Claremont High School - Hickory Log Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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H1EHU HY HHH15EHUUL well as inside, the building. Shrubs had replaced the bare look of the building and ivy graced the walls. Every school has its extracurricular activities, and Hickory High was no exception. The band, which was discontinued during the war, was reorganized by lX 1r. L. D. Wzilker in 1945. Two of our most active clubs, the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y, were established in 1941. In the lield of sports we have been most active, which can readily be proved by looking at our many trophies on display. The American Legion presented the student body with a new flag which waves from the top of our new flagpole. Through the years many students have walked through the halls of Claremont Central High School, sat at her desks, and sung her songs. They have given her a glorious past, and we must give her an equally glorious future. We 6 EEN? 5 E , t fa if if af N

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THE HISTORY UF As you rush from class to class, fairly running down the hall for fear you might be late, do you ever wonder about the structure housing you approximately seven hours every day, Hve days a week, which is celebrating its 25th year as Claremont Central High School? Yes, in 1925, accompanied by 17 teachers, 350 boys and girls entered the new High School building. To them it must have been a won- derful experience to enter such a spacious school. At that time the biology and chemistry classes had leeture rooms and laboratories, and the auditorium was so large the students thought it could never be hlledl Little did they dream that dear ol' H.H.S. would be like the old woman who lived in the shoe and would have so many children she wouldn't know what to do. ln l933, with the enrollment steadily increasing, Mr. W. D. Cottrell became principal, succeeding Mr. S. W. Thompson. Changes were going on outside, as 1.a!1

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FUHEWUHD STUDENTS, you novv have your ,49-350 Loo. This year it is 21 special one because your school is celebrating its twenty-Hfth anniversary. Dear old Alma Mater was built in 1924 and has been standing ever since. We, of the Loc Staff, have tried our best to give you a bigger and better Loo. Our theme for the Loc is Comwnmity. We have tried to put in places and things that you will enjoy seeing and remembering in later years. We have enjoyed our worlc this year and we sincerely hope you like the results of it. Page Six