Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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WE WERE looking in, in ourselves and in Central, learning to combine our information and emotions into values and goals workable for us and Central. Looking in, we saw what had influenced us at Central this year. A new principal and new faculty and staff members were among the changes that brought about a new attitude and a readjusting. The doors that had been a traditional part of our traditional building were taken away and replaced with a more prac- tical door. The library and its systems were revised. Additions to the cur- riculum for college preparatory and business students broadened stu- dents' opportunities for a well- rounded education in their fields. These changes influenced and af- fected us by symbolizing improve- ment, change for the better, pride in our school and its quality. What were we talking about? What were the subjects from which we formed our Central Angle? We talked 5 I about the transportation problem. We heatedly discussed the need for air conditioning. We talked about people, their problems, and their successes. Grades, teachers, clubs, and sports, cars, the opposite sex, and dating were conversational top- ics in both large and small groups. We formed attitudes and emotions of ourselves and our school from the information we gained in these con- versations. Memories shape our emotions and attitudes perhaps more than any- thing else. Memories of football and basketball games, of cold winter nights, and warm spring afternoons. Memories of teachers who cared and teachers who didn't, students who cared and students who didn't. Mem- ories of homework and Homecoming, of the school play and the prom. Memories of friends and fellowship. Memories of the problems we learned from. Memories of the student in- volvement and school spirit. OTVOSDGCT future... Looking around us, looking behind us, looking within ourselves and our school. These aspects of our lives affected our attitude as a whole. They were what made Central what it was this year. They were . the reason we thought and acted as we did. But there was another factor in the back of our minds that was shaping the Central Angle. We knew there would be a time when we would have to look to the future, our Top- CONVERSATION: SHAPING our attitudes. Bottom- RELATIONSHIPS: PERCEIVING others. 7

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Upper Left -e STRIKING THE typical right on pose. Ken Reams adds tothe Bison spirit. Upper Right - THE TYPICAL students at si ,easy - AN Central are camera shyl? Lower Left - BOOKS IN hand, another day. A student takes it all in stride. Mi Lower Right - FELLOWSHIP WITH friends under the trees of Central, The essence ot studentlife. WHAT WAS it like to be a part of Central? lt was going to the school play and the Ju- nior-Senior Prom. It was being in the Talent Show or showing your enthusiasm as a spec- tator. lt was dressing up on Spirit Days, Blue-and-White Day, Hat Day, and Tacky-Halloween Day, to boost the team. It was going to assemblies, giving blood, re- ceiving a sports or business award. It was being yourself as a unique part of a unique school. lt was having fun, being able to ex- press your joys and sorrows, your gripes and compliments. ,lt was being a part of a view, an attitude -the Central Angle.