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

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Stuhent 9Drgaui5atiu11 HIS year, for the first time, the student-body of Alexander Graham ,ji High School Was organized, under the direction of Dr. Garinger. li . K lx Byrd Crayton was chosen to the presidency, the highest office 'l ,an is which a student of Charlotte High School can hold. Margaret 1 F12 H . Henderson was elected vice-president, and Mabel Williams, secre- tary and treasurer. The duty of the student-body president is to preside at all official meetings of the students, and to direct plans for raising funds for Char- lotte High School, or for carrying out any scheme, of the students for the betterment of the high school. He, too, has general supervision of' all school organizations and activities. So far, Byrd has successfully dif rected plans for two large school entertainments-Stunt Night and the Carnival. The purpose of Stunt Night was to raise funds for furnishing a teachers' rest room. As a result, the room was beautifully furnished. The Carnival was held to get the high school paper, The Advocate, out of debt. The vice-president of the student-body, of course, presides in the absence of the president. As secretary and treasurer, Mabel Williams has done very efficient work. She has kept minutes of the chapel exercises held each Tuesday and Thursday, which Will prove very interesting to review. All the money belonging to the student-body passes through her hands. Our student officers have filled their positions very capably this year, and we feel that our first venture in student organization has been quite successful. 4 122 . t will ly 7 - ' 5? 55,4 N 3 V

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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.