. The Crescent [1920]. ry air you breathe; you must, thru the quiveringatmosphere of the room, have sensed the thoughts of ourminds. And so, dear friends, I am not going to try to say itat all. Instead, we are going to put forth every effort toprove to you how much we thank you for coming, to re- 29 pay you as much as possible for the pleasure and prideyour presence brings to us, by doing or saying somethingthat will make you feel that you have not come alto-gether for nothing, nor yet for our sakes alone, but be-cause it has been good to be here. Of course, I do not dare promise you that we w
. The Crescent [1920]. ry air you breathe; you must, thru the quiveringatmosphere of the room, have sensed the thoughts of ourminds. And so, dear friends, I am not going to try to say itat all. Instead, we are going to put forth every effort toprove to you how much we thank you for coming, to re- 29 pay you as much as possible for the pleasure and prideyour presence brings to us, by doing or saying somethingthat will make you feel that you have not come alto-gether for nothing, nor yet for our sakes alone, but be-cause it has been good to be here. Of course, I do not dare promise you that we will dowell. We cannot tell that yet. No one can ever be sureho wthings are going to turn, even when he, himself hasplanned them. But I do promise you, on behalf of everyone of the class, that we will do our very best to makeyou glad you came. With this one aim in our minds,dear friends, I thank you once more for coming, andextend to you in the name of the class, our most gratefuland sincere welcome. RUTH C. WILSON, THE D. H. S DRAMATIC CLUB 30 CLASS HISTORY The history of the Class of Nineteen-and-Twenty, ofthe High School of. Dover, County of Craven, State ofNorth Carolina, is in this wise: In the beginning, in the ninteen-and-ninth year of ourLord, in the ninth month, and on the fourteenth day ofthe month, there entered into this Land of Learning,,six-and-twenty seekers of knowledge. Some came fromfarms and some were green and fresh from a far country. As they entered this land they were received with wildwelcomings and rejoicings by those who should hence-forth lead them up the slippery byways of knowledge. After they entered this land, they were one and allseized with a strange infirmity, which caused them to actwith much fierceness. Wise men were called to look uponthem, who examined them with much care and pains, andfinally pronounced the infirmity in the male base-ball,and the female basket-ball. Not one of the wise menknew the way to cure. So with many anxious fear
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