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

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Class activities have not been neglected. The Sophomore class has started a scrap book containing notes. pictures, and information in regard to the class or its members. This should proyg imfaluabie to the class historian two years hence. Both the Sophomore and Junior classes have set certain obiectives for themselvesg eg., presenting of information to their members concerning vocations, schools, and scholarships. The Junior class has had the additional task of providing entertainment for the Seniors. The reception this year was a decided success. The Senior class has been engaged in those activities common to Senior classes, buying of rings, arranging for commencement and making plans for next year. More genuine interest in making a wise choice of 21 college is apparent among the members of this class than any we have known. The following facts concerning this class prove illuminating and challenging: 5343 entered Sophomore class September, 1929 1379? are still in school AVE, have withdrawn or. of those who entered September. 1929. 5052? will graduate at Commencement for last! 17'l, are demoted to Junior class-Y--retarded KSQQ, have withdrawn This last group is made up as follows: 15.704 withdrawn and nothing known of them SJW moved away from Charlotte 4.09, gone to private school 4.0'7lv withdrawn to work 2.091 withdrawn to loaf LW? married .47 withdrawn because of ill health ,Z '72, dead 33.0'7Z Total These figures suggest the need of a guidance program that increases the holding power of the school. lf we eliminate the group that has withdrawn because the family has moved away we still have lost one- fourth of our class that entered in September, 1929. Through personnel work on the part of the deans, principal. and teachers. through a wholesome and enthusiastic school spirit. and through courses of recognized value. we might to be able to hold more of these young people. Raising the educational status of our citizenship should make our city and state a better place in which to live. This has been a particularly successful year for our musical organizations. Both band and orchestra won first place in the state contest at Greensboro. These organizations have done much to improve the musical tone of the city. l'ivic clubs and organizations holding conventions in Charlotte have found the musical groups in Charlotte of great help to them. Central has kept up her usual athletic record. The number of championships won is one indication of the vigor with which our students have played. The athletic section shows the results of these various contests. Another index of the value of such activities is the number of students who participated. Eligibility blanks were made for the following number of boys: football, 46g basketball, 10: baseball. 205 track, 45g tennis. 4: golf. 4----Total, 129. Some of these enrollments represent duplicates. Actually 106 different boys are represented in these registrations. Frankly, is that too few or too many? ls our athletic program reaching enough boys? The two main sports for girls this year have been basketball and hockey. About seventy-Five girls come out for basketball and nearly a hundred for hockey. The latter sport drew so many because of the inter-class games. Increased facilities in the way of auxiliary gymnasium and coaches would enable us to do more with an intra-school program. Our aim should be in this direction. Many awards have come this year to our students or former students. Teddy Burwell of the class of 1928, was selected for the Rhodes Scholarship. Beaumert Vt'hitton. a third-year student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been selected editor of The Tech for next year. Many graduates have been chosen as class presidents or editors of the publications of their college. All of this participation in school activities is proof of the value of the extra-curricular program in Central. An increased teaching load has prevented the members of our faculty from doing much that they might have accomplished otherwise, but every person has been busy on some additional project. The entire staff has been divided into groups of approximately equal size and has made an intensive study of the particular problem adopted by that group. The scholarship committee has been on the alert seeking information from colleges about methods of securing scholarships. They have sought to interest individuals and organizations in setting up such scholarships or loan funds. Their efforts are producing results. The reaction on the students themselves has been most encouraging. They realize as never before that teacher and student must work together and that they can to mutual advantage. The guidance. publicity. curriculum. legislation, and parent relationship committees have all done invaluable work. Such responsibility as has been initiated and assumed by these committees has made our school a more etfective educational agency. Student and faculty participation have contributed much to the success of Central. May each year see such activity grow. Page Twenty-four