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

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ANNUAL STAFF-SNIPS AND CUTS

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Hrngrrzz in Ihr High Svrhnnl CLOSE observation of this year's High School Work will show that much has been done by the students to bring our standard up to the level in which the other high schools rank. When We speak of raising our standard We do not mean educationally, for since the addition of the eleventh grade our standard along educa- tional lines is parallel with that of other high schools, but what We do mean is that We have striven to bring our school into the circle of real high schoolism by organizing the societies and organizations common to high schools. The first step taken in this direction was to organize a literary society. Before the addition of the eleventh grade, the tenth grade held monthly class meetings, and after the eleventh was added We formed a literary society, in which both tenth and eleventh grades met the fourth Friday of every school month. Some of the most pleasing programmes Were arranged, which were a pleasure, not only to the students, but to the numerous visitors that attended these meetings. The second step, and one which is just as important to the welfare of the schools as the former, Was the or- ganization of an athletic association. Up to this time ath- letics in our school had been practically dead, although several years ago a foot ball team was organized by the tenth grade, but since that time nothing has been done in the athletic line. Under this head the different depart- ments of athletics taken up Were as successful as could be expected, for the association is in its embryonic form and it remains for those Who follow us to keep the ball rolling. The third and most important step was to get out an Annual Magazine. This, we consider, the most important of our numerous undertakings, because a magazine repre- 12