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

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TORY It u ' .is on ;i briglit, sunnv morning in September, in the vear of 1945, that the history ol our group began. W ' ell can 1 remember that tlav when we, the seniors ol 1951, began our journey. It was a woiulertul tlav, ;i clay that will long be remembered in the hearts of all our elassmates. I remember the meeting ol our dear principal, Mr. Selby; our dean. Miss Myers; and last but not least, the laeulty; these people we hold dear to our hearts, for they have helped anti guided us in our journev through Tech. V ' hen we were in the seventh orade, there were many things to which we had to become accustomed. V ' e felt so little anti unimnortant in this bio school; but as the year dragued on, we hecame mtjre acclimated to our routine and we began to enjoy our Hrst year ' s journev very much. I he lollovving vear, when we were in the eighth grade, we came to love otir school more and more, and we lelt that our journev was well under wav. In the ne. t vear when we became Ireshmen, we did then really start to appreciate Tech. It was tluring this year that our units startetl to count, and we were impressed with our own importance. V ' e became very much interested in our school clubs, sports, parties and plays, am.1 as the year ended, we saw that we had advanced e.xactlv half way in our journey and that we would have many more things to accomplish in the future; but we had strong minds and willing hearts to press on. In 1948, we entered the tenth grade. At last we were in Senior I ligh! In this year we all chose the courses which we wished to take. Our advisers that year were Mrs. Kistler, Miss Lake, ami Miss Mock. The Cdass chose Lawrence Medlin as president; Betty Blalock, treasurer; Leroy iN ' orkett, vice-president; and Eleanor Keesler, seeretarv. W’c had a very successful year with all hearts happy and gay. I he following year, 1949, we entered the eleventh grade to become juniors. We all felt so proud, but we knew that our journey was becoming shorter all the time and that we must enjoy it as long as pttssible. That year we had two very wonderful and capable advisers. Miss Ldegg and Miss Kittles. I lad it not been for these two wonderful teachers, we would have stumbled and fallen with our load. As our class officers we chose Nancy Thomas, president; Bill Hoffman, vice-president; Eleanor Keesler, secretary; and Martha Yates, treasurer. During this phase of our journev we had many things to plan and much work to do. One of our biggest jobs was the production of the Junior Play, which was entitled It’s A Deal.” This was a big success. After the play we began long preparations for the biggest event of the year, the Junior-Senior Banquet. We gave our banquet at the Policemen’s Club and we all had a wonderful time. By this time .)ur junior vear journev was coming to an end, and we had many things to decide. T chose as our staff for the school paper, Margaret Spoon, Eleanor Keesler, and Peggy V ' atts, who we felt were capable of the job. For the editor of the Technique we chose Benny Martin, whom we knew to be very original and quite efficient. As his assistants we chose Betty Blalock and Peggy Baker, who are also fine workers. After all our business had been taken care of, we found that we had reached the end of our journev in the Junior Class. Upon our entering Tech in 1950, our hearts were saddened by the realization that this was the final milestone in our journey. This vear our advisers were Miss Hinson, Miss Starnes, and Mr. Goins, who were all very wonderful leaders. As our class officers we elected Charles Twittv, president; Lawrence Medlin, vice-president; Earl Gunter, secretary; and Ellen Herron, treasurer. Our class g(.)t down to work immediately and things seemed to shape up. Our Technique was in the process of being assembled. Our plans for the vear were mapped out and all seniors were busy planning for graduation time. This, we will all admit, was a tough year in our studies, but it was the happiest year of our entire life. Long shall we remember those good old days at Tech. As we look back over the years we can easily say “This work has not been in vain; this time has not been spent fruitlessly.” V ' e can look to the future and say that these were the best years of our lives. We, the graduating class of 1951, end our journev by saving, Thanks to Mr. Selby, to Miss Myers, to the Faculty, and especially our class advisers for the long hard hours of work you have spent with us and the many wonderful things you have done for us.” In other words. Thanks, Dear Tech, for Everything! Lawrence Medlin, FAirii Coi.lins, Class lUslorhms SENIOR “ J a m CLASS HIS alter of fact . .

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W. £LU SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Seated Lawrence iMedlin Vice-President Charles I witty President Staiiding Ellen I Ierron Prea surer Earl Gunter Secretary MASCOTS Pane Thirteen