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

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CIIIL-,, ,45N,EES EES P--il EEE3 F C::7T:::R'N1 Early in September 1950, there assembled in the two home rooms, presided over by Miss Penny and Mrs. Lawson, a group of eighty-one rather non-descript individuals classed as freshmen. Who would guess even after close examination of those eighty-one faces, that back of those blank expressions lay hidden talents? Not long after the open- ing of school, this same group assembled to organize. Mary Henry was elected president. All went smoothly that first year until nearly the end of school. On this particular occasion, without any previous warnings whatsoever, clamorous sounds, seemingly escaping from Room 10, shook the old gloomy second-floor corridor relentlessly. Passers-by, wide-eyed and curious, anxiously awaited the bell for the change of classes when they might find out the cause of the sudden outburst. The minutes passed slowly by. At last, the bell rang, the door opened, and there was re- vealed to the curious eyes of the outsider a group of students vaguely resembling those freshmen who only an hour before had with humble and unimportant footsteps entered that same room. At last the story was told--how in all seriousness Mrs. Heinitsh had told these students that they were the best class in Algebra I she had had in all her experience in teaching. And that, my friends, is the legend of nThe 1930 Fresh- man Transfiguredn. The next year at the opening of school eighty-one Sophomores assem- bled, the same number as had enrolled as freshmen the preceding year. In the homerooms of Miss Penny and Mrs. Heinitsh they were all seated, each one trembling a little wifh the joy of oeing freshmen no longer. The class was organized and settled down to work. Classes were running smoothly. Sophomores could be recognized by their nraptu expressions as they repeated to one another Hall the world's a stagen with flourishes and dramatic gestures. At other times, outside the closed door of Room lO mysterious mumblings in monotone could be faintly heard. nThe locus of all points equidistant from the extremities of a segment--U. That was the Geometry class with Mrs. Heinitsh at the front of the room vigorously touching her magic wand to various points on a figure and repeating wierd incantations. ' Juniors at last! One of our first thoughts as Juniors was Junior rings. These were the object of great interest and enthusiasm for near- ly four months. Under the leadership of Billy Hudson, the class president, the Juniors conducted several meetings to select and order their rings. Around Christmas the Juniors succeeded in selling the most Tuber- cular seals and were rewarded by free tickets to-the Carolina Theater. Several members of the Junior class, that year, distinguished them- selves by capturing some of Miss Penny s golden nA'su. It is worth mentioning too that most of them succeeded in passing Math. III. Finally, at the end of the year we presented to the Seniors the customary Junior-Senior Banquet. All sorts of songs, skits, and take- offs were presented. Oh yes, and the High School faculty was there too, and added their part to the entertainment. The next September, out of the eighty-one fresh en who four years ago entered high school, fifty-five returned as seniors to work again toward their temporary goal. The war waged for senior privileges has finally subsided and com- mencement time draws near. Under Miss Sallie Page's leadership, the senior class expects to out out an annual--the first in several years-- and in the face of depression. With mingled feelings of joy and regret we now await the time when we shall step up and receive our diplomas--the symbol of four years of high school life. Margaret Munch, Historian s 15

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