Vaiden Whitley High School - Shield Yearbook (Wendell, NC)

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Explosive sounds and lively gyrations of the Fabulous Fingers electrify the spirit of a bewitching night. Prom guests revel in springtime world. On Saturday evening, April 19, 1969, Seniors, Juniors, and their guests stroUed along the path of a picturesque rock garden into a springtime setting of decorative blossoming trees, pastel-tinted flowers, and steadily flickering candle¬ light. All was artistically arranged by Wlritley Juniors-trans- forming the familiar decor of the cafeteria, lounge, and gym into a make-believe “Love Me-Love Me Not” world. For the first time, couples danced in the gym beneath crepe paper streamers of delicate shades to the pulsating rhythm of the Fabulous Fingers. The cheerful service rendered by twelve sprightly sophomore waiters and waitresses complemented the pleasurable evening. Friendship and romance flourish in a dreamy, candlelit at¬ mosphere. Prom couples “do their own thing” beneath a pastel-papered sky.

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On Sunday evening, June 1, 1969, the first stu¬ dents to complete four years at Whitley assembled to hear the Reverend W. Eugene Tisdale, pastor of the Glendale Heights United Methodist Church of Durham, deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon. Robert Jones, President of the Senior Class, opened the service with the invocation which was followed by the Ensemble’s rendition of “Grant Us Thy Mercy” and “The Halls of Ivy.” Mr. Stanley Dail, the prin¬ cipal, introduced the speaker. Dr. Leo Jenkins, President of East Carohna Uni¬ versity, addressed the Graduating Class at the Com¬ mencement Exercises on Monday evening, June 2. Special music was provided by the Whitley Band and the Mixed Chorus under the direction of Mr. Charles Burt. Highlighting the evening’s activities was the presentation of diplomas by Mr. J.T. Knott, Jr., Chairman of the Advisory Council, to the one hundred sixty-two Seniors. Challenging the Class of 1969 to “reach for the highest branches,” Dr. Leo Jenkins urges them to choose worthy goals. Pensive Seniors listen intently to sage advice and ponder tomorrow’s mysteries. 11

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Ruling Seniors commmd frosfi oSedience, Red Baroness Helen Glover adeptly manipulates senior lunch trays. Exhibiting brotherly love. Senior Robert Horton playfully prods Freshman Ronnie Horton as he laboriously nose-rolls crushed paper down Whitley corridor. Senior Week again provided these elect upperclassmen vGth special privileges while lowly Freshmen feU victims to their varied demands. Made-up faces, unorthodox dress, and tedious tasks identified participants during this May week, sponsored by the Student Council. While Freshmen polished shoes, ran errands, carried books, fetched lunch trays, and performed special feats, the Seniors strolled the corridors attired as sportsmen, Indians, cowboys, hippies, or in their Sunday best. It was a week of senior sovereignty—freshman obedience. In observance of Cowboy and Indian Day, Senior Sharon Johnson masquerades as comely Indian Maiden. 13