Cooleemee High School - Indian Echo Yearbook (Cooleemee, NC)

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The Indian Echo ,44 plays. The lirst one was The Trysting Placef and the players were Frank Tatum. Jacqueline Morton. John lVagncr. Anne Apperson, Grady Spry. and Jean DeYVeese. The second play was Groom's Biscuits, and the players were Phil Clement. Minnie Ruth Beck. Marvin Spry. Dolly Davis. and Harry Monsees. Another extra-curricular activity was a school newspaper. It was published once every two weeks. and the stall' included: Nancy Ridenhour. Patil Shepherd. l1Villiam Gales. Imogene Isley. Geneva McClannon. Frank Foster. Jake Jordan. E. C. Tatum. Cornelius Boon. Hazel Gales. and Phoebe Dulin. The publication of the annual also played an important part in the minds of the students. especially the seniors. The staff included: Imogene Isley. Cornelius Boon. E. C. Tatum. Phoebe Dulin. Jake Jordan. Paul Shepherd. Anne Apperson. and Jimmy Wilson. These people began work in October. with the first step towards the production of the annual being the photographing of the pictures. They made arrangements for Rowan Printing Company to publish the book. The basketball teams were organized early in December. and Jacqueline Morton and E. C. Tatum were elected captains of the girls' and boys' teams. respectively. Both teams were coached by Mr. P. W. Donnelly. They were able to play two games cach befoi'e Christmas. Due to the extra week of Christmas holidays caused by the flu epidemic the season was reopened in the middle of January. An excellent schedule ol' games was arranged for the teams, and before the season came to a close. the boys had played approximately twenty games and the girls only a few less. The girls started the season with only one regular--Oleta Mayberry-from last years squad and several substitutes from that team. With concentrated prac- tice, the team developed amazingly fast and reached the point where they gave any team in its class a real game. and even a few teams out of their class a fight for their money. For the boys. the season had a little brighter outlook with three of last years regulars-E. C. Tatum. Jake Jordan and Cornelius Boon-in addition to five of last years substitutes. The boys faced a hard schedule and played quite a few games with teams from larger schools and showed up surprisingly well. In January. Miss Ella Stevens Barrett. from the State Board of Education in Raleigh. started working with the teachers on a guidance program for the high school. Miss Barrett discussed with the student body the importance of guidance by teachers in helping students select careers to which they are most suited. She suggested means through which a student council might be organized. how better and more enjoyable home room programs might be planned. and how students. especially thc juniors and seniors. might learn more about the many occupational opportunities that are open to young men and women of today. In order to give the students in school a greater responsibility in treating the problems of the school. a Student Council was set up in February for the first time in the history of Cooleeinee High School. The following officers and repre- sentatives were choscn to serve on the council: President, E. C. Tatum: Vice- President, Carl Ward: and the council members included: Anne Apperson. Patil Shepherd. Louise Nichols, Frank Tatum, Mary Shepherd. Lawrence Couch. Janet Tatum, and Bill Shoaf. The Student Council acted as a medium between the principal and teachers with the students. This program gave added rtsponsibility lo every student in school. The Student Council proved a great success and plans were made to have a similar program instituted next year. Mr. Wall served as faculty advisor. Cooleemee High School

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The Indian Echo ,44 School Year in Retrospect The 1943-44 school year opened early in September with Mr. G. R. Madison as principal. For the first time a nine months school was instituted, and all of the students were glad. as they realized the advantage of a longer school term. There were several new faces around Cooleemee High School, but the face that most people were interested in was that of Mr. Madison. After gathering the little facts about his life that Hoated around, they learned that he originally came from Union Grove, North Carolina. He graduated from High Point College with an A.B. Degree in 1930. The next three years were spent teaching school at Mocks- ville and serving as principal of Smith Grove School. For the next nine years he served as principal of Farmington School. In the summer of '42 he went to Duke University and got his Master's Degree. During the last school year he had served as principal of Cornelius School, and now he had come to Cooleemee. Although Mr. Madison was new here. he was not the only new person around. Miss McKown, the commercial teacher, came to Coleemee from Gaffney, South Carolina, her home town. She had in her home room the freshman girls. Miss Sherrill was teaching English and was from Bennettsville. South Carolina. Her room is filled with the junior girls. Mr. Wall was back after a year's absence and had in his home room the junior boys. Miss Mosely was the senior home room teacher and as usual was buried in their problems. Miss Hubbard had the sopho- more girls in her home room. Mrs. Bost had charge of the ninth grade boys, and Mr. Donnally's home room was made up of freshmen boys. The first few days of school were quite gay for the students, but they soon settled down to face a year of hard work which laid ahead of them. and would put them through high school or one step nearer that goal. Shortly after school opened, thc students began thinking about clubs and other extra-curricular activities. Before many days were gone. there were five clubs organized. They were: the -1-H Club, the Glee Club, Music Club. Home Economics Club, and Draniatics Club. The 4-H Club, under the guidance of Miss Florence Mackie, elected the fol- lowing officers: President, E. C. Tatum: Vice-President. Kenneth Beck: Secretary. Edna Crawford: Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. Minnie Ruth Beck: Program Committee. Carl Ward. Chairman. Nancy Ridenhour, and Imogene lsleyq Reporter, Mary Louise Gales. The Glee Club. under the direction of Mrs. W. D. Bailey. was organized, and soon the members were busy learning new songs. The Music Club, also under Mrs. BElllL'5 S supervision, and consisting of only the piano students, elected the following officers: President. Phoebe Dulin: Vice-President, Mary Shepherd: Sec- retary. Janet Eatonl Treasurer. Modene Foster: Publicity Chairman, Margaret Kirk. The Home Economics Club was composed of the students who were taking Home Economics. With Miss Hubbard as supervisor, they elected the following officers: President. Frances Harris: Vice-President. Mary Shepherd: Secretary. Eleanor Spry: Treasurer. Claytic Nichols. Mr. Wall and Miss Moseley supervised the organization and the direction of lln- Dramaties Club The members elects-rl the following officers: President, Imo- gene lslcyg Vice-President. Ruth Wood. Secretary. Phil Cltmentg Trasurer. Jean IJt'VVet-su Heporti-r. Peggy Brinegar. In the fall. the club presented two one-act ' M' ii'i 'ii Coofeemee High Scfiool..i.

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The Indian Echo '44 While Mr. Wall was busy helping with the Student Council. Miss Hubbard was devoting considerable time to a new lunch room program. Through her efforts. the Cooleemee School participated in the Child Feeding Program which was sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction. The program was devel- oped in cooperation with the Food Distribution Administration as a part of the nations War and Food Program. It had two purposes in view: C11 To insure that school children get at least one nutritious meal each day: C21 to aid farmers in developing better domestic markets for their commodities. Approximately three hundred pupils of the local school took advantage of the opportunity to secure a nutritious and palatable meal for the small sum of ten cents. A half-pint of Grade A milk was served with each lunch, The food was prepared and served under the supervision of Miss Hubbard. Each meal was planned so that the child would be sure to get the sufficient amount and was served to meet the health needs of the individual. This program meant much to the local school children. It was in line with the modern theory of education that the development of the childs body is as important as the development of the mind. An outstanding event of the year was a visit by Rev. Edward S. Curry who spoke to the high school about China. He had been a missionary in China until the war began. and the Japanese Government ordered him to leave. Rev. Curry came home on the tirst trip of the Gripsholm. The students enjoyed his talk very much. At the hrst of the year. state tests had been given from the fourth to the eleventh grades. These tests showed that the students were slightly below the level for their grades. Tests were given again in the spring and they showed an improvement. in most cases. ovei' the tests given earlier in the year. The mental test for entrance into the Army Air Forces was given to about twenty-five boys who were sixteen and seventeen years of age, A Naval V-12 and Army A-12 test was given in March for those interested in pre-flight training. Quite a few boys took these tests as there was no obligation of joining if they did pass. In the spring the seniors presented a play-which was a tremendous success. Not only did the seniors enjoy presenting the play. but the audience was very pleased with its results. The Junior-Senior Banquet was given in April. This. too. was a great success. The juniors worked faithfully and succeeded in giving the seniors a banquet which they will never forget. Commencement found the seniors facing a world entirely new to them. Some would be going to college. some would go immediately to work. and others would join the armed forces of our country. Regardless of the future, each one was happy and proud that such an important milestone had been reached with so iiiueh success. and the greatest thrill of all was receiving a diploma for which each member ul' the class had worked eleven years. The stniors, although they were proud til' their success. were also sad to be leaving Cooleemce High School. while the other students anxiously looked forward to the summer vacation, know- iiie that in the fall ull 1941 they would enter the rcahn of school life at Cooleernee llieh School once more. Cooleemee High School