Alexander Graham High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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The Qmerrpmukers' Sllbrrbesmi :HIS is not in reality a school orchestra, but, as all the players are K' xI students in Charlotte High School, it is ordinarily termed the Charlotte High School Orchestra. The Merrymakers have Won an excellent reputation for themselves in the city. The following clipping from the Clwtrlotte News will give some idea of their merit and popularity: MERRYMAKERS ON THE ACADEMY BILL The Merrymakers, Charlotte's High School Orchestra, which Won first prize in Opportunity Month contests at the Academy Theater, is num- bered among the Keith vaudeville acts on the billi at that theater for the first half of the Week, and played like professionals at the three perform- ances Monday. They Will appear at each performance during the present bill. Monday's audience gave them a rousing reception.-The Charlotte News. THE MERRYMAKERS fLeft to rightj BYRD CRAYTON ........e.... ,.i,.eie.......,..i.,.......... ,.,...., S a .rophone ROBERT DYE .i,,.,...,.......,,... .......................... ,..,,..........., P vi aww HAL KEMP QLeaderJ ....,.. ......., S airophone PAUL WHITLOCK ,,,,,.,i . .....,........ Drum ROBERT BUCK ....., ......,. S arophone

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unable to take part in. the tlehate against Charlotte's opponents, on account of sickness. Pauline Owen was given his place. ,lohn is clebater of unusual ability, anfl is especially fine in his rejoiniler. Ralph is only a Sophoinore, anfl probably the youngest stuclent who has ever representetl our high school in the triangular ilebate. llis speech vrnulml have elone ererlit to a pupil far his superior in years. We are count- ing on him for next year, This was Katherine-'s first appearance before a large autlienee, llowever, she was as calm as eonlal be, :intl nresenteil strung arguments in a rlexlerous manner. Pauline learned, that she was to take part in the ilebate only five rlays before it was hehl. She mleserves much ereilil for her Iiartl work in ineinoriying her ilebate, and 171'ClY2ll'l11g her rejointlei' so well in such a short time. Un March 24, our negative team went to liurhani, to contest with Rztleiglik affirmative, They won by a unanimous vote of the jualges, Hur affirmative team, however, lost tc-. l7urhani's seemingly invincible negative, in Raleigh. This slefeat. of course, kept us from proceeding fuither in the slebates. ,Xlthough Charlotte lligh School lost, she is exeeetlingly proutl of her ilebaters. They workeil harcl. anrl brought much honor Io their seht-ol. The members of the faculty xi ho so ably eoacheal our representatives were Xlrs. Rucker, llri tiztringer. Mr, Alexantler, Miss lloxins. anrl Nliss llenrlerson, Xi fs.. LESTER ROCK JOHN YONAN be eclaimers .Xnfl now we come to Charlotte High Schools Demosthenes anrl Cicero. Un Thanksgiving Day, Noveinber 25, 1921, Lester Rock, representing Charlotte lligh School, was a contestant in a cleelamation contest hehl at Trinity College, llurham. This was the seeontl time that Lester ha4l represented our school in ileelaiining the first time being at VVake Forest College, in the spring of 1921. He has exceptional oratorieal powers, and the Senior Flass statistics eall him llemosthenes' rival, However, he was unable to win a prize for us this time. Un March 17, 1922, lohn Yonan went to VVake Forest College, to take part in a tleelamatimi contest for Charlotte lligh School. Ile succeeded in winning the seconrl prize, a beautiful gold merlal, set with pearls. john is a native of Armenia, anml has been in this country only about three years. His mastery of the linglish tongue is remarkable, anrl his abilities as a sneaker, exeellent. NVe are expecting great things of him in the future.

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tkw , l The Qlafeteria 4 R Nythe fall of 1921, the School Board, hav- ing been urged much by the Parent- -il Teachers' Association, realized its dream of putting a large cafeteria in .,,', Charlotte High School. The cafeteria 619254-fp is a Wonderful addition to our high dm V? - 4 school, and has served its purpose well during the past year. It is under the very capable management of Miss Margaret Rogers, who was last year the head of the domes- tic science department in our school. The cafe- teria is furnished with all modern equipments, and is one of the best for its size to be found. 5 It has ordinarily thirty-eight tables, each of which will easily seat six people. Quite a few more tables could be placed in the room if they were necessary. An average of about two hundred persons is served daily. When one enters the cafeteria, he goes into a passage-way, on one side of which are iron bars for protection against passers-by, and on the other long counters filled with dishes of food served cold, such as salad, and with receptacles of delicious hot food, which is kept hot during the entire recess. First he takes a waiter, and then he passes along the counters, serving himself or being served by high MISS MARGARET ROGERS school girls behind the counters. At the end of the passage-way he gets knives, forks, etc., and then pays the cashier. The cafeteria pays for itself, but is not allowed to make a profit, and therefore all the things are sold very reasonably. Besides serving as a dining-room, the cafeteria is a delightful place for holding school entertainments. It has been a veritable blessing to us this year, and now seems indispensable.