Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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CLHSS HISTURY L ents ll es e o s LIII llillell 11 1 the sen ss l11xe Il 1 ml ee 1 lSll1 le u111 111 the pu. ol 1el11exen1e11ts As our Lllllf Ill the pa11de heums 1ts provress let us look 111 ret1ospeet 1t tl1e l11storx ol tl1e sen1or elass ol 1953 VVe started ou1 hlst xea1 ll llardmu xx1th huhhle vum, pe1 sl1ooters eo1111e hooks 1nd ve11e1al heellam Vve xxe1e 1111 med 1t tl1e lo11 I halls xx1tl1 m1nx TOOIIIS on eael1 s11e lI'Kl wondered hoxx xve xxould ex Ll 1e1ne1nhe1 XVl1li.ll xxas wh1eh We worshlpped tl1e hw lhlI1ClSOIHL looth1ll plax ers and wondered 1l xxe would exer he loothlll pllxers and he ahle to make the wmnmg touehdoxxn 111 a Oame w1tl1 Central The U1rls eop1ed ex erx moxe the ulamenous sen1o1 01rls made a11d fell ID Xxlfll ex erx lad or stxle that was st1rted Durmv th1s hrst xear xxe took t1me out from the vener1l eo11tus1o11 a11d eleeted Bohhx Rohertson and lNa11ex' COLllILl 1s elass p1es1dents a11d hevan to xx'o1k on OLII Lllill 111 tl1e Parade of IXLlllLXLIHLIllS ll1e 111 ol LlI'lChltllDtX th1t xxas prexalent 111 our lust xea1 1t lla1d111v xxas not CILIIIL as ex1de11t IS we hevan our seeond xea1 ol eo11st1uet1on VVe hevan th1s xea1 hx eleet111v Bohhx Swmon as pres1de11t of the ewhth the le lClLlSl1lP seeonel sen1este1 ll11s xear xxe 1ttended 1 v e111 e ll un ll t1e 1 11 1 It o t1e e11ht1 vlaee rt ol OLII 11e111n heeame 1 1e1l1tx xxe1e lt semors senzors zn junzor lzzglz selzool lhat xear tl1e u111or llonor Soeletx, headed hx Peggx luttlc uameel pro1n1nenee hx entertamlnv the Junror h1 h looth1ll tean1 at a hanquet and squa1e danee The jumor Chou presented lhe Forest Prmee tl1e most sueeessful and outst11nd1nvoperett1 to he x1exx ed hx ll1rd1nu 1lLlCllLl1C.LS Ih1s sueeesslul xear, xxh1el1 marked the ult1mate eo11 sl1uet1o11 ol our u111t III the Pell 1de ol Aeh1exe1ne11ts xxas leel hx Bohhx 31111111111 LlL1l'll1U the l1rst se1neste1 lIlCl Gene Auten L0llIlI1LILCl tl1e eo11st1uet1o11 ol our un1t ClLlIll'lU tl1e seeond se111este1 Ihe un1o1 Student LOLlIlLll xxas headed hx ack Graham hoth semesters Dunnv our sophomore xear aek C1r1h1m led us sue eesslullx throuvh hoth semesters lhe Se 11111 llonor SOLILIX seleeted from 0Lll ITIICISI sexenteen to heeome n1e111hers ol th II Group VVl11le vett111u ou1 loothold IIT se111or hlvh sel1ool xxe el11na'1eel the xe111 hx 1 tenth UI lde 11rtx Unde1 the le.1dersh1p ol hohhx Swmon xxe l'N.UlIl OLII en1or xear lh1s xxas tl1e xear xxe s1xx our 1l1e1111 ol Jumor sen1or heeome 1 re1l1tx Lllitltl tl1e le lClLlSl1llJ ol xx I1 U 11 I1 1 xx sx stem ol QlLLllI1UOLlI 111111 Il IISII s 111ste 1 ol the old sx stem hx xx l11el1 tl1e I'I11llSl1llS XXLIL seleeted hx teael1e1s lhe el11el 1narsh1l xxas hohhx Stvmon 111d oe B1oxvn xx 18 ass1st111t Lllltl' m11shal At the elosc of the xea1 te11 of us xxe1e Chosen to he eome n1emhe1s ol tl1e lmpe11tores Noxx tl1e LOIISULILIIOII ot our Lllllf Ill the I ll 1ele ol Ael11exe111ents was ClI'1lVVII1U to 1elose heautx xxas 1dele1l to t e Lllllt vxtth Sxlx1a Grevorx re1v11111v as C1111111111 uee11 and Ann Phxlllps 15 txxeltth made 1ttendant lf the llomeeommv fest1x1t1es, and Sxlx1a a0a1n represented Hardmv IH the Carohnas Carrouscl To lead the SLIIIOI elass we elected Kenneth Ross xvlth the capahlc ass1stanee of Bohhx Slvmon, x1ee presldent Bohhx Randall see1e ta1x a11d Betsv W1ll1llUS IICJSUILI beeonel se111este1 oe BIOMVH took oxer the le1dersl11p xx1tl1 thc l1LlP 1l Shnlex' Shaxx, x1eepres1de11t, Shrrlex Qohh sce1et1rx llifl Garland Younv t1easu1er lhe Cl1ss N11 hr OlllLLlS oe B1own, p1ophet Canoll K11111 poet aek cwldlhllil l1lVVXLl, and oe llaas, l11stor1an xxere eleeted 1nd hevan plannmv entl1us1ast1eallx lot Class Nmht lhe lnvhest olhce 1n the school elxxellfill aek Graham and Bohhx bwmon when thex were eleeted pres11le11ts ol the SCIIIOI Student Qounetl tor tl1e lust a11d seeo111l semesters lespeetlxelx' Our last xea1 p1oxed he11el1e1al to tl1e e11t11e student hodv WVl'lLIl 11111 SLll0Ol pape1 xx1tl1 A1111 hlxers as ed1to11nel11el and Shulex Qohh as 1ss1sta11t Llllflll exeeeded lour paves lor the lust t1me 1n I la1d1n11 s l11storx lhe AQORN bull headed hx Nancx Coulte1 Pl0Cll.lLf.Cl lld1Cl1I'1gS H1st eolleve SIZC annual VVe had our lmpera tores and superlat1x es, hut the spothvht xx as stolen hom them hx the 1953 looth1ll team xx1th Rox llo1d and Il R Q u1111111vha111 serx111v as eo eaptalns ll1e e1oxx11111v o1x o our SLIIIUI xear xx IS t1e onv souv1t alte1 XILIOIX oxe1 CL1'ltlell a11d tl1e e1tx eh11n1p1o11sl11p ll11s XILIOIX prox ed to he o11lx el steppln sto11e SIIILL xxe 1lso took tl1e 5t1te AA C lhlH1Pl0I'lSlllP lI'Kl xxe11t tl11ouvl1 the LIIIIIL se 1so11 undefeated wllllll the present1t1o11 ol the sen1or plax tl1e Llfll01' SLDIOI Class Nwht llitl hacealaureate just 1 llLLflI'lV vllmpse 111to tl1e past, xxe eome to UI 1du1t1o11 CDLII Lllllf 111 tl1e P1ll1lClL ol Aeh1exe111e11ts has heen eompleted Noxx xxe IDLISI pllt from tl1e ULllCllI1LL v1xe11 us U1 1 ehers and 1lClXlSLIS lllll 1 e 111 1 x 1 IL 111 xx 11e 1 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CLHSS DHY OFFICERS I 4' -' p rv? ' - vm' K -': I3-7' 5 -1? fam an 1' -wmv ,IDE BROVVN C,xnnol,1 KIM: .IACK Cllmluml Prophet ,IUE II,-ms A Iliswrimz , .Pom SHIRLFY Sxmw VcllL'tIiC1OVitIll , l,rzu'vw' NAMW C1UlIl.'Il'lX Sfflzxlfzmrimz