Class of '26 Elects Officers, Planning Memorable Year, Oct. 26, 1925

The Class of ’26 Elects Its Officers

At the beginning of school the Senior class met in room 8 and elected officers for the coming year. Principal Stokes stressed the importance of selecting good officers. He insisted that we should elect someone for president who was not only a leader, but a worker as well; one who could meet every task with a big heart and master it. The vice-president, secretary and treasurer likewise should have a big heart and a willing mind. The officers elected are as follows:

President, Joe Moffitt Jr.; vice-president, Foil Essick; secretary, Ruth McCarn; and treasurer, Pauline Sink.

With this capable set of officers, the Senior class looks forward to great achievements this year. Since this is our last year I Lexington High School, we have to make a record far greater than former classes have made. We should make a record which will be an inspiration to the rising Senior class; one to which we can look back years hence with pride. We can do it! We have the material to work with. Our Seniors, both boys and girls, are as good and as capable of doing great things as the members of any former class have been. We have made a splendid record during the past three years. Will we keep it up? Will we meet the need of the hour? I answer, yes! We should attempt to make a far greater record this year than we have made in former years. In order to do this, two important things are necessary. These are unity and harmony. To quote one of Benjamin Franklin’s well known maxims, “We must all hang together, less we all hang separately.” Therefore unity is necessary. We cannot have unity without harmony. Therefore harmony is necessary. Come, Seniors on and all, let us do our bit—work together for a common cause rather than for selfish interests. Let us make a name for the class of ’26; one that will go down in history; one that the community will be proud of; one that we will be proud of; one that the lower classmen will be proud of. We can do it! But we will have to get busy now. We can’t do it if we wait until school is almost out before we make an effort to do it. Now is the time. Let us make the class of ’26 the best class in the history of Lexington High School. Let’s go, Seniors!

--Foil Essick, Class of ’26 Vice-President

From the front page of The Lexhipep, Lexington, N.C., October 26, 1925, published by the students of Lexington High School

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