Klass Kalendar, 1920

This article describes the events of 1919-1920 at East Carolina Teachers Training School. This and other articles may be found in the University Archives.

Citation for this article is: "Klass Kalendar," Training School Quarterly, Volume 7, pages 239-242.

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• Sept 24 -- Registration of Seniors (first on roll)
  
• Sept. 26 -- Regular work begins (who'll teach?)
  
• Sept. 29 -- Sections divided.
  • D1 - parade of pompous, patronizing, picked pedagogies
    
  • D2 - the disappointed, unpicked
• Sept. 30 - D1, first day of actual teaching, sobs and tears; D2, sympathy and jeers
  
• Oct. 2 - D1, after conference on plans, chestfallen, martyred teachers; D2 - jubilant, smiling, fortunate students
  
• Oct. 18 - Senior class organization
  
• Oct. 30 - Hallowe'en entertainment given the school by the Seniors
  
• Nov. 7 - Seniors 100 per cent strong for Red Cross
  
• Nov. 11 - Annual Assembly - Celebration of of "signing of Armistice" by Class of 1920
  
• Nov. 11 - the elect for teaching in rural schools, make their first trip to Joyner School
  • 9:00 a.m. - great rejoicing on part of "elect" to go to Joyner's , because of the automobile trips.Sighs of non-elect because they will miss the automobile trips
    
  • 12:30 p.m. - Elect return from Joyner's - dejected.Rejoicing on part of non-elect who escape from rural teaching
• Nov. 20 - Decision on kind of tree to be planted by class
  
• Nov. 24 - Thanksgiving day, sunrise serenade, Puritan breakfast, basketball game, defeated but not whipped
  
• Dec. 5 - Program arranged for tree planting as soon as tree arrives
  
• Dec. 17 - Date set for planting tree, but no tree, no planting
  
• Dec. 18 - Xmas holidays begin
  
• Jan. 1 - Return to work, D1 and D2 exchange places and feelings (see above for "attitude">
  
• Jan. 12 - An Opera , "The Mascot," selected instead of "Senior play"
  
• Jan. 17 - Class of 1920 entertain their sister class of 1922
  
• Jan. 18 - YWCA vesper services led by the Seniors.Luck with us, splendid talk given by a returned missionary from India, Mr. Ranson.
  
• Jan. 23 -Date set for planting tree, postponed, weather too cold for "tree ceremony"
  
• Jan. 26 - School is placed under quarantine against influenza , practice teaching stopped, D1 - lonesome
  
• Feb. 5 - Practice teaching periods given to English and Arithmetic, we wonder why these
  
• Feb. 11 - Last date set for tree ceremony, postponed until next day
  
• Feb. 12 - Rain, ceremony of tree postponed, tree is still alive but almost dry
  
• Feb. 14 - 3:30 "Valentine Tea" given D2 section by one section of the Junior cooking class
  
• Feb. 21 -Decision to wear rainbow organide dresses and hats for "Class Day"
  
• Feb. 21 - 3:30 "George Washington Tea" given D1 section by the other section of the Junior class
  • 7:30 George Washington entertainment given school by Junior class
• Mar. 1 - Begin practicing twice each day for "Mascot"
  
• Mar. 11 - Winter term exams begin (long faces)
  
• Mar. 16 -Spring term begins
  
• Mar. 27 - Tree planted !! Sunshine, all fine
  
• Mar. 29 - Quarantine ban lifted locally (town taken possession of)
  
• April 1 - Vote by school lifts quarantine entirely
  
• April 3-7 - Easter holidays for all save Seniors.Seniors stay here and slave for the "Mascot," how virtuous!
  
• April 7 - Holidays end - other classes come trooping in looking like the morning after.Seniors fresh and self-righteous.
  
• April 12 - Picture taking of the "Mascot" and the Quarterly (see photograph gallery for more information about photos)
  
• April 14 - "'The Mascot,' greatest dramatic performance ever given in the history of the school" presented to the public
  
• April 15 - Great rejoicing caused by success of the "Mascot," especially the financial success
  
• April 15-19 - Five day holiday given Seniors.Little gant that stayed here busy sewing on class day dresses.
  
• April 20 - Wild rush on copy for the Senior number of the Quarterly , dates set after going to press
  
• May 8 -Reception given to Seniors by President and Mrs. Wright
  
• May 10 - Junior Reception to Seniors
  
• May 18 - Pageant-play and picnic given Seniors by "B" class
  
• May 20-22 - Final exams
  
• May 24-29 - Senior vacation - hard at work completing the graduation dresses and practicing for commencement
  
• May 30 - Commencement begins
  
• June 1 - Senior class-day exercises (dressed up in rainbow colored organdie dresses and hats made by Seniors)
  
• June 2 - Graduation exercises
  
• June 3 - Grand finale, summer vacation begins.What next?Jobs.
  
• Sept. 1 - "Prospective" dropped from "teachers."

Eloise Tarkenton, '20

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Komments on the Kalendar and Other Senior Deeds

The calendar above gives an idea of what we have done in our last year's stay up here. A few of these dates stand out as red letter days in our last year at school. But there are some things that cannot be marked by a date. The first of these is the day we arrived here and registered as Seniors. The new girls looked on us as gods and sighed because they were not Seniors too. Sixty-seven of our old Junior class came back to graduate. This was almost seventy-five per cent of our Junior class, and the largest per cent of any class to come back for the Senior year. Our Junior class was the smallest the school has had in five years. Owing to the war many of the girls who graduated from high schools took government positions, or office work which affected the size of our class. Imagine then how proud we were that almost every member of our Junior class came back and were joined by two new ones.

As Seniors we had the privilege of organizing our class in two weeks after arriving here. We elected Mildred McCotter president and we could not have done better if we had searched among a thousand girls.

Then came the real work. We were divided into teaching sections and you can imagine how anxious we were to know which section we were in, the one to teach before Christmas or the one to teach after. But the real thrill came when we went down to the Model School to teach our first lessons. How carefully we had memorized our lesson plans the night before. Will any one of them forget how weak she felt when her time came to get up before the class? Our nervousness soon wore off, but the thrill and romance remained and kept us in a constant state of intense interest that absorbed us utterly.

Right after Christmas we met to decide on the great event of our Senior year, the Senior Play. Every class before us had given a play, so we decided to give an opera. Miss Muffly agreed to coach us. Oh, how we worked! We had the loyal support of every class in school as well as the faculty. We were rewarded by a large, responsive audience, as well as by the largest sum of money any Senior class had ever raised.

Now we are looking forward to class day, which will be after this "copy" goes to press. This will be our last appearance when we take the initiative. We are going to give up the white dresses this year for class day and wear rainbow colors. We have hats to match our dresses. Everywhere one looks he will see the rainbow effect carried out. Never before has this been done.

Excitement reigns supreme in the sewing room now. Every girl is working to make her particular dress add to the beauty of the general appearance or effect.

As we look back over our four years stay here we find that these red letter days have been merely the spice of life. We have worked hard and played hard. All along we have stood for dramatics and we have tried to give at least one play each year. Class spirit and school spirit have been encouraged. Every girl has been urged to be true to her Alma Mater. Our motto "Truth will Free" has been our guide and we have tried to live up to it.

Myrtle Moore, '20