East Mecklenberg High School - East Wind Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Orientation is that bewildering and frightening time each sophomore has to suffer through. The sophomores came to school in buses or cars in the early August morning heat. They poured into the gleaming tile and plaster halls and searched for their names on the homeroom rosters posted in the halls. After this came the long search for their homerooms, where they met their homeroom teachers and their orientation rep- resentatives. This was the first day of many that they would listen to programs given by the representatives. Schedules were also given out that day. The next day began the frantic search for rooms and the vain attempts to make it to class on time. Again the crisis had been passed for another year. Classes were found, teachers were met, and homework was given. Nancy Allahaugh, an orientation homeroom representative, Anne Dulin, a homeroom representative, helps David Stevenson and gives her sophomore homeroom one of the many orienta- Charles Leonard, who are looking for one of their sophomore classes. tion programs. Well, after all, it is a sockhop and informality is king. Sophomore Anne Bistany struggles with her sock at the Howdy Dance as friends, Butch Baird and Ray TVOTTBHCC, look on.

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1 ' F AS ll L-'sg ! 'S, There is a unity-a oneness among the students at East. This unity is most easily seen in the social life. Whether it is the crowd at the football game or the couples at a dance, the students feel that they are a Part of the great oneness of East. These students have sought and found companionship in many places-the clubs, the sockhops, the cafeteria, the patio, the games, the halls. In all these places there are people, bustling and alive, all Part of the oneness. 3 Bursting with enthusiasm, Millie Hood cheers at the East- Garinger game at the Coliseum.

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