Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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MR. PAUL W. COOPER District Principal Wake Forest, A.B., M.A. Hobbies: Sports, Reading This is the time of achievement. Today, when the world is crying for people with education and knowledge, Cary High School is increasing the opportunities for students to gain these qualities. Educational progress has been the keynote of the ten years of Mr. Paul W. Cooper's administration The faculty has increased from nineteen to fifty-two teachers and the student body has more than doubled in size. The curriculum has broadened to include dramatics, journalism, history of toward the. . . MR. CARL A. MILLS. JR. Assistant Principal Wake Forest, B.S. University of North Carolina, M.Ed. Mathematics Hobby: Fishing, Gardening MRS. JANE INGOLD School Secretary and Treasurer religion, advanced mathematics, chemistry and physics of- fered yearly, Spanish, distributive education and driver edu- cation. The Student Council has been reactivated. Under the leadership of Mr. Cooper, the new primary building, gymnasium, and cafeteria have been added and other buildings renovated. The lighted football field and the new gymnasium have aided the development of an out- standing athletic program. 10

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Early Cooking Class The special school tax was abandoned by an act of the 1933 legislature and Cary, Mt. Vernon Goodwin, and Swift Creek schools were consoli- dates! into Cary Consolidated District No. I. sup- portes! exclusively by county, state and federal funsls. SchtK)l consolidatis n and bus transporta- tion closed the dormitories to boarding students that year. In 1935, besides the regular courses, the school S)fferes! instruction in agriculture, home econom- ics, commercial subjects, piano, violin, band music, expression and art, with special attention given ts dramatics and athletics. During the lean depression years, 1936-1940, the variety of activities at Cary High School was limited. The publication t f the yearbook was suspendes!, and the graduation exercises were very plain. With the forties came Ws rld War II, when many students left Cary to take their places in the armed forces and other positions s f service. The years fs lls»wing -the war were filled with achievement. As if ts» make up fs r the bleak years, the schs ol activities increased, student en- rollment grew, and spirits were high. Early Sewing Class 9

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Atomic Ago MRS. PATTY O NEAI. Cafeteria Manager CAFETERIA WORKERS Mrs. Blackley, Mrs. Ward. Mrs Jones, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stc phens. Mrs. Lloyd. Mrs. I lit liard, and Mrs. Wood. Not Pic tured: Mrs. Speight and Mrs King. NEW CAFETERIA Completed in 1956 In 1954, Cary High School became the first Wake County member of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, whose membership includes the best schools in the South, with high educational standards. Cary High School owes its present position of promi- nence in the educational field to all the educational and com- munity leaders whose faith in the future of young America has helped create and develop it. CUSTODIANS Mr. Odum, Mr. Ross, Mr. Kirk