for the Gold Three cheers for the Green • Three cheers for the Seniors, The Lucky Thirteen

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Flower: Daisy

HOWARD SULLINGER “Tub” A thletic, brave, tru e to the gam e, Before his nam e.

He first won “ T ubby” Then for his w orth, w ith one con­ sent, We m ade him our Class President. o

MABEL BURNS “Beads” Some day th e world will hear O f th is fam ous prim adonna She began h er g rea t career w ith M aryville H igh School honors.

RHODA BELLE SMITH “Shorty”

GAYNELLE GRIFFITTS “Tiddle”

Rhoda quite a pet, And will never bet She is a good little girl they claim, And can tell history like a dame!

Now Tiddle is quite a debater And the w ay she can talk is a frig h t.

B ut when it comes to convincing.

She’s there w ith the goods all right.

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ELIZABETH STANLEY “Libb”

REBA LAW “Chunky”

We all know Libb the suffragette, And perhaps some day W e’ll see, ju s t how her suffrage policies Help the women of Tennessee.

Reba Law, the youngest of the class, A lw ays happy and gay, She has caught P ro fesso r’s eye, By having the h e a rt to try .

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MARTHA LAW “Topsy” Sweet, m odest and quiet, And gentle in all her ways H er skill in the a r t of cooking W ill w in unbounded praise.

MABEL WILLIAMS

VIVIAN EVERETT

“Dude”

“Runt”

She will teach from day to day, Those who w ant to learn to play.

A lt ho’ she’d like to roam from dirge to clime, And have one glorious easy time.

V ivian is a little girl w ith roguish smile and dimples.

A ltho’ she alw ays w ants her way.

We find her sw eet and simple.

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STELLA GODDARD “Star” In C aesar and M ath S tella’s a star, And her E nglsh and Physics A re known from afar.

RUTH LEIGH “Little Un” R uth is little B ut she is loud.

How she reads Cicero M akes Miss T aylor proud.

OREN LOWE “Chick” A g rea t m ath shark Is 0 . D. Lowe.

B ut if he has his way, H e’ll be testin g ore and dust A t the A lum inum plant some day.

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LELA POST "Wren” Now Lela P ost does ch arity work And I know th a t she will be A w orker in f a r off Asia, T eaching the heathen Chinee.

Class History Starting four years ago along the road of High Schooldom we have now arrived at the end of the way.

It has not been altogether a smooth and easy path, for there have been rough places where some have fallen, thus only part of those, who began the journey, will finish the final lap.

But in pleasant retrospection we recall the pleas­ ures that have come into making our history.

It is not a history premeditated or laid out in an orderly or systematic way, but only a spontaneous re­ action to stimuli and an adjustment to environment.

But any victory that may be ours as a class or as a school is responsible to our beloved superintendent, and through him these things have been made possible.

Some years ago the citizens of the town elected as superintendent of the city schools, a noble man. He loved his town and most of all he loved its schools. His ambition was thoroughly unselfish. He labored for our good.

Today we have a first class high school. Today we can hold our heads up and be justly proud when other towns of our area and population discuss the sub­ ject of schools and courses of study.

We, the graduating class of 1919, have grown, have advanced, as the school has grown, has advanced.

As we have finished one year, another was added. So today our class containing the “Lucky 13” claim the

honor of being the first class to graduate from the full fledged “High School”.

Howard, our president, started with the first of us way back in the “Olden days”. And has stayed with us through thick and thin, and he is quite proud to be one of two boys to graduate from our class.

And Mabels, there’s two of them, but both’s equally nice.

Mabel Williams joined the class in its Freshman year. She claims no little honor as a basketball player.

Oh yes Mabel loves a “lotta” fun.

Mabel the II. is a Burns by name. She came to us from Carson-Newman College when we were Juniors, and has distinguished herself in both quartet and choir.

Next, there’s Reba, who’s certainly a “Law” unto herself. To her nothing ever seems to go wrong.

Miss Taylor has said that “Stella’s” a star and in that she is certainly correct. Stella is noted for her punctuality.

Ruth Leigh entered our class in our Sophomore year. Though she’s little in size, she has a big heart.

And the way she reads Cicero would make Virgil start!

Rhoda entered the class while we were quite “Fresh” and she’s been a credit to herself and her class.

Sure, she plays basket ball—center you know.

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know? They have been here four years and would like to stay more.

Gaynell came from the college to join our Junior Class in the fall of ’17. She made the debating team with ease, “Nothin’ in makin’ folks think your way”, she says.

Vivian happened along with Gaynell. She is en­ thusiastic in every thing she does. She also recommends those going thru Cicero to take a pony, ride him or lead him, she didn’t Say which.

Then, last but not least, comes Oren the other boy. He started out with the first. He is quiet and un­ assuming and his ability is shown in smoothness, order and good results in everything he undertakes.

We may jest at and with each other, but within our hearts lies the grief of parting, the regret that our days at “Maryville High School” are over.

To you, superintendent and members of the school board, we offer sincere thanks for your support, we have always held the greatest confidence in your judgment in matters pertaining to our general welfare. We recog­

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nize your well-merited and extensive influence and may God’s richest blessings be bestowed upon you.

And to you, our dear teachers, we the class of 1919 have much to thank you for and our only regret is that we have not grasped all the opportunities you have put before us.

You have been kind and patient even when we made mistakes. As we press ever onward we shall think of you and the lessons you have taught us. For your future success, ^ce tender our best wishes and hopes.

To you undergraduates, we say if storms of diffi­ culty gather around you do not falter. Make your mark high and aim to reach it. You may toil in darkness but day will surely come.

We the class of 1919 are not contented with what we have achieved but are striving to greater, nobler things.

Some of us do not intend to go to other schools and to those marks the end of school days. We have, however just begun to learn and the great school of life is ahead of us.

So we as individuals and as a class must look above to the Great Teacher who guides and guards us all.

Poem The wee hours of the m orning The Ones before the daw n A re the hours th a t are the darkest S till they m ust precede the sun.

As the seconds pass so quickly As the m inutes come and go, A light breaks in the eastern sky T urning the grey to gold.

And lo ’tis m orn!

So in our lives, when first beginning.

W e m ust battle in the dark.

These, the hours before the day, W ith our hands outstretched before us G roping till we find our ways Slowly then the light of knowledge By our diligence shines in.

Dim ly see the w ay before- us And lo 'tis m o rn !

B ut the shades aw hile still linger, All the while still grow ing dim m er Till the sun, while steadily clim bing, drives T he ones th a t’s left aw ay Link th e hours th a t m ake the m orning In a chain th a t reaches noon.

Now it’s a t its height and glory Pilled to brim w ith w arm th and light.

Could we stop and look about us, On this glory, which is day!

Soon we leave the grades of gram m ar F or the H igh School L iteratures And addition, tim es and minus F or the squares, and cubes and logs Now we shine above the Freshm an Sophomores, Ju niors and the rest.

W hen it comes to real grey m atter we Have bee'n most am ply blest (?)

We are in our height and glory C lasping “sheep skins” to our breast W e’ve realized our first am bition On our g rad u atin g day.

But this day like all the others Passes ere it’s ju s t begun.

And the cool of evening breezes W afts the frag’rance of the bloom.

As the dusk grow s deep and deeper, T hru the silence comes a sound Of a bird’s song in th e distance C lear and th roaty , full and round Sometimes rising, som etim es falling Till it scarce will reach the ear As the shades of evening brighten And the sta rs come one by one R est is brought unto the w eary In the dusk when day is done.

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Class Prophecy The class of 1919 parted at commencement. For ated from my class in 1919. four long years we had studied, played and quarreled to­ The election of 1940 caused no little excitement. gether. Now it was every one for himself.

A woman senator had been elected from Tennessee. The We picked the daisy then and wondered which it women of Tennessee had the right, they had so long would be, doctor, lawyer, merchant or chief, but now we been fighting for, and their leader and representative was choose one of them and try to make it worth while and Elizabeth Stanley. Dear old “Libb” how could anyone leave the wrorld better than we found it. forget her and how she debated in ’17 with “Strawberry” Some went to college and to success, to business on woman suffrage and always came out a victor! and to the great things of life.

The little black-haired, brown-eyed Vivian Everett For twenty years I wandered over the country became one of the few noted readers of the world. studying humanity. The nation was noted as never be­ She had a way of attracting and holding her audi­ fore for its great men and women. ence spell-bound. After she finished they would rise A great chemical laboratory had been built in with one uncontrollable impulse and break into a tempest Washington and at its head was a woman quiet, proud of applause that would rock the building to its very and one who knew her work—Ruth Leigh, who gradua- foundation. But thru all this she still remained the 18

same little Vivian that she was back in her high school 1 arrived at Maryville and waiting for me at the depot was Reba Law, who was the Latin teacher at the days in M. H. S. college.

As I was returning to Maryville from hearing Vivian speak, I picked up a morning paper that chanced Oren Lowe, one of the two boys of the class, was to be lying in my seat when I came into the car and on president of the Agricultural Bureau at Washington, D. the front page staring me in the face was a picture of C. Mabel Burn* a noted Soprano Singer. Yes, it was the same Mabel that had led the choir back in Maryville I told her how I had learned of my classmates.

High.

She told meshe had learned something of the boys and girls too.

Turning thru the paper, I chanced to look at the accident page and there was an account of the wreck of Martha Law and Lela Post, the inseparable chums, a great ship “Stella Goddard”, named in honor of the chose paths of life quite different from the rest. They commander’s wife, the editor of our “Emerald Glow”, went to college and were educated for missionaries and the annual of 1919. then went to China.

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“And who do you think is running for next presi­ dent?” Asked Reba. “I haven’t noticed”, I replied.

“Howard Sullinger! And of course he will be elected for he has “Libb” for his campaign manager.”

Reba and I walked on to town. I had some shop­ ping to do (as women always do.) We went into Badgett’s big department store and there we met Rhoda Smith. She was no longer Rhoda Smith, but Mrs. Rhoda

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Masters. She was trying on frocks, designed by the greatest designer of the United States, a woman, who had studied the fashions of the world, Mabel Williams.

And last but not least, came Gaynell Griffitts, Reba told me she saw her during her summer vacation.

Gaynell had always been a great orator, and we will never forget the debate with the college. She was then known as the greatest woman speaker of the world.

Juniors Motto: Labor omnia vincit.

Color: Navy Blue and Gold.

Flower: Cream Rose

OFFICERS

President

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Vice President - - - - - - Secretary and Treasurer - YELI.

One, Two, Three Four j

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Two, Four, Three, Four, Who are we for?

Juniors Rah!

Hugh Clabough Grace Brown Kathleen Purdy

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“The Reward” Among the crowd which usually gathered around the High-ville railw ay station, to aw ait the arriv al of the fo u r-th irty w as a group of m erry school girls from the H ighville H igh School.

T he object of th eir presence here was the expected arriv al of the H igh School boys from their sum m er vacation. T hese girls ever desirous of “getting ahead’’ of the boys, for one tim e had succeed­ ed in their desires and had arrived the day before so this ac­ counts for th eir presence a t the depot.

J u s t as the train came into view, the boys heralded th eir presence by fra n tic w aving of caps and m erry yells. The girls responded w ith dainty handkerchiefs and pleasant smiles.

W elcome radiated from the eyes of the girls, who to be perfectly honest, had been som ew hat lonesome for lack of male com panionship since they had come to town.

W hen the train came to a full stop the p latform became crowded w ith eager school boys. As one of the boys stepped from the car, one mischievous girl who cared more for fun th an any­ thing, said as she pointed tow ard him , “ G irls, th a t one’s m ine.”

All the girls laughed m errily a t the innocent joke, which having once been originated, was followed up by them . So not one boy upon the tra in escaped being claim ed by some fa ir girl, though ha was unaw are of it.

All the passengers had alighted save one, a boy of about seventeen years of age. The bew ildered expression upon his face proved him to be unm istakably from the country. H is dress lacked the up-to-dativeness of the tow n boy’s dress. One could see a t a glance his su it of a dull brow n hue had not been m ade to order, for in places w here it should have fitted tig h tly it w as loose and w here it should have been loose it w as tight. T he tin y old-fashioned suit case and w orn and faded um brella, which he

guarded so carefully, occasioned m irthful rem arks from th e critic­ al tow n boys and girls. “ Oh girls, th a t one is m ine”, said a clear m usical voice, and the lovely claim ant pointed a dainty finger tow ard the aw kw ard country youth. The voice in itself attracted attentio n, and the boy not know ing th a t he w as the person spoken of tu rn ed his head in the direction from whenee the voice had come. H e w as ju s t in tim e to see the betraying finger hastily w ithdraw n, and to hear the lau ghter of the people.

K aty Sum m ers had not Intended the w ords fo r anyone ex­ cept her friends, but in her an ticipatio n of fun she had forgotten herself, and had spoken so loud several of the crowd heard. U n­ fortu n ately the boy heard also, and as he came to u nd erstand the full m eaning of the w ords, also the m an n er in which they w ere spoken, a crim son blush spread over his face and in his eyes w as a h u rt look.

The crowd laughed a t the boy’s discom fiture, and seeing how he had been made such an object of public ridicule, th e pained expression changed to one of intense anger, as he hu rried ly but haughtily w alked aw ay.

K atie w as of a sym pathetic tem peram ent, and did not like to h u rt anyone's feelings. She realized th a t in the eyes of the boys she had done an irrep arab le w rong, and she had a stro n g inclination to apologize but the boy had gone.

The follow ing M onday school reopened. The pupils w ere very glad to resum e the task s they had tem porarily given up th e previous May. As K atie entered the school room, she w as g reatly astonished when she saw sittin g in th e very first row th a t boy from the country! H er face becam e as th a t of the new boy, who so well knew th a t he w as th e cause of the sly w inks, u nd er­

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standin g nods and occasional titte rin g so prevalent in the room.

W hen K atie discovered th a t the only vacant seat rem aining w as the one directly behind the new boy’s, the disorder became more ap p aren t, for nearly everyone had w itnessed S atu rd ay ’s episode.

The noise w as soon hushed by the arriv al of Professor L axton, who began th e w ork of classifying students. I t happen­ ed th a t the new boy w as first to be quesioned and a t the P rofes­ sor’s request, he gave his nam e as M ax Reynolds. “ Have you ever had A lgebra?’’ inquired P rofessor Laxton.

A look of m ute appeal w avered an in stan t in his eyes be­ fore M ax replied, “ I-I don’t believe I understand w hat you m ean.”

Professor Laxton explained th a t it was a certain branch of m athem atics.

Intelligence lurked in the boy’s eyes as he anw ered, “ Mr. E dw ards a t Deer Creek said, “ I w as ex try good at figgers.”

No longer could the pupils restain th eir lau g h ter and even P rofessor Laxton smiled. B ut he silenced the am used students and proceeded w ith the exam ination which resulted in M ax being classed as F reshm an, w ith much to learn besides book lore.

Two weeks passed, yet M ax had associated w ith his class­ m ates very little, especially K atie, whom he tried so diligently to hate. He had m agnified and rem agnified the sm all w rong until he declared he never could forgive her.

B ut no one could hate K atie of the soft brow n eyes and hair, w ith her sunny smiles and w inning w ays alw ays in read i­ ness to com bat th e dreaded, foe— hate. M ax . w as no exception, for one day when she apologized so hum bly and then shyly asked him to help her solve her algebra problem s he really could not refuse.

It m ust have been the w ay she said it for his m alice to­ w ards her vanished as com pletely as a cloud is chased aw ay by

sunshine, and he treasu red the smile and thanks w ith w hich she repaid him as though they were gold.

As the days passed by M ax proved him self to be not only ex tra good in figures but other things as well. B ut outside his classes he w as alw ays the em barassed country youth. O ften he became despondent and would have given up entirely b u t he w as a boy of determ ination and grit. N either did he w ish to subject him self to the ridicule of his satirical friends back home, who tho’t he w as so foolish to w ant an education.

C hristm as came and he w ent home on a visit, to learn the apalling fact th a t his best girl, having grow n tired of being w ithout a “ beau”, had m arried his rival, but love no stronger than this h u rts very litte, so M ax carried no wounded h eart back to the city w ith him. Besides he had bought him a new suit. Yes it was inexpensive Dut it w as neat and stylish and no one ever suspected he had parted w ith his adored pet cow Floss to buy it.

It m ight have been the new suit or it m ight have been his stro ng determ ination th a t made M ax more social w ith his classm ates next term . Professor L axton had already discovered the superior physical qualifications of M ax and he realized the value of such an addition in athletics. N or w ere the school boys ignorant of the fact, so when urged by them to join the athletic club he did. No one laughed a t him either when he inquired if common m arket baskets were used in basket ball. B ut when he learned to play the gam es he won the adm iration of the whole school in his athletic feats. “W hy”, said the girls when teased about the country guy, “ he can beat any of you in the football gam e and a t “figgers” too.” So M ax became an athletic star, a staunch ad versary to any opposing team.

M eanwhile M ax progressed slowly in social affairs. He had

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never attended any of the school socials, sim ply because he tho’t he would be out of place. B ut in A pril som ething happened w hich brought an innovation into his social life a t H ighville and it was a certain old um brella, w hich had been so scorned, th a t helped to bring it about.

W hen K ate left home, the sun w as shining- brig h tly and no cloud was visible in the sky. She w ith her w hite m iddy suit and shoes seemed herself a p a rt of th a t w hite and blue sky, th a t w as so tranquilly beautiful th a t afternoon. As she idled her tim e aw ay in the different stores or on streets th a t she loved, she failed to notice the dark ominous clouds g a th erin g in the sky. Coming from the la st store she w as dism ayed by a change in the elem ents. It w as not so extrem ely pleasant to be caught in a shower, even though it be an ideal A pril shower. Besides how ludicrous she would ap pear on the street w ith such unprotective apparel. “ I believe I can get home before it ra in s”,K atie assured herself. “ I would ra th e r risk it than w ait in those old dingy stores”, so she started rapidly tow ards home. B ut she w as m is­ taken if she tho’t it would not rain till she had reached home, for she had covered only fo u r blocks when the rain began to fall. W hen she had decided to go into one of the stores, she heard some one say, “ Pardon me K atie, but w ont you take this um brella?” It w as M ax and he w as offering her the old um ­ brella. They both smiled in rem em brance of the incident a t the depot.

K atie laughingly replied, “ I will not unless you consent to share it w ith m e”.

O f course he consented, and these tw o under the protection of the ancient um brella, which he told her his m other had given

him (form erly he would have said “ M aw” ), positively forgot tha rain and everything except th a t they were really enjoying th em ­ selves. W hen they parted a t K atie’s home, K atie had exacted a prom ise from him to attend h er p arty , she intended having th a t night. He w ent to the p arty , when under guidance of K atie any n atu ral em barassm ent was covered up. Then he w ent to other p arties, and g rad u ally came to be as popular in society as in athletics. N either w as it an unusual sight to see K atie and M ax w alking home from school together or atten d in g some p a rty or social.

F our years had nearly passed. M ax’s school days a t H ighville H igh w ere soon to be over, and he w as sorry fo r they had been joyous days. He had secured a position w orking in an office a fte r school hours, which supplied him w ith th e m oney he needed for pleasures. H is p o p ularity w ith the students had increased daily and his intim acy w ith K atie had grow n accordingly.

And now graduation w as nearing. G raduation, the sole topic of conversation in classroom , in chapel, in dorm itory and around the school cam pus. E verythin g w as in a state of p rep ­ aratio n fo r the all-great day to am bitious students. A nnuals were being m ade, plays practiced, and all the things th a t accom­ pany g radu ation w ere under way.

B ut to no one did gradu ation look so glorious as to the form er backwoods boy, who w as undoubtedly ahead in class. He had been chosen class orator, thanks to kind M iss H arlow e, his E nglish teacher, who had alw ays encouraged him in his o ral lessons and debates. He w as proud of his achievem ents, and his com rades w ere proud of him too, but this only m ade him m ore g rate fu l to th*ke from whom he had received encouragem ent.

On the evening of his gradu ation he w as w alking up the

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tion he did not realize he w as on th is street. As he neared the street on which K atie lived, but he w as so deeply in contem plahome of K atie he heard her playing a song they had often sung together. V o luntarily he bent his steps in th a t direction and be­ fore he w as aw are of it he stood in K atie’s presence and she was saying, “ M ax, I am so proud of you”. And then w ith th a t pout which w as individually hers, “ but your w ork is keeping you aw ay from me altogether. I suppose you will forget me entirely w hen you go to college.”

“ N othing could ever make me forget you”, he protested sm ilingly. Then for a long tim e they sa t discussing the future.

M ax intended to go to a m edical college, w here K atie w as sure he would receive his diplom a and then—he w as to come back to her. They had ju s t found out how very rosy indeed th e ir fu tu re was.

And th a t night when he gave his thesis he forgot he w as speaking to a g rea t audience. H e w as speaking to K atie and in th is w ay alone could his classm ates account for his g reat elo­ quence.

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5ophomore Motto: Excelsior.

Colors: Gold and white.

OFFICERS

President Sarah Martha Stanley Vice P r e s id e n t ........................................................Annie Moore Secretary and Treasurer

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YELL

He— Hi— Ho. Here we go To gain fame Is our Aim Sophomores!

Our High School work will be done In nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

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Flower: Narcissus.

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Oh Rats”

I t w as a b rig h t m oonlit nigh t in June. The R andall house w as ablaze w ith light and the trees on th e law n w ere hung w ith Jap an ese lan terns.

D espite the brightn ess all about him , M r. W illiam A rnold R andall, J r., aged nine and generally called Billy, w as very moody and he felt b itte r tow ard m ankind.

The reason for his sudden bad hum or w as, his nineteenyear-old sister, M arjorie, w as giving a p a rty and as all the guests w ere to be “ grow n u ps’’ B illy had been told to rem ain in the re a r of the house.

As B illy sa t try in g to count the sta rs th a t had appeared in the sky and w ishing he could grow some w ings and fly up to heaven w here he would not be m istreated, a low call came from across the hedge and in the m oonlight Billy saw a head ap pear in a hole in the hedge.

The ow ner of th is head w as Jam es Lee, a young gentlem an of B illy’s age who lived next door. “ Lo B illy”, called Jim m y. “ Lo”, w as the gruff response. “ W hy, w h at’s the m a tter w ith you?” asked Jim m y.

Then Billy told all his grievances and Jim m y sym pathized as Billy had known he would. “ I say, B illy” Jim m y cried, “w ouldn’t it be g rea t to get even w ith them ? I f we could get those ra ts we caught yesterday and tu rn them loose in the room w here they all are, w ouldn’t those girls scream and ru n ? ” And Jim m y rolled over on the ground and held his sides, laughing. “ Aw shut up, silly” said Billy. “ Don’t you know th e y ’ll h e a r you? Besides we gave those ra ts to Neb and Sol.” Now Neb and Sol w ere abbreviations of N ebuchadnezzar and Solomon Johnson, tw o young gentlem en of color, who lived

across the alley from the R andall home. “ T h a t’s rig h t, we did give ’em to them for th a t ole piece of gingerbread. W ish w e’d kept ’em, for th a t ole gingerbread m ade me sick.”

“I ’ll tell you”, said Billy. “ M aybe we can persuade Neb to give ’em back if we let him come and see the girls jum p”.

To this Jim m y agreed and both boys stole off across the yard, while m usic and lau ghter floated to them across the lawn.

W hen the boys reached the back porch of the Johnson home Billy gave th eir usual call and presently Neb answ ered.

W hen the boys told Neb th eir plan he rem onstarated, “ Now yo’ w hite boys goin’ git me in trubble. W hat yo’ m am m y say when she find o ut?”

A fte r m uch persuasion Neb consented and ju st as they started back w ith the ra ts Sol joined them , and the four boys stole back into the R andall yard.

B illy who w as th e officer in command said, “ Now Neb you come w ith me and Sol you go w ith Jim m y. Neb and me will take h alf the ra ts and you all go to the other window w ith the rest o f th e ra ts, and when I give the signal, let ’er go.”

G reat confusion followed and m any girls scream ed and jiumped up on chairs crying out to th e world in general to save them .

Mr. R andall caught sight o f Billy peeping th ru the open window and he started tow ard him.

Mr. R andall had won first honor a t a tra c k m eet once and his knowledge certainly came in handy then.

W hen he had caught his young son and had “m inistered unto him ” behind th e wood shed Billy had decided not to catch any more rats. B ut as he said later, they sure did see the girls jum p.

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Freshman Motto: To Err is Human.

Colors: Crimson and Grey.

O f f ic e r s

President .................................

Vice President - - Secretary and Treasurer YELL

Meanness, Genius, Hayseed— Squash.

Keenness Greenness Freshman Gosh.

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Nellie Reed Kenneth Johnson Isabelle Brown

Flower: Rose.

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Occupation Nick-Name Roll Primping Winnie Atchley — “Sweet-water” — Gertrude Bomar — “Fatty” — Being Studious — Talking — “Brownie” Isabell Brown Robie Burton — “Onion Top” — Falling into Flour Playing the Piano “Dude” — Irene Clark — — Flirting — “Saucer” Grace Cupp — Studying — “Graceful” Zana Cupp “Bud” — Walking Railroad Gaynell Everett _ Bertha French — “Happy” — Smiling at Hugh Sue Goddard — “Safety First” — Laying out of School Talking of Texas Lillian Goyne — “Texas” — — No Latin — “Runt” Austria Harison Eating Beans Annie Giffin Henry — “Jim” — Acting Cute — “Nig” Imogene Irwin Going to Town “Cutie” — Allie Leak — Making Candy — “Nute” — Faye Morton — “Flip” — Being Silly Marie Morton — Cooking — “Pud” Ruth Patton

Roll Nick-Name Occupation Stella Post — “Star” — Painting Maude Pryor — “Bob” — Riding in a Ford Nellie Reed — “Gyp” — Playing der Fiddle Kathleen Reese — “Kat” — Getting Book-keeping Aileen Rowan — “Shorty” — Riding a Bicycle Sarah Lou Roylston — “Dimples” — Giving Good Advice Murtice Smith — “Mut” — Reading Louise Trotter — “Bill” — Eating salted P-nuts Gloria Turner — “Tom” — Smiling Mary Williamson — “Sport ” — Reading Latin Ralph Burns — “Sissy” — Being Bashful Kenneth Johnson — “Stick” — Hanging Around Seventh Grade Door Ross Mclnturff — “Flatfoot — Hoeing Corn Theodore Reagon — “Old Bachelor” — Living Alone Joe Scott — “Chub” — Cartooning Hal Stanbery — “Grandpa” — Worrying About His Grey Hairs Mildred Morton — “Mon” — Having Dates-

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Lromathesian Literary 5ociet\ Motto: Read and Learn.

Color: Purp’e and Old Gold.

Flower: Aster

O f f ic e r s

President Vice President Secretary & Treasurer

Fall Term Fasset Thomas President Oren Lowe Vice President - Howard Sullinger Secretary & Treasurer

Spring Term Howard Sullinger - - Max Jett Hugh Clabough

‘E r o m a t h e s ia n S o c ie t y ”

At the opening of the fall term the boys again gathered to the call of the purple and gold, and once more began in earnest endeavor their work on the plat­ form which has steadily increased in merit. Perhaps a few words concerning our past will convince our readers that we have turned out some very able debaters. On January 10, 1918 we challenged the Polytechnic High School debaters to meet us in debate and on the night of April 12 in our auditorium we handsomely defeated them, the decision of the judges being two to one in our

favor, thus winning us quite a name in the field of interscholastic debating.

During the entire career of the society we have worked faithfully to make it a success and due to the perseverance and steadfastness of our program commit­ tee, we have always enjoyed a fine, program. We have also co-operated willingly with the girls’ society in joint meeting and socials, thus furnishing one of the things most consistent with school life—recreation; and we sin­ cerely hope that the society will enjoy as celebrated and as succesful a future as it has in the past.

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Gradatim Literary Society Motto: Astra castra, numen lumen.

Colors: Old Rose and Grey.

Flower: Mountain Laurel

O f f ic e r s

Fall Term President - - - - - - Gaynell Griffitts Vice President - - Virginia Browning Secretary & Treasurer Elizabeth Stanley Critic - - - - - - - Mrs. Armstrong P i a n i s t ..........................................................................Irene Clark

Spring Term P r e s id e n t ...................................................Sarah Lou Roylston Vice P r e s id e n t .........................................- Rebecca Scott Secretary & T r e a s u r e r ................................ Rhoda Smith Critic .........................................Stella Goddard P i a n i s t ........................................................Evelyn Chapman

G r a d a t u m S o c ie t y

This society was organized in the fall term of 1918, the purpose of which was to develop in the girls individuality of expression and composure in the pres­ ence of an audience. Our name is Gradatim, meaning "Climbing”, and our motto means, “God our light, the stars our camp”. We have tried to make our best bet­ ter. Much interest and enthusiasm was shown from the very beginning, and the result was seen when our de­ bating team defeated the preparatory team of the Col­ lege, by the decision of the judges being unanimous.

So again in the spring term of ’19 we met and re-organized. It is a law of the society that all mem­ bers must take part in the program at the different meetings. This keeps the interest alive and tends to make school life more enjoyable.

As year by year, girls leave the society and others take their places we are sure that wit and thought, fun and knowledge; recreation and inspiration will still be found there. To such a society life, Gradatim calls worthy girls, who are unwavering and true.

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Athletic Association O f f ic e r s

President Secretary & Treasurer Manager Coach - - Captain -

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Girls Kenneth Johnson Pauline Goyne Mabel Williams Mabel Williams Elizabeth Stanley Isabell Brown Elizabeth Stanley Grace Brown

The girls’ and boy’s first basketball teams were organized in 1915 with Miss Mary Clark as coach for the girls and Prof. Curtis for boys. Altho’ handicapped by lack of space the girls and boys with Prof. Curtis’ aid made a court for practice in an unused recitation room.

By hard work and much practice they were victorous in many games of first year.

The next year Miss Erma Hall took Miss Clark’s place as coach and the results were even better than the preceding year.

Because of the growth of the school it was neces­ sary in 1917 to use the room for recitations, so a team

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Boys Arthur Ruble Kenneth Johnson Howard Sullinger Oren Lowe Hugh Clabough

was impossible without a court for practice. But the beginning of the year 1918 and ’19 thru the enthusiasm of the boys and girls and our Professor an outside court was made. Altho’ we did not get much practice on ac­ count of the bad weather, an unusually strong team was developed.

During the three years we have played, we have won and lost from Friendsville, Polytechnic, Park City, Maryville and Kimberlin Heights.

We hope that the team next year may have suc­ cess in all their games and that a court, which cannot be surpassed by any school, may be built for them.

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Class Will In the nam e of God, Am en. We the class of in good bodily health and of sound and disposing m em ory, calling to m ind th e fra ility and un certain ty life, and being desirous of settlin g our school affairs, declare this to be our la st w ill and testam en t

1919 being m ind and o f hum an we hereby

keep up w ith such b rillian t girls as our class w as m ade up of, tru stin g th a t th e Ju n io r girls, m ay be able to hold firm ly to them , as it w as not in our pow er to do so.

To M iss T aylor, th e money in o u r class treasu ry to be used in buying a p a ir of rubber shoes fo r detective work, we feel she We have tried to be ju st, as well as generous and im ­ will be sure to need these in dealing w ith the classes th a t are p a rtia l; and distribute w isely unto those who will m ake the to be our successors. best use of such g ifts as we have in our pow er to bestow. We To M arian B adgett we give all our secrets, for we feel hereby give into your possessions, p rayin g th a t you w ill accept sure of th eir being spread abroad. them as a sacred tr u s t from one who has gone before.

W e give to the M aryville H igh School the privilege of go­ And, first, we th e class of 1919, give to our beloved super­ ing to E lizabeth S tan ley’s w edding th is sum m er. intenden t Prof. C. D. C urtis a rest from the h ard stra in we W e bequeath to M iss Lowry, the little music teacher, all have been to him. F or Seniors are said to be a t all tim es and the electric h a ir curlers, which the girls of the Senior Class have under all conditions h ard to m anage. been guilty of using.

To H ugh Clabough the Ju n io r Class C hem istry star, we be­ We, give, devise and bequeath to our dear principal Miss Pickens, a sw eet and unbroken succession o f restfu l nights and queath for his special use the non-attractive can of CS$, w ith peaceful dream s. No longer need she lie aw ake throug h the his w ord of honor th a t he will not remove the stopper unless in long nights to w orry w hether Gaynell Griffitts has her T rigo­ a case of em ergency. nom etry, or w hether H ow ard Sullinger is still riding a pony in To M rs. C raw ford we bequeath a volume of our lives and Cicero. w orks, and hope they will be com m itted to memory, also the We give to those who tom e behind us the m oral talks, oral talk s in E nglish for the next four years.

And now, we sincerely and affectionately fu rth e r bequeath w hich Prof. C urtis has spent several days and sleepless nights preparing, in order th a t th e ir lives w ill be m ore sufficient to to h er our appreciation for the patience she has shown during w ith stand sparkology, which ruins the career of m any a young the year in dealing w ith our m istakes and hope th a t the rem em ­ brance of our good intentions w ill be placed by her in her cask­ life in school. et of m em ory gems to be treasured there when the shadows be­ To the Ju n io r Class all the boys, who w ere not able to gin to lengthen in the evening of a beautiful life.

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L ast comes the one thing- hard for us to p a rt w ith. To our successors we m ust leave our places in th e h earts and thoughts o f our Superintendent, principal and teachers.

They will love them as they have loved us, they will show them all the same kindness and attention th a t they have bestow ­ ed upon us, they will feel the sam e interest in th e ir successes, the sam e sorrow when they fail.

W e hope th a t the class of 1920 w ill ap preciate all th is as we have.

I hereby appoint Mr. John M artin to be executor of th is our last will and testam ent. In w itness w hereof, I have h ere­ unto subscribed m y nam e as the representative of our class, th is the tw enty-third of M ay, in the year of ou r Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninteen.

F or The Class of ’19.

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Seventh Grade Sixth Grade Fifth Grade

Miss Miss Miss Miss

Fourth Grade Third Grade Second Grade First Grade

Gamble Crawford Brown Clemens

GRADUATING CLASS OF GRAMMAR GRADES Y ell

Motto: Onward.

Colors: Orange and Blue.

Flower: Pansy O f f ic e r s

P r e s id e n t ................................................Lula Laura McGinley Vice President - - - - - Irene Brown Secretary & Treasurer - - - - John Morton Earl Ammons Carl Bean Annette Booth Louise Booth Irene Brown Juanita Brown Charlie Burchfield Gladys Caldwell John Crawford

Zeki, zaki, zeki, zaki Ziki, zaki, zam !

Seventh Grade, Seventh Grade.

Rah! Rah! Rah! Zeki, zaki, zeki, zaki, Zeki, zaki, zee.

Seventh Grade, Seventh Grade.

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Class Roll Beatrice Cruze Elizabeth Headrick Mary Jane Cusick Lora Hibbert Lawrence Drake Luther Kidd Enoch Law Alberta Frow Gerald Gibbons Lamon Magill Berrien Glover Mary McGinley Gladys Haddox Lula McGinley Hugh Hale Ramah McGrath John Morton Mavorette Haun 49

Karl Pate Kathryne Pryor Willie Raulston Florence Rowan Mary Stanfield Len Stanberry Charles Webb James White

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Prof. Curtis: “Now I will take some arsenic and sulphuric Mrs. Crawford: “Ivanhoe was going to town with a monk. He turned and went back. Can any one tell acid and — me why?”

Voice from the rear: “Good idea”.

Grace Brown: “Forgot the hand organ.”

Vivian: “I fear you are forgetting me. She said in Prof. Curtis: “Now class, if anything should go wrong tones polite.” with this experiment, we would all be blown into Bob: “I am indeed for-getting you. That is why I came the heavens. Gather a little closer, class, that you tonight.” may follow me.”

Elizabeth: “Do you know that I am a great artist?”

Annie: “Why ?”

Elizabeth: “Today I drew a hen so natural that when I threw her in the waste-basket she lay there.”

Miss Pickens: “What is water?”

Joe: “A colorless liquid that turns black when you wash your hands.”

Mrs. Crawford: “Stella do you want a bust picture for the annual?”

Stella “No indeed! I don’t want my picture busted.”

The chemistry class was evaporating a salt solution. It boiled over and Ferris grabbed a book and said, “Paul­ ine I can’t find where the book says it will boil over.”

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WANTED A little rest after the annual is finished— Gaynell Griffitts.

Some electric hair curlers— Bob Pickens and Fred Cowan.

A Cicero class without a pony—Miss Taylor.

A key to Trig.—Howard Sullinger.

A perfect lesson in Physics—Prof. Curtis.

Seniors on time.—Miss Pickens.

Every one to clean their feet at the door—Mr. Martin.

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AFTERWORD Thus far you have looked upon the work of our earnest endeavors, and we trust that you have received hearty enjoyment from it. This work has been made possible only by business men of our city and we trust that the following pages will not be omitted in your perusal of our book.

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