Chapel Hill High School - Hill Life Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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C. regiine. lt is gr21ti1vi11g to tl1e 111611613 of tl1e scl1oo1 to know that its gra1lu21tes have, 211111ost witl1o11t exception, stoo1l well i11 tl1e various colleges to wl1icl1 t11ey have gone, a111l tl121t llllllly of 1116111 l1ave taken 2111 exceptionally high st21n1l i11 sc11o121rsl1ip as well 21s Z1 proniinent part i11 tl1e varietl activities of our hest ll1S111111l!l11S. Tl1e sc11ool has heen accre11ite1l hv tl1e Asso- 1'i21ti11n of Colleges 211111 Secoiiclary Schools of tl1e Southern States since 1916, 211141 its FCCOIT1 for 512111111 IUI'ClJ21l'Z11lUl1 is atteste1l hy tl1e cleans of a score of i11stit11tio11s in t11eir a11111121l reports to tl1e SCL'l'C1Zl1'y of the Ctl1lll11lSSlUl1 o11 .Xccre11ite11 Schools. 111 1924 El vocational curricul11111 was i11stit11te1l leading to a 111171011121 which is to he awa1'1le1l for tl1e lirst ti111e i11 1925. Tl1is CU1'l'lC1ll11I11 is not clesignetl to satisfy college Cl11TZl11C6 1'e1l11iren1ents hut ratl1er to prepare th1-se 11ot ll11C11tll11Q' to go to college for llltJl'6 intelligent 211111 l11Ul'C et1ectiv lJ2ll'1lL'llJ2l11lJ11 i11 social a111l civic Zi1TZ1ll'S 215 wll as for more i11te11ige11t 1-Zlfllllllg 211111 home 61111168 Those receiving this 611111011121 may, l1owever, hy earning 211l1litio11a1 cre1lit i11 one or two siilzjectsifillifff lllillly of our hest colleges witl1out COl1Cl11ll1l1. liver si11ce the estahlishinent of the gr211le11 scl1ool i11 1909, it 1121s heen tl1e policy of tl1e school 111121111 211111 of tl1e C'h21pe1 Hill Clllllllllllllfy' to extencl tl1e henehts of tl1e school heyo1111 tl1e special tax 1listrict to the S111'1'O11l1l1ll1g' CO11111l'Y. 111 carry- ing out tl1is policy tl1e local ho21r1l has 112111 at 2111 times the 1111611351611 a111l intelligent cooperation of tl1e cou11ty Sl1lJCl'1111Cl1C1C'111 of schools 211111 of 111C co1111ty hogml 111' C'Ql1.lCE1tlOl1. Tl1e results 21tt21i11e1l l1ave ahu111lantly iustihecl tl1e wis1lon1 of this course, 211tl1o11gl1 tl1e special tax 1listrict 11as carrie1l, 211111 is Ctll11l1111ll1Q 'o carry, more 1112111 E111 ecluitahlc s1121re of the 1111111611 of support. l,et it he sai1l, too, tl121t tl1e people of tl1e country clistricts 2110111111 Chapel 11111 who are genuinely intereste1l i11 giving their cl1il1lre11 tl1e hest possihle e1l11catio1121l ?lC1VZll11E1g'6S have 21pp1'eciate1l the opportunities 21t1or1le11 them hy the school 211111 l1ave on all lJCCZlSlO11S manifested their willingness to 11o what they Cfllllll to coop- er21te i11 cleveloping here a higger 211111 hetter school. l3ut 110116 has appreciatefl tl1ese OlJlJOI E111111lCS l1lOI'C than tl1e line hoys 211111 girls tl1e111selvs who l1ave co111e in iroin tl1e L'UL1111l'y 1listricts to atte111l the Chapel 'Hill School. 1Yh21t Z1 hue 211111 proniising lot they are! Tl1e school 1121s no l11Ul'C loyal supporters, co-workers, 111111 vvell-wishers tl12111 they. They are playing Zl large part, 211111 they are going to pl21y ZII1 i11creasi11gly larger part, i11 11I'1l1Q'lI'lg' ahout i11 Orange County a hner civilization 211111 i11 lllfllilllg' of it El hetter pl21ce in which to live fl 111OI'C 21h1111112111t life. lfor tl1e Cl11'l'Cl11 sc11ool YCZII' 39 per cent of tl1e pupils i11 tl1e ClC1116l11Z11'y gI'21C1CS 211111 60 per ce11t of those i11 tl1e l1igl1 school gracles live outsi11e tl1e special tax district. 111 tl1e larger prograin of C1CYC1fl1J111Cl11 just ahea1l. tl1ere is yet one ll1llDO1'1Z1111 step to he talcen i11 provi1ling for this 1111l11CC1lZl1C L'O111l'11l1lll1j', 211111 tl1is section of tl1e county, tl1e school facilities necessary i11 Z1 growing a111l expanding CUl11l1111ll111' life. That step is the co11soli1latio11 of 2111 tl1e schools 111: Chapel lrlill township into one system 211111 tl1e levying of a uniforni special tax o11 tl1e entire townslnp for T110 s11pport of tl121t system. Tl1is step is i11cvit21hle if e1l11c21tio11211 opport1111ities i11 tl1e township are to he equalizecl, a111l if tl1e 1311111011 of tax support is to he n1a1le equit- 211116 i11 a prograin calling for equal e1l11catio1121l 01J1JOl'111l11ty. But this is prophecy 111111 not l1istory. l,et us l1ope that l1e who writes tl1is sectio11 for tl1e next iss11e of l111.1.11f12 will he ahle to recor1l tl1e fact tl121t this step 1121s hee11 taken! Page Sl:l'1l'I'll1