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

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Seniors do last cramming for final exams. of our School Year Finally spring comes with beach parties, Easter vacation, and sunburns, The Junior class presents in May the long- awaited Junior- Senior. Then come final exams taken with wishful thoughts of June, then g ra d ua t i on , and finally summer vacations, If So Cla ph om or e servants w a i t on upper- ssmen at the 1961 Junior- Senior ban- quet. C si Spring Snow holidays, basketball games, and mid-term exams are also highlights of the winter season. ln spite of all these activi- ties, winter seems to drag out indefinitely. HHSers participate in the UCYM carol ng,

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Parents of many CHHS students marched in the academic procession, Fall With the coming of winter appear boy coats with raccoon collars, letter jackets, and ear muffs. Thoughts of Christmas with the library Christmas tree, adopting a Vietnamese orphan, the Christmas assem- bly, the UCYM carol sing, and church pageants soon follow. The library Christmas tree is enjoyed by all, ' 116: 0. 'xi n the Three Season Fall brings the opening of school with football games, I-lomecoming, and the re- turn to school routine. Last fall the most important event was President Kennedy's visit to Chapel Hill to receive an honorary degree. All the city schools were dis- missed so that the students might attend Kennedy's speech, delivered in Kenan Stadium, nedy 's speech. inter C HHSers listen to Ken

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A Thanksgiving Dance sponsor and her escort leave the Carolina lnn, scene of the formal Thanksgiving Dance. n the Three Phases Social Life Social life at Chapel Hill High School varies from informal sock hops in the gym to the Thanksgiving Dance, held in the elegant .Carolina Inn ballroom. The Junior- Senior, the most spectacular event of the year, is thorough- ly enjoyed by the Seniors, but, for the Juniors, tired from nights of decorating, the dance simply means great relief. Other highlights of the social calendar include the Home- coming Dance and the Sweetheart Ball, Throughout the year various school organizations also give dances and parties for their members or the student body. The Latin Club Dance and the PROCONIAN'S After Exams Dance are typical of these. CHHSers twist at a sock hop. D cademic The academic program at Chapel Hill y High School has long been very strong. A Accredited by the Southern Association of Schools, CHHS sends a high percentage of its graduates to college each year. As further proof of its high academic quality, this year Chapel Hill High School had six- teen National Merit Semi-Finalists. Industrious Sophomores study hard.