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Sfiitor-irv-^hiei Charlie Jiggettn
Managing Elitor, .i^ixMrt Knight
News Pdi+orso. David Wills and M ln Eurt
Spe r us dd 11. r, Clande Epps
Repori >cia.L vSt^afC,’ Lewis Greene, Robert Scott
(Leivyn. BaathiroT^e^ -Gwendeli.Ea Prat-t, Margaret Greene
Faculty iidvisor liiss C. A. Terrell
Typists Members of th^ Typing Class
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Time is fleeting, isn’t it2f It Boems «nly at Henderson Ihst-itute. We know what
last week we were printir.g •ur first paper teachers and oiir principal are ex-
cf this year. Now this is the last, edition P®*^ting of us. The ideals and standm’ds
and we have only a few weeks in school. they have handed over to us will, with
‘ all our striving/ be put into practice.
When we first came here, we did not realize will with all our power up hold the
that four years could pass so quickly; that traditione of H^erson -Institute. There
so much fun^' and work co'ild be jammed into will be many who will fall by the way-
such a shirt space of time.
side, but those who carry on will take
the tradition wherever they go to those
As we lock ^^ack over the years we have spentfortunate,
we see that our years here are just a re— _ _ , • j
production- of the past years spent by other t>eloved principal has been so
students, and we know that ours will be Bood to us and has gotten us to the
reproduced in the future many times. The P^ace that we are. Now that we are
race will,continue its strive for the
Negro’s oply salvation—education.
leaving, we give him our earnest prayers,
39 he 'may be more able to lead those,
who will- follow after us, >Furthermore,
w'e wish him success in all ‘he undertakes
to do, also patience which goes along
with success to make life more enjoyable.
We h#pe that the faculty will continue
t^ have anple grace to teach the children
Fo'Jir years ago we c^e green to the
standards of a higher education. We found
ourselves then, as you freshmen find now,
at the crossroads of life. We were to
choose the road which was to be our life’s
foundation. On the left was the road of ., ,
easy, fun, and frolic, and the establishing ^^ey have in charp and a supe^ .
of many bad habits. This road in later life^l®^® supply of intemgence. To them
destroys race pride, ambitions, and elevatid^if Wall thanks for every thing.
Those who traveled that road have built a , . . . ,
faulty foundation, thus leasing .their chances To the juniors, sophomores, freshmen
of weathering the storm of life-. The road eight-graders we wish all the success
to the right is the oppsite of the one on ' perserverance on the highway, on which
the left. Those who travel it have built have already trod,
a fo'indation.which means healthier children,
better race attitudes and pride, power to
stand on one’s own two feet in the"trials
of life.
Now, as we turn to leave, we leave behim*
us not only a few books but some things
which we will never see again—oio' skbixO
days at Henderson Institute in Hendei-apn,
North.garplina,^ .Long, may it live!] >
IQ £E.EECm .DRF.GSED
Usually’ndw*'$tTlti'ehts‘ choose'their -road- -at
the beginning of the sophomore year or the
end of the freshman year. As they finish
year after year, they advance and grow
in the way of life they have choosen, .
"Perfectio... is not a little thing and
Your mother and father have done their part,yet a litUe thing makes perfection--
it is left entirely up to you. To the ia the saying of a wise man and
eight-graders of this year—which road vdll is found very true
So it is with
you take, the.one to the right or the one
to the left? May God help you to select
the right one,
Nbw, it is our time to leave good old
Henderson Institute, The years we spent
here have been joyous ones. We have had
our sorrows, tears, and hardships (so we
call them) but know all that is a part of
life. As we/^o into life, some to the
armed forces, some to defense jobs and a
few to college, we remember always to carry
•with U3 the training we have received here
this matter of dress. Your suit may be
lovely and your accessories all that
they should be, and all this backed up
by fine grooming, but yet there is one
touch lacking. Some one puts it like
this—No one is perfectly dressed
unless he wears a SMILE,"
G. Pratt
"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
spring;—" Alexander Pope
TYPIST FOR THIS PAGE-LCNNIE PEACE.