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

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Passing Personalities Preserve Proud Heritage W- THE OBLIQUE VERTICAL and horizon- tal patterns of the fire escape compose a surrealistic background for this boy, late for his fourth period class. 35 'QA' . ., Q my - 3' -': 25 fs ' 4 I' . ' 7 1 , 0 ., f , nv. .3 j ,an Q.-. :SIM ' 'Q I 'situ - ONE LAST BOY adds his inky prints to the snow mosaic outside the deserted school. SPRING FEVER STRIKES and books are forsaken for the freedoms of the mid-day break. P5590 Q!! e,,,.,,st Tl' las all U21

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Iigh School - A Give and Take Relationship SEEN FROM THE SCHOOL, the church symbolizes the heritage which exerts a strong influence on Hickory's youth. We were the schoo1's before the school was ours, for its influence throughout the years of its existence has greatly affected the world into which we, the students of today, were born. Our parents and their parents before them came to this school, were shaped and molded by it, and then went on to change the worlds of which they found themselves a part. We are a portion of this great cycle of which H.H.S. is an integral part. The school instills in us the quali- ties of leadership and cooperation which will eventually profit our com- munity just as they benefit us. Ath- letic events, school plays, concerts, and the service projects of school or- ganizations augment civic activities and provide students with valuable experience in democratic living. Each one of us will leave this, our school, an infinitely changed and matured person, and our community and our children, the students of tomorrow, will profit because of the years we have spent here. MR. MILLER sponsors Center dances. TRUE SONS OF THE SOUTH flaunt their homemade flag as H.H.S. makes a touchdown. i 1111

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E l Lg 'fill LUNCH PERIOD IS a time for studying, etc. AT 8:15 in the morning, one feels a lack of enthusiasm for the daily rigors. Q N-iff -y ,. ,, . . -p 1. n Q - .,L. Q -, , ,vw , Q- we THIS XVAS THE YEAR 1915: Three women and one man composed the high school faculty . . . the gradu- ating class totaled sixteen . . . Hick- ory High occupied thebuilding that is now Oakwood Elementary School . . . big men on campus were champion debaters . . . basketball was the only school sport . . . three of the four existing clubs were liter- ary societies . . . six subjects made up the academic curriculum . . . the five-man basketball team had a 5 and 3 record . . . best-dressed girls wore ankle-length skirts and high- top shoes . . . girls of the Junior- Senior's Jolly Association debated women's suffrage, sewed and cooked for recreation . . . volume number 1 of the HICKORY Loc was issued the following spring. THIS WAS THE YEAR 1940: Sen- ior class swelled to 228 . . . Hitch Hiker's Club . . . faculty men beat the varsity basketball team . . . twenty-three teachers . . . H.H.S. oc- cupied its present building . . . Chil- dren's Home defeated the football team . . . The Better School Spirit Club spread enthusiasm . . . well- dressed girls wore bobby socks and saddle oxfords . . . basketball teams played the N. C. School for Deaf . . . student body numbered 757 . . . Lincoln Literary Society . . . Right Angle Club . . . Glee Club harmon- ized our school song . . . Dramatic Club presented Hear Comes Patri- cian . . . the school's name had been oflicially changed to Claremont Cen- tral High School . . . Hi-Y Club was the local chapter of the Y.M.C.A. . . . The HICKORY Loo celebrated its 25th Anniversary.