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nblished by the Students of Lexington High'~silkoolt^.
VOL I
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aY^XINGTON, N. C., may 24, 1923
No. 14
CLASS HISTORY
. Wo. were a happy bunch of‘>,igys
and girls that gathered on the iSv'n
in front of the High School building
on a beautiful day on the first of
September, 1919. We had come to
gether to have a class reunion and to
discuss the good times that we had^
enjoyed in the past as members of
the grammar grades.
While we were laughing and chat
ting about different matters of little
importance, we were suddenly startled
by an unusual-vgound. We looked up
and saw an object sailing through the
air, making its way toward us.. We
were so surprised that not . one of us
could speak and we stood tlWte like
marble statues. The objecf' grew
larger, and in a short time, we were
able to see that it resembled a large
rug of many colors. On the rug sat
a man dressed in a ■ long ro^ of
bright colors. The i'ug.-.se^med to
move of its own accord since there
was neither rfraehmery nor wheels by
which it could move. We had all
read of wishing rugs, but this was the
first that any of ns had ever seen.
Soon the rug came down to the ground
and the man arose from ^|l[|S|toosition
and came to us, and lo, to'ouF aston-
i.shment, he was none other than Mr.
Cowles, the magician. He said that
he knew that we had been wishing
to take a long trip and to see some
wonderful sights, and that now after
seven years of preparation we were
ready to go.
Immediately we climbed on the
rug, huddling close so that we might
not fall off. The magician waved
his wand and tli2||Mig began to rise
into the air. It'clnnbed higher and
higher and soon we were above the
tops of the trees and then we were
among the clouds. We sailed on
and on for many hours, but at last
we began to descend. We came down
•very slowly and we could distinguish
(ContinnoI on Pago 2)
LAST WILL and TESTAMENT
C^ssmates, it is ^ well-known say
ing often proved true, that “Co
events cast their snadowg^-^Jefore.”
ard as many
people may suppose, for ■ onfe - ijjfc.o
takes the troub^ to study the corfinfes
and goings of his fellow-creatures to
be sdirrethjng of a prophet, and
form some .idea, more or less 'cor
rect, of what their future course of
action will be.
Having been with most of you
through eleven years of high school,
and as classmates having naturally
been v^y much interested in all of
you, y have^^udied you carefully,
■wiien you wer^perhaps unaware that
you were being .observed at all; so
I.feel that L can judge with some de-
of acciSWpf'of the lives into
ich your pef-sonal inclinations and
characteristics will lead you in the
years that are to be.
In order that you also may see
your futures as I see them, I have
brought this glass globe which en
ables you to get a clearer picture
than I could picture to you. I am ■
going to allow each of you in turn a
glimpse into it, which will reveal to
you for a few moments your actions
ten years from the present date.
I think it appropriate that the
president of our class have first turn.
Ah! Charles, in choosing the date
of ten years from today we chose a
sad hour in your life. Look, and
you will see yourself in a large room
in a beautiful mansion in the Residen
tial section of Lexington of 1933.
You are in the act of drawing a pistol
from the drawer of a table. Ah, you
press it to your heart. You 'fire, reel
and fall! Suicide! What can i)o the
meaning of it? Let me look a few
years back. Now I see you before
a large instrument, somewhat sesem-
bling the radio sets of today. You
(Contiimofl ou page 3)
, Ladies and Gentleman, Fellow Stu-
d ents~“an4--.F r i e n d s:
Upon behalf of ' -my .Client, the
Class of 192 3, of Lexington High
School of the City of Lexington,
State of North Carolina, I have called
you together Upon this solemn and
.serious occasion to listen to this her
last will and testament and to receive
from her dying hand the few gifts
she has to bestow in her last mo
ments. Owing to the flighty condi
tion of her brain she begs me to
state for her that she 'may quite pos
sibly have been mistaken in her in
ventory, but such things as she
thinks she has, she hereby gives into
your possession, praying that you
will aececpt them as a sacred trust
from one who has gone before.
Listen then, while I read the docu
ment as duly drawn up and sworn
to.
We, the Class of 1923, knowing
that we are about to pass out of this
sphere of education, being in full
possession of a crammed mind, well
trained memory, and almost super
human understanding, do make and
publish this, our last will and testa
ment, hereby revoking and making
void all former wills or promises
previously made.
As to such estate as it has pleased
the Pates and our own strong hands
and brains to win for us, we do dis
pose of the same as follows;
Item: We give and bequeath to
the dear faculty who have been our
instructors in all the wisdom of the
ages, a sweeet and unbroken succes
sion of restful nights and peaceful
dreams. No longer need they worry
at night over the uncertainty of
whether this one will remember every
iron-clad rule in the preparation of
her essay or whether that one will
have his history in the morning.
To each one we leave the undy-
(Cojitimied on page 5)