Aiken High School - Hornet Yearbook (Aiken, SC)

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Pete Wallace, president; Alice Willing, secretary, and Faye Rackley, vice-president, pause for a few minutes in the teachers' lounge to pose for the Hornet photographer. Quill and Scroll is an honorary organization which strives to uphold the best in any field of journalistic endeavor. This includes editing and business managing as well as newspaper and yearbook copywriting. The requirements for membership in Quill and Scroll are that candidates be either juniors or seniors ranking in the upper one-third of their class, be members of a recognized publication, and perforin duties on that publication in a commendable manner. The organization was advised by Miss Mary Lou Barlow, adviser of the Hornet, and Mrs. June Geiger, adviser of Hi-Times. Laird Slade, Ruth Worley, Loretta Plott, Sydney White, Ramona Pierce, Jim Overbeck, Miss Barlow, adviser, Alice Willing, Faye Rackley, Mrs. Geiger, adviser, Karen Ilansen, Chartee Muckenfuss, Drayton Sanders, Pete Wallace, Sybil McNeil. 20

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Members of the executive committee of the South Carolina Federation of National Honor Society Chapters, who met in Aiken prior to the March convention, are Drayton Sanders, president; Beth Jones, district representative; Ruthie Starr, vice-president; Rebecca Price, secretary; Darla Batson, treasurer; Tom McCutchen, district representative; and Mrs. Margaret Bobo, state adviser. characteristics in leadership, service, and character in his school life. The membership of the chapter cannot exceed fifteen per cent of the number of the graduating class. At the beginning of each semester the new members, who have been recommended by the chapter members and by an executive committee, are inducted into the society in a formal ceremony. In this impressive induction service the new members pledge to uphold the standards of the society. Under the guidance of the adviser, M rs. Margaret Bobo, the chapter participated in several school programs; they sponsored College Emphasis Day; they provided flowers for the principal’s office on special occasions. Drayton Sanders served the 1954-55 term as state president of the S. C. F. N. H. S. C.; the state convention was held at AIIS on March 9, 10, 11. Below: Representatives of twenty high schools of South Carolina gathered for the state NHS convention. They are shown below during the banquet which featured a speech by Dr. Donald Russell, president of the University of South Carolina. 19

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Music is the universal language. The chorus, under the direction of Mr. William T. Slaughter, has enlivened many Chorus of the activities of the school. The annual Christmas cantata and the spring concert were the two main presentations of the chorus. This organization also participated in May Day, commencement exercises and presented assembly programs during the year. Each member of the chorus received instruction in chord progressions, sightsinging, and all other phases of the fundamentals of music. Every member of chorus learned to sight sing any composition in any key, sharp or flat, by the end of the one-year course. Top Row: Sylvia Glass, Barbara Budnaitis, Sandra Stumpf, Rannie Sparkman, Glenda Thompson, Helen Hay, Virginia Jones. Second Row: Claire Owens, Luanne Sanders, Mary Frances Wright, Eva Dell Smith, Pat Johnson, Joan Laughridge, Freda Dorman, Judy Harrison, Helen Vogt. Third Row: Louise Coulson, Mary Lou Robertson, Gail Wood, Sandy Voigt, Edna Bosler, Linda Martin, Annetta Spruell, Sydney White, Ramona Pierce. Fourth Row: Jessie Lee Key, Inez Cook, Zelma Chrisawn, Sandra Shanker, Cissy Slayton, Dee Chandler, Linda Howard, Mary Thomas, June Laughridge. Fifth Row: Sabri Ann Dodenhoff. Janet Swope. Roger Martin, Everett Summerall. Gary Helms, Walter Rogers, William Yarborough. Diane Blake. Peggy Tyler. Sixth Row: Mike Summerall, Jerry Trollinger, Roland Seigler, Alfred Gunter, Jack Hosea, William Montjoy, Lynn Biggs, Cecil Etherredge, Herndon McElmurray. Every chorus needs an accompanist and the Aiken High organization is no exception. Filling the position this year was Annetta Spruell with Everett Summerall as her assistant. Mr. Slaughter here helps Annetta with one of the more difficult passages.