Bailey Bugle, Bailey, North Carolina, March, 1951 Page 10
Students Submit Themes To Contest — -Continued on page 11
Bailey stu-
The rain was falling more
turned his thoughts tovrard
to have his parents see him
Templing
Dinners
Tasty,
Snacks
Served To you
fit
Col I ie
Cafe
graduate, they had desired
the same, bux after pre
senting him a nev; conver
tible, they knevr the trip
was out of the question.
The rain was beginning to
stop as Martin came in
sight of Lloydvil^le. He
realized it would be neces
sary to spend the night
here before traveling the
remaining 375 niiles home,
Ilartin ho^jed he vrould
have no trouble in secur
ing a room, for the strain
of the last few weeks—ap
plications, intervievfs,
social activities, grad-
If You re A
This is the fourth theme printed from the six that were submitted by
dents to the Good Tfriting Contest sponsored by the NCEA.
TIE RiiCE—by Bobby Lamm
Rain fell in great torrents upon the car that sped along the highway from Karrsdale,
v/here the famous IflTeststate Teachers College was located, to Lloydville. Occasionally
the driver reduced his speed on the sharp mountain curves.
Yfithin his mind liartin ilcRayson could picture vividly his past four years at Vrest-
state. Especially could he remember the argument he had vath himself as to the vds-
dom of accepting a fraternity bid. He knev/ he'd never forget freshman initiation
night either. All the other boys, like himself, had
been scared aLTiost speechless but they never admitted
it.
These past four years had been even better than his
high school days. Now that he was through he was proud
of himself. And v;ho wouldn't be proud v/ith an A. B. De
gree, English Majori Ivlany times Martin had forfeited
meals to study for a special exam. It sometimes irked
him to see his roommate so carelessly throw his books
aside and dash off to a movie. At other times he had
been tempted to do the same thing.
gently now, and Martin
home. He had wanted so much
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