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A publication created for the senior class of
Goldsboro High School by the Editorial Staff, some of whom worked in
previous years on the The Tarpitur yearbook. This copy belonged to
the class statistician, Louise Johnston Spoon. Front matter includes
portraits of the 66 seniors, including nicknames and positions held
during their time at Goldsboro High School. The class mascot, young
Master Randolph Middleton, is also pictured. Pages 22 to 24 --
History of the Class of '26, written by Sara Falkener. Pages 25 to
26 -- A class Prophecy, written by Prophetess Florence Johnson.
Pages 27 to 28 -- The Last Will & Testament, written by Testator
Bessie Barham. Page 29 -- Faculty portraits. Page 30 -- Senior
Statistics, collated by Statistician Louise Johnston. Page 31 --
Jokes, written by Joke Editor Cynthia Daughtery. Included in the
front cover of the volume is a formal announcement for commencement
on June 3, 1926. On the first few pages inserted after the front
matter fellow students and faculty have left signatures and various
remembrances. Invitations and mementos from the 1925 and 1926
Junior-Senior Banqets are included with a photograph of Louise and a
newspaper clipping about the banquet held on April 30, 1926.
Photographs of Joe Connor from the play "O Katharina! - The
Sensational European Success" by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Richard Fall
follow. Photographs and postcards from a class trip to Washington,
D.C. in June 1925 include snapshots, group portraits, and images of
national landmarks like the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, boats on
the Potomac, the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery,
Mount Vernon, the National Cathedral, an N & W Steamer Line ship
"District of Columbia," the Library of Congress, the Pension Office,
the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Smithsonian Institute, Union Station
Concourse, the New Masonic Hall, and the American Red Cross building
along with handwritten notes by the author next to each. A postcard
of President Calvin Coolidge featuring a portrait by photographer
Irving Underhill is also included. Following are a program and
ticket stubs from the senior play "Bab," a comedy in four parts by
Edward Childs Carpenter starring Bessie Barham. Portraits of the
cast in costume and the advisor Ms. Margaret Kornegay are included
after the program. Certificates, portraits of siblings, snapshots of
friends and siblings, and portraits of her best friend Cynthia are
also pasted in. Remembrances, letters, and calling cards are
included along with the programs for Commencement and Graduation
Night. The programs include text of the class poem, faculty song,
class prayer, class motto, officers, class roll, and sheet music for
the commencement song. Newspaper clippings about the class
commencement are also included. Pressed flowers, obituaries for
beloved teachers, and congratulations from friends and family round
out the memory book. In the back cover, an article "Class of 1926
Holds Its 50th Reunion" (May 30, 1976) from the Goldsboro News-Argus
covers the class reunion held at Goldsboro High school in that year.
Editorial Staff: Robert Zealy, Editor-in-Chief; Bessie Barham,
Picture Editor & Testator; Florence Johnson, Senior Write-Up
Editor & Prophet; Cynthia Daughtery, Joke Editor; Sara Falkener,
Historian; Louise Johnston, Statistician.