The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-06-10
HISTORY Of The CLASS
CT NINETEEN N-FIFNEEN
T raE'aFasl agd aeaa BY Miss Annie
I.i.Ili5..iii'i;sS0E. q; The Closing Of The
Scotland Neck :IraG'e,; School.

Es.e-s4zS4f--- EsIytss &Ss StiSJA SisftyIs.
l1very h'na fashioned. by the hard
O. tle Greater has a history, 50 have
W, the Class of 1915.
On q September morning about
tn years ago with hearts beating
nigh ii anticipation, the majority Of
the Senior Class Of 1915, started to
school. School how important and
groWn-up It made rs feei' We're
re the same children that 4 few
T.ocas before had been content to
play with naC pies? How insipd
those childish anlusements did
5ccn1 to folks old enough to so to
school. Si1a.! We ever forget that
.:rst cay, when. wlti our new beol.s
.ucses1 under cur arm. we Grudged
- school, or that equally memorable
day when, bursting with knowledge,
we rushed home to ask in an excited
tone, 'Oio, mama, can YOU spell
cat 20 Ever since, that first day has
been treasured in our memory, along
with the reco!iections of birth-d day
. parties and similar red-!etter occa-
sions.
. Thus our first years of school life
passed very pleasantly and quickly.
LG.ilging Us each year j little nearer
! the realization Of cur dreams: ans,
taen y:e passed ~ into the inserme-
date grades. BY this time our
thirst ior knowledge naG auated a
!i-tic Art! We threw ourselves whole
Gaarted:v into all the fun that was
going on. Somehow it was much
more Interesting TO pass around
. notes Or pull the other fellows hair
and hear him holler than to pay
strict u, sntion to the lessons. Lit
| tie I'D We care whether it was Co.
lumbus or some other person that
| discovered America, or whether the
/ world was round or flat or how much
/ the interest on one dollar at six per
! cent for SIX months would amour,
| to. Sometimes though when oul
| teachers Insisted very strenuously
| on our learning the lesson assigned
, we would resolve to do better, bui
| il was the same Old story Of pro
crastination and we drlfted back into
:: the same carelcssness as before
I Then il we had been ever SO willing
= % have studied. who could have
done SO with "figie' kitchin ever
present with his pragiks, tying Tx
hair o. two girls together, stealing
: your books and being altogethe1
perfectly provoking. always beine
urged By ''Duke's' smile of ap
. provai who was his ever ready ally
Another obstacle was skinny
Rryan's arguments Oh any subject
from how came the seed on the in
side Of q melon TO how the star
: were Inhabited.
However, just as we had made VI
our minds, in spite Of the abov,
hindrancas, we would settle dow
: and De aIadious, one night the fir,
= alarm was given, and can you i'm
agine orr feelings when we saw i
was cur school building in fame
that no human hand could stay
The feelings We're varied, for som
were rejoicing, while others Wer
: Ianlenting, thinking their giadua
= t,0n day had 10 be delayed perllap
for q wear or n3o,e. But to thCs
- who were rejoicing came g sad dis
appointment when they saw eve
the rext day workmer c'earin
2 away the debris in preparation for
new building, then, too, as soon g
we saw Prof. Aiken he told Us "
= would open school that same wee
IN his dwelling wnicn we did-an
you would be surprised To kno'
"a how we'll We managed work, ther
y. in three small rooms, sometime
as two grades in a room, not enoug
desks ard seats. Can you imaglr
now, my classmates, your sitting c
tho floor with your books pile
around you with "a little two-by-for
Id black board on which TO work ol
"a vour problems? We were told
- our teacher that was the time
show the metal OF which we we
50 made -aad / believe there we d
put our shoulder to the wheel al
- - pushed the work forward as nev,
le before.
as When the next fall came we wei
a little late in opening, but when Y
did open October 2S, We were in Il
building equipped as never befor
IA Then we saw that w1ie}l we thougI
ad great loss proved TO be gre
gain.
And SO time drew apace and ;
most hafGre we realized it we we