Excerpt from The Black Diamond, 1940 It is the hope of the staff that this record will be an ever-present reminder of the happy days spent 'within the walls of Pikeville High School, and remain a key to old friendships. The staff 'wishes to express its appreciation to 'mr. John A. Spelman III, of the Pine Moun tain Settlement School, for permission to reproduce on the mimeograph the illustrations on the division pages of this book. These pictures are taken from his book of wood and linoleum cuts, At Home in the Hills. The staff also expresses its thanks to the Dixie Studio, of Pikeville, and The Strawbridge Photo-finishing Service, of Durham, North Carolina for the excellent photographs our book. To the Mountain Home which has in its rugged simplicity a serenity and beauty unequalled outside these Eastern Kentucky hills and whose seeming eternalness provides a re fuge for its sons and daughters from. The raging disquiet of a troubled 'wor1d we dedicate this the 1940 edition of The Black Diamond. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.