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

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Because of her unliring efforls ln our behalf, we dedlcale lhls annual lo Mlss Thelma Laws, our adviser. ln deep appreciation and with great pleasure we dedicate the 1964 EAST WIND to Miss Thelma Laws, adviser to the annual staff. This annual staff is the eighth which Miss Laws has advised. It is for her immeasurable help on the annuals that we, the EAST VVIND staff, take this opportunity to show our grati- tude for her help. The EAST WIND is not the full scope of Miss Laws' school activities, however. ln addition to teaching senior English, she has been very active in projects and study groups in the school system. Some of her extra duties have included serving on various Char- lotte'Meclilenhurg committees: an over-all curriculum study group in English which considered criteria for homogeneous grouping and materials to use at the different group levels, producing from their study a syllabus to he used throughout the systemg a commit- tee of selected English teachers and principals inter- ested in planning an advanced placement programg a committee for studying teachers' parallel reading lists in which guidelines for evaluating reading materials for high school English classes were preparedg and a committee for choosing English text books for senior high school. V1

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a necessary part of our whole year. ll Q- Students watch, worried, hopeful, engrossed, aghast at the Student-Faculty game. This year's homecoming symbolized the returning of former Eagles to visit the East remembered from years past. In a like manner this school year represented the storing of' many memories to be recalled in later life. And indeed there was an abundance of material stored this year: the first day of school-new classes-new friends -new buildings-orientation-familiar faces-homework and classes-the Howdy Dance-clubs-homecoming- variety show-pep week-Our Town-college boards- Christmas concert-P.T.A. career programs-mid-term examinations-Junior-Senior Prom-Sophomore Picnic- and other moments, not school-wide events, but nonethe- less important to each individual student. These out- standing moments happened while cheering at a game or pep-rally, studying in a classroom, waiting for the bus, or working at a club meeting. From the first day of school until the last, from the first inquiring minute of classes to the last exhausting second of examinations, the year was filled with memorable instances. Each piece left its mark and we will never again be the same. The sophomore learned the lessons, the junior experienced maturity, and the senior realized his schooling. Each per- son came a long distance but still has far to go. Waiting for the lausses gives students time to visit. A school day is over for Ray Torrance, Melvin Sloan, juniors, Gay Winstead, senior, anal Terry Marshall, sophomore. N-4' Page Seventeen 55' 1115, we Q, ll, ll, . 'tri I , HH 1534 523.52 mms NEW?-3 Helm ISSN tw! Midi wins 'ffii U l mu 3-It Nhat: Q. ig Els if '33 I 5 ,- gi In 1 I F 1 l l r 9 I

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She has served as director at large for the North Carolina English Teachers Association and as a mem- ber of various committees of the association. After serving several years as chairman of Mecklenburg County English Teachers Association, she became the first chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg English Teachers Association. ln addition to representing East in all of the above, she has kept herself well informed by attending many English and journalism workshops and by traveling during summer vacations to bring to her students fresh ideas. Teacher, adviser, friend, Miss Laws is a vital part of East Mecklenburg. We salute her and fondly dedi- cate this boolc as a tribute to her untiring efforts on behalf of young people. , .C N 1 ,im .,., ,.,.-4 , ' 4 X 'A' I 1 n 5 , 4 .- JF Q , 3- lik- 'vm 'girl if - fl VIL, ? an fb 1 Y' :if .,ai e L ful If N-.W I . A. 55 or N 'hiv W ff gf ' ti ., , . , 4,7 dl If W f' r it , 4,5 ,f A 2 I 4 5 l 'H ...sg K' , I A s .t if-at ri A bv' KV' he in '1' ' Page Nineteen