yesterday's tennessee

BLACK AND GOLD - 1926

SENIOR CLASS

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CARL ARMSTRONG

An earnest student, a man of range,
A football player like Red Grange.
Football, '23-24-25; Manager-elect, Football. '23; Manager. Football, '25; President of Class, '25; Secretary, "L" Club. '24; Junior Class Reporter, '25; Athletic Reporter to Progress, '24-25; Editor in Chief, BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Periclean, '26; Senior Play, '26.

FRANK COUNCIL

You cannot judge a man by his size;
take me, for example.
"Nugget," '23; "Winning of Latane," '26; Periclean, '26.

OEDA DAVENPORT

Behind this beaming face we find
The noblest, brightest type of mind.
Reporter and Editor, Cytherean Society; Glee Club. '26; Senior Play, '26.

OPAL FINCH

To hurry and to worry is not my creed.
Things will happen; so what's the need?
Secretary, Sergeant, and Vice President, Cytherean Society.

BEN DOUGLASS

My only books are women's looks,
And folly's all they've taught me.
Cytherean President; Football, '26; W.T.S.M., '24; Stock-Judging Team, West Tennessee Fair, '24; Member, Senior Play, '26.

CATHERYNE THREADGILL FESMIRE

Once she smiled, and he was blessed.
Popularity Contest, '24; Periclean Society; Pep Club, '25; Uke Club, '26; Secretary and Treasurer of Class, '26; Assistant Advertisement Manager, BLACK AND GOLD, '26,

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HOUSTON HERNDON

It's all in the "graw." I bound it is.
Football, '23-'24-'25; Basket Ball, '24-'25; Baseball, '23-'24; Captain, Basket Ball, '24-25; Captain, Football, '25; "L" Club; Secretary and Treasurer of Class, '25; Periclean Society; Athletic Editor, BLACK AND GOLD, '25-'26; Member, Athletic Council, '26; Senior Play, '26.

CAROLYN DAVIS

The studies she likes best of all
Are hearts of men and basket ball.
Cytherean Society; Basket Ball, 24-25-26; Pep Club, '24-'25; Final Debate. '25; Uke Club, '26; Organization Editor, BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Senior Play, '26.

JOE V. HOLMES

Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: he might have been wise.
Vice President, Secretary. Cytherean Society; Glee Club, '26; 'Winning of Latane," '26; Senior Play, '26.

KATHLEEN ESSARY

She was likeable, kind, and true;
A friend to me as well as to you.
Cytherean Society.

LOYCE GILLIAM

A man who loves to hear himself talk. Nobody else does.
President, Attorney General, Sergeant, Periclean Society; President, N. C. Debating Club.

GLADYS GARDNER

She was ever fair, but never proud;
Had tongues for all, but never loud.
Cytherean Society.

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NITA ORR

Where love and duty clash,
Let duty go to smash.
W.T.S.M., '24; President, Secretary. Sergeant, Cytherean Society; Final Debate, '24; Cytherean Reporter to BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Senior Play, '26.

CORA McPEAKE

With ever a smile of greeting,
And never a frown at meeting.
Sergeant, Cytherean Society.

JOCIE LEE

Good-natured, honest, easy, go-lucky;
A true friend, always cheerful and plucky.
Periclean Society.

AUBURN POWERS

All great men are dying;
I don't feel good myself.
President, Periclean Society, '26; Overall Club. '26 Public Debate, '26.

ALBA OWENS

For she was just that quiet kind whose
nature never varies.
Periclean Society.

CARRIE POWERS

In any course she never failed,
As on her way she happily sailed,
Basket Ball, '26; Periclean Society; Glee Club.

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ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Nothing better of him can I relate
Than he was fond of all debates.
President, Cytherean Society, '24-'25-'26; W.T.S M., '24; Public Debate, '25; President, Overall Club, '26; Assistant Editor, BLACK AND GOLD, '26.

RAYMELLE REED

Her goal she is bound to win,
For she'll go through thick and thin.
Assistant Secretary, Cytherean Society, '26. -

FLOYD RICHARDSON

They gazed, and still the wonder grew
That one s-mall head could hold all he knew.
Valedictorian, '26; President, Freshman Class; W.T.S.M., '24; President, Periclean Society, '23-'24-'25; Baseball, '23-'24; Public Debate, '25; Final Debate, '25; Alba Watson Essary Scholarship Medal, '25; Thrift Essay, '26; Assistant Business Manager, BLACK AND GOLD, '26.

LUCILLE HANCOCK

Everything comes to those who wait.
There, why should I worry?
President, Editor, and Secretary, Cytherean Society; W.T.S.M., '24; Glee Club, '26; Thrift Essay, '26; Accountant, BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Senior Play, '26.

OLLIE LINDSEY

Her chamning ways and sunny smile
Makes her friendship well worth while.
Periclean Society.

ELMER O. SCATES

I'm looking for my "sheepskin."
Football, '24-'25; Baseball, '24-'25; Stock-Judging Team, Tn-State Fair, '23; "L" Club. '24; Assistant Advertising Manager, BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Senior Class Reporter, BLACK AND GOLD, '26; Final Debate, '26; W.T.S.M., '24; Periclean Society.

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ROSCOR McPEAKE

Not so tall and not so fat,
But he was a man for that.
Periclean Society; Stock Judging, '23; First Prize. Corn Exhibit, State Fair, '22.

TILLMAN STEWART

The stream of his wit runs very deep,
And an ugly face he'll always keep.
President, Periclean Society, '23-'24-'25; Final Debate, '23; W.T.S.M., '24; Bsseball, '24-'25; Cheer Leader, '24-'25; Class Historian, '25; Public Debate, '25; Glee Club, '26; Senior Class, '26; Business Manager, BLACK AND GOLD, '26.

ANGELINE KING

A King her name does take,
A good queen for some one she'll make.
Secretary and Editor, Cytherean Society; Basket Ball, '25-'26.

FRANCES WILLIAMS

Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of maidens are.
Secretary, Cytherean Society, '26.

VIRGINIA ANNE TILSON

The joy of youth and health displayed,
And love at heart her look conveyed.
Secretary, Cytherean Society, '26; Senior Play, '26.

JOE L. WEBB

A man without a sweetheart is like a fish without water.
Basket Ball, '24-'25; Football, '25; Periclean Society; Senior Play, '26.

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MARION SEGERSON

Manly, sincere, and true;
Alike to all he knew.
Periclean Society; Class Day Part, '26.

HENRY KOLWYCK

He will dispute and prove it true
That blue is black and black is blue.
Periclean Society; Stock Judging, West Tennessee Fair, '23; Dramatic Art Club, '26.

PAXTON MONTGOMERY

True to his name;
We find it in the "Hall of Fame."
President, Cytherean Society. '26; President, Overall Club, '26; Football, '25; Thrift Essay, '26; Public Debate, '26; Class Part, '26; Final Debate, '26.

MAGGIE TODD

A heart always wishing to do right
Will surely find a ray of light.
Periclean Society; Glee Club, '26.

PAULINE LINDSEY

By the grace of "Jude," I will.
Cytherean Society.

HERMAN TINKER

He was stately, young, and tall,
And never came unless he was called.
Periclean Society.

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J. B. SCOTT

Woman is man's bread of life - I'm getting hungry.
Periclean Society; Crop-Judging Team. '25-'26 Baseball, '25; Basket Ball, '24-'25; Reporter to BLACK AND GOLD, '26.

MADGE ROBERTS

She once studied her books,
But - she left them all for a crook.
President, Cytherean Society; W.T.S.M., '24; Assistant Editor, BLACK AND GOLD, '25; Manager, Girls' Basket Ball, '26; Glee Club, '26; Uke Club, '26; Assistant Advertising Manager, BLACK AND GOLD, '26.

OMERIA WINSLOW

Rare compound of quality, noble and true;
A plenty of wit, with good sense, too.
Cytherean Society; Glee Club, '26.

D. GOFF

The ladies - Heaven bless 'em,
For I never will.
Periclean Society.

IRONA TUCKER

Any service she would do;
A gentle friend, tried and true.
Cytherean Society.

CHESTER STEPHENS

There is his little cabin skilled to rule;
Chet, taught his little school.
President and Secretary, Periclean Society;
President, Attorney General, and Secretary, Overall Club; Glee Club, '26.

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Class Poem

One by one, as the days pass o'er the tide,
To learn our lessons we bravely tried;
For every day some task was set -
Difficult, easy, short, or long;
And whenever we came to it, weak or strong,
Somehow or other it was met.

We've marched along for four long years,
Having our hopes, our doubts, our fears;
For all must sigh.
We've struggled long, hard, and true;
We've fought our best the whole way through,
And now the goal is nigh.

Our toilsome trip is done,
The weary journey is over, the prize we sought is won;
L.H.S., farewell to thee;
You've furnished us a place for life's preparation,
But now the time has came for a sorrowful separation,
As we enter life's sea.

Classmates, we've been long together,
Through pleasant and cloudy weather;
But now the time has come for a sorrowful separation,
This is hard, when friends are dear.
Perhaps it will cost a sigh, a tear,
Although from here we are bound to depart.

Scattered and parted though we may be,
From shore to shore and from sea to sea,
Wisdom tells us, classmates, o'er and o'er,
That time shall bring us all
Together again in our journeying,
Never to part any more.

PAXTON MONTGOMERY

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Class History

It will only be a matter of time when we shall look back on our High School days as memories. Therefore, we deem it well that we should leave some record of these pleasant and profitable days of our lives, hoping that it may enable some one to recall the events, labors, and achievements with which these four years have been filled.

There assembled at Lexington High School in September, 1922, a group of seventy-eight boys and girls, of which forty-three remain as the graduating class of 1926. We were green, as other Freshmen; but we in no wise let this discourage us in our efforts to obtain knowledge. Some have failed to grasp their opportunities, and consequently have been left behind. Others through various circumstances have been forced to leave us; but the majority, under the wise guidance and efficient leadership of Professor Brown, Mr. Bobbitt, Miss Nolen, and others, have turned their faces toward the goal, seeking all the while to acquire wisdom and develop character. It is our hope that we have succeeded to some extent in both these aims.

The class was represented the first year on all the teams, showing from the beginning its vigorous spirit and immediately becoming one of the leading classes in L.H.S.

When the class entered upon its Sophomore year, its membership had dwindled down to fifty-eight; but still it remained the largest class in the history of the school. The class presented very successfully its first play, "Nugget." Since then the dramatic troupe of our class has been the delight of Lexington audiences from time to time.

Our Junior year began in 1924. We had lost a number of students; but this loss was partly offset by the addition of a number from other schools, who displayed their wisdom by joining us. The class contained a large number of the leading musicians, athletes, and orators of the school. Three men represented the class on the Basket-Ball Team and four on the Baseball Team. The class furnished four men for the Football Squad.

And now we are Seniors! Realizing that this is our last year in school, we have striven to do our best for ourselves and for Lexington High School. Our class has always been known as a class that does things, and we base our claim to remembrance strictly on our accomplishments.

This year we have published the second Annual for L.H.S. This Annual is larger and much better than the one put out last year. A large athletic program has been formulated and carried out very successfully. This year three men on the Basket-Ball Team and six on the Football Squad were Seniors. Four girls represented the class on the Girls' Basket-Ball Team. The class is also famous for its literary attainments. More members of this class have won medals in scholarship and in debate than of any other class that has ever graduated from this school.

The largest class of L.H.S., we feel that we should be proud of our achievements. We hope that these achievements will prove a source of gratification to our friends and an inspiration to future classes. Our work and preparation in High School has, we hope, prepared us for nobler efforts and greater labors in life. And now, with hopeful hearts, we go forth, some to college and others to take their places in the varied activities of a busy world.

ARTHUR PHILLIPS, Historian.

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