North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Senior Class Officers GLQRGL GRIZZLL Bmcmu Warns W11.L1A51 SCHROLDLR 'IQAN PAT'ruRsox MRS, C. B. XvlCKIiRS MRS. NW. P. GRAH' :Ulu no 'I' C5 Prefidenf .S'ecreffzr1 Vire Pl'C'.l'fdEl1f Treu.r1n'ef l'21c1zfU' Adrfm' I'-dfllflil' Adzifer 611:45 P.M. The date was June 1,1954. The packages had been pulled. Sixteen credits Tlzafs u'hat's required fbr graduation.

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HI TURY Class of 54+ Wednesday nzght june 2 1954 had at last arrzved For a long long tzme we the members o the Class of 1954 had been lookzng orward to thzs Important date uhen we uould at last recezve our dzplomas rom hzgh school As ue sat there on our czaduatzon nzght memorzes o the many zmportant events o the szx years that we had spent at North flashed through our mzn s It was zn September o 1948 that ue rst came to North as seventh graders To be called lzttle seventh graders was certaznly distaste ul to us but actualb we dzd eel lzttle zn thzs school which was so much larger than the one we had been used to Everythzng seemed to go urong those rst eu days zn North unzor Hzgh School We never seemed to be able to find the rzght classrooms or to get to our classes on time We uere alzcays gettzng tn the uay o the larger boys and gzrls Soon however we realzqed that ue had many thzngs to do 1 ue uere to have a success ul uture here so ue settled down to our rst year at North We learned to be more respect ul to the teachers and get our uork as well as we could We ound that zt was best not to lznger zn the halls too long or we had work we must do As ezghth graders the next year ue were more con dent of ourselves We knew more about gettzng around the halls We were even a lzttle condescendzng to the neu seventh graders In act some o the brzght boys trzed to sell the seventh graders tzckets o admzsszon to the lunchroom and also tzckets to rzde the elevators Some o the seventh graders really went or thzs By this tzme all o us had heard about Mr Noel s paddle to some o the less ortunate ones zt had become a pazn ul realzty De nzteb a part o the school zn the nznth grade we elt we were really zn the groove The name reshmen added to our prestzge The honor o the preszdenqf o our reshmen class went to George Grzqqle the vzce preszdency to Peggy Bass ean Duncan became secretag and Donald Murphy treasurer We realbr had fun choosing our superlatzves' Those chosen most outstandzng uere as ollous oan Patterson most beautz ul Leo Pezcztt most handsome Betty Sutton and oe Sneed most popular S ylvza Waller and Donald Murphy wzttzest Barbara Medlqf and George Grzzzle best all around Kathleen Golden and Lawrence Gzbson most dzgnzhed Betgr jo Russell and Wallace Bass rzendlzest Helen Whztley and ames McKznstry most lzkely to succeed Dorothy Vester dazntzest and Bzlly Head neatest Margaret Burgess and George Grzzzle best school spzrzt Vera Musgrove and oe Sneed most athletzc oan Patton and Howard Stephenson most ambztzous Ann Frzedman and Doqzer Haynze cutest Mabel Kznqer and ames McKznstry most studzous Lounette Fann and Bobby Nel son most bashful Margaret Smzth and Houard Stephenson most talented Thzs year too uas the rst we had been elzgzble to become candzdates for o zces zn the Student Counczl Dozzer Haynze was elected secretary and treasurer o the Counczl or the next year The hzghlzght o the year o course was our junzor hzgh graduation zchen wzth przde ue received our junzor hzgh school dzplomas Our sophomore year spread znvztzngly be ore us We zcere now tn senzor hz gh school Many o us partzczpated tn varzous actzvztzes o the school Szngzng zn the Senzor Chorus and playzng zn the Band uere un The boys played on the varzous teams ootball basketball and baseball u hzle some o the gzrls enthuszastzcalb supported them as cheerleaders esse Counczl To Leo Pewett went the outstandzng honor o bezng elected preszdent of the student body or the ensuzng year Our yunlor year ound us much nearer our goal graduatzon Class o zcers chosen at the begznnzng o the year uere as ollows George Grzgzle preszdent Dorzr Gray zzce preszdent Betty Sutton secretary and Charles Wol e treasurer Lee Pettzt George Grzzzle jesse Coles Odell Demonbreun Leo Peu ett Shzrley Harden Carlzne Richardson and Lounette Fann became members o the Nu Fta Szgma Chapter o the Natzonal Honor Soczety Geo ge Grzgzle and esse Coles attended the Southeastern Con erence o Student Counczls zn Mzamz Florzda Leo again served as preszdent o the student body The gala unzor Senzor Prom ended our year Thzs actzvzgf necessztated much hard work on our part but was hzghbl success ul Eagerb we approached our last step up the ladder toward our nal goal our senzor year At long last our dreams were bezng realzqed We nozc were senzors a magzc uorld uzth a dz erent meanzng or each o us George Grzqqle uas agazn chosen preszdent Iylllldm Schroeder vzce preszdent Bzrchze Ufhzte secretary and oan Patterson treasurer ody Patterson was also honored by bezng chosen football queen and uas attended by a representatzve rom each grade Recezvzng the honors o Bachelor o Uglzness and Mzss North Hzgh were Hfzllzam Schroeder and Betty Sutton respectively To Margaret Burgess uent the edztorshzp o the POLARIS By vzrtue o thezr havzng the hzghest scholastzc averages on thezr last year s examznatzons George Grzqzle and I ee Pettzt became preszdent and vzce preszdent o the Honor Soczety respectzveb or the all term George and Lounette f ann uere preszdent and vzce preszdent respectzveb or the sprzng term Betty Sutton was captain o the cheerleaders Wzllzam Schroeder and Dogzer Haynze uon outstanding football honors There was much competztzon zn the electzon or class superlatzves pzctures o whom are gzven elsewhere tn the annual Our senzor year had tts lzght moments too In the all we enjoyed a wzener roast at Shelby Park In February celebrated Valentzne uzth the Senzor formal In the sprzng came the unzor Senzor Prom and wonder ul Sneak Day Yes those were the good old days Those days have gone but thezr memorzes lznger on But harken What sounds au akened us rom our vzszon o the past? George Grzzqle uas delzverzng his salutatory address as valedzctortan Lee Pettzt ze ould speak next Carolyn Shropshzre recezved her D A R medal George Grzqgle the Czvztan m dal Hou proud they must have elt to be elected the best cztzqens by thezr classmates That important moment had arrzved or uhzch ue had waited so long Yes We were recezvzng our dzplomas symbols o reward or twelve years o hard uork There uere smzles o joy mtngled mth expresszons o sorrow on our aces as we re cezved those dzplomas joy because ue had reached our goal sorrow because ue kneu ue must leave our beloved school Our thoughts turned to the uture as the recesszonal began Each graduate clutchzng that dzploma tzghtly and proudly walked up the azsle to go orth znto a neu uorld that u ould be o hzs oun making In a short time we had changed from students to young men and women for zc hom a place zn lz e auazted LOUNETTE FANN 9 - 1 I ly 'L 14 V 1 V f 1 ft , , ' I ' t f - ' , , s f f f. e f I . . ' . 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MARSHALI. E. BAILEY Citizenship Club, '50, '5l, T. .R l. Club, sz, 53. 54 REX RANDOLPH BLAKELY F00tb21ll, '52, '55, Basketball, '55, '54, B Basket- ball, '51, '52, '53, Baseball, '55, Letter Club, '52, '55, '54, Junior High Basketball, '50, Band, '51, '52, R. O. T. ci., '50, '51, op- portunity Club, '51, Frientlliest Boy, '54. A VIRGIL BROVVN B Football, '49, Baseball, '51, Track Team, '52, R. O. T. C., '49, '50, '51, Sergeant, '50, Senior Chorus, '51, Art Club, '48, '49, '50, Nature Study Club, '51, '52, RAYMOND C. BUTTREY Band, '51, '52, '55, '54, Tumbling Club, '52, '55, President, '53, Football, '52, '55, Track Team, '51 '54. THOMAS F. CAMPBELL Junior High Basketball Manager. '50, '51, Track Team, '53, B Football, '55, Club, '55, North Star Statf, '55, Student Council, '52, '55, L'nitcd Status Marine Corps Reserie IOR SHIRLEY DIANNE BENNETT Transferred from .loclton High School, '55, LUTHER T. BON ER M 11 Ri lffl .le 1 U it . L i, apr, 1 MARGARET ANNE BURGESS junior High Glue Club, '48, '49, '50, '51, Citizenship Club, '50, '51, '52, '53, Senior Girls' Athletic Association, '55, '54, North Star Staff, '51, '52, Library Statf, '52, Girl With Bcst School Spirit, '51, Poff1ri.rEditor, '55, '54. JAMES A. CAGLE Craltiuans' Club, '49, '50, Up- portuniti' Club, '50, '51 , R. U. T. C, '5O,'51. RICHARD CARVER Crafts' Club, '50, B Basketball, '51, R. O. Tl C., '51, Track Team, 52, X Club, 52, 55, A Football. '52, '55.