Charlotte Technical High School - Technique Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 70 of the 1929 volume:

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Littell, drawing; Mattye McNinch, first grade; Lula Faye Clegg, history; Daphne Ransom, English; S.L. Gunders on, mechanics. (Fourth row, from left) Stella Kittles, math; Maie Myers, part-time geography teacher; N.F. Cooledge, wood shop; and Forest T. Selby, principal. ★ ★ ■ Queen City Printing Company A COMPLETE SERVICE FOR SCHOOL ANNUALS Charlotte, N. C. TECHNIQUE I 9 2 9 VOLUME I Published by the SENIOR CLASS of CHARLOTTE TECH HIGH SCHOOL Charlotte, North Carolina CHARLOTTE TECH HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING H. P. HARDING Superintendent City Schools H. K. MOORE Principal, ' 22-’26 DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM Superintendent Emeritus School Board F. M. REDD, Mayor LESTER WOLFE CHARLES BLACKBURN John Paul Lucas W. R. Foreman Harvey W. Moore J. W. Cole James A. Houston Chase Brenizer Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary FOREWORD It IS our desire in the publication of this volume, merely to record in simple and effective manner, the deeds of our student days, so that in future life, we may turn its pages and revive memories of the joys and sorrows of our days at Tech High. May it recall, especially, that fine spirit of loyalty and co-opera- tion shown by faculty and stu- dents at all times. Look not upon it for its faults and shortcomings, but realize that it holds between its covers our sincere efforts. ©e uatet) to Jiliss Bapfme Ransom 3lt is to pou anb mljat pou Ijabe Stoob for, anb tufjat pou babe meant to ns anb ®ecf) J|tgl), that toe, in lobe, aboratton anb Ijigfj respect bebicate tl)is tbe first bo him e of the fEedjmgue. jHap it eber keep strong tlje tie of lobe anb com= rabsbip tljat binbs nS- K )t Senior Class of ’29 [ten] FACULTY Daphne Ransom English B. S. George Peabody College; Emory University Maie Myers Part Time Class Marshall College Graduated Lula Faye Clegg History A. B. Greensboro College; Columbia University Stella Fuessel Kitt ' es .. Mathematics A. B. Winthrop; University of South Carolina; George Peabody College Otis Paul Fitte d A. B. University of Kentucky .Mechanical Drawing Mabel Harrison Underwood Simmons College; Boston University Business Lillis Russell B. S Winthrop College Home Economics George Herbert West Ohio University Wood Working Enola Lillian Abernethy A. B. Greensboro College French, English Henry A. Hoon Hillsdale College; Western State Normal Auto Mechanics Ruth Frances Meinung Science B. S. Winthrop College; University of North Carolina; Columbia University Ellen Elizabeth Manship Home Economics B. S. Winthrop College; Columbia University Florence Elizabeth McDuffie English, Mathematics B. S., A. B. Wheaton College Grace Kathleen Kinder- Home Economics B. S. Winthrop College Frances V. Clary Civics, Mathematics A. B. University of Georgia Forest T. Selby Principal B. S. Miami University, M. A. Columbia University [ eleven] STAFF NELL DELLINGER Editor-in-Chief ISHMAEL HOUSE Assistant Editor GEORGE CARPENTER Business Manager MISS DAPHNE RANSOM Faculty Advisor [ twelve] SENIORS [ thirteen] SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS NELL DELLINGER.. President OREN HART Vice-President FRANCES ALEXANDER Secretary CLARA BELLE BIGGERS Treasurer Faculty Advisor MISS DAPHNE RANSOM Colors — Pink and Green Flower — Rose and Fern Motto — Honor Lies at Labor’s Gate [ fourteen] FRANCES ALEXANDER “She held the love of all — Life has no more to give.” Representative to Student Council, ’26 Glee Club, ’27. Secretary-Treasurer Junior Class, ’28. Dramatic Club, ’28. Class Statistician, ’29. Student Council, ’29. Secretary Senior Class, ’29. DARTHA BAREFOOT “ Kind to the core, brave and true.” Track, ’26. Girl Reserve. ’26. Glee Club, 2 8-’29. JAMES BERRY “Not that I love study less, But I love fun more.” Dramatic Club, ’26. Football, ’28-’29. Baseball, ’28. CLARA BELLE BIGGERS “Popular, and full of grace.” Glee Club, ’27-’28-’29. Girl Reserve, ’27-’28-’29. Cheer Leader, ’28-’29. Secretary Student Council, ’28. Student Council, ’29. Treasurer Senior Class, ’29. FRANK BIGGERS “ Not too serious, Not too gay, But a good fellow ever.” Kodak Club, ’26. MARY BROOME “A big heart always wishing to do right and to be a friend to all.” Literary Society, ’27-’28. [ fifteen] R. K. BROWN, JR. “Hapipiness is cheaper than ivorry So why pay the higher price;” Glee Club, ’26. Football, ’26. Literary Club, ’27. GEORGE CARPENTER “A deep thinker, a tvorkcr, and a gentleman.” Dramatic Club, ’26. Business Manager Football Team, ’28. Student Council, ’28. Business Manager “Technique,” ’29. Class Testator, ’28. LUTHER CARTER “ He reads much; he is a great observer.” Kodak Club, ' 26. WALTER CLARK “In every nook, both great and small It is industry that supports us all.” Radio Club, ’26. Student Council, ’29 Harmonica Club, ’29 NELL DELLINGER “To play the game for all there ' s in it, To play the game and play to zvin it.” Glee Club, ’26-’27-’28-’29. Student Council, ’27-’28-’29. Cheer Leader, ’28-’29. President Senior Class, ’29. Editor-in-Chief “Technique,” ’29. OREN HART “A man of fezo words; and square.” Student Council, ’29. Vice-President Senior Class, ’29. [sixteen] ISHMAEL HOUSE “The wisest man is usually the one Who thinks himself least so.” Kodak Club, ’26. Football, ’29. Assistant Editor “Technique,” ’29. Class Prophet, ’29. EVELYN HURT “Let me fail in trying to do something rather than sit still and do nothing.” Glee Club, ’26-’27-’28-’29. Track, ’26-’27. Dramatic Club, ’26-’28. Girl Reserve, ’27-’28. Cheer Leader, ’28. Basketball, ’28. ETHEL KERR “Pensive maid, devout and pure, Noble, steadfast, and demure.” Glee Club, ’26-’27-’28-’29. Girl Reserve, ’27-’28. Assistant News Reporter, ’29. Composer of Senior Song, ’29. ERNEST MOBLEY “All great men are dying and I don’t feel well myself.” Treasurer Sophomore Class, ’27. MARIE MYERS “Her voice was gentle , soft and low — an excellent thing in woman.” French Club, ’27. Glee Club, ’28. Member Student Council, ’29. News Reporter, ’29. MARY ORR “When she thought a thing , she said it.” Dramatic Club, ’26. Secretary Reserve, ’27. Glee Club, ’27. Editor Girl Reserve, ’28. [seventeen] MARGARET PRICE Happy am I, from care I am free, Why can’t they all be contented like me?” Girl Reserve, ’27. Dramatic Club, ’28. PAULINE ROSS “The readiness in doing doth express No other but the doer’s willingness.” Captain Basketball Squad, ’26- 27. Dramatic Club, ’27. Vice-President Literary Society, ’27. Vice-President Junior Cluss, ’28. ERNEST SELVY Every inch a man — some man.” President Kodak Club, ’26.. Football, ’28-’29. LUCILE SWARINGEN “Good nature and good sense are ever joined.” Dramatic Club, ’26. Glee Club, ’27-’28. Assistant Editor “Junior Observer,” ’28. Composer of Senior Song, ’29. JAMES THOMPSON Whistling, smiling, or singing a song, Happy and contented, he jogs along.” Dramatic Club, ’25. Basketball, ’26-’27-’28. Baseball, ’28. Football, ’28-’29. LORENA WHITE “When hearts are true, few words will do.” Glee Club, ’26. Girl Reserve, ’27-’28. Class Poet, ’29. [eighteen] CLASS PROPHECY I CAME from Mars. I came upon the earth when I was a boy of twelve. H ow? Ask me not. I only remember that one night I fell asleep and when I awoke I was in a strange world. 1 have only faint memories of the world from which, by some cruel fortune, I was snatched, to be cast adrift upon a world so unlike my Mars which is filled with happiness, and whose inhabitants accomplish things that men upon the earth will proclaim as impos- sible for thousands of years to come. The first night I was upon the earth I discovered that I could tell the past, present, or future of any individual by simply gazing intently for a few moments upon the familiar planet above me. It would send out rays of light which would immediately take the form of pictures. Realizing that I had been endowed with some supernatural power, I learned the English language and opened a studio in New York City. While I was meditating over some marvelous revelations one night, a lady and a gentleman entered my studio. I learned that they were Dr and Mrs. Frank Biggers and that the latter had once answered to the name of Marie Myers. They had heard of my prophetic ability and had come to find out the whereabouts of their old Senior classmates. Mrs. Biggers produced a careworn volume, the first edition of the “Technique,” and showed me the pictures of each individual so that I might recognize them as they appeared before me. I studied the faces several moments and then looked out of the window in the direction of my beloved and all-wise planet. As I gazed upon it, rays of light began to encircle it. These slowly formed themselves into a picture, an immense factory with a large dazzling sign across the front, bear- ing these words: “The Mobley-Broom Chewing Gum Company.” Ernest Mobley, President Mary Broom, Vice-President This vision faded and another succeeded it: This was of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The luminous marquee announced that Miss Clara Belle Biggers would appear in concert that night. Judging from the crowd at the entrance, I knew that Miss Biggers was one of the leading artists of the day. In the next scene one of New York’s seventy-five story office buildings loomed up before me. The huge sign in front informed me that the build- ing was being constructed by the noted Architectural-Engineering Firm, Car- penter Berry. The succeeding picture showed a vast auditorium that I recognized to be the Senate Chamber of the United States. There in one of the chairs, sat a [nineteen] young woman. She b ore an odd resemblance to someone in the group of ’29, though she was older and more dignified. 1 soon decided, however, that she was no other than Evelyn Hurt. Noticing the scene further, I recog- nized the speaker on the floor as Ernest Selvy. A United States Postal Service Plane now flew across the horizon. The skillful pilot within proved to be Oren Hart. My visitors were quite excited by this time and begged me to continue. For a few seconds I closed my eyes to shut out the intensity of the rays of light. When 1 again looked up at the heavens, the pictures came even more rapidly. First, the golden glory of an orange grove met my eyes. Standing in the shade of one of the trees was Pauline Ross. A very contented expres- sion showed that she was Monarch of All She Surveyed” — not only of the orange grove, but of her husband, R. K. Brown, Jr., who was a successful California orange grower. The central figure in the next picture was an automobile. As the car was of an unusual type, I looked for the name and it was, “Clark.” A magnificent temple of learning, surrounded by beautiful shrubs, walks, and flowers next came into view. I could see engraved in the marble above the entrance Charlotte Tech High School. In a luxuriously furnished office within, which I knew to be the principal’s, sat Dr. Forest T. Selby, quite gray and wrinkled, and, if possible, a little stouter, giving instructions to his secretary, Ethel Kerr. A race track now stretched out before me. Thinking that I might find one of the members of the class there, I scanned the faces of the racers and recognized James Thompson. A scene, differing vastly from the last, was now visible. A little mission church in China was filled with new converts. Their voices, led by Frances Alexander and Margaret Price, were raised in an anthem of praise. A won- drous revival appeared to be taking place in the hearts of the natives. What a wonderful work was being done by these two faithful missionaries, I thought, as the picture faded. I now saw a beautiful library building. Lorena White came down one of the aisles, stopped, and looked with pride upon a section of poems which bore her name. The next picture featured an exclusive millinery and ladies’ ready-to-wear shop in a large city. On a very unique sign in front I read, “Dartha’s Shop.” The scene now shifted to one of the leading theaters on Broadway. Upon the screen was flashed some very valuable information. I learned that Luther Carter was one of Warner Brother’s most reliable directors. Mary Orr was starring in The Flying Flapper, the scenario of which was arranged by the popular writer, Lucile Swaringen. [twenty] I now turned to my visitors. “But kind prophet,” said Mrs. Biggers, “you have omitted our dear old class president, Nell Dellinger. Do please look again and reveal to us her fate.” My eyes were growing weary but l could distinguish faintly a cozy little bungalow on a beautiful hill. Within was enshrined love and happiness. Nell was the heroine, and “Steve,” the hero. My visitors left after this last picture vanished, somewhat awed but not believing in the least. It is thus that 1 go along the road of Life picking out my meager existence in unutterable loneliness, always disbelieved when I tell my prophecies which always prove true. ISHMAEL HOUSE, Prophet. CLASS POEM Dear old Tech High School And friends we love so well The time has come for us to go And to say to you, farewell. As we travel along life s pathway O’er mountains great and small, Tech High memories shall uplift us Should we ever waver or fall. We ne’er forget you, dear teachers You’ve steered us through many a gale. You helped us when we were drifting. Through deep waters, you helped us sail. And special honor goes to one To her, our true thanks we extend For her love and service among us M iss Ransom, our teacher and friend. LORENA WHITE. CLASS SONG Tune: Will My Dreams Come True 1 he time to leave is drawing near We soon must say good-bye, And leave our classmates, teachers dear. Our friends, and Ole Tech High. We start out now to play the game In battles, we ll take part. We 11 always love and honor you, Dear Tech, with all our heart. Chorus Farewell Tech High, friends, teachers true, Befo re we go away We have a word to say to you Who’ve helped us on Life’s way. Our memories of Tech High will last Forever and for aye. We love the best school that’s on earth Farewell, Tech High, to you. LUC1LE SWARINGEN, ETHEL KERR. [ twenty-one] SENIOR STATISTICS T HIS is a statistical survey of the graduating class of 29 . Its component parts are twenty-four young men and women, ranging from average to super, both in intelligence and looks. Journey as Freshmen, eight enlisted as Seniors. Look closely now and I will reveal facts which were determined by a vote Sunniest . — . Nell Dellinger Funniest ..Evelyn Hurt Luckiest lshmael House Pluckiest Oren Hart Worst Grumbler Lucile Swaringen Worst Mumbler Luther Carter Lankiest George Carpenter Crankiest Marie Myers Worst Looker Walter Clark Worst Cooker Clara Belle Biggers Dumpiest Margaret Price Grumpiest Luther Carter Hardest Worker ... Ethel Kerr Hardest Shirker ... Ernest Mobley Queerest ... ... Dartha Barefoot Twelve of the members began the Juniors, and four joined the Ranks as to you some very important personal of the class. Most Serious Dudiest Mary Broom R. K. Brown and Frank Biggers tied for this honor. Moodiest .. .James Thompson Best Giggler James Berry Best Wiggler Mary Orr Happiest Lorena White Scrappiest Ernest Selvy Most Stylish Marie Myers Most Smilish Pauline Ross Sleepiest Ernest Mobley Weepiest Frances Alexander Biggest Primp Mary Orr Biggest Simp James Berry Frances Alexander, Statistician. [twenty-two] Last Will and Testament of Seniors State of North Carolina County of Mecklenburg W E, the Senior Class of Tech High, of said state and county, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills heretofore ma de by US. We wish our executor, as soon as possible after our departure, to dispose of the following: SECTION I Article i To the class of 1930, we bequeath the privilege of following our most illustrous footsteps and the honor of occupying the front seats in chapel which we, the class of 1929, have just vacated. They also are to come into possession of our intelligence, prosperity, high ideals, dignity, amiable disposition, and good looks. SECTION 11 Article I To various individuals of the Junior Class and Faculty we make these important and generous gifts, trusting that they will be duly appreciated. Nell Dellinger wills her miniature gold football to William Pittman with the hope that he will win a mate for it next year. She wills her executive ability, tact, and good natured disposition to the incoming Senior Class President. Ishmael House leaves his surplus number of A s to Nixon Caldwell. Walter Clark wills his position of school operator to Jack Plummer. Oren Hart wills his ability to get free service in the Auto Shop to his brother, Ernest. Lucile Swaringen wills her adeptness in Shorthand to the Keever Twins, and her reddish curly locks, which signify intelligence, to Mildred Green and Bessie King. Ethel Kerr wills all of her typing awards to Lee Mullis. She wills her “cashier ability to Charles Boyles. James Thompson wills the remaining part of old Faithful to Clarence Rogers, with the condition that he will not make her run over seventy-five miles an hour on rough roads. Mary Orr wills her ever-ready vanity case to Mae Hopkins. Pauline Ross and Mary Broom will their ability to make friends quickly, in a new environment, to Welva Helderman and Nora Morton. Margaret Price ' s surplus avoirdupois is to be divided equally between Lou Barbour and Helen Daniels. Lorena White leaves her harp playing talent to Mae Smith, and her poetical ability to Evelyn Troutman. Evelyn Hurt leaves her oratorical ability to Evelyn Deaton and Beulah Armstrong. Frank Biggers leaves his popularity with the girls to John Cullingford. James Berry wills a patented giggle, which has brought its owner much pleasure as well as embarrassment, to Helen Osborne. Ernest Selvy leaves his big feet to Charles Fisher and hopes that he will leave footprints on the sands of time. [twenty-three] Clara Belle Biggers leaves her money collecting ability” to Thelma Helms and Elizabeth King. Her ability at impromptu speaking she wills to Annie Heintz and Evelyn Horton. Dartha Barefoot leaves her quiet disposition and modest ways to Eloise Marvin. Marie Myers leaves her sweet voice and demure manner to Estelle Short and Loma Wagner. Ernest Mobley wills his fondness for wood working to Howard Nates. He wills his loyalty to his Native State, Georgia, to Estelle Biggers. R. K. Brown, Jr., wills his “argumentative ability to Annie Mae Cooke and Chloie Conder. Frances Alexander wills her sweet and lovable ways to Eddie Lucas and Gertrude Walsh. Luther Carter wills his position as usher at the Broadway Theatre to the boy or girl who best “fits” his uniform. To Mr. Selby we leave our sincere thanks for all he has done for us. We also leave a request that he will continue his custom of singing “the first verse of America’ at every assembly program. To Miss Abernethy we leave the hope that she may some day have a French class with which she can really converse in that difficult language. To Miss Underwood we will all of our perfect typewriting copies with the wish that on next Hallowe’en night she make of them a beautiful bonfire. 1. To Miss Myers we leave our deepest gratitude for easing our many “ills and pains. 2. To Miss Clegg we leave all our knowledge of dates with the hope that she may use them to good advantage. 3. To Miss Kittles we leave our young and foolish ways. 4. To Mr. Hoon we leave our thanks for all of the “gas he has wasted on us. 5. To Miss Russell we will the hope that she may some time have the opportunity of putting into practice for herself the “Science of Cooking which she has so successfully taught us. 6. To Mr. West we leave our sincere wishes for a very successful future. 7. To Mr. Littell we leave a reserve tank for his New Nash so that he may be saved the frequent embarrassment of “giving out of gas while taking his lady friends home. 8. To Miss Ransom we will all our returned English papers, hoping they may be of valuable service to her in the instruction of classes less brilliant than the class of ’29. 9. To Miss Meining, Miss Manship, Miss Kinder, Miss Clary, and Miss McDuffie, who have but recently come among us, we leave the hope that they like Tech High as well as it likes them and that they will all return next year. Lastly, we do appoint as executor of this our last will and testament, our true friend, Mr. F. T. Selby. Done and signed this, twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. (Signed) SENIOR CLASS OF ' 29. Witnesses: George Carpenter, Testator. Will Rogers. Otto Gullickson. Charles Lindberg. [ twenty-four] UNDER-CLASSES •s [twenty-five] [ twenty-six] JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS NIXON CALDWELI President BESSIE KING Vice-President MILDRED GREEN Secretary -Treasurer Class Advisors Miss Mabel Underwood Miss Ellen Manship Armstrong, Beulah Barbour, Lou Gleen Biggers, Mary Estell Boyles, Charles Caldwell, Nixon Conder, Chloie Cook, Annie Mae Cullingford, John Daniels, Helen Edith Deaton, Evelyn Fisher, Charles Green, Mildred Elizabeth Heintz, Annie Lee Helderman, Welda Lee Helms, Thelma Mae Hopkins, Bonnie Mae Horton, Evelyn Reid Keever, Mary Anita Class Roll Keever, Sara Vaneva King, Bessie Oren King, Sara Elizabeth Lucas, Eddie Brown Marvin, Eloise Morton, Nora Estelle Mullis, Lee Nates, Howard Osborne, Helen Elizabeth Pittman, William Plummer, Jack Rogers, Clarence Short, Brighty Estelle Smith, Beulah Mae Troutman, Evelyn Wagner, Loma Inez Walsh, Gertrude Mae [ twenty-seven] SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS JOHN CRAIG VERNELL WOLFE ARNOLD HARRIS President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Faculty Advisors Miss Ruth Meinung Miss Stella Kittles Class Roll Austin, Walton Armstrong, Inez Barbour, John Berryhill, Aaron Black Herman Bost, Jack Britt, Woodrow Brooks, Hazeline Brown, Roy Cammer, Irvin Chambers, Jessie Conder, James Craig, John Dagenhart, Nevada Deaton, Edgar Drake, Frank Garrison, Harvey Garrison, Rachel Goodman, Holt Gray, Dorothy Griffin, Ruth Harris, Arnold Hattrick, Madolyn Helms, Sarah Herms, Neal Holler, Eu gene Honeycutt, Louise Hooper, Haskell Horton, Lewis Howell, Elizabeth Kennedy, Ruth King, Willie Lelfler, Alma Martin, Catherine Martin, Grover . McKinnon, Griffin Moyle, Charlie Orr, Jewel Paxton, Jay Perry, James Riles, Reba Mae Scott, David Simpson, Pattie Lee Skidmore, Draper Skinner, Frank Smith, Edna Smith, Helen Stewart, Sara Taylor, Louise Towler, Alice Troutman, Charles Wallace, Cleo Welborn, Everett Wentz, David White, Louise Williams, Bernice Williams, Ralph Wolf, Vernell Yandle, Beulah [twenty-nine] [thirty] FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS JACK LILES MARY DAVIS HATTRICK JULIA SKIDMORE President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Faculty Advisors Miss Lula Faye Clegg Miss Florence McDuffie Class Roll Alexander, Charles Hughes, Clyde Baker, Edna Hurst, Stella Baker, Vera Johnson, James Barkley, Margaret Kennerly, Fred Baldwin, Jennie Kerr, Harvey Barnes, Mildred Kirby, Virginia Black, Harry Liles, Frank Blackburn, Evelyn Liles, Jack Biggers, Bryte Martin, Reuben Biggers, Garrie Monteith, Horace Caldwell, Dorcas Morrison, Earl Campbell, Evelyn Moseley, Bertha Campbell, Mattie Sue McCorkle, John Cannon, Guy McGowan, Addie Carter, Mary McGowan, Elizabeth Conder, Carson Nodine, Mildred Conder, Hurley Philipps, Melvin Crepps, Wilma Polk, Hazel Curtis, Margie Radcliffe, Gladys Davis, Dorothy Russell, Ethel Davis, Virl Russell, Virginia Dees, Frank � Sherrill, Hazel Detter, Ralph Skidmore, Julia Dover, Hazel Sloop, John Fite, George Smith, Helen Fowler, Bronnie Stevens, Graham Freeman, Frances Stewart, Evelyn Funderburk, Earl Suddreth, Mae Goodwin, Edward Sutton, Howard Greene, Elizabeth Troutman, Sarah Griffin, Sarah Turner, Edwin Hancock, James Turner, James Haney, Alvie Wallace, Dorothy Hartis, Dallis Welburn, James Hasty, J. C. White, Olin Hattrick, Mary Davis Williams, Bennie Heintz, Helen Williams, Pauline Helms, Frank Wolfe, Flora Howie, Earl Yarboro, Johnsie [ thirty-one] [thirty-two] SUB-FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS W. H. HELMS President SARAH BOONE Secretary-Treasurer Miss Enola Abernethy Faculty Advisors Miss Lillis Russell Absher, Paul Class Roll Flagler, Allen Morrison, Alma Adams, W. T. Haney, Linas Morton, Grace Alexander, Ethel Harkey, Mary Catherine Moser, Marvin Allen, Jack Harren, Andrew Myers, Elizabeth Allred, Elaine Harris, Hall Oats, Jessie Ashley, Thelma Harris, Pauline Odom, Marcus Austin, Frank Harrison, Braughton Orr, Harvey Baldwin, Jenny Hart, Edgar Owensby, Virginia Barnette, Myrtle Hart, Sarah Pickette, Helen Berry, Evelyn Hasty, Walter Pittman, Grady Biggers, Bryte Helms, Grace Powers, Belle Biggers, Edgar Helms, W. H. Proctor, Fred Blanton, Mae Helms, Wade Ray, Hyrum Blanton, Velma Mae,’ Hinson, Evelyn Redwine, Ernest Boone, Sarah Honeycutt, Pauline Riles, Coley Bridges, Harold Holler, Richard Riles, Liston Brinkley, Jack Holtzclaw, Helen Roberts, Charles Byrum, Howard Hopper, Louise Robinson, Dennis Cammer, Jessie Horton, James Robinson, James Campbell, Jack House, Juanita Ross, Rachel Carson, Kate House, Zelda Selvey, Geneva Carter, Paul Hudson, T. L. Shaw, Mary Cobb, Mary Hutchinson, Thelma Simpson, Mattie Lee Cook, James Irby, John Sistar, Nell Correll, Torrence Irby, Lois Sistar, Walter Dagenhart, Earl Jones, Margaret Sizemore, Homer Davis, Dorothy Keesler, Azalee Sloope, Mildred Deaton, Marya Kennedy, Jeannette Smith, Loyce Dellinger, Glenn Kimmons, Clyde Smith, Margaret Drake, Sadie Kiser, Charles Stegall, Robert Ellis, Henry Kiser, Sarah Stegall, Sarah Fesperman, J. L., Jr. Lamb, Edith Stone, Irene Fisher, Helen Lemmond, Mary Catherine Thompson, Heywooi Fisher, Henry Lipe, Franklin Tucker, Melvin Fisher, Sarah Lowrance, Floyd Wallace, Pansy Fisher, Vera Manus, Albert Welch, Pansy Freeman, Clemmer Mangum, Pauline White, James Frye, Parks Martin, Callie White, Virginia Furr, John Martin, Lillie Belle Wilkerson, Ovada Garmon, Lewis Mayberry, Ralph Williams, Nora Lee Gettis, Leroy McKinnon, Clell Williams, Katheryn Gibson, Clarence McClellan, Jack Williams, Mae Godfrey, Kenneth McFarland, Era Williams, Lucille Goodman, J. C. McSwain, Pauline Wolf, Thelma Goodrum, Madge McClair, Leola Wyatt, J. D. Graham, Grace Miller, Irene Yandle, Ina Griffin, Dorothy Moore, Ronald Yandle, Moriison Gulley, C. A. Moyle, Rachel Yandle, Pearl [ thirty-three] PART TIME CLASS OFFICERS C. D. KELLEY HARVEY McCALL.. LAWRENCE ERVIN H. M. SYKES President Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer Assistant Treasurer Broome, Thomas Berryhill, Seymour Brown, J. W. Culp, Boyd Ervin, Lawrence Isenhour, Robert Kelley, C. D. Kesterson, Lucies Faculty Advisor Miss Maie Myers Class Roll Kruger, William McCall, Harvey McLeroy, James Robinson, John Sprulin, Boyd Sykes, H. M. Young, Wade [ thirty-four] AUTO MECHANICS CLASS Class Roll Clark, Walter Ezell, Melvin Fowler, Clifford Griffin, Loyd Hart, Ernest Martin, Floyd McCall, Walter Roscoe, Harry Thompson, James Wilson, James Wilson, Jarvis Henry Hoon Faculty Advisor Mr. Wood Working Shop [thirty-five] SEWING LABORATORY COOKING LABORATORY [tiiirty-six] MECHANICAL DRAWING ROOM COMMERCIAL ROOM [thirty-seven] GIRL RESERVES Faculty Advisor— Miss Grace Kinder GLEE CLUB Faculty Advisor Miss Mabel Underwood [thirty-eight] STUDENT COUNCIL Officers CLARA BELLE BIGGERS President JAMES THOMPSON . .Vice-President NELL DELLINGER. Secretary-Treasurer Alexander, Frances Barbour, Lou Biggers, Clara Belle Caldwell, Dorcas Caldwell, Nixon Cammer, Jessie Chambers, Jessie Clark, J. W. Craig, John Dellinger, Nell Green, Mildred Hart, Oren Holler, Eugene House, Zelda Irby, John Kelley, C. C. Kiser, Sara Liles, Jack Martin, Catherine Martin, Lillie Belle Martin, Grover McCorkle, John Mullis, Lee Myers, Marie Fhillip, Melvin Pittman, Bill Thompson, James Wolfe, Flora Young, Wade [ thirty-nine] FOOTBALL SQUAD Junior High Champions, ’29 Mr. Dick Kirkpatrick, Coach Berry, James Craig, John Dees, Frank Ezell, Melvin Hancock, James H oiler, Eugene Hooper, Llaskell H ouse, Ishmael Moyle, Charlie Mullis, Lee Pittman, William Plummer, Jack Selvy, Ernest Simpson, Carl Skid more. Draper Thompson, James [ forty] BOY’S BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Otto Gullickson, Coach GIRL’S BASKETBALL TEAM Miss Frances Clary, Coach [ forty-one] CLASS OF ’26 Officers WAITS CHAMBERS RUBY PYRON MARY BERRY MR. H. P. HARDING MR. H. K. MOORE President Vice-President Secretary -Treasurer Supt. City Schools Principal Class Advisor Miss Daphne Ransom Mascots Virginia Thompson Class Roll Berry, Mary Caddell, Bivens Caddell, Elizabeth Chambers, Waits Faculty Jimmie Belton Connell, Bertha Jones, Christine McCall, William Pyron, Ruby Miss Martha Akers Miss Lula Faye Clegg Mr. Sigurd Gunderson Mrs. Ruth Kohn Hall Mrs. Ethel Johnson Kirkpatrick Miss Stella Kittles Mr. Ottis Littell Mrs. H. K. Moore Miss Maie Myers Mrs. Mary Sossomon Pegram Mr. Raiford F. Watkins [ forty-two] CLASS OF ’27 Officers CHESTER MORRISON President FRANK ALEXANDER. ..Vice-President ELSIE GROSE.. Secretary BEELAR CARPENTER Treasurer Faculty Advisor Miss Daphne Ransom Alexander, Frank Barkley, David Benton, Burwell Carpenter, Beelar Finlayson, Monnie Furr, James Greer, Carey Grose, Elsie Hill, Ray Manus, Hildred Roll Morrison, Chester Morrison, Jessie Newman, James Quick, Claude Robinson, Ralph Sheron, Nellie Skidmore, Faye Swaringen, Mary Ward, Robert [ forty-three] CLASS OF ’28 Officers WALTER BLACK NELLIE BERRY . ESTELLE BLACK.-. DOROTHY WARD Faculty Advisor- — Miss Daphne Ransom President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Berry, Nellie Black, Estelle Black, Walter Bost, Gladys Brown, John Frank Chambers, Virginia Dilling, Kathleen Fisher, Elizabeth Griffin, Frances Hastey, Rosalie Helms, Pauline Roll Honeycutt, Mary Keenan, Milton Liles, Jessie Mae Maner, Clayton McGinty, Nelle Meachan, Lillian Skidmore, Jewel Staton, Frank Stroupe, Dorothy Ward, Dorothy Wentz, Ruth [forty-four] [ forty-five] This is the banking room where IdgOO school savings accounts are handled. Have you one of these accounts? INDEPENDENCE TRUST COMPANY -i |. Capital $1,000,000 Surplus and Profits $1,000,000 Phone Jackson 9105 FIRST WARD SHOE SHOP S. W. CLONTZ, Prop. WE MAKE YOUR SHOES LOOK LIKE NEW Rubber H eels Attached in Five Minutes Soles Sewed on While You Wait 801 N. Brevard Street Charlotte, N. C. PIANOS VICTROLAS RADIOS And Everything Musical at gnbretog Established 1892 235 No. Try oil St. Telephone Hemlock 165 We Print Anything But Money SOUTHEKN PRINTING CO. 298 West Second Street Charlotte, North Carolina Service Telephone Hem. 3889 SERVICE RENDERED By Modern Power Laundries Are Highly Recommended by Home Economics Departments Throughout the Country “A Service To Fit Every Purse” LAUNDRIES OF CHARLOTTE [ forty-seven] BUILDING MATERIAL For Any Size Building Hardwood Flooring Lime, Cement, Plaster, Ohio Finishing Lime, Rocklathe, Wallboard, Sewer Pipe, Wall Coping, Flue Lining Face and Common Brick. SLOAN BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. Central Ave. and S. A. L. Ry. Phone: Hemlock 7412 Maxwell Bros. McDonald FURNITURE 222 North Tryon Street Hemlock 5187 M. B. SMITH CO. Carolina s Oldest Credit Jewelers 9 East Trade Street Your Promise to Pay Is Sufficient to Buy Jewelry Here DAVID I. HIRSCH For Park Tilfords Best Chocolate Selections [forty-eight] Beauty Specialists Phone 2703 GMACE BEAUTY SALON 26 West Fifth Street Charlotte, N. C. Hemlock 9474 VILLA HEIGHTS SHOE SHOP We Fix ’Em While You Wait 1739 Pegram Street C. T. AUTEN Charlotte, N. C. [ forty-nine] ELECTRICITY THE SERVANT IN THE HOME As an electric range owner you will know the joys of clean, economical, cooking ob- tained when using one of our new HOT POINT ELECTRIC RANGES Phone H-6200 SOUTHERN PUBLIC UTILITIES CO. H. B. POLK Heavy and Fancy Groceries Fresh Vegetables Country Produce Something Good to Eat All the Time Fish and Oysters and Fresh Meats. Phone: Hemlock 3496 Pegeam and Kennon Streets BELMONT PHARMACY Phones: Jackson 91 or 92 QUICK AUTO DELIVERY [ fifty] QUALITY GROCERIES MEATS FRESH PRODUCE GREAT AlUNnc Pacific TEA CQ� WALKER’S DRUG STORE (The Service Store) One Automobile, Three Motorcycles, Two Bicycles (Speed Service At Your Service) Tryon Street at Seventh Ask Your Doctor Telephones 184 and 185 The Perfect Shortening MADE IN CHARLOTTE [ fifty-one] Compliments of BYRNE TIRE SUPPLY CO INDIA TIRES PHILCO BATTERIES IN THE SUMMERTIME The Test Candies and Salted Peanuts Are Those Made at Home — They’re Fresh CALL FOR LANCE ' S [ fifty-two] Compliments of J. B. IVEY COMPANY Department Store CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE ENGRAVING CO. School Annual Engraving CHARLOTTE, N. C. J. R. THOMAS, Shoe Repairing Work Done While You Wait. We Call For and Deliver. Phone: Hemlock 6710 715 Central Avenue LADIES’ PRIVATE SHINE PARLOR LOUIS G. KATCLIFFE, INC. FLOWERS Hemlock 2761 322 South Tryon Street [ fifty-three] Equipment for Every Sport MYERS HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS CO. 18 E. Trade St. Charlotte, N. C. UNDERWOOD PORTABLE With Standard Key Board — in Colors For home or travel the Underwood Portable Typewriter has taken its place among modern inventions for saving time and energy. UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO. 21 West 4th. Street Telephone- 1 1 em. 3232 PRITCHARD PAINT GLASS CO Distributors CHARLOTTE, N. C. In A ppreciation for gold footballs presented to members of Tech’s Champion Football Team by M. B. SMITH CO. J ewelers [ fifty-four] MERITA BREAD a CHARLOTTE ' S STAFF OF LIFE ' AMERICAN BAKERIES CO. Oren Hart (showing a picture of a skyscraper) “This is a skyscraper. James Thompson: Gee, but I’d like to see it work!” Miss Clegg: “What inventions have done most to help people up in the world? Dartha Barefoot: “The elevator and the alarm clock. Mary Broome: “Is your boy friend a lady killer? Pauline Ross: “I’ll say he is he starves ’em to death. Ernest Selvy drove over to Matthews one day and left his car in the public square. “Here,” yelled a policeman, “you can t park your car there.” “What you got the sign up there for then? Don ' t it say ‘Fine for Parking Automobiles? - Frank: “I always say what I think. Nelle: “I wondered why you were so quiet.” James Berry: Can a person be punished for something he hasn ' t done?” Miss Kittles: “Of course not. James Berry: “Well, 1 haven ' t done my geometry. Clara B. Biggers: “Are late hours good for one?” R. K. Brown: “No, but they are good for two.’ Mr. Littell: “Luther, it gives me great pleasure to mark you 85 on your examination.” Luther: “Why not make it 100, Mr. Littel, and give yourself a real thrill? [ fifty-five] AUTOGRAPHS ‘ x 7’ ■ A ' ( A ■ 7 J A ' ■yA - AAA ( - + r ■ Aa A 777 u 777 ' Xu ?u i sOCtA ' C-e s AAA tsrf ' SAtsLS lS Aa a Ly t-£ £ €— far 7! 77 l t y f 7£ts d 7 ' ' aTL __ . fi Y. 7 . A£f TTt ' Z iAAe. Jf. ? 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In connection with our new and modern printing plant we maintain a large Art and Service Depart- ment where page borders, cover designs, division pages, and complete decorative and illustrative motifs are created and worked out. Vhe Queen City Printing Company 1 Where Belter Printing (- ' osti £ess Charlotte, N. C. TS NEVER PRINTING A COMPLETE SERVICE FOR SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS oUUL