Flora High School - Falcon Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Steve Cremer, International Day Chairman, begins the day's activities by raising the International Day flag. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, a Chinese pagoda, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Sphinx-all of these uvvonders of the Worldv greeted students and vis- itors on May I, International Day. The avenue of flags, assembly parade, travel lectures, native dances-fall of these were significant parts of the dayis program. After Working for a year on a dream, Inter- national Day became a reality. Education, inter- national friendship, understanding, and peace culminated in that one day that became a special day in Floraas history-International Day of 1964-A TIME WORTH REMEMBERING. Individual committee chairmen Charlie Jordan, Marshall Lipscomb, Tomi Dee Gray, Mac Macrnurphy, Nancy McMeen, Ellen DaVega, and Steve Cremer prepare to receive visitors in the Student Council reception room. A main attraction of International Day is the homerooms decorated to represent foreign nations. This presentation is typical of the homerooms each year. GG onders Of The Worldw t International Da The avenue of flags embodies the true meaning which is the basis for International Day-the linking of all nations in a common bond of peace and friendship. r

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The Spirit Committee promotes the spirit of the school for the athletic seasons. Decorating the gym are members fsittingj Mary jones, Steve Savitz, Bob Day, Mark Archer, Abby McMur- ray, Ben Miller, fstandingj Mary Giles, Chair- man, Tomi Dee Gray, Mike McCravy, Sue MacMillan, Sherry Gomez, Vickie Eslinger, Dickie Sturkie, Ronnie Smith, Susan King, and Bill Warlick. The Exchange Assembly Committee plans and directs the pro- grams put on by Flora students at other local schools. This year's committee members are: Seated: Nancy McMeen, Ellen DaVega and Bobby Robinson, C0-Chairmen, and Abby McMurray. Stand- ing: Caci Cole, Ginny Lentz, Mary jones, Don Bushman, Bea gmhnson, Tomi Dee Gray, Mark Sloan, Sue MacMillan, and Steve remer. Importance Of Council Committees Increases Student Council, through the efforts of its dif- ferent committees, has rendered many services to A. C. Flora and her student body. The committees of Student Council are Welfare, Social, Constitu- tion, Special Projects and Problems, Assembly, House and Grounds, and Finance. The dances after football and basketball games, Student Council committee chairmen for first semester, Honey Kropp, Bea Johnson, Judy Banks, Raven McCrory, and Ricky Patterson, examine the masks given to the Columbia hospitals for Halloween. Absent when picture was taken: Sam Jeter. the mixers during Activities Period, the Thanks- giving Assembly, the clothes drives for the needy, the decoration of the Student Council room, the improvement of the school,s general appearance, the exchange assemblies from other schools and the revision of the Constitution were the results of the work done by Student Council committees. Plans are made for second semester projects by Student Council committee chairmen Bea johnson, Ellen Sea- strunk, Sandra Dawkins, Reed Barnes, Mark Archer, Edward Wise, and joe Patterson. 92

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Oflicers for National Honor Society for the first semester were Clint McCrory, President, john Freeman, Vice- President, Sandra Dawkins, Secretary, and Mac Coble, Treasurer. Second semester National Honor Society officers were jim Childress, President, Mark Sloan, Vice-President, Margaret Seay, Secretary, and Reed Barnes, Treasurer. Honor Societygs Vocational Guidance Program NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY f SU The National Honor Society surged forward this year in two vital ways-in membership and in activities. In September fifty new members were inducted and, with the ten members initi- ated in january, the total number came to one hundred, the largest ever. This group decided on two long-range goals, first, the expansion of the Vocational Guidance Programs and second, the ambitious installation of an Honor Code. Mrs. E. R. Short and Mrs. J. C. Baker, sponsors, welcomes Therese Touissaint, honorary member, and other inductees Andy Suber, Leslie Lawrence, Bill Todd, jenny Thurmond, Dale Distin, Jack Heath, and Sandra Brown, into Honor Society. Absent when picture was made were Truman Hopkins and Judy Sandler.