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

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WE HAD an angle, a way of looking at things, an attitude, a sense of tradition, a unity. We had THE CENTRAL ANGLE. No group of people will ever be the same as we were at Central this year. The Central Angle will never be repeated because 1975-1976 will never be repeated. And for those of us who lived it in our special way, the year and the Central Angle will never be forgotten. We looked around us, within us, back to the past, ahead to the future. What we saw affected the way we thought, the angle vve had. But we, at Central, were able to fuse all the influences of our lives into one angle. ln- volvement in the angle made the year 1975- 1976 special for us. 0ur thoughts, our actions, and our dreams were the essence of THE CEN- 53iQi32AL ANGLE.

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The Central Angle was influenc- ed by our living in a town with a population. of about 65,000. Look- ing around, we found conveniences and disadvantages of being cen- trally located between two cities both with populations between 100,000 and 200,000. We sought entertainment from the Greens- boro and Winston-Salem coli- seum complexes and recreational centers. We sought large area shopping conveniences from ,Four Seasons Niall in Greensboro and Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem. But the large cities were crowded, impersonal, and carried with them liberal views of important issues. We were small, conservative, able to be personal. We lived in a liquor prohibited area with strict Sunday Blue Laws. We didn't have an excess of smog or over- crowding. We got along with each other. We cared about each other. The enthusiasm of our stu- dents was a product of a cross- town rivalry and pride in our school. Anything that affected the school affected the whole town, and in turn, anything that hap- pened in the town had an affect on the school. ln a big city, the faculty construction of a stadium would have been a minor issue, they have several others. But the breakdown of A.J. Simeon Stad- ium was big news, it was the only one we had. r The small town influence didn't let us form totally diverse cliques. 2 Sure we had groups' of people with similarities at Central, but our small town personality helped us accept others and tolerate them and their differences. Right here, in Central, the personal touch of a small town was evident. Service clubs increased the school's enthusiasm and inter- relationships by doing joint pro- jects. In a large town, it wouldn't have made any difference. Nobody would care to lend a hand to someone who wasn't in their group. Defechve Above- IT IS the only one we have Right- WE CARE about each other and are willing to help